PERMANENT RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: Amend WAC 232-16-600 North Potholes Game Reserve and 232-16-780 Fir Island Farm Game Reserve.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 232-16-600 and 232-16-780.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.12.047, 77.12.040.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 07-09-083 on April 17, 2007.
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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 2, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: August 4, 2007.
Susan Yeager
for Jerry Gutzwiler, Chair
Fish and Wildlife Commission
OTS-9679.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 03-175, filed 8/5/03,
effective 9/5/03)
WAC 232-16-600
North Potholes Game Reserve.
Those lands
in Grant County within the following described boundary: In
T19N, R27E WM; the N.E. 1/4 of Section 32, and the N.E. 1/4
S.E. 1/4 of Section 32, all of Section 33, except the S.W. 1/4
S.W. 1/4, and all of Section 34.
In T18N, R27E WM; all of Section 4, except the N.W. 1/4 and the N.W. 1/4 N.E. 1/4; all of Section 3; that part of Section 10 north of the Job Corps Dike Rd; that part of Section 9 east of the fenceline, beginning at the N.W. corner of Section 9, and then following said fenceline southeasterly to the fence on the northern section line of Section 16 near Job Corps Dike Road; those portions of sections 15 and 16 north of the above mentioned fence to the west end of the Job Corps Dike; and that part of Section 15 north of the Job Corps Dike Road.
All areas of North Potholes Game Reserve located in Sections 9, 10, and 15 are closed to all public access from March 15 through May 30 and from October 1 through February 1.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 03-16-087 (Order 03-175), § 232-16-600, filed 8/5/03, effective 9/5/03. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040. 79-09-082 (Order 141), § 232-16-600, filed 8/31/79.]
OTS-9680.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 97-162, filed 8/25/97,
effective 9/25/97)
WAC 232-16-780
Fir Island Farm Game Reserve.
In Skagit
County, beginning at the intersection of Fir Island Road and
the ((east)) west bank of Brown's Slough (inside base of
dike); then east along Fir Island Road (96 feet) to the
Brown's Slough dike; then southerly and easterly along the
Brown's Slough dike to the Fir Island Farm access road; then
north along the Fir Island Farm access road to Fir Island
Road; then east along Fir Island Road to the northeast corner
of Section 22 (T33N, R3E); then south along the east line of
Section 22 (T33N, R3E) to Dry Slough; then westerly and south
along the west bank of Dry Slough to the intersection with
Dike District #22 dike; then westerly along the south side
(Skagit Bay side) of the Dike District #22 dike to the
intersection of the Dike District #22 dike and the south line
of Government Lot #5 (Section 22, T33N, R3E), then west
approximately 1900 feet to the ((east)) west bank of Brown's
Slough (inside base of dike), then north along the ((east))
west bank of Brown's Slough to the intersection with the Fir
Island Road and the point of beginning.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040. 97-18-025 (Order 97-162), § 232-16-780, filed 8/25/97, effective 9/25/97.]