PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Peregrine falcon nestling take for falconry; bullfrogs; game management units and boundary descriptions; black bear special permit seasons and quotas; special hunting season permits; private lands wildlife management area raffle hunts.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 77.12.047.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: To provide recreational opportunity and manage wildlife.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.
Process for Developing New Rule: Agency study.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Dave Brittell, Assistant Director, Wildlife Program, 600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98501-1091, (360) 902-2504. Contact by October 16, 2002, rule proposal filing expected to be October 23, 2002.
September 3, 2002
Evan Jacoby
Rules Coordinator