Current through Bulletin 2024-18, September 15, 2024
(1) Waterfowl blinds on division waterfowl
management areas may be constructed or used as follows:
(a) waterfowl blinds may not be left
unattended overnight, except for blinds constructed entirely of non-woody,
vegetative materials that naturally occur where the blind is located;
(b) trees and shrubs on waterfowl management
areas that are live or dead standing may not be cut or damaged except as
expressly authorized in writing by the division;
(c) excavating soil or rock on waterfowl
management areas above or below water surface is strictly prohibited, except as
expressly authorized in writing by the division;
(d) rock and soil material may not be
transported to waterfowl management areas for purposes of constructing a blind;
and
(e) waterfowl blinds may not be
constructed or used in any area or manner, which obstructs vehicular or
pedestrian travel on dikes.
(2) The restrictions set forth in Subsection
(1)(a) through Subsection (1)(c) do not apply to the following waterfowl
management areas:
(a) Farmington Bay Waterfowl
Management Area - We s t and North of Unit 1, Turpin Unit, and Doug Miller
Unit;
(b) Howard Slough Waterfowl
Management Area - We s t and South of the exterior dike separating the
waterfowl management area's fresh water impoundments from the Great Salt
Lake;
(c) Ogden Bay Waterfowl
Management Area - We s t o f Unit 1, Unit 2, and Unit 3; and
(d) Harold Crane Waterfowl Management Area -
one half mile North and West of the exterior dike separating the waterfowl
management area's fresh water impoundments from Willard Spur.
(3)
(a) The restrictions set forth in Subsection
(1)(a) through Subsection (1)(c) do not apply to blinds on Willard Spur
Waterfowl Management Area.
(b) The
placement or use of any permanent blind on Willard Spur Waterfowl Management
Area requires written permission from UDWR and FFSL.
(4) Waterfowl blinds constructed or
maintained on waterfowl management areas in violation of this section may be
removed or destroyed by the division without notice.
(5) Any unoccupied, permanent waterfowl blind
located on state land open to public access for hunting may be used by any
person without priority to the person that constructed the blind. It being the
intent of this rule to make such blinds available to any person on a
first-come, first-serve basis.
(6)
Waterfowl blinds or decoys cannot be left unattended overnight on state land
open to public access for hunting in an effort to reserve the particular
location where the blinds or decoys are placed.
(7) A person may not construct a new
permanent blind on a waterfowl management area after June 3, 2021.
