Access gates to Sleepy Creek WMA will stay closed for 2022 season, and into next year

by Kate Shunney Bright red gates across access roads into various parts of Sleepy Creek Wildlife Management Area will stay closed for the rest of 2022, including the upcoming hunting seasons. DNR officials last week confirmed local rumors that have been circulating about whether the gates would open for fall hunters. During previous years, gates were opened during fall and spring seasons to allow vehicle access for hunters to wildlife areas on the 22,988-acre, state-owned…