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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 166 / Tuesday, August 31, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
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Signature and date: To confirm that the applicant and parent/guardian, if a youth hunter understands the terms and conditions of the permit.
Requested revisions to FWS Form 32439:
With this submission, we updated the title of the form to include NFHs. We also updated the Privacy Act Statement on the form to include applicability to all hunting permits rather than only migratory bird hunting and to also include references to authorized hunting on NFHs.
Harvest/Fishing Activity Reports We have four harvest/fishing activity reports, depending on the species. We ask users to report on their success after their experience so that we can evaluate hunt quality and resource impacts. We requested to use the following activity reports, which we distribute during appropriate seasons, as determined by State or Federal regulations:
FWS Form 32359 Big Game Harvest Report.
FWS Form 32360 Sport Fishing Report.
FWS Form 32361 Migratory Bird Hunt Report.
FWS Form 32362 Upland/Small Game/Furbearer Report.
We collect the following information on the harvest reports:
Name of refuge and location: We ask this to track responses by location, which is important when we manage more than one refuge or activity area from one office.
Date: We ask when the hunter/
angler participated in the activity. This helps us identify use trends so we have resources available.
Hours/Time in/out: We ask this to determine how long the hunter/angler participated in the activity. We also use this to track use so we can allocate resources appropriately.
Name, City, State: We ask for a name so we can identify the user. We ask for residence information to help establish use patterns if users are local or traveling.
Number harvested/caught based on species: We ask this to determine the impacts on wildlife/fish populations, relative success, and quality of experience.
Species harvested/caught: We ask this to determine the impacts on wildlife/fish populations, relative success, and quality of experience.
Requested revisions to harvest activity reports:
With this submission, we requested approval of a new harvest form FWS
Form 32542, Hunter Harvest Report to replace FWS Forms 32359, 32361,
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black bear and hog and deposit it in the permit box.
Self-Clearing Daily Vehicle Permit.
The driver and each user traveling in the vehicle must complete this portion date and display in clear view in the vehicle while on the refuge.
We use FWS Form 32405 to collect:
Information on the visitor name, address, and contact information. We use this information to identify the visitor or driver/passenger of a vehicle while on the refuge. This is extremely valuable information should visitors become lost or injured. Law enforcement officers can easily check vehicles for these cards in order to determine a starting point for the search or to contact family members in the event of an abandoned vehicle. Having this information readily available is critical in a search and rescue situation.
Purpose of visit hunting, sport fishing, wildlife observation, wildlife photography, auto touring, birding, hiking, boating/canoeing, visitor center, special event, environmental education class, volunteering, other recreation.
This information is critical in determining public use participation in wildlife management programs. This not only allows the refuge to manage its hunt and other visitor use programs, but also to increase and/or improve facilities for non-consumptive uses that are becoming more popular on refuges.
Data collected will also help managers better allocate staff and resources to serve the public as well as develop annual performance measures.
Success of harvest by hunters/
anglers number and type of harvest/
caught. This information is critical to wildlife management programs on refuges. Each refuge will customize the form by listing game species and incidental species available on the Self-Clearing Check-In Permit FWS
refuge, hunting methods allowed, and Form 32405
data needed for certain species e.g., for deer, whether itis a buck or doe and the FWS Form 32405 has three parts:
Self-Clearing Daily Check-in Permit. number of points; or for turkeys, the weight and beard and spur lengths.
Each user completes this portion of the Visitor observations of incidental form date of visit, name, and telephone species. This information will help numbers and deposits it in the permit managers develop annual performance box prior to engaging in any activity on measures and it provides information to the refuge.
help develop resource management Self-Clearing Daily Visitor planning.
Registration Permit. Each user must Photograph of animal harvested complete the front side of the form specific refuges only. This requirement date, name, city, State, zip code, and documents the sex of animal prior to the purpose of visit and carry this portion hunter being eligible to harvest the while on the refuge. At the completion of the visit, each user must complete the opposite sex where allowed.
Date of visit and/or area visited.
reverse side of the form number of Comments. We encourage visitors hours on refuge, harvest information to comment on their experience.
species and number, harvest method, Requested revisions to FWS Form angler information species and 32405:
number, and wildlife sighted e.g., and 32362 to simplify reporting requirements and to reduce burden on the public. In addition to the fields previously approved by OMB on the original three harvest report forms, we added the following additional fields to aid the refuge in management of the reports:
State-issued hunter identification ID/license number NOTE: Refuges/
hatcheries that rely on the State agency to issue hunting permits are not required to collect the permittees personal identifying information PII on the harvest form. Those refuges/
hatcheries may opt to collect only the State ID number assigned to the hunter in order to match harvest data with their issued permit. Refuges/hatcheries will collect either hunter PII or State-issued ID number, but not both.
Species observedData will be used by refuge/hatchery staff to document the presence of rare or unusual species.
Permit number/typeData will be used to link the harvest report to the issued permit.
Hunt Tag NumberData will be used to link the harvest report to the species-specific hunt tag.
Number of youth younger than age 18 in partyData will be used to better understand volume of youth hunting on a refuge/hatchery. Specific hunter names are not collected, just total number of youths in hunting party.
Harvested byData will be used to determine ratio of adults to youth hunters. Specific hunter names are not collected.
Species observedData will be used by a refuge/hatchery to determine the presence of any unusual species e.g., threatened or endangered species, or invasive species.

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