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Northern RAC backs new WMA license requirement, adds federal-employee exemption
Summary
The Northern Regional Advisory Council supported wildlife division rule changes requiring a valid hunting or fishing license to access many Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) in four counties and appended an exemption for federal land-management employees conducting official duties.
The Northern Regional Advisory Council on May 2025 voted unanimously to recommend changes to the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources’ rule requiring visitors to hold a valid hunting, fishing or combination license to be on certain Wildlife Management Areas in Davis, Salt Lake, Weber and Utah counties.
The council approved the board-bound rule as presented, then added an explicit exemption to cover federal land-management agency employees while conducting official duties. Chelsea Duke, the division’s wildlife lands coordinator, told the council the change is intended to implement House Bill 309 (effective May…
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