WSR 97-06-050
PERMANENT RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
COMMISSION
(Wildlife)
[Order 97-34--Filed February 27, 1997, 3:00 p.m.]
Date of Adoption: December 7, 1996.
Purpose: To amend WAC 232-28-02201 Game management units (GMUs)--Special game areas--Boundary descriptions--Region one.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 232-28-02201.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.12.040.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 96-21-168 on October 23, 1996.
Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: The adopted version of WAC 232-28-02201 differs from the proposed version filed with the code reviser in the following specifics:
1. In GMU 109 (Threeforks) the first part of the description was amended as follows: "Beginning at Colville, then northwest on Highway 395 and State Highway 20 to the bridge . . ."
2. In GMU 154 (Blue Creek) a connecting road between Walla Walla and Waitsburg was omitted. The boundary was corrected as follows: . . .; then north on State Highway 125 to Walla Walla; then northeast on Highway 12 to Waitsburg and the point of beginning.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, amended 1, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
December 30, 1996
Lisa Pelly
for Mitchell S. Johnson
Chairman
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending Order 639, filed 5/10/94, effective 6/10/94)
WAC 232-28-02201 Game management units (GMUs)--Special game areas--Boundary descriptions--Region one.
GMU ((100-CURLEW)) 101-SHERMAN (Ferry and Okanogan counties): Beginning
at the Kettle River, Kipuna Road and the Canadian border near the Customs
Office; then east on the border to the Kettle River near ((Danville; then
south along the Kettle River to Curlew; then northeast on the Deer Creek-Boulder Creek Road to the Kettle Crest Trail 13; then south on Kettle
Crest Trail 13 to USFS Road 250; then south on USFS Road 250 to the
northern boundary of the Colville Indian Reservation in southeast 1/4 of
Section 32; then west on the reservation boundary to Highway 21; then
north on Highway 21 to Republic and Highway 20; then northwest on Highway
20 to Wauconda and the Toroda Creek Road; then northeast on the Toroda
Creek Road to Toroda, and the mouth of Toroda Creek on the Kettle River;
then north on the Kettle River and the point of beginning. (See Colville
National Forest map)
GMU 103-BOULDER (Ferry County): Beginning at the Kettle River and the
Canadian border near Danville; then east on the border to the Kettle
River near)) Laurier; then south along the Kettle River and the Ferry
County line to the mouth of the Kettle River and Lake Roosevelt; then
south on the Ferry County line in Lake Roosevelt to the northern boundary
of the Colville Indian Reservation; then west on the reservation boundary
to ((USFS Road 250 in southeast 1/4 of Section 32; then north on Road 250
to the Kettle Crest Trail #13; then north on Trail #13 to the Deer Creek-Boulder Creek Road; then north on the Deer Creek-Boulder Creek Road to
the Kettle River at Curlew; then north along the Kettle River to the
Canadian border near Danville and the point of beginning. (See Colville
National Forest map))) State Highway 21; then north on Highway 21 to
Republic and Highway 20; then northeast on Highway 20 to Wauconda and the
Toroda Creek Road; then northeast on the Toroda Creek Road to Toroda and
the mouth of Toroda Creek on the Kettle River; then north on the Kettle
River to the Canadian border and point of beginning.
GMU 105-KELLYHILL (Stevens County): Beginning at the Kettle River and
the Canadian border near Laurier; then east on the border to Lake
Roosevelt (Columbia River); then south along Lake Roosevelt to the mouth
of the Kettle River; then north along the Kettle River and the Ferry
County line to the Canadian border near Laurier and the point of
beginning. (((See Colville National Forest map)))
GMU ((108-DOUGLAS)) 109-THREEFORKS (Stevens ((County)) and Pend Oreille
counties): Beginning at ((the bridge over Lake Roosevelt near Northport;
then through the town of Northport to the Colville-Aladdin-Northport
Road; then east and south on the Colville-Aladdin-Northport Road to
Colville and State Highway 20; then west on State Highway 20 and U.S.
Highway 395 past Kettle Falls)) Colville, then northwest on Highway 395
and State Highway 20 to the bridge over Lake Roosevelt; then north up
Lake Roosevelt ((()) and the Columbia River(())) to the ((bridge over
Lake Roosevelt near Northport and the point of beginning. (See
Washington Atlas & Gazetteer)
GMU 111-ALADDIN (Stevens and Pend Oreille counties): Beginning on Lake
Roosevelt at the Canadian border; then east on the border to the Pend
Oreille River)) Canadian border; then east along the Canadian border to
the Pend Oreille River; then south along the Pend Oreille River near
Tiger; then west and south on State Highway 20 to Colville((; then north
on the Colville-Aladdin-Northport Road to Northport; then north on State
Highway 25 to the bridge over Lake Roosevelt; then north up Lake
Roosevelt to the Canadian border)) and the point of beginning. (((See
Washington Atlas & Gazetteer)))
GMU 113-SELKIRK (Pend Oreille County): Beginning on the Pend Oreille
River at the Canadian border; east on the border to the Idaho State line;
then south on the Idaho-Washington State line to the Pend Oreille River
near Newport; then northwest along the Pend Oreille River to the Canadian
border and the point of beginning. (((See Washington Atlas & Gazetteer
or Colville National Forest maps)))
GMU ((118-CHEWELAH)) 117-49 Degrees North (Stevens and Pend Oreille
counties): Beginning at Colville and State Highway 20; then east on
State Highway 20 to the Pend Oreille River near Tiger; then south along
the Pend Oreille River to ((the bridge over the river at Usk; then west
on the McKenzie Road to the West Side Calispell Road and the Flowery
Trail Road; then west on the Flowery Trail Road to Chewelah and U.S.
Highway 395 to Colville and the point of beginning. (See Washington
Atlas & Gazetteer)
GMU 119-BOYER (Stevens and Pend Oreille counties): Beginning at Chewelah
and the Flowery Trail Road; then east on the Flowery Trail Road and the
West Side Calispell Road; then east on the McKenzie Road to Usk and the
Pend Oreille River; then south along the Pend Oreille River to)) the
Idaho State line; then south along the state line to U.S. Highway 2 in
Newport; then southwest on U.S. Highway 2 to the Deer Park-Milan Road;
then west on the Deer Park-Milan Road to Deer Park and U.S. Highway 395;
then northwest on U.S. Highway 395 to Loon Lake and State Highway 292;
then west on State Highway 292 to Springdale and State Highway 231; then
north on State Highway 231 through Valley to U.S. Highway 395; then north
on U.S. Highway 395 to ((Chewelah)) Coleville and the point of beginning.
(((See Washington Atlas & Gazetteer)))
GMU 121-HUCKLEBERRY (Stevens County): Beginning at the bridge over Lake
Roosevelt near Kettle Falls on U.S. Highway 395; then south on U.S.
Highway 395 through Colville and Chewelah to State Highway 231; then
south on State Highway 231 to the northeast corner of the Spokane Indian
Reservation; then west on the north boundary of the reservation to Lake
Roosevelt and the Stevens County line; then north along Lake Roosevelt
(on the Stevens County line) to the bridge over Lake Roosevelt near
Kettle Falls and the point of beginning. (((See Washington Atlas &
Gazetteer)))
GMU 124-MOUNT SPOKANE (Spokane, Stevens and Pend Oreille counties):
Beginning at Springdale on State Highway 292; then east on State Highway
292 to Loon Lake and U.S. Highway 395; then south on U.S. Highway 395 to
Deer Park; then east on the Deer Park-Milan Road to U.S. Highway 2; then
north on U.S. Highway 2 to Newport and the Idaho-Washington State line;
then south on the state line to the Spokane River; then west along the
Spokane River to the Spokane Indian Reservation; then north on the east
boundary of the Indian reservation (Chamokane Creek) to State Highway
231; then north on State Highway 231 to Springdale and the point of
beginning. (((See Washington Atlas & Gazetteer)))
GMU 127-MICA PEAK (Spokane County): Beginning at Spokane and following
the Spokane River east to the Idaho-Washington border; then south on the
border to the Spokane-Whitman County line (Whitman Road); then west on
the county line to U.S. Highway 195; then north on U.S. Highway 195 to
Spokane and the point of beginning. (((See Washington Atlas &
Gazetteer)))
GMU 130-CHENEY (Spokane and Lincoln counties): Beginning on the Spokane-Lincoln County line at the Spokane River and State Highway 231; then east
along the Spokane River to Spokane and U.S. Highway 195; then south on
U.S. Highway 195 to the Spokane-Whitman County line; then west on the
north boundary of Whitman and Adams counties to U.S. Highway 395; then
northeast along U.S. Highway 395 to Sprague and State Highway 231; then
north on State Highway 231 to U.S. Highway 2; then east on U.S. Highway
2 to Reardan and State Highway 231; then north along State Highway 231
to the Spokane River and the point of beginning. (((See Washington Atlas
& Gazetteer)))
GMU 133-ROOSEVELT (Lincoln County): Beginning at Coulee Dam; then east
along Lake Roosevelt and the Lincoln County line to State Highway 231;
then south on State Highway 231 to Reardan and U.S. Highway 2; then west
on U.S. Highway 2 to Wilbur and State Highway 174; then northwest on
State Highway 174 to Coulee Dam and the point of beginning. (((See
Washington Atlas & Gazetteer)))
GMU 136-HARRINGTON (Lincoln County): Beginning at the town of Grand
Coulee; then southeast on State Highway 174 to U.S. Highway 2 at Wilbur;
then east on U.S. Highway 2 to U.S. Highway 231; then south on Highway
231 to U.S. Highway 395 at Sprague; then southwest on U.S. Highway 395
to the Adams County line at Sprague Lake; then west on the Lincoln-Adams
County line (Davis Road) to the Grant County line; then north on the
Lincoln-Grant County line (X NE,W.7 NE Roads) to the town of Grand Coulee
and the point of beginning. (((See Washington Atlas & Gazetteer)))
GMU 139-STEPTOE (Whitman County): Beginning at the northwest corner of
Whitman County near Fourth of July Lake; then east on the north Whitman
County line to the Washington-Idaho border; then south on the Washington-Idaho border to State Highway 270 near Moscow, Idaho; then west on State
Highway 270 through Pullman to U.S. Highway 195; then northwest on U.S.
Highway 195 to Colfax; then southwest on State Highway 26 to the Palouse
River and the west Whitman County line; then north on the Whitman-Adams
County line to the north Whitman County line and the point of beginning.
(((See Washington Atlas & Gazetteer)))
GMU 142-ALMOTA (Whitman County): Beginning at Colfax and U.S. Highway
195; then southeast on U.S. Highway 195 to State Highway 270; then east
on State Highway 270 through Pullman to the Washington-Idaho State border
near Moscow Idaho; then south along the state line to the Snake River
(Whitman County line) near Clarkston; then west along the Snake River
(Whitman County line) to the mouth of the Palouse River (Whitman County
line); then north on the Whitman County line to State Highway 26
(Washtucna-LaCrosse Highway); then east on State Highway 26 to Colfax and
the point of beginning. (((See Washington Atlas & Gazetteer)))
GMU 145-MAYVIEW (Garfield and Asotin counties): Beginning at the mouth
of Deadman Creek on the Snake River (Garfield County line) at Central
Ferry; then east along the Snake River to the mouth of Alpowa Creek and
U.S. Highway 12; then west on U.S. Highway 12 to State Highway 127; then
north on State Highway 127 (Central Ferry Highway) to the Snake River and
the point of beginning. (((See Washington Atlas & Gazetteer)
GMU 148-STARBUCK (Walla Walla, Columbia and Garfield counties):
Beginning at Ayer on the Snake River; then east along the Snake River to
Central Ferry; then south on State Highway 127 (Central Ferry Highway)
to Dodge Junction; then southwest on U.S. Highway 12 through Dayton to
the town of Waitsburg and the Touchet River; then west along the Touchet
River to the Ayers Road at Harsha; then north on the Ayers Road to the
Snake River at Ayer and the point of beginning. (See Washington Atlas
& Gazetteer)))
GMU ((151-EUREKA (Walla Walla County))) 149-PRESCOTT (Walla Walla,
Columbia, and Garfield counties: Beginning on the Columbia River at the
mouth of the Snake River (Walla Walla County line); then northeast and
east along the Snake River to ((Ayer; then south along the Ayer Road to
the Touchet River at Harsha; then east up the Touchet River to Waitsburg
and U.S. Highway 12;)) Central Ferry; then south on State Highway 127
(Central Ferry Highway) to Dodge Junction; then southwest on U.S. Highway
12 through Dayton and Waitsburg; then southwest on Highway 12 to Walla
Walla and State Highway 125; then south on State Highway 125 to the
Washington-Oregon State line; then west on the state line to the Columbia
River (Walla Walla County line); then north along the Columbia River to
the mouth of the Snake River and the point of beginning. (((See
Washington Atlas & Gazetteer)))
GMU 154-BLUE CREEK (Walla Walla and Columbia counties): Beginning at
Waitsburg on U.S. Highway 12; then northeast on U.S. Highway 12 to the
Payne Hollow Road at Long Station; then south on the Payne Hollow Road-Jasper Mountain-Mt. Pleasant Road to the Lewis Peak Road; then south on
the Lewis Peak Road to its termination at the Mill Creek Watershed Intake
Trail (3211); then southwest on the trail to the Washington-Oregon State
line; then west on the state line to State Highway 125; then north on
State Highway 125 to Walla Walla; then northeast on Highway 12 to
Waitsburg and the point of beginning. (((See Washington Atlas &
Gazetteer)))
GMU 157-MILL CREEK WATERSHED (Walla Walla and Columbia counties):
Beginning at the Mill Creek Watershed Intake Trail (3211) on the
Washington-Oregon State line; then northeast on the Intake Trail (3211)
to the Skyline Drive Road (USFS Road 64); then south on the Skyline Drive
Road to the Washington-Oregon State line; then west on the state line to
the Mill Creek Watershed Intake Trail (3211) and the point of beginning.
(((See Umatilla National Forest map)
GMU 160-TOUCHET (Walla Walla and Columbia counties): Beginning at Dayton
and the North Touchet River Road (USFS Road 64); then southeast on the
North Touchet River Road to the Skyline Drive Road at Manila Springs;
then southwest on the Skyline Drive Road to the Mill Creek Watershed
Intake Trail (3211); then west on the Intake Trail to the Lewis Peak
Trail; then north on the Lewis Peak Trail to the Mt. Pleasant Road; then
north on the Mt. Pleasant Road to the Jasper Mountain Road; then north
on the Jasper Mountain-Payne Hollow Road to U.S. Highway 12 at Long
Station; then northeast on U.S. Highway 12 to Dayton and the point of
beginning. (See Washington Atlas & Gazetteer and Umatilla National
Forest map)))
GMU ((161-ECKLER (Columbia County))) 162-DAYTON (Walla Walla and Columbia
counties): Beginning at Dayton and the Patit Creek Road; then east on
the Patit Creek Road to the Hartsock-Maloney Mountain Road; then south
and west on the Maloney Mountain Road (USFS Road 4625) to the Skyline
Drive Road (USFS Road 46); then south on the Skyline Drive Road to the
((North Touchet River Road and Manila Springs; then north on the North
Touchet River Road (USFS Road 64) to Dayton and U.S. Highway 12; then
northeast along U.S. Highway 12 to the Patit Creek Road in Dayton and the
point of beginning. (See Washington Atlas & Gazetteer and the Umatilla
National Forest map))) Mill Creek Watershed Intake Trail (3211); then
west on the Intake Trail to the Lewis Peak Trail; then north on the Lewis
Peak Trail to the Mt. Pleasant Road; then north on the Mt. Pleasant Road
to the Jasper Mountain Road; then north on the Jasper Mountain-Payne
Hollow Road to U.S. Highway 12 at Long Station; then northeast on U.S.
Highway 12 to Dayton and the point of beginning.
GMU 163-MARENGO (Columbia and Garfield counties): Beginning at Dayton
and U.S. Highway 12; then north on U.S. Highway 12 to the Linville Gulch
Road at Zumwalt; then south on the Linville Gulch Road to the Blind Grade
Road; then southwest on the Blind Grade Road to the Tucannon Road; then
north on the Tucannon Road to the Hartsock Grade Road; then south on the
Hartsock Grade Road to the Patit Road; then west on the main Patit Road
to Dayton and the point of beginning. (((See Washington Atlas &
Gazetteer)))
GMU 166-TUCANNON (Columbia and Garfield counties): Beginning at the
intersection of the Hartsock Grade Road and the Tucannon River Road; then
southeast on the Tucannon River Road to the elk drift fence; then
southeast along the elk drift fence and the U.S. Forest Boundary to the
Mountain Road (USFS Road 40); then south on the Mountain Road to the
Diamond Peak Road (USFS Road 4030); then west on the Diamond Peak Road
past Diamond Peak to the Diamond Peak-Oregon Butte-Bullfrog Springs-Teepee Trail; then west along the trail to Teepee Camp and the Teepee
Road (USFS Road 4608); then west on the Teepee Road to the Skyline Drive
Road (USFS Road 46); then north on the Skyline Drive Road to the Maloney
Mountain Road (USFS Road 4625); then north on the Maloney Mountain Road
to the Hartsock Grade Road; then north on the Hartsock Grade Road to the
point of beginning at the Tucannon River Road. (((See Washington Atlas
& Gazetteer and the Umatilla National Forest map)))
GMU 169-WENAHA (Columbia, Garfield and Asotin counties): Beginning on
the Washington-Oregon State line at the Skyline Drive Road; then north
on the Skyline Drive Road to Godman Springs and the Teepee Road (USFS
Road 4608); then east on the Teepee Road to Teepee Camp; then east on the
Teepee-Oregon Butte-Bullfrog Springs-Diamond Peak Trail to Diamond Peak;
then east on the Diamond Peak Road (USFS Road 4030) to the Mountain Road
(USFS Road 40); then south along the Mountain Road to the South Boundary
Road (USFS Road 4039); then west along the South Boundary Road to the
Three Forks Trail (USFS Road 3133); then northwest on the trail to
Crooked Creek; then south along Crooked Creek to the Washington-Oregon
State line; then due west on the state line to the Skyline Road and the
point of beginning. (((See Umatilla National Forest map)))
GMU 172-MOUNTAIN VIEW (Garfield and Asotin counties): Beginning on the
Washington-Oregon State line at Crooked Creek; then north along Crooked
Creek to Three Forks Trail (3133); then southeast on the trail to the
South Boundary Road (USFS Road 4039) then northeast on the South Boundary
Road to the Mountain Road (USFS Road 40); then north on the Mountain Road
to Misery Springs and the Mt. Misery-Big Butte Road (USFS Roads 44, 43,
4304); then east on the Mt. Misery-Big Butte Road to the West Mountain
Road (1290); then northeast on the West Mountain Road to the Bennett
Ridge Road-Mill Road; then north and east on the Bennett Ridge Road-Mill
Road to Anatone and State Highway 129; then southwest on State Highway
129 to the Washington-Oregon State line; then due west on the state line
to Crooked Creek and the point of beginning. (((See Washington Atlas &
Gazetteer)))
GMU 175-LICK CREEK (Garfield and Asotin counties): Beginning at the
intersection of the Mountain Road (USFS 40) and the elk drift fence; then
east along the elk drift fence to its end at the east section line of
Section 2, T9N, R43E; then due south along said section line to Charley
Creek, and east along Charley Creek to Asotin Creek; then south along
Asotin Creek to the South Fork Asotin Creek Road; then south along South
Fork of Asotin Creek Road to Campbell Grade Road; then east on the
Campbell Grade Road to the Cloverland Road; then south on Cloverland Road
to its junction with the U.S. Forest Boundary fence; then east and south
on the U.S. Forest Boundary fence past Big Butte to the Big Butte-Mt.
Misery Road (USFS 4304, 43, 44) then west on the Big Butte-Mt. Misery
Road to the Mountain Road (USFS 40); then northwest on the Mountain Road
to the National Forest Boundary, and the point of beginning. (((See
Washington Atlas & Gazetteer)))
GMU 178-PEOLA (Garfield and Asotin counties): Beginning at Zumwalt on
U.S. Highway 12; then east on U.S. Highway 12 to the mouth of Alpowa
Creek on the Snake River; then east and south along the Snake River to
the mouth of Asotin Creek; then west along Asotin Creek to Charley Creek;
then west along Charley Creek to the unit boundary marker at the east
section line of Section 2, T9N, R43E; then north on said section line to
the end of the elk drift fence; then west along the elk drift fence to
the Tucannon River Road; then north on the Tucannon River Road to Blind
Grade; then up Blind Grade to the Linville Gulch Road; then north on the
Linville Gulch Road to Highway 12 at Zumwalt and the point of beginning.
(((See Washington Atlas & Gazetteer)))
GMU 181-COUSE (Asotin County): Beginning at Asotin and the mouth of
Asotin Creek on the Snake River; then south along the Snake River
(Washington-Idaho State line) to the Grande Ronde River; then west along
the Grande Ronde River to State Highway 129; then northwest on State
Highway 129 to Anatone; then west and south on the Mill Road-Bennett
Ridge Road-West Mountain Road (1290) to the National Forest Boundary at
Big Butte; then north along the U.S. Forest Boundary fence to the
Cloverland Road; then northeast on the Cloverland Road to the Campbell
Grade Road; then west on the Campbell Grade Road to the South Fork Asotin
Creek Road; then northeast on the South Fork Asotin Creek Road to Asotin
Creek; then northeast along Asotin Creek to the Snake River at Asotin and
the point of beginning. (((See Washington Atlas & Gazetteer)
GMU 184-JOSEPH (Asotin County): Beginning on the Washington-Oregon State
line and the Joseph Creek Road; then northeast on the Joseph Creek Road
to the second bridge on Joseph Creek; then northeast along Joseph Creek
to the mouth of Joseph Creek and the Grande Ronde River; then east along
the Grande Ronde River to the Snake River (Washington-Idaho State line)
then south along the Snake River to the Washington-Oregon State line;
then west on the state line to the Joseph Creek Road and the point of
beginning. (See Washington Atlas & Gazetteer)))
GMU ((185-BLACK BUTTE)) 186-GRANDE RONDE (Asotin County): Beginning on
the Washington-Oregon State line and State Highway 129; then north on
State Highway 129 to the Grande Ronde River; then east along the Grande
Ronde River to the ((mouth of Joseph Creek; then southwest along Joseph
Creek to the first bridge and the Joseph Creek Road; then southwest on
the Joseph Creek Road to the Washington-Oregon State line; then east on
the state line to State Highway 129 and the point of beginning. (See
Washington Atlas & Gazetteer))) Snake River (Washington-Idaho state line)
then south along the Snake River to the Washington-Oregon state line;
then west on the state line to Highway 129 and the point of beginning.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040. 94-11-031 (Order 639), 232-28-02201, filed 5/10/94, effective 6/10/94.]
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.