2026 Interior Region-Specific Regulations
Season: April 2–June 14 and July 16–August 31 (hunting). May 1–June 14 (egg gathering).
Closure: June 15–July 15.
Note: The Central Interior Excluded Area and the Matanuska-Susitna Borough are closed to harvest (see map below). The Central Interior Excluded Area includes the Fairbanks North Star Borough and that portion of GMU 20(A) east of the Wood River drainage and south of Rex Trail, including the upper Wood River drainage south of its confluence with Chicken Creek; that portion of GMU 20(C) east of Denali National Park north to Rock Creek and east to GMU 20(A), and that portion of GMU 20(D) west of the Tanana River between its confluence with the Johnson and Delta Rivers, west of the east bank of the Johnson River, and north and west of the Volkmar drainage, including the Goodpaster River drainage.
*Residents of Cantwell may hunt in both the Interior Region and in harvest areas for the Ahtna Territory.
