List of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Lands With Significantly Restricted Access or No Public Access
The John D. Dingell Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act, signed into law in 2019, includes a provision intended to increase recreation access to public lands.
Section 4105 instructs the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and other federal land management agencies to develop a list of lands they own that have significantly restricted access or no public access and are at least 640 contiguous acres. Additional considerations for inclusion on the list include the likelihood of resolving the absence of or restriction to public access. The Fish and Wildlife Service asked members of the public to nominate land to be included on the list.
Below is the Service’s 2022 list. It will be updated biennially until 2030.
| State | Refuge Name | Acres Restricted | Type of Access Required to Resolve Access Issue |
|---|
| Alaska | Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge | 1,362,431 | Easement |
| Alaska | Kenai National Wildlife Refuge | 1,822,027 | Fee or easement |
| Alaska | Kenai National Wildlife Refuge | 1,822,027 | Fee or easement |
| Arkansas | Cache River National Wildlife Refuge | 1,665 | Fee |
| Idaho | Minidoka National Wildlife Refuge | 3,000 | Easement |
| Kentucky | Clarks River National Wildlife Refuge | 1,050 | Fee |
| Maine | Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge | 1,030 | Fee |
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