WSR 15-10-022
PERMANENT RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
[Order 14-95—Filed April 27, 2015, 9:16 a.m., effective May 28, 2015]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: This rule making adds tufted puffin to the list of wildlife classified as endangered species in WAC 232-12-014 Wildlife classified as endangered species. After department review of relevant data related to tufted puffin populations, population data show that the tufted puffin population has strongly declined in recent decades, indicating a need for the tufted puffin to be listed as an endangered species in Washington state.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 232-12-011 [232-12-014].
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012, 77.04.055, 77.12.020, and 77.12.047.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 15-01-140 on December 19, 2014.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: April 10, 2015.
Brad Smith, Chair
Fish and Wildlife Commission
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 06-04-066, filed 1/30/06, effective 3/2/06)
WAC 232-12-014 Wildlife classified as endangered species.
Endangered species include:
Common Name
Scientific Name
pygmy rabbit
Brachylagus idahoensis
fisher
Martes pennanti
gray wolf
Canis lupus
grizzly bear
Ursus arctos
sea otter
Enhydra lutris
killer whale
Orcinus orca
sei whale
Balaenoptera borealis
fin whale
Balaenoptera physalus
blue whale
Balaenoptera musculus
humpback whale
Megaptera novaeangliae
black right whale
Balaena glacialis
sperm whale
Physeter macrocephalus
Columbian white-tailed
deer
Odocoileus virginianus leucurus
woodland caribou
Rangifer tarandus caribou
American white pelican
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
brown pelican
Pelecanus occidentalis
sandhill crane
Grus canadensis
snowy plover
charadrius alexandrinus
upland sandpiper
Bartramia longicauda
spotted owl
Strix occidentalis
western pond turtle
Clemmys marmorata
leatherback sea turtle
Dermochelys coriacea
mardon skipper
Polites mardon
Oregon silverspot
butterfly
Speyeria zerene hippolyta
Oregon spotted frog
Rana pretiosa
northern leopard frog
Rana pipiens
Taylor's checkerspot
Euphydryas editha taylori
Streaked horned lark
Eremophila alpestris strigata
Tufted puffin
Fratercula cirrhata