Alaska; Hunting and Trapping in National Preserves

What it does

The National Park Service proposes to amend its regulations for hunting, fishing, trapping, and other natural resource harvest in national preserves in Alaska and for the procedures used to restrict public use and access in Alaska park lands. These changes restore National Park Service interpretations of law, policies, and regulations adopted to implement the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 that were in effect for over three decades. Rulemaking in 2015, 2017, and 2024 preempted methods of State-authorized fish and wildlife harvests, revised codified and established procedures for restricting public access and activities in Alaska park lands, and added severability provision, among other changes. The revisions in this proposed rule are consistent with Executive Order (E.O.) 14153, E.O. 14192, and Secretary of the Interior's Order (S.O.) 3422 titled "Unleashing Alaska's Extraordinary Resource Potential."

The National Park Service's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What it would change

1 part of Title 36 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

36 CFR 13

Before this

No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 1024-AE96 since Jan. 1, 2025.

Since then:

• April 10, 2026 Proposed rule; extension of public comment period. Alaska; Hunting and Trapping in National Preserves; Extension of Comment Period
• Oct. 19, 2026 Final rule. Alaska; Wildlife, Harvest, and Access
• Oct. 28, 2026 Final rule; correction. Alaska; Wildlife, Harvest, and Access; Correction

What happens next and when

Comments on the proposed rule must be received by 11:59 p.m. ET on April 9, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket NPS-2026-0034 on Regulations.gov
• Title 36 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register