Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 002 - Game and Fish Commission › Division 01 - Legal Division › Rule 002.01.24-058 - 20.19 Vehicle Restrictions On WMAs

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
A. It is
			 unlawful on a WMA to operate any motorized vehicle including an electric or
			 motorized bicycle: off any open access road and parking area; behind any gated,
			 cabled or earthen barrier; where no road exists; on any trail, levee, or dam;
			 on any food plot, wildlife opening, or fire lane; on any road that has been
			 disked, seeded, or otherwise developed for wildlife; or in a direction of
			 travel contrary to posted signs.
B.
			 It is unlawful for any person on a WMA to use an Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) or
			 amphibious vehicle.
EXCEPTIONS:
A. In compliance with Code 20.12.
B. Participants in the Freddie Black Choctaw
			 Island WMA Deer Research Area East Unit Special Mobility-Impaired deer permit
			 hunt.
C. Motorized vehicles, except
			 for OHVs on main access roads, may not be used on Big Timber Upland
			 WDA.
D. OHVs are allowed on open
			 roads and trails on Casey Jones, Gum Flats, Howard County, Lafayette County,
			 Lake Greeson, Poison Springs (motorized vehicles are not allowed on boundary
			 lines that have been cleared by the Arkansas Forestry Commission) and Provo
			 WMAs by hunters to access hunting locations and/or camping sites during open
			 hunting seasons only.
E. Motorized
			 vehicles and OHVs are allowed on Caney Creek, Cedar Mountain, Lee Creek, Mount
			 Magazine, Muddy Creek, Piney Creeks, Sylamore, St. Francis National Forest and
			 Winona WMAs, except on a road, temporary trailway or other area posted as
			 closed by an earthen mound, gate, sign or other object. All vehicles OHVs are
			 subject to the USDA Forest Service OHV policy on roads and trails as published
			 in 36 CFR 261.
F. OHVs are allowed
			 on open, maintained roads on Cherokee and Jim Kress WMAs by hunters in
			 possession of a valid leased-land permit for the purposes of ingress and egress
			 to hunting locations and/or camping sites only.
G. Participants in approved
			 reserved/permitted organized events on the Camp Robinson SUA and persons
			 training waterfowl retrievers in Public Use compartment 5 in compliance with
			 posted signs.
H. Holders of AGFC
			 Mobility Impaired Access (MIA) cards may operate OHVs only on designated
			 mobility impaired access areas on Moro Big Pine Natural Area. OHVs must remain
			 on road on the Moro Big Pine MIA old abandoned railroad trams north and south
			 rights-of-way. OHVs on the Moro Big Pine MIA roads # TAR 15, 16 and 34 must be
			 100 feet and no more than 300 feet from the centerline of the road.
I. OHVs are allowed on designated open,
			 maintained roads on Big Timber WMA by hunters to access hunting locations
			 and/or camping sites during open hunting seasons. Open roads are designated on
			 the WMA map and/or by signs. Use of OHVs on rights-of-way is strictly
			 prohibited unless designated open.
J. Holders of AGFC Mobility-Impaired Access
			 (MIA) may operate OHVs only on designated mobility impaired access areas on
			 Jack Mountain WMA. OHVs on designated MIA areas must be 100 feet and no more
			 than 300 feet from the centerline of the road. Only 1 hunting stand or blind
			 per MIA card holder allowed. K. OHVs are allowed on designated open, maintained
			 roads on Jack Mountain WMA from September 1 - December 31 and 7 days prior to
			 opening of turkey season through the end of turkey season. Use of OHVs on
			 right-of-ways is strictly prohibited unless designated as an open
			 road.
L. A Class 1 electric bicycle
			 (as defined under Code 01.00-C, ELECTRIC BICYCLE) may be used on trails and
			 areas where regular bicycles are allowed.
PENALTY:
Class 1