PERMANENT RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: Amending WAC 232-28-284 Spring black bear damage seasons and regulations. This order corrects a mistake that appeared in WSR 06-02-063 filed on January 3, 2006. The commission adopted WAC 232-28-284 with the number of permits available for the Capitol Forest hunt being 100, not 75 that [was] indicated on the previous order.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 232-28-284.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.12.047.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 05-21-113 on October 18, 2005.
Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: Changes, if any, from the text of the proposed rule and reasons for difference:
In the permit table
&sqbul; To correct an error, change the number of permits available for the Capitol Forest hunt from 75 back to 100.
&sqbul; Hancock Forest Management would like to continue spring bear season. So the following line was added to the permit table.
| Kapowsin Southa | That portion of GMUs 653 and 654 that is designated as Kapowsin South by Hancock Forest Management | 100 | April 15 - June 15 |
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: December 2, 2005.
Nancy Burkhart
for Ron Ozment, Chair
Fish and Wildlife Commission
Who may apply: Anyone with a valid Washington big game
license, which includes black bear as a species option.
Hunt areas, ((permits)) permit levels, and season dates for
each license year:
| Hunt name | Hunt area | (( |
(( |
| Blue Creek | GMU 154 | 15 | April 15 - May 31 |
| Dayton | GMU 162 | 15 | April 15 - May 31 |
| Tucannon | GMU 166 | 10 | April 15 - May 31 |
| Wenaha | GMU 169 | 30 | April 15 - May 31 |
| Mt. View | GMU 172 | 15 | April 15 - May 31 |
| Lick Creek | GMU 175 | 15 | April 15 - May 31 |
| Grande Ronde | GMU 186 | 5 | April 15 - May 31 |
| Capitol Foresta | That portion of Capitol Forest within GMU 663 | 100 | April 15 - June 15 |
| (( |
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| Kapowsin South a | That portion of GMUs 653 and 654 that is designated as Kapowsin South by Hancock Forest Management | 100 | April 15 - June 15 |
| a Spring black bear hunting seasons under this hunt area constitute a pilot program to reduce black bear damage to trees. | |
| b Permits are valid for the license year they are issued. |
Bag limit: One black bear per black bear special permit
season.
License required: A valid big game hunting license, which
includes black bear as a species option, is required to hunt
black bear. One black bear transport tag is included with a
big game hunting license that has black bear as a species
option.
Hunting method: Hunters may use any lawful big game modern
firearm, archery, or muzzleloader equipment for hunting black
bear. The use of dogs or bait to hunt black bear is
prohibited statewide.
Submitting bear teeth: Successful bear hunters must submit
the black bear premolar located behind the canine tooth of the
upper jaw.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 05-02-046 (Order 04-327), § 232-28-284, filed 1/3/05, effective 2/3/05.]