1. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), in accordance with Subsection 23A-6-402(5)(a), all individuals who are 18 years or older must possess a valid hunting, fishing or combination license to enter a wildlife management area, or that portion of a wildlife management area, that is located within a county of the first or second class.

2. (2) The following individuals are exempt from having to possess a hunting, fishing, or combination license to enter a wildlife management area, or portion of wildlife management area, located within a county of the first or second class:

   1. (a) individuals who are division employees, volunteers, or contractors hired at the request of the division while participating in the course of their official duties, or invitees of a division hosted or sanctioned event;
   2. (b) individuals who are federal land management agency employees while participating in the course of their official duties;
   3. (c) individuals on those portions of a wildlife management area which are sovereign and under the management authority of the Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands; or
   4. (d) individuals on those portions of a wildlife management area which are owned by the United States of America by and through the Utah Mitigation Reclamation Conservation Commission (URMCC), which were purchased as mitigation through the Central Utah Water Project.

KEY: wildlife, right-of-way, leases, land use, wood

Date of Last Change: August 7, 2025

Notice of Continuation: June 13, 2022

Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 23A-2-203