3 CSR 10-11.115: Closings

Purpose

This rule establishes hours department areas are closed to public use and designates conditions under which some areas are closed to certain activities.

Summary:

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

Title 3 – Department of Conservation
Division 10 – Conservation Commission

Proposed Amendment

(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.

  1. 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 at)
  5. Grand Pass Conservation Area
  6. Montrose Conservation Area
  7. Otter Slough Conservation Area (Waterfowl Hunt Zone 1)
  8. Schell-Osage 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

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).

AUTHORITY: sections 40 and 45 of Art. IV, Mo. Const. and section 252.040, RSMo 2016.* This rule previously filed as 3 CSR 10- 4.115. Original rule filed April 30, 2001, effective Sept. 30, 2001. For intervening history, please consult the Code of State Regulations. Amended: Filed July 29, 2022.

PUBLIC ENTITY COST: This proposed amendment will not cost state agencies or political subdivisions more than five hundred dollars ($500) in the aggregate.

PRIVATE ENTITY COST: This proposed amendment will not cost private entities more than five hundred dollars ($500) in the aggregate.

NOTICE TO SUBMIT COMMENTS: Anyone may file a statement in support of or in opposition to this proposed amendment with Regulations Committee Chairman, Department of Conservation, P.O. Box 180, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0180, or via the department’s website at https://short.mdc.mo.gov/Z49. To be considered, comments must be received within thirty (30) days after publication of this notice in the Missouri Register. No public hearing is scheduled.

 

Official public comment period: September 2, 2022 to October 1, 2022