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Waterfowl Regulations

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News Release
RI Department of Environmental Management
235 Promenade St., Providence, RI 02908
(401) 222-2771 TDD/(401) 222-4462
For Release: September 25, 2001
Contact: Gail Mastrati 222-4700 ext. 2402
Stephanie Powell 222-4700 ext. 4418

DEM ANNOUNCES WATERFOWL REGULATIONS FOR THE 2001-2002 SEASONS

PROVIDENCE - The Department of Environmental Management's Division of Fish and Wildlife has established the 2001-2002 waterfowl hunting season regulations. The three-way split season begins in October.

A change in regulations for the 2001-2002 season includes a restriction on hunting along the Cranston shoreline. The discharge of firearms along the shoreline from Washouset Point (Pawtuxet Cove) north to Fields Point including Stillhouse Cove, while waterfowl hunting, is restricted to discharge towards open water (seaward). All waterfowl hunters are reminded that Rhode Island state law prohibits the discharge of firearms within 500 feet of occupied buildings; this prohibition covers all activities, including those conducted on land, along the shoreline, or in a watercraft.

Rhode Island waterfowl hunting guides and free state waterfowl stamps are available at license vendors, as are free migratory bird harvest information program (HIP) permits. Federal law requires all migratory bird hunters to carry a state-issued HIP permit.

Also, all waterfowl hunters age 16 and older are required to carry a valid federal migratory bird hunting and conservation stamp (duck stamp) and a Rhode Island waterfowl stamp, signed in ink across the face.

HIP permits and state waterfowl stamps are also available to licensed hunters at DEM's Division of Fish and Wildlife Headquarters in the Oliver Stedman Government Center, 4806 Tower Hill Rd. in Wakefield and at the division's Great Swamp Field Office in West Kingston. For more information contact the division at 789-3094. The regulations can also be found on the DEM website, www.dem.ri.gov by clicking on fish and wildlife regulations on the publications page.

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