# Summary of Game, Fish and Parks Rule Changes **Mountain lion hunting in the Black Hills changes from a Custer State Park permit system to a broader regional approach.** Hunters must now obtain temporary permits (issued by random drawing) to hunt mountain lions with dogs in a larger geographic area of the Black Hills Fire Protection District, with only 3 permits available per 21-day hunting interval instead of the previous tiered system. The overall harvest limits remain 60 mountain lions or 40 female lions per season, with the season running December 26 through April 30. **The state also reorganized its aquatic invasive species list and created new exemptions for red swamp crayfish.** The invasive species list was reordered alphabetically and simplified—for example, snakehead species are now grouped together generically rather than listed individually. New exemptions allow people to import, transport, or possess live red swamp crayfish for human consumption (outside bait shops) and clarify that only dead invasive fish and crayfish can be transported, except for the red swamp crayfish exemption.
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Rules concerning Mountain Lion Hunting Season and Aquatic Invasive Species will be addressed.
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