内政部拟议新规：Castle Mountains与Craters of the Moon两处国家纪念地将允许狩猎，评论期至11月25日
美国内政部与国家公园管理局（National Park Service）11月13日在华盛顿宣布拟议规定，将允许在加利福尼亚州的 Castle Mountains 国家纪念地与爱达荷州的 Craters of the Moon 国家纪念地狩猎，落实第14429号行政令中要求内政部在90天内开放两处纪念地狩猎的指令。
按拟议规定，两处纪念地可猎取不受《濒危物种法》保护的物种。规定承认州野生动物管理机构管理鱼类与野生动物的职权，同时保留国家公园管理局出于公共健康与安全、保护纪念地设立所要保存的历史与科学对象及受威胁物种而管理狩猎的权力，狩猎须同时符合州法与联邦法，两处纪念地的负责人有权设置关闭、限制或附加条件。
内政部长 Doug Burgum 表示，狩猎是美国传统的一部分，猎人也是美国最出色的自然保护者之一，这项提案在扩大狩猎机会的同时尊重州野生动物管理职权并保护自然资源。国家公园管理局方面表示，规定与加利福尼亚州及爱达荷州伙伴密切协作制定。
在 Castle Mountains，规定与加州鱼类与野生动物厅协调制定：任何野生动物饮水点（包括天然泉眼、渗水点与人工饮水设施）200码范围内禁止狩猎，以保护大角羊、骡鹿与沙漠龟等依赖稀缺水源的物种；纪念地范围内由土地管理局管理的 Castle Mountain 矿区一英里范围内同样禁止狩猎，以保护矿区工人。
在 Craters of the Moon，规定与爱达荷州鱼类与猎物厅协调制定：猎人只能使用短程武器、不得使用现代中央火力步枪，以降低开阔地形上流弹的风险；纪念地北部建有园区设施、行政设施与敏感考古遗址的区域对一切狩猎关闭。该纪念地由国家公园管理局管理的保护区部分与土地管理局管理部分此前已允许狩猎，新规将把机会扩大到目前禁猎的原纪念地区域。
拟议规定将在《联邦公报》刊登，文件号2026-23228。公众可通过 regulations.gov 以 RIN 1024-AF13 提交评论，截止时间为11月25日晚11时59分（美东时间），电邮与传真评论不予受理，也可邮寄至国家公园管理局法规处。
（来源：美国内政部）
Interior Proposes Allowing Hunting at Castle Mountains and Craters of the Moon National Monuments, Comments Due Nov. 25
The U.S. Department of the Interior and the National Park Service announced proposed regulations in Washington on Nov. 13 that would allow hunting in Castle Mountains National Monument in California and Craters of the Moon National Monument in Idaho, implementing a directive in Executive Order 14429 that gave the department 90 days to allow hunting within the two monuments.
Under the proposal, hunting would be permitted for species not protected under the Endangered Species Act in both monuments. The rule recognizes state wildlife agencies' authority to manage fish and wildlife while giving the Park Service the ability to manage hunting to protect public health and safety, the historic and scientific objects the monuments were created to preserve, and any threatened or endangered species present. Hunting would be conducted under both state and federal law, and superintendents at each monument would retain authority to establish closures, restrictions or conditions.
"Hunting is part of America's heritage, and hunters are some of our country's greatest conservationists," said Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, adding that the proposal expands hunting opportunities while respecting state wildlife management authority and safeguarding natural resources. Jessica Bowron, Comptroller Exercising the Delegated Authority of the Director of the National Park Service, said the service worked closely with state partners in California and Idaho to craft the rule.
At Castle Mountains, the regulations developed with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife would prohibit hunting within 200 yards of any wildlife watering place, including natural springs, seeps and artificial watering devices, to protect desert species such as bighorn sheep, mule deer and desert tortoises, and within one mile of the Castle Mountain Mine on Bureau of Land Management-administered land inside the monument boundary, to protect mine workers.
At Craters of the Moon, the regulations developed with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game would limit hunters to short-range weapons, excluding modern centerfire rifles, to reduce the risk from errant rounds across the open terrain, and would close the northern section containing park infrastructure, administrative facilities and sensitive archeological sites to all hunting. Hunting is already permitted in the Park Service-administered preserve and Bureau of Land Management-administered portions; the rule would expand it into the original monument, where it is currently prohibited.
The proposed rule will be published in the Federal Register as document 2026-23228. Comments may be submitted through Nov. 25 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern time via regulations.gov under RIN 1024-AF13, or by mail to the National Park Service Division of Regulations; comments by email or fax will not be accepted.
(Source: U.S. Department of the Interior)
来源：美国内政部
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图片来源：图：加利福尼亚州 Castle Mountains 国家纪念地的约书亚树与岩峰（David Lamfrom 摄，CC BY-SA 3.0，Wikimedia Commons）。 / Photo: Joshua trees and rock spires at Castle Mountains National Monument, California (David Lamfrom, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons).
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