Wood Buffalo National Park Game Regulations

56 (1) The superintendent is authorized to grant permission to any person

• (a) to take or kill game within the Park for scientific purposes;

• (b) to take or destroy any game, if it is necessary for the purposes of game management;

• (c) to sell or otherwise dispose of any products resulting from game taken, killed or destroyed under paragraphs (a) and (b); or

• (d) to destroy any game that presents a hazard to public safety or to property.

(2) The superintendent is authorized, by notice, to alter the open seasons and bag limits for any game set out in Schedule II if

• (a) emergency conditions prevail; or

• (b) unusual climatic conditions arise.

(3) Despite any other provision of these Regulations, in respect of any area in the Park where hunting, trapping or the possession of firearms might endanger the safety of the public or in respect of any area in the Park if it is necessary for management of the Park, the superintendent is authorized, by notice, to

• (a) restrict or prohibit hunting or trapping;

• (b) prohibit the possession of firearms; or

• (c) specify the conditions under which a person may possess firearms.

(4) Every notice issued pursuant to subsection (2) or (3) shall be posted by the superintendent in conspicuous places in the Park.

(5) No person shall hunt, trap or be in possession of firearms, contrary to a notice issued pursuant to subsection (2) or (3).