PROPOSED RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Original Notice.
Preproposal statement of inquiry was filed as WSR 00-18-076.
Title of Rule: Game management units (GMUs) -- Special game areas -- Boundary descriptions -- Region three.
Purpose: To amend WAC 232-28-02203 Game management units (GMUs) -- Special game areas -- Boundary descriptions -- Region three.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.12.040.
Statute Being Implemented: RCW 77.12.040.
Summary: This action would correct and clarify a description of a game management unit in region three.
Reasons Supporting Proposal: This action clarifies a boundary description and simplifies a regulation for the public.
Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting and Implementation: Dave Brittell, Assistant Director, Wildlife Program, Olympia, (360) 902-2504; and Enforcement: Bruce Bjork, Assistant Director, Enforcement, Olympia, (360) 902-2932.
Name of Proponent: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, governmental.
Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.
Explanation of Rule, its Purpose, and Anticipated Effects: The purpose of the proposed action is to correct an error in a game management unit description.
Proposal Changes the Following Existing Rules: See above.
No small business economic impact statement has been prepared under chapter 19.85 RCW. This rule does not affect small business.
Section 201, chapter 403, Laws of 1995, does not apply to this rule adoption. This rule is not related to the hydraulics code.
Hearing Location: Best Western Southcenter, 15901 West Valley Road, Tukwila, WA, on December 8-9, 2000, at 8:00 a.m.
Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact Debbie Nelson by November 30, 2000, TDD (360) 902-2207, or (360) 902-2267.
Submit Written Comments to: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Dave Brittell, 600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98501-1091, fax (360) 902-2162, by November 21, 2000.
Date of Intended Adoption: December 8, 2000.
November 1, 2000
Evan Jacoby
Rules Coordinator
GMU 328-NANEUM (Kittitas and Chelan counties): Beginning at
Swauk Pass on U.S. Highway 97 and USFS Road 9716; east on USFS
Road 9716 to the Liberty-Beehive Road (USFS 9712); east on the
Liberty-Beehive Road to the west boundary of Section 22 (T21N,
R19E); southeast along the ridge past Mission Peak to Wenatchee
Mountain and Naneum Ridge Road (WDFW Road 9); southeast on the
Naneum Ridge Road to the Colockum Pass Road (WDFW Road 10); south
on the Colockum Pass Road to the East Highline Canal; northwest
along the East Highline Canal to the Lower Green Canyon Road;
south on the Lower Green Canyon Road to U.S. Highway 97; north on
U.S. Highway 97 to Swauk Pass and the point of beginning.
GMU 329-QUILOMENE (Kittitas and Chelan counties): Beginning on
the Columbia River at the mouth of Tarpiscan Creek; south along
the Columbia River to Vantage and Interstate Highway 90; west on
Interstate Highway 90 to the East Highline Canal; north on the
East Highline Canal to the Colockum Pass Road (Road 10); north on
the Colockum Pass Road to North Fork Tarpiscan ((Creek)) Road (Rd
10.10); east ((down)) on North Fork Tarpiscan Road to North Fork
Tarpiscan Creek; east on North Fork Tarpiscan Creek and Tarpiscan
Creek to the Columbia River and the point of beginning.
GMU 334-ELLENSBURG (Kittitas County): Beginning on U.S. Highway
97 and the Lower Green Canyon Road; north on the Lower Green
Canyon Road to the East Highline Canal; east and south along the
canal past Interstate 90 to the pump station; south and west
along the north branch of the canal to State Highway 821 and the
Yakima River; north along the Yakima River to the Damon Road;
south on Damon Road and Shushuskin Canyon to the South Branch
Extension Canal; west along the canal to the Bradshaw Road; west
along Bradshaw Road to the elk fence; west and north along the
elk fence to Taneum Creek; east along Taneum Creek to the Yakima
River; southeast along the Yakima River to the Thorp Highway;
east on the Thorp Highway and State Highway 10 to U.S. Highway
97; north along U.S. Highway 97 to the Lower Green Canyon Road
and the point of beginning.
GMU 335-TEANAWAY (Kittitas County): Beginning at Snoqualmie Pass
on the Pacific Crest Trail; north on the Pacific Crest Trail to
the Alpine Lakes Wilderness Boundary; east on the Alpine
Wilderness Boundary to the Chelan-Kittitas County line; southeast
on the county line and Trail 1226 to Swauk Pass and U.S. Highway
97; south on U.S. Highway 97 to State Highway 10; northwest on
State Highways 10, 970, 903 to Cle Elum and Interstate 90; west
on Interstate 90 to Snoqualmie Pass and the Pacific Crest Trail
and the point of beginning.
GMU 336-TANEUM (Kittitas County): Beginning at the Pacific Crest
Trail and Interstate 90 at Snoqualmie Pass; east on Interstate 90
to Cle Elum and State Highway 903; east on State Highways 903,
970 and 10 to the Thorp Highway; southeast on the Thorp Highway
to the Thorp Highway Bridge and the Yakima River; southwest along
the Yakima River (upstream) to Taneum Creek; west along Taneum
Creek to the South Fork Taneum Creek; west along the South Fork
Taneum Creek to Trail 1367; west on Trail 1367 to Trail 1363;
south on Trail 1363 and south along Peaches Ridge to Trail 1388;
west on Trail 1388 to Blowout Mountain on the Pacific Crest
Trail; north on the Pacific Crest Trail to Snoqualmie Pass and
the point of beginning.
GMU 340-MANASTASH (Kittitas County): Beginning at Quartz
Mountain and Peaches Ridge (Trail 1363); north and east on Trail
1363 to Trail 1367; southeast on Trail 1367 to the South Fork
Taneum Creek; east along the South Fork Taneum Creek to Taneum
Creek; east along Taneum Creek to the elk fence; southeast along
the elk fence to Bradshaw Road; east on Bradshaw Road to the
South Branch Highline Canal; southeast along the South Branch
Highline Canal to the Wenas-Ellensburg Road (at Shushuskin
Canyon); north on the Wenas-Ellensburg Road to the Damon Road;
north on the Damon Road to the Yakima River; south along the
Yakima River to Umtanum Creek; west along Umtanum Creek to the
Wenas-Ellensburg Road; west on the Wenas-Ellensburg Road to
Ellensburg Pass and the Observatory Road (Section 6, T16N, R17E);
north on the Observatory Road to Manastash Ridge (Section 20,
T17N, R17E, W.M.); northwest along the Manastash Ridge to USFS
Trail 694 (T17N, R15E, NW 1/4 of Section 12) near the USFS fence;
northwest on ORV Trail 694 to ORV Trail 688 near Rocky Saddle;
northwest on ORV Trail 688 to USFS Trail 1388; northwest on Trail
1388 to Quartz Mountain and Peaches Ridge Trail and the point of
beginning.
GMU 342-UMTANUM (Kittitas and Yakima counties): Beginning at
Manastash Ridge at the junction of Forest Road 1701; east along
the Manastash Ridge to the Observatory Road in Section 20, T17N,
R17E, W.M.; south on the Observatory Road to the Wenas-Ellensburg
Road near Ellensburg Pass (Section 6, T16N, R17E, W.M.); east on
the Wenas-Ellensburg Road to Umtanum Creek; east along the
Umtanum Creek to the Yakima River; south along the Yakima River
to Yakima and U.S. Highway 12; northwest on U.S. Highway 12 to
State Highway 410; northwest on State Highway 410 to USFS Road
1701; north on USFS Road 1701 to the point of beginning.
GMU 346-LITTLE NACHES (Yakima and Kittitas counties): Beginning
at Blowout Mountain and the USFS Road 1388; east on USFS Road
1388 to USFS ORV Trail 688 to Rocky Saddle; east on USFS ORV
Trail 694 to USFS Road 1701 near the USFS fence (T17N, R15E, NW
1/4 of Section 12); south on USFS Road 1701 to State Highway 410;
northwest and southwest on State Highway 410 to the Pacific Crest
Trail near Chinook Pass; north on the Pacific Crest Trail to
Blowout Mountain and the point of beginning.
GMU 352-NILE (Yakima County): Beginning on the Bumping Lake Road
and State Highway 410; east and south on State Highway 410 to
Nile and USFS Road 1500; west on USFS Road 1500 to the McDaniel
Lake Road (USFS Road 1502); west on the McDaniel Lake Road to the
North Fork of Rattlesnake Creek; west along the North Fork
Rattlesnake Creek to the USFS Richmond Mine Trail 973; north on
the Richmond Mine Trail 973 to the Bumping Lake Road; north on
the Bumping Lake Road to State Highway 410 and the point of
beginning.
GMU 356-BUMPING (Yakima County): Beginning on the Pacific Crest
Trail and State Highway 410 at Chinook Pass; northeast on State
Highway 410 to the Bumping Lake Road; southwest on the Bumping
Lake Road to the USFS Richmond Mine Trail 973; southeast on the
Richmond Mine Trail 973 to the North Fork Rattlesnake Creek;
southeast along the North Fork Rattlesnake Creek to the McDaniel
Lake Road (USFS Road 1502); southeast on the McDaniel Lake Road
to USFS Road 1500; south on USFS Road 1500 to State Highway 12;
west on Highway 12 to the Pacific Crest Trail at White Pass;
north on the Pacific Crest Trail to Chinook Pass and the point of
beginning. (Lands within the boundary of Mt. Rainier National
Park along the Pacific Crest Trail are not open to hunting.)
GMU 360-BETHEL (Yakima County): Beginning on USFS Road 1500 and
Highway 410 at Nile; southeast on Highway 410 to Highway 12;
southwest on Highway 12 to USFS Road 1500; north and east on USFS
Road 1500 to Nile and the point of beginning.
GMU 364-RIMROCK (Yakima County): Beginning on the Pacific Crest
Trail and Highway 12 at White Pass; east on Highway 12 to Windy
Point and the Jump Off Road (USFS 1302); southwest on Jump Off
Road to Jump Off Lookout; south on Divide Ridge Crest to Darland
Mountain and to the Darland Mountain Road and the north boundary
of the Yakama Indian Reservation; west on the Yakama Indian
Reservation boundary to the Pacific Crest Trail; north on the
Pacific Crest Trail to Highway 12 at White Pass and the point of
beginning.
GMU 366-RIMROCK-COWICHE (Yakima County): GMUs 364 (Rimrock) and
368 (Cowiche).
GMU 368-COWICHE (Yakima County): Beginning on Highway 12 and
Jump Off Road near Windy Point; northeast and southeast on
Highway 12 to the Yakima River; south along the Yakima River to
the Yakama Indian Reservation boundary south of Union Gap; west
on the reservation boundary to Darland Mountain; north on the
crest of Divide Ridge to the Jump Off Lookout and the Jump Off
Road (USFS Road 1302); northeast on the Jump Off Road to Highway
12 and the point of beginning.
GMU 371-ALKALI (Kittitas and Yakima counties): Beginning one
mile south of Thrall and Highway 821 at the Yakima River and the
East High Canal; east and north along the East High Canal to
Interstate Highway 90; east on Interstate Highway 90 to Vantage
and the Columbia River; south along the Columbia River to Priest
Rapids Dam and the Yakima Training Center (YTC) boundary; south
and west along the YTC boundary to the main gate at Firing Center
Road; west along Firing Center Road and Harrison Road to the
Yakima River; north along the Yakima River to the East High Canal
and the point of beginning.
GMU 372-KIONA (Benton and Yakima counties): Beginning at Priest
Rapids Dam and the Columbia River; east and south along the
Columbia River (Yakima, Grant, Benton, and Walla Walla County
line) to the Alderdale Road; north on the Alderdale Road to the
Klickitat-Yakima County line; west on the county line to the
Yakama Indian Reservation boundary; northeast on the reservation
boundary to the Mabton-Sunnyside Road; north on the
Mabton-Sunnyside Road to the Yakima River; northwest along the
Yakima River to Harrison Road; east along Harrison Road and
Firing Center Road to the main gate of the Yakima Training Center
(YTC); south and east along the YTC boundary to Priest Rapids Dam
and the Columbia River and the point of beginning. The Hanford
Nuclear Reservation is closed to all unauthorized public entry.
GMU 381-ESQUATZEL (Franklin, Grant and Adams counties):
Beginning at the Vernita Bridge on the west shore of the Columbia
River and State Highway 24; north and east on State Highway 24 to
Muse Road; east on Muse Road to State Highway 17; north on State
Highway 17 to State Highway 26; east on State Highway 26 to
Palouse River; south on Palouse River to Snake River; west and
southwest on Snake River to Columbia River; north and west on
Columbia River (including all islands) to the Vernita Bridge and
the point of beginning. The Hanford Nuclear Site and the Saddle
Mountain National Wildlife Refuge are closed to unauthorized
public entry.
GMU 382-EAST KLICKITAT (Klickitat County): Beginning at the U.S.
Highway 97 Bridge on the Columbia River (Maryhill); north on U.S.
Highway 97 to Satus Pass and the Yakama Indian Reservation; east
along south reservation boundary to the Yakima County line; east
on the Yakima/Klickitat County line to Alderdale Road; southeast
and south on Alderdale Road to Alderdale and the Columbia River;
west down the Columbia River to U.S. Highway 97 Bridge and the
point of beginning.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040, 77.12.010, 77.12.020, 77.12.770, 77.12.780. 00-04-017 (Order 00-05), § 232-28-02203, filed 1/24/00, effective 2/24/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040. 99-10-102 (Order 99-40), § 232-28-02203, filed 5/5/99, effective 6/5/99; 98-10-016 (Order 98-66), § 232-28-02203, filed 4/22/98, effective 5/23/98; 97-06-048 (Order 97-36), § 232-28-02203, filed 2/27/97, effective 3/30/97. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.010 and 77.12.040. 96-04-027, § 232-28-02203, filed 2/1/96, effective 3/3/96. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040. 95-03-025 (Order 94-136), § 232-28-02203, filed 1/10/95, effective 2/10/95; 94-11-033 (Order 641), § 232-28-02203, filed 5/10/94, effective 6/10/94.]