WSR 98-17-089
PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
[Filed August 18, 1998, 5:00 p.m.]
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Spring bear and cougar seasons; private lands wildlife management area (PLWMA) seasons; auctions and raffles of big game/turkey.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 77.12.040.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: To provide recreational opportunity.
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 Mike Kuttel, Assistant Director, Wildlife Management Program, 600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98501-1091, phone (360) 902-2504, fax (360) 902-2162. Contact by September 25, 1998, rule filing expected October 2, 1998.
August 18, 1998
Evan Jacoby
Rules Coordinator