Hearings set on hunting rules

Hearings

set on hunting rules

The Georgia

Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division has scheduled

eight public meetings throughout the state to give sportsmen and women

an opportunity to discuss and make suggestions for changes in the hunting

regulations for the 2001-2002 and 2002-2003 hunting seasons.

WRD Game Management

personnel will attend to give hunters the opportunity to ask questions,

discuss their concerns about hunting and make suggestions for possible

changes in the regulations.

The meetings

will be as follows:

Hunters who

are not able to attend can submit comments in writing to the Wildlife

Resources Division, Game Management Section, 2070 Highway 278, S.E., Social

Circle, GA 30025. WRD will conduct the meetings in facilities that are

physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to the address

listed above at least one week prior to the meeting.

For information

and dates and times of meetings phone the WRD Game Management Section

at 770-918-6416.