Environment and Conservation
February 19, 2015

Public Advisory: Correction Notice for the 2014-15 Snaring Seasons for Small Game

The Department of Environment and Conservation wishes to advise hunters of the closure for small game shooting and snaring seasons throughout various zones on the Island of Newfoundland. A typographic error exists in the 2014-15 Hunting and Trapping Guide which shows that snaring seasons for grouse and ptarmigan close on February 22, 2015. Season dates for all small species is listed below:

Species	Shooting	Snaring
Willow/Rock Ptarmigan
Avalon/Swift Current	Closed	Closes March 8, 2015
Burin	Closed	Closed
The Topsails	Closed	Closes March 8, 2015
Remainder of Island Zone	Closed	Closes March 8, 2015
Bell Island	Closed	Closed
Ruffed/Spruce Grouse
Island of Newfoundland	Closed	Closes March 8, 2015
Bell Island	Closed	Closed
Snowshoe Hare
Great Island	Closed	Closed
Little Bay Islands	Closed	Closed
Remainder of Island	Closes March 8, 2015	Closes March 8, 2015
Arctic Hare
Island of Newfoundland	Closed	Closed

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Media contact:

Tina Coffey Public Relations Specialist Department of Environment and Conservation Office of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency 709-729-5783, 728-8650 tcoffey@gov.nl.ca

2015 02 19                              10:25 a.m.