PROPOSED RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Original Notice.
Preproposal statement of inquiry was filed as WSR 01-02-081.
Title of Rule: WAC 232-28-02220 Game management units (GMUs) -- Special game areas -- Boundary descriptions -- Elk area descriptions and 232-28-02240 Game management units (GMUs) -- Special game areas -- Boundary descriptions -- Muzzleloader area descriptions.
Purpose: To amend WAC 232-28-02220 Game management units (GMUs) -- Boundary descriptions -- Elk area descriptions and 232-28-02240 Game management units (GMUs) -- Boundary descriptions -- Muzzleloader area descriptions
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.12.040.
Statute Being Implemented: RCW 77.12.040.
Summary: Enlarging and adding elk unit areas.
Reasons Supporting Proposal: To manage elk populations.
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: These changes will help to manage elk populations in the Malaga area and hunter crowding issues in the West Bar elk area.
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: Ramada Inn, International Airport, 8909 Airport Road, Spokane, WA 99219, (509) 838-5211, on April 6-7, 2001, at 8:00 a.m.
Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact Debbie Nelson by March 30, 2001, 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 March 30, 2001.
Date of Intended Adoption: April 6, 2001.
February 21, 2001
Evan Jacoby
Rules Coordinator
Elk Area No. 029 Toledo (Lewis and Cowlitz counties): Beginning
at the Cowlitz River and State Highway 505 junction; east along
State Highway 505 to Eden Road; east along Eden Road to the Evans
Road; east along the Evans Road to the Weyerhaeuser 1800 Road;
south along Weyerhaeuser 1800 Road to the Weyerhaeuser 1900 Road;
south along the Weyerhaeuser 1900 Road to the North Fork Toutle
River to Alder Creek to the Weyerhaeuser 2400 Road; west along
the Weyerhaeuser 2400 Road to the Weyerhaeuser 4400 Road to
Johnson Creek and the South Fork Toutle River to State Highway
504; east on Highway 504 to State Highway 505; north along
Highway 505 to the Weyerhaeuser 1500 Road to Salmon Creek; west
along Salmon Creek to the Cowlitz River; north along the Cowlitz
River to the junction of State Highway 505 and point of
beginning.
Elk Area No. 031 Shushuskin (Kittitas County): Beginning at
Umtanum Road and the Yakima River; west along Umtanum Road to
Manastash Road; west on Manastash Road to Cove Road; south and
west on Cove Road to Hanson Road and Umtanum Creek; east
(downstream) along Umtanum Creek to the Yakima River; north
(upstream) along the Yakima River to the point of beginning.
Elk Area No. 032 Malaga (Kittitas and Chelan counties):
((Beginning at the power line on the Columbia River
(approximately 3/4 mile downstream from Colockum Creek); west and
south along the Powerline Road to the intersection with the North
Fork Tarpiscan Creek Road (Section 9, T20N, R21E); north and west
along North Fork of Tarpiscan Creek Road to Colockum Pass Road
(Section 9, T20N, R21E); south and west on Colockum Pass Road to
section line between Sections 8 and 9 as well as Sections 4 and 5
(T20N, R21E) and Sections 32 and 33 (T21N, R21E); to Mose Carr
Road; west and north on Mose Carr Road to Jump Off Road; south
and west on Jump Off Road to Shaller Road; north and west on
Shaller Road to Upper Basin Loop Road; north and west on Upper
Basin Loop Road to Wheeler Ridge Road; north on Wheeler Ridge
Road to the Basin Loop Road (pavement) in Section 10 (T21N,
R20E); north on the Basin Loop Road to Wenatchee Heights Road;
west on Wenatchee Heights Road to Squilchuck Road; south on
Squilchuck Road to Beehive Road (USFS Road 9712); northwest on
Beehive Road to USFS Road 7100 near Beehive Reservoir; north and
west on USFS Road 7100 to Peavine Canyon Road (USFS Road 7101);
north and east on Peavine Canyon Road to Number Two Canyon Road;
north on Number Two Canyon Road to Crawford Street in Wenatchee;
east on Crawford Street to the Columbia River; south and east
along the Columbia River to the powerline south of Colockum Creek
and point of beginning.)) Beginning at the Mouth of Davies
Canyon on the Columbia River; west along Davies Canyon to the
cliffs above (north of) the North Fork Tarpiscan Creek; west and
north along the cliffs to the Bonneville Power Line; southwest
along the powerline to the North Fork Tarpiscan Road in Section
9, Township 20N, Range 21E; north and west along North Fork
Tarpiscan Road to Colockum Pass Road (Section 9, Township 20N,
Range 21E); south and west on Colockum Pass Road to section line
between Sections 8 & 9; north along the section line between
Sections 8 and 9 as well as Sections 4 & 5 (T20N, R21E) &
Sections 32 & 33 (T21N, R21E) to Moses Carr Road; west and north
on Moses Carr Road to Jump Off Road; south and west on Jump Off
Road to Shaller Road; north and west on Shaller Road to Upper
Basin Loop Road; north and West on Upper Basin Loop Road to
Wheeler Ridge Road; north on Wheeler Ridge Road to the Basin Loop
Road (pavement) in Section 10 (T21N, R20E); north on Basin Loop
Road to Wenatchee Heights Road; west on Wenatchee Heights Road to
Squilchuck Road; south on Squilchuck Road to Beehive Road (USFS
Rd 9712); northwest on Beehive Road to USFS Rd 7100 near Beehive
Reservoir; north and west on USFS Rd 7100 to Peavine Canyon Road
(USFS Rd 7101); north and east on Peavine Conyon Road to Number
Two Canyon Road; north on Number Two Canyon Road to Crawford
Street in Wenatchee; east on Crawford Street to the Columbia
River; south and east along the Columbia River to Davies Canyon
and point of beginning. (Naneum Green Dot, Washington Gazetteer,
Wenatchee National Forest)
Elk Area No. 033 Peshastin (Chelan County): Beginning at
Crawford Street and the Columbia River in Wenatchee; west on
Crawford Street and Number Two Canyon Road to USFS 7101 Road
(Peavine Canyon); west on USFS 7101 Road to Mission Creek Road;
north on Mission Creek Road to USFS 7104 Road (Sand Creek Road);
west on USFS 7104 Road (Sand Creek Road) to Camas Creek; west up
Camas Creek to where Camas Creek crosses USFS 7200 Road, T22N,
R18E, Section 4; north along USFS 7200 Road to U.S. Highway 97;
north on U.S. Highway 97 to USFS 7300 Road (Mountain Home Road);
north on the USFS 7300 Road to the Wenatchee River at
Leavenworth; down the Wenatchee River and Columbia River to the
point of beginning.
Elk Area No. 036 Riverbottom (Kittitas County): Beginning at the
junction of Umtanum Road and State Route 821; south on State
Route 821 and the Yakima River to Umtanum Creek; west up Umtanum
Creek to Umtanum Road; north on Umtanum Road to State Route 821
and the point of beginning.
Elk Area No. 037 West Bar (Kittitas County): Beginning on the
Columbia River at Cape Horn; south along the top of Cape Horn and
West Bar Cliffs (cliffs overlooking West Bar) to WDFW Road 14.14;
east on Road 14.14 to Road 14.17; south on Road 14.17 to WDFW
Road 14 near the gate; south on road 14 to Tekison Creek;
southeast on Tekison Creek to Columbia River; north and west
along Columbia River to Cape Horn and the point of beginning.
Elk Area No. 041 Skagit (Skagit County): Begin at the
intersection of CP 190 Road and CP 132 Road (Section 28, T36N,
R5E); east along the CP 132 Road to the CP 130 Road; east and
south along CP 130 Road to CP 110 Road, west, south and east
along CP 110 Road to Childs Creek; south down Childs Creek to
State Route 20; east on State Route 20 to Grandy Creek; south
down Grandy Creek to the Skagit River; south on a line to South
Skagit Hwy; west on South Skagit Hwy to State Route 9; north on
State Route 9 to State Route 20; east on State Route 20 to
Helmick Road; north on Helmick Road to CP 190 Road to CP 132 Road
and the point of beginning. (WA Atlas & Gazeteer & Mt.
Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest Map)
Elk Area No. 050 Curtis (Lewis County): Beginning at the
Boistfort Road, State Highway 6 intersection; west to the
Mauerman Road; west and southwest on the Mauerman Road to the Pe
Ell/McDonald Road; south and east on the Pe Ell/McDonald Road to
the Lost Valley Road; south and southeast on the Lost Valley Road
to the Boistfort Road; east and north along the Boistfort Road to
State Highway 6 and point of beginning.
Elk Area No. 052 Mossyrock (Lewis County): Beginning at the
intersection of Winston Creek Road and State Highway 12; east on
State Highway 12 to the Cowlitz River; east on the Cowlitz River
to Riffe Lake; southeast along the south shore of Riffe Lake to
Swofford Pond outlet creek; south on Swofford Pond outlet creek
to Green Mountain Road; west on Green Mountain Road to Perkins
Road; west on Perkins Road to Longbell Road; south on Longbell
Road to Winston Creek Road; north on Winston Creek Road to State
Highway 12 and the point of beginning. (All lands owned and
managed by the Cowlitz Wildlife Area are excluded from this Elk
Area.)
Elk Area No. 053 Randle (Lewis County): Beginning at the town of
Randle and the intersection of U.S. Highway 12 and State Route
131 (Forest Service 23 and 25 Roads); south on State Route 131 to
Forest Service 25 Road; south on Forest Service 25 Road to the
Cispus River; west along the Cispus River to the Champion 300
line bridge; south and west on the Champion 300 line to the
Champion Haul Road; north along the Champion Haul Road to Kosmos
Road; north on Kosmos Road to U.S. Highway 12; east on U.S.
Highway 12 to Randle and point of beginning. (All lands owned
and managed by the Cowlitz Wildlife Area are excluded from this
Elk Area.)
Elk Area No. 054 Boistfort (Lewis County): Beginning at the Town
of Vader; west along State Highway 506 to the Wildwood Road;
north along the Wildwood Road to the Abernathy 500 line gate
(Section 20, T11N, R3W, Willamette Meridian); northwest along the
500, 540, and 560 lines to the Weyerhaeuser 813 line; northwest
along the 813, 812, 5000J, 5000 and 4000 lines to the Pe
Ell/McDonald Road (Section 15, T12N, R4W); west along the Pe
Ell/McDonald Road to the Lost Valley Road; northeast along the
Lost Valley Road to the Boistfort Road; north along the Boistfort
Road to the King Road; east along the King Road to the town of
Winlock and State Highway 603; south along Highway 505 to the
Winlock/Vader Road; south along said road to the Town of Vader
and the point of beginning.
Elk Area No. 055 East Valley (Wahkiakum County): Within one mile
on either side of the line beginning at Wilson Creek Park on East
Valley Road; west on East Valley Road to the junction with Middle
Valley Road (4.5 miles); north along Middle Valley Road to the
junction of Oat Field Road (2.5 miles).
Elk Area No. 057 Carlton (Lewis County): That part of 513 (South
Rainier) lying east of Highway 123 and north of Highway 12.
Elk Area No. 058 West Goat Rocks (Lewis County): Goat Rocks
Wilderness west of the Pacific Crest Trail.
Elk Area No. 059 Mt. Adams Wilderness (Skamania and Yakima
counties): The Mt. Adams Wilderness.
Elk Area No. 062 South Bank (Grays Harbor County): That portion
of GMU 660 (Minot Peak) described as follows: Beginning at
Highway 12 and Wakefield Road Junction (South Elma); south on
Wakefield Road, across the Chehalis River to the South Bank Road;
southeast on the South Bank Road to Delezene Road; south on the
Delezene Road to a point one mile from the South Bank Road;
southeast along a line one mile southwest of the South Bank Road
to the Oakville-Brooklyn Road; east on the Oakville-Brooklyn Road
to Oakville and Highway 12; northwest on Highway 12 to Wakefield
Road to Elma and the point of beginning.
Elk Area No. 064 Quinault Valley (Grays Harbor and Jefferson
counties): That portion of GMU 638 (Quinault) beginning at the
junction of Wright Canyon Road and South Shore Road; north to the
shoreline of Lake Quinault; north along Lake Quinault to the
Olympic National Park (ONP) boundary; east along ONP boundary to
its intersection with the South Shore Road and U.S. Forest
Service boundary; west along the U.S. Forest Service boundary to
the Wright Canyon Road Junction with the South Shore Road and
point of beginning.
Elk Area No. 066 Chehalis Valley (Grays Harbor County): That
portion of GMU 660 (Minot Peak) beginning at Highway 12 and
Highway 107 junction near Montesano; east and south on Highway 12
to Oakville; south on Oakville-Brooklyn Road to a point one mile
west of South Bank Road; northwest along a line one mile
southwest of South Bank Road to Delezene Road; north along
Delezene Road to South Bank Road; northwest along South Bank Road
to Wakefield Road; north on Wakefield Road to Chehalis River;
west on Chehalis River to Highway 107 bridge; north on Highway
107 to Highway 12 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), 232-28-02220, filed 1/24/00, effective 2/24/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040. 98-10-017 (Order 98-62), 232-28-02220, filed 4/22/98, effective 5/23/98; 97-06-059 (Order 97-41), 232-28-02220, filed 2/27/97, effective 3/30/97. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.010 and 77.12.040. 96-04-027, 232-28-02220, filed 2/1/96, effective 3/3/96. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040. 95-11-035, 232-28-02220, filed 5/10/95, effective 6/10/95; 95-03-040 (Order 94-155), 232-28-02220, filed 1/10/95, effective 2/10/95; 94-11-038 (Order 646), 232-28-02220, filed 5/10/94, effective 6/10/94.]
Reviser's note: RCW 34.05.395 requires the use of underlining and deletion marks to indicate amendments to existing rules. The rule published above varies from its predecessor in certain respects not indicated by the use of these markings.
Reviser's note: The spelling error in the above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appears in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040.
Reviser's note: The typographical error in the above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appears in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040.
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 00-05, filed 1/24/00,
effective 2/24/00)
WAC 232-28-02240
Game management units (GMUs) -- Special game
areas -- Boundary descriptions -- Muzzleloader area descriptions.
Muzzleloader Area No. 911 Fairview (Kittitas County): Begin at
U.S. Highway 97 and First Creek Road; east on First Creek Road to
((Upper Green Canyon Road and Reecer Creek; north on Reecer
Creek)) USFS 3507; south on USFS 3507 to (USFS 35 Road) to USFS
3517 Road; east on USFS 3517 Road to Lillard Hill Road and Wilson
Creek Road; south on Wilson Creek Road to the BPA Powerlines
(T19N; R19E; Section 19); east along the BPA Powerlines to the
Colockum Pass Road (T19N; R20E; Section 16); south on Colockum
Pass Road to the BPA Powerlines (T18N; R20E; Section 6); east
along the BPA Powerlines to the Parke Creek Road; ((south)) north
on Parke Creek Road to ((Christiansen)) Whiskey Jim Road;
((west)) east on ((Christiansen)) Whiskey Jim Road to ((Fox Road;
north on Fox Road to Lyons Road; west on Lyons Road to Venture
Road; north on Venture Road to Brick Mill Road; west on Brick
Mill Road to Look Road; north on Look Road to Hungry Junction
Road; west on Hungry Junction Road to U.S. Highway 97; north on
U.S. Highway 97 to First Creek Road and point of beginning.))
Beacon Ridge Road; south on Beacon Ridge Road to Vantage Highway;
east on Vantage Highway to Interstate 90 (I-90); west on I-90 to
Highway 97 and the point of beginning.
Muzzleloader Area No. 925 Ritzville (Adams County): Beginning at
the junction of Interstate 90 and S.R. 261 near the Town of
Ritzville; south along S.R. 261 to S.R. 26; east on S.R. 26 to
the Whitman County line; north along the Adams, Whitman County
line to where it intersects the Lincoln, Adams County line; north
along the Adams, Lincoln County line to Interstate 90; west along
Interstate 90 to point of beginning.
Muzzleloader Area No. 926 Guemes (Skagit County): That part of
GMU 407 (North Sound) on Guemes Island.
Muzzleloader Area No. 941 Skagit River (Skagit County):
Beginning at the intersection of State Route 9 and State Route
20; east on State Route 20 to Grandy Creek; south down Grandy
Creek to the Skagit River; south on a line to South Skagit
Highway; west on South Skagit Highway to State Route 9; north on
State Route 9 to point of beginning.
Muzzleloader Area No. 944 Clemen (Yakima County): That portion
of GMU 342 beginning at the junction of Highway 410 and USFS Road
1701 (Big Bald Mountain Road); north to USFS Road 1712; east on
USFS Road 1712 (Clemen Ridge Road) to the east edge of Meyster
Canyon; along the east side of Meyster Canyon to the elk fence;
west along the elk fence to Waterworks Canyon and Highway 410 and
to 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), 232-28-02240, filed 1/24/00, effective 2/24/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040. 99-10-102 (Order 99-40), 232-28-02240, filed 5/5/99, effective 6/5/99; 98-10-020 (Order 98-63), 232-28-02240, filed 4/22/98, effective 5/23/98; 97-06-060 (Order 97-43), 232-28-02240, filed 2/27/97, effective 3/30/97. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.010 and 77.12.040. 96-04-027, 232-28-02240, filed 2/1/96, effective 3/3/96. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040. 94-18-058 (Order 94-57), 232-28-02240, filed 8/31/94, effective 10/1/94; 94-11-040 (Order 648), 232-28-02240, filed 5/10/94, effective 6/10/94.]
Reviser's note: RCW 34.05.395 requires the use of underlining and deletion marks to indicate amendments to existing rules. The rule published above varies from its predecessor in certain respects not indicated by the use of these markings.