50 CFR § 32.8 - Areas closed to hunting.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t50/s32.8"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "50 CFR § 32.8 - Areas closed to hunting."
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "32.8"
section_name: "Areas closed to hunting."
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM"
part_number: "32"
part_name: "HUNTING AND FISHING"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 16 U.S.C. 460k, 664, 668dd-668ee, and 715i; Pub. L. 115-20, 131 Stat. 86."
regulatory_source: "58 FR 5064, Jan. 19, 1993, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "32"
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# 32.8 Areas closed to hunting.

|  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | Nov. 20, 1959 | Alabama | Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge | 24 FR 9513. |
|  | Oct. 15, 1960 | .......do | .......do | 25 FR 9899. |
|  | Nov. 3, 1970 | .......do | Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge | 35 FR 16935. |
| 2325 | Mar. 21, 1939 | Arkansas | Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge | 3 CFR Cum. Supp. 4 FR 1309. |
|  | Oct. 24, 1958 | .......do | Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge | 23 FR 8429. |
| 2274 | Mar. 15, 1938 | .......do | White River National Wildlife Refuge | 3 FR 591. |
|  | July 13, 1963 | Delaware | Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge | 28 FR 6228. |
|  | Oct. 22, 1953 | Florida | St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge | 18 FR 7837. |
|  | Oct. 20, 1960 | .......do | .......do | 25 FR 10030. |
| 2758 | Dec. 2, 1947 | .......do | “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge | 3 CFR 1947 Supp.; 12 FR 8039. |
| 2239 | Apr. 10, 1939 | Georgia | Savannah National Wildlife Refuge | 3 CFR Cum. Supp.; 4 FR 1595. |
|  | Nov. 3, 1970 | .......do | Eufaula Wildlife Refuge | 35 FR 16935. |
|  | Nov. 3, 1970 | .......do | Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge | 35 FR 16936. |
| 2748 | Oct. 1, 1947 | Illinois | Honshoe Lake, Alexander County | 3 CFR, 1947 Supp. 12 FR 6521. |
|  | Sept. 9, 1953 | .......do | .......do | 18 FR 5495. |
| 2322 | Feb. 7, 1939 | Louisiana | Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge | 3 CFR, Cum. Suppl. 4 FR 611. |
|  | Nov. 19, 1982 | .......do | Delta National Wildlife Refuge | 47 FR 52183. |
|  | Dec. 2, 1969 | .......do | Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge | 34 FR 19077. |
|  | Aug. 13, 1960 | Maryland | Martin National Wildlife Refuge | 25 FR 7741. |
| 2617 | Oct. 18, 1948 | Massachusetts | Parker River National Wildlife Refuge | 3 CFR, 1948 Supp. 13 FR 6115. |
| 2200 | Oct. 7, 1936 | Montana | Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge | 1 FR 1554. |
|  | Aug. 30, 1976 | .......do | Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge | 41 FR 31539. |
| 2284 | May 9, 1939 | North Carolina | Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge | 3 FR 912. |
| 2129 | July 18, 1935 | .......do | Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge | 49 Stat. 3450. |
|  | Aug. 21, 1963 | .......do | Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge | 28 FR 9209. |
|  | Sept. 22, 1967 | .......do | Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge | 32 FR 13384. 33 FR 749, Jan. 20, 1968. |
|  | Sept. 27, 1964 | .......do | .......do | 49 FR 38141. |
| 2000 | June 6, 1932 | South Carolina | Cape Romanain National Wildlife Refuge | 47 Stat. 2513. |
| 2329 | Apr. 10, 1939 | .......do | Savannah National Wildlife Refuge | 3 CFR, Cum. Supp.; 4 FR 1595. |
|  | Sept. 13, 1968 | .......do | Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge | 33 FR 12964. |
|  | Oct. 8, 1963 | Tennessee | Cross Creeks National Wildlife Refuge | 28 FR 10782. |
|  | Aug. 23, 1956 | Texas | Aransas National Wildlife Regudge | 21 FR 6513. |
| 2370 | Oct. 16, 1939 | Virginia | Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge | 3 CFR, Cum. Supp. 4 FR 4285. |
|  | Aug. 13, 1954 | .......do | Presquile National Wildlife Refuge | 19 FR 5290. |
|  | Jan. 5, 1962 | .......do | Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge | 27 FR 104; 27 FR 858. |
|  | Aug. 21, 1963 | .......do | Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge | 28 FR 9209. |
|  | Oct. 9, 1969 | .......do | Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge | 34 FR 15653. |
| 2439 | Nov. 7, 1940 | Washington | Willapa National Wildlife Refuge | 3 CFR, Cum. Supp.; 5 FR 4443. |

[58 FR 5064, Jan. 19, 1993, as amended at 58 FR 42880, Aug. 12, 1993; 74 FR 45678, Sept. 3, 2009]