WSR 23-24-005
PERMANENT RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
[Order 23-09—Filed November 27, 2023, 9:17 a.m., effective December 28, 2023]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: The purpose of the amendments to WAC 220-200-100 and 220-610-010 is to reclassify the Western gray squirrel from threatened to endangered.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-200-100 and 220-610-010.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012, 77.04.013, 77.04.055, 77.12.020, and 77.12.047.
Other Authority: RCW 77.04.012, 77.04.013, 77.04.055, 77.12.020, and 77.12.047.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 23-19-043 on September 13, 2023.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 2, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: November 17, 2023.
Barbara Baker
Commission Chair
OTS-4886.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 23-12-051, filed 6/1/23, effective 7/2/23)
WAC 220-200-100Wildlife classified as protected shall not be hunted or fished.
Protected wildlife are designated into three subcategories: Threatened, sensitive, and other.
(1) Threatened species are any wildlife species native to the state of Washington that are likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future throughout a significant portion of their range within the state without cooperative management or removal of threats. Protected wildlife designated as threatened include:
Common Name
Scientific Name
((western gray squirrel
Sciurus griseus))
sea otter
Enhydra lutris
green sea turtle
Chelonia mydas
Mazama pocket gopher
Thomomys mazama
Columbian white-tailed deer
Odocoileus virginianus leucurus
(2) Sensitive species are any wildlife species native to the state of Washington that are vulnerable or declining and are likely to become endangered or threatened in a significant portion of their range within the state without cooperative management or removal of threats. Protected wildlife designated as sensitive include:
Common Name
Scientific Name
American white pelican
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Gray whale
Eschrichtius robustus
Common Loon
Gavia immer
Larch Mountain salamander
Plethodon larselli
Pygmy whitefish
Prosopium coulteri
Margined sculpin
Cottus marginatus
Olympic mudminnow
Novumbra hubbsi
(3) Other protected wildlife include:
Common Name
Scientific Name
cony or pika
Ochotona princeps
least chipmunk
Tamias minimus
yellow-pine chipmunk
Tamias amoenus
Townsend's chipmunk
Tamias townsendii
red-tailed chipmunk
Tamias ruficaudus
hoary marmot
Marmota caligata
Olympic marmot
Marmota olympus
Cascade golden-mantled ground squirrel
Callospermophilus saturatus
golden-mantled ground squirrel
Callospermophilus lateralis
Washington ground squirrel
Urocitellus washingtoni
red squirrel
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Douglas squirrel
Tamiasciurus douglasii
northern flying squirrel
Glaucomys sabrinus
Humboldt's flying squirrel
Glaucomys oregonensis
wolverine
Gulo gulo
painted turtle
Chrysemys picta
California mountain kingsnake
Lampropeltis zonata
All birds not classified as game birds, predatory birds or endangered species, or designated as threatened species or sensitive species; all bats, except when found in or immediately adjacent to a dwelling or other occupied building; mammals of the order Cetacea, including whales, porpoises, and mammals of the order Pinnipedia not otherwise classified as endangered species, or designated as threatened species or sensitive species. This section shall not apply to hair seals and sea lions which are threatening to damage or are damaging commercial fishing gear being utilized in a lawful manner or when said mammals are damaging or threatening to damage commercial fish being lawfully taken with commercial gear.
OTS-4562.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 23-06-035, filed 2/23/23, effective 3/26/23)
WAC 220-610-010Wildlife classified as endangered species.
Endangered species include:
Common Name
Scientific Name
Oregon vesper sparrow
Pooecetes gramineus affinis
pygmy rabbit
Brachylagus idahoensis
fisher
Pekania pennanti
gray wolf
Canis lupus
grizzly bear
Ursus arctos
killer whale
Orcinus orca
sei whale
Balaenoptera borealis
fin whale
Balaenoptera physalus
blue whale
Balaenoptera musculus
humpback whale
Megaptera novaeangliae
North Pacific right whale
Eubalaena japonica
sperm whale
Physeter macrocephalus
woodland caribou
Rangifer tarandus caribou
Columbian sharp-tailed grouse
Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus
sandhill crane
Grus canadensis
snowy plover
Charadrius nivosus
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
North American lynx
Lynx canadensis
marbled murrelet
Brachyramphus marmoratus
Loggerhead sea turtle
Caretta caretta
Yellow-billed cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
Pinto abalone
Haliotis kamtschatkana
Greater sage grouse
Centrocercus urophasianus
Ferruginous hawk
Buteo regalis
Cascade red fox
Vulpes vulpes cascadensis
western gray squirrel
Sciurus griseus