Mo. Code Regs. tit. 3 § 10-11.115

Current through Register Vol. 49, No.12, June 17, 2024

Section 3 CSR 10-11.115 - Closings

PURPOSE: The proposed amendment corrects the omission of a word and establishes closings on Ten Mile Pond Conservation Area to public use for waterfowl hunting.

(1) Department areas are open to public use only from 4:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. daily; however, hunting, fishing, trapping, dog training, camping, launching boats, and landing boats are permitted at any time in areas where these activities are authorized, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.

(2) Any department area may be opened during closed hours for department sponsored events or programs. Parking or storage of watercraft and commercial vehicles is prohibited during the closed hours.

(3) Department lands associated with offices, education centers, nature centers, hatcheries, staffed shooting ranges, and the following conservation areas are open to public use only during the hours authorized by posting:

(A) Beckemeier (August G.) Conservation Area

(B) Bellefontaine Conservation Area

(C) Blind Pony Lake Conservation Area

(D) Columbia Bottom Conservation Area

(E) Goodson (Jean and Joan) Conservation Area

(F) Gravois Creek Conservation Area

(G) Hickory Woods Conservation Area

(H) Klamberg (Roger) Woods Conservation Area

(I) Peck Ranch Conservation Area (inside the fenced portions designated as a refuge by posting or as shown on the area map or the online conservation atlas)

(J) Phantom Forest Conservation Area

(K) Reed (James A.) Memorial Wildlife Area

(L) Rockwoods Range

(M) Rockwoods Reservation

(N) Rush Creek Conservation Area

(O) Wild Cherry Ridge Conservation Area

(4) The following department areas are closed during high waters:

(A) On Black Island Conservation Area, all public use is prohibited, except fishing and waterfowl hunting by boat, when the Mississippi River water level is at or above twenty-eight feet (28') on the Caruthersville, MO, gauge;

(B) On Donaldson Point Conservation Area, all public use is prohibited, except fishing and waterfowl hunting by boat, when the Mississippi River water level is at or above thirty-four feet (34') on the New Madrid, MO, gauge;

(C) On Girvin (John L. and Georgia) Conservation Area, all public use is prohibited, except fishing and waterfowl hunting by boat, when the Mississippi River water level is at or above twenty-nine feet (29') on the New Madrid, MO, gauge;

(D) On Hornersville Swamp Conservation Area, all public use is prohibited, except fishing and waterfowl hunting by boat, when the water level is at or above thirty-eight feet (38') on the Little River Floodway Ditch No. 1 at Hornersville, MO, gauge; and

(E) On Seven Island Conservation Area, all public use is prohibited, except fishing and waterfowl hunting by boat, when the Mississippi River water level is at or above thirty feet (30') on the New Madrid, MO, gauge.

(5) On the following department areas, portions designated as Waterfowl Refuge are closed to all public use according to the dates listed below and as shown on the area map or the online conservation atlas. Portions of these designated areas may be open to other activities by posting.

(A) October 15 through March 1:

1. Brown (Bob) Conservation Area

2. Columbia Bottom Conservation Area

3. Coon Island Conservation Area

4. Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area

5. Fountain Grove Conservation Area

6. Four Rivers (August A. Busch Jr. Memorial Wetlands at) Conservation Area

7. Grand Pass Conservation Area

8. Leach (B.K.) Memorial Conservation Area (Kings Lake and Bittern Basin)

9. Marais Temps Clair Conservation Area

10. Montrose Conservation Area

11. Nodaway Valley Conservation Area

12. Perry (Ralph and Martha) Conservation Area

13. Schell-Osage Conservation Area

14. Settle's Ford Conservation Area

15. Shanks (Ted) Conservation Area

(B) October 15 through March 31:

1. Otter Slough Conservation Area

2. Ten Mile Pond Conservation Area

(C) October 15 through the end of the last segment of the appropriate zone's duck season:

1. Duck Creek Conservation Area (Pool 1 South)

2. Kendzora (Anthony and Beatrice) Conservation Area

3. Leach (B.K.) Memorial Conservation Area (River Slough portion)

4. Otter Slough Conservation Area (Cypress Lake)

5. Stockton Lake Management Lands

(D) October 15 through the end of the last segment of the appropriate zone's Canada goose season:

1. Duck Creek Conservation Area (Pool 1 North and Dark Cypress Swamp Refuge)

2. Little River Conservation Area

3. Truman Reservoir Management Lands (Grand River Bottoms Wildlife Management Area)

(6) On the following department areas, portions designated as Waterfowl Hunting Only Zone are closed to all public use except waterfowl hunting, according to the dates listed below, and as shown on the area map or the online conservation atlas. Portions of these designated areas may be open to other activities by posting.

(A) From October 15 - February 15:

1. Coon Island Conservation Area;

2. Duck Creek Conservation Area;

3. Fountain Grove Conservation Area;

4. Four Rivers Conservation Area (August A. Busch Jr. Memorial Wetlands);

5. Grand Pass Conservation Area;

6. Montrose Conservation Area;

7. Otter Slough Conservation Area (Waterfowl Hunt Zone 1); and

8. Schell-Osage Conservation Area.

(B) From October 15 through the end of the last segment of the appropriate zone's duck season:

1. Brown (Bob) Conservation Area

2. Columbia Bottom Conservation Area

3. Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area

4. Leach (B.K.) Memorial Conservation Area

5. Marais Temps Clair Conservation Area

6. Nodaway Valley Conservation Area

7. Otter Slough Conservation Area (Waterfowl Hunt Zone 2)

8. Shanks (Ted) Conservation Area

(C) From November 1 through the end of the last segment of the appropriate zone's Canada goose season:

1. Little River Conservation Area; and

2. Ten Mile Pond Conservation Area (Waterfowl Hunt Zone 1).

(D) From November 15 through the end of the last segment of the appropriate zone's Canada goose season on Ten Mile Pond Conservation Area (Waterfowl Hunt Zone 2).

3 CSR 10-11.115

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. I V, Mo. Const. and section 252.240, RSMo 2000.* This rule previously filed as 3 CSR 10 -4.115. Original rule filed April 30, 2001, effective Sept. 30, 2001. Amended: Filed Oct. 1, 2001, effective Oct. 15, 2001. Amended: Filed May 9, 2002, effective Oct. 30, 2002. Amended: Filed April 20, 2005, effective Sept. 30, 2005. Amended: Filed Sept. 27, 2007, effective Feb. 29, 2008. Amended: Filed Oct. 10, 2008, effective April 30, 2009. Amended: Filed Sept. 12, 2011 , effective March 1, 2012.

Amended by Missouri Register July 1, 2014/Volume 39, Number 13, effective 8/31/2014

Amended by Missouri Register January 15, 2016/Volume 41, Number 02, effective 3/1/2016

Amended by Missouri Register January 17, 2017/Volume 42, Number 02, effective 3/1/2017

Amended by Missouri Register July 3, 2017/Volume 42, Number 13, effective 8/31/2017

Amended by Missouri Register January 15, 2019/Volume 44, Number 2, effective 3/1/2019

Amended by Missouri Register June 17, 2019/Volume 44, Number 12, effective 7/31/2019

Amended by Missouri Register July 1, 2020/Volume 45, Number 13, effective 8/31/2020

Amended by Missouri Register January 17, 2023/Volume 48, Number 2, effective 2/28/2023

*Original authority: 252.240, RSMo 1972, amended 1984.