WSR 97-06-058
PERMANENT RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
COMMISSION
(Wildlife)
[Order 97-44--Filed February 27, 1997, 3:37 p.m.]
Date of Adoption: December 7, 1996.
Purpose: To amend WAC 232-28-02250 Game management units (GMUs)--Special game areas--Boundary descriptions--Goat units.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 232-28-02250.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.12.040.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 96-21-164 on October 23, 1996.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, amended 1, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.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 WSR 96-04-027, filed 2/1/96, effective
3/3/96)
WAC 232-28-02250 Game management units (GMUs)--Special game areas--Boundary descriptions--Goat units.
Goat Unit 2-1 Mount Chopaka: Permit Area: Okanogan County within the
following described boundary: Beginning where the Similkameen River
crosses the Canadian boundary near Mt. Chopaka; then south down the
Similkameen River and up Palmer Lake and Sinlahekin Creek to Toats Coulee
Creek; then west up Toats Coulee Creek and north up the North Fork Toats
Coulee Creek; then up Snowshoe Creek to Snowshoe Mountain; then north to
the Canadian boundary; then east along the Canadian boundary to the
Similkameen River and point of beginning; except closed in T39N, R25EWM,
which includes Grandview Mountain.
Goat Unit 2-2 Methow Area: Permit Area: Okanogan County within the
following described boundary: Beginning at the Town of Twisp, westerly
along the Twisp River Road (County Road 4440) to Roads End; west up the
Twisp Pass Trail 432 to Twisp Pass and the Okanogan County line;
northerly along the Okanogan County line through Washington Pass to Harts
Pass; southeast down Harts Pass (Road 5400) to Lost River; then along the
Lost River-Mazama Road to Mazama; then southwest to State Highway 20;
then southeasterly along State Highway 20 to Twisp and the point of
beginning.
Goat Unit 3-1 East Stevens Pass: Permit Area: Chelan County within the
following described boundary: Beginning at Stevens Pass; then north
along the Cascades Summit to Cady Pass and the source of the Little
Wenatchee River; then down the Little Wenatchee River, Lake Wenatchee and
the Wenatchee River to U.S. Highway 2; then north and west along U.S.
Highway 2 to Stevens Pass and point of beginning except those lands within
1/2 mile of Alpine Lookout.
Goat Unit 3-2 North Wenatchee Mountains: Permit Area: Chelan County
south of the Stevens Pass Highway, west of the Blewett Pass Highway, and
north of Ingalls Creek, and Kittitas County north of the following
described line: Beginning at Ingalls Peak; then down Fortune Creek to
the Cle Elum River; then up the Cle Elum River to the Cascade Summit at
Deception Pass.
Goat Unit 3-3 Goat and Davis Mountains: Permit Area: Kittitas County
west of the Cle Elum River, north of the Waptus River, and east and south
of Trail Creek Trail.
Goat Unit 3-4 Snoqualmie: Permit Area: Kittitas County within the
following described boundary: Beginning at Snoqualmie Pass; then north
along the Cascade Crest to Deception Pass and the headwaters of the Cle
Elum River; then south along the Cle Elum River to the Trail Creek Trail
1322; then southwest along the Trail Creek Trail to the Waptus River
Trail 1310; then southeast along the Waptus River Trail to the Cle Elum
River at the Salmon la Sac campground; then south along the Cle Elum
River to the Cooper Pass Road (USFS Road 4600); then west along the
Cooper Pass Road, through Cooper Pass to the road end near the Kachess
River; then south along the Kachess River and Kachess Lake to Interstate
Highway 90; then west along Interstate Highway 90 to Snoqualmie Pass and
point of beginning.
Goat Unit 3-5 Cle Elum: Permit Area: Kittitas and Chelan counties
within the following described boundary: Beginning at the point where
Interstate Highway 90 crosses the Cle Elum River; then north along the
Cle Elum River to Fortune Creek; then east along Fortune Creek to Ingalls
Peak and the headwaters of Ingalls Creek; then south and east along
Ingalls Creek to U.S. Highway 97; then south along U.S. Highway 97 and
State Highway 970 to Interstate 90 at Cle Elum; then west along
Interstate 90 to the Cle Elum River and point of beginning.
Goat Unit 3-6 Naches Pass: Permit Area: Yakima and Kittitas counties
within the following described boundary: Beginning at Chinook Pass; then
north along the Pacific Crest Trail to Naches Pass; then east to USFS
Road 19 and continuing to State Highway 410; then west along State
Highway 410 to Chinook Pass and point of beginning.
Goat Unit 3-7 Bumping River: Permit Area: Yakima County within the
following described boundary: Beginning at White Pass and the Pacific
Crest Trail; then north to Forest Trail 980; then north to USFS Road 18;
then north to State Highway 410; then east to State Highway 12; then west
along State Highway 12 and back to point of beginning; except Timberwolf
Mountain, which is closed.
Goat Unit 3-8 Bumping River: Permit Area: Yakima County within the
following described boundary: Beginning at White Pass and the Pacific
Crest Trail; then north to Forest Trail 980; then north to USFS Road 18;
then north to State Highway 410; then east to State Highway 12; then west
along State Highway 12 and back to point of beginning; except Timberwolf
Mountain, which is closed.
Goat Unit 3-9 Tieton River: Permit Area: Yakima County within the
following described boundary: Beginning at White Pass and Pacific Crest
Trail; then south to the Yakima Indian Reservation Boundary; then east
to USFS Jeep Trail 1137; then west to USFS Road 1070-578 Spur; then west
to Road 1000; then north to USFS Road 12; then north to State Highway 12;
then west on State Highway 12 to point of beginning.
Goat Unit 3-10 Blazed Ridge: Permit Area: Kittitas and Yakima counties
within the following described boundary: Beginning at the mouth of Cabin
Creek on the Yakima River; then west along Cabin Creek to the headwaters
near Snowshoe Butte; then south along the Cascade Crest separating the
Green and Yakima river drainage to Pyramid Peak; then southeast along the
North Fork, Little Naches, and Naches River to the Yakima River; then
north along the Yakima River to the mouth of Cabin Creek and point of
beginning.
Goat Unit 3-11 Kachess Ridge: Permit Area: Kittitas County within the
following described boundary: Beginning at the mouth of the Kachess
River on the Yakima River; then north along the Kachess River and Kachess
Lake to USFS Road 4600; then east on USFS Road 4600 to the Cle Elum
River; then south along the Cle Elum River and Lake Cle Elum to the
Yakima River; then northwest along the Yakima River to the mouth of the
Kachess River and point of beginning.
Goat Unit 4-1 Ruth Creek Area: Permit Area: Whatcom County within the
Mt. Baker Wilderness of the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest north
of the North Fork Nooksack River.
Goat Unit 4-3 Chowder Ridge: Permit Area: Whatcom County within the
following described boundary: Beginning where Wells Creek intersects the
North Fork Nooksack River; then up Wells Creek to Bar Creek; then
southwest up Bar Creek to the Mazama Glacier; then continue southwest up
Mazama Glacier to the summit of Mt. Baker; then northwest between
Roosevelt Glacier and Coleman Glacier to Kulshan Cabin and the headwaters
of Kulshan Creek and Grouse Creek to Smith Creek; then north down Smith
Creek to Glacier Creek; continue north down Glacier Creek to the North
Fork Nooksack River; then east along the North Fork Nooksack River to
Wells Creek and the point of beginning.
Goat Unit 4-4 Lincoln Peak: Permit Area: Whatcom County within the
following described boundary: Beginning where Glacier Creek intersects
with the Mt. Baker Highway (State Highway 547); then south up Glacier
Creek to Smith Creek; then south up Smith Creek to Grouse Creek; then
continue up Grouse Creek in a south direction to Kulshan Creek; then
southeast up Kulshan Creek to Kulshan Cabin; then continue southeast
between Roosevelt Glacier and Coleman Glacier to the summit of Mt. Baker;
then south down Eastern Glacier to Baker Pass and the Baker Pass Trail
603 (5,000 ft.); then west along Baker Pass Trail 603 to the Ridley Creek
Trail (690); then northwest on the Ridley Creek Trail to Ridley Creek;
then down Ridley Creek to the Middle Fork Nooksack River; then west down
the Middle Fork Nooksack River to the Mosquito Lake Road; then north on
the Mosquito Lake Road to the Mt. Baker Highway (State Highway 542); then
north and east on Mt. Baker Highway (State Highway 542) to Glacier Creek
and the point of beginning.
Goat Unit 4-6 Dillard Creek: Permit Area: Whatcom County within the
following described boundary: Beginning at the intersection of USFS Road
3725 and the Baker Lake Road (USFS Road 394); then west along USFS Road
3725 to Sulphur Creek; then northwest up Sulphur Creek to the Baker Pass
Trail (603) to Baker Pass (5,000 ft. elevation); then northeast up
Eastern Glacier to the summit of Mt. Baker; then southeast down Park
Glacier to the headwaters of Park Creek; then continue southeast down
Park Creek to the Baker Lake Road (USFS Road 394); then south along the
Baker Lake Road (USFS Road 394) to USFS Road 3725 and the point of
beginning.
Goat Unit 4-7 Avalanche Gorge: Permit Area: Whatcom County within the
following described boundary: Beginning at the intersection of the Baker
Lake Road (USFS Road 394) and Park Creek; then northwest up Park Creek
to Park Glacier; then continue northwest up Park Glacier to the summit
of Mt. Baker; then northeast down Mazama Glacier to the 6,500 ft.
elevation; then east to the Portals; then continue east along the ridge
line to Coleman Pinnacle; then northeast along the Camp Kiser Trail 683
(Ptarmigan Ridge) to the extreme southeast extension of Kulshan Ridge;
then due east to the Lake Ann Trail 600; then east along the Lake Ann
Trail 600 to the boundary of North Cascades National Park; then south and
east along the park boundary to the Baker River and down the Baker River
to the Baker Lake Road (USFS Road 394); then west along the Baker Lake
Road (USFS Road 394) to Park Creek and the point of beginning.
Goat Unit 4-8 East Ross Lake: Permit Area: Whatcom County within the
following described boundary: Beginning at the point the U.S.-Canada
boundary meets the east boundary of North Cascades National Park; then
south along the park boundary to Stetattle Creek; then south down
Stetattle Creek to Gorge Lake; then southwest along Gorge Lake to State
Highway 20; then east and north along State Highway 20 to Ross Dam; then
north along the east shoreline of Ross Lake (Note: Exclude Ruby Arm) to
Devil's Creek; then east up Devil's Creek to a tributary extending south
to ridge line between Jerry Lakes and a pinnacle of Jack Mountain (7,292
ft. elevation); continue south over this ridge line into the Crater Creek
Basin and Crater Creek; then down Crater Creek to its confluence with
Ruby Creek; then east up Ruby Creek to Granite Creek; then continue east
up Granite to the Cascades Summit; then north along the Cascades Summit
to the U.S.-Canada boundary; then west along the Canadian line to the
east boundary of North Cascades National Park and the point of beginning.
(Notice: Jack Mountain not included in Goat Unit 4-8, East Ross Lake.
See description for Goat Unit 4-9, Jack Mountain.)
Goat Unit 4-9 Jack Mountain: Permit Area: Whatcom County within the
following described boundary: Beginning at the confluence of Ruby Creek
and Crater Creek; then north up Crater Creek to the ridge line between
Jerry Lakes and a pinnacle of Jack Mountain (7,292 ft. elevation);
continue due north to Devil's Creek; then west down Devil's Creek to Ross
Lake; then south along the east shoreline of Ross Lake to Ruby Arm; then
easterly up Ruby Arm and Ruby Creek to the confluence of Crater Creek and
the point of beginning.
Goat Unit 4-10 Majestic Mountain: Permit Area: Whatcom and Skagit
counties within the following described boundary: Beginning at the
intersection of Pyramid Creek and State Highway 20; then south up Pyramid
Creek to the North Cascades National Park Boundary; then east along the
park boundary to the Cascades Summit; then north along the Cascades
Summit to Granite Creek; then west down Granite Creek to Ruby Creek and
Ruby Arm; then continue west along Ruby Arm to Ross Lake and Ross Dam;
then southwest from Ross Dam to State Highway 20; then southwest and
northwest along State Highway 20 to Pyramid Creek and the point of
beginning.
Goat Unit 4-12 Mt. Tommy Thompson: Permit Area: Skagit County within
the following described boundary: Beginning at the confluence of Illabot
Creek on the Skagit River; then east up Illabot Creek to its headwaters;
then continue east over the ridge line to the northernmost extension of
Buck Creek; then north over the ridge line at 6,921 foot elevation to the
southernmost extension of Muchler Creek; then northeast down Muchler
Creek to Kindy Creek; then north down Kindy Creek to the Cascade River;
then north and west down the Cascade River to the Skagit River; then west
down the Skagit River to Illabot Creek and the point of beginning.
Goat Unit 4-14 Mt. Buckindy: Permit Area: Skagit and Snohomish counties
within the following described boundary: Beginning at the confluence of
Buck Creek on the Suiattle River; then east up the Suiattle River to
Sulphur Creek; then continue east up Sulphur Creek to Dome Creek; then
north to Sinister Mountain and the Cascades Summit; then north along the
Cascades Summit to Mt. Formidable; continue north into the headwaters at
the Middle Fork Cascade River; then west down the Middle Fork Cascade
River to the main Cascade River; continue west along the Cascade River
to Kindy Creek; then south up Kindy Creek to Muchler Creek; then
southwest up Muchler Creek to its southernmost extension; then continue
southwest over the ridgetop at 6,921 foot elevation to the northernmost
extension of Buck Creek; then continue southwest down Buck Creek to the
Suiattle River and the point of beginning.
Goat Unit 4-16 Glacier Peak: Permit Area: Snohomish County within the
following described boundary: Beginning at Tenpeak Mountain on the
Cascades Crest; then northeast to three lakes (approximately 1.75 miles
northeast of Tenpeak Mountain); then north and west down the Suiattle
River to Mill Creek; then up the Mill Creek Trail (790) and the Pacific
Crest Trail (2000) to Mica Lake, Fire Creek Pass, and Glacier Creek;
continuing down Glacier Creek to the White Chuck River; then up the White
Chuck River to White Mountain at the Cascade Crest; then northeast along
Cascade Crest to Tenpeak Mountain and the point of beginning.
Goat Unit 4-18 Sauk River: Permit Area: Snohomish County within the
following described boundary: Beginning at the confluence of the
Whitechuck River and Pugh Creek; then south up Pugh Creek to Round Lake;
then south to USFS Trail 646; then west and south down this trail to the
North Fork Sauk River; then east up said river to Sloan Creek; then up
Sloan Creek to June Mountain; then due south to USFS Trail 1051; then
east along said trail to the Pacific Crest Trail (2000); then north along
the Pacific Crest Trail past White Mountain; then down the Whitechuck
River to the confluence with Pugh Creek and the point of beginning.
Goat Unit 4-21 Liberty Mountain: Permit Area: Snohomish County within
the following described boundary: Beginning at the Boulder River bridge
on the Darrington-Arlington Highway (State Highway 530) to the town of
Darrington; then south along the Darrington-Clear Creek Road (USFS Road
20) to the bridge over Clear Creek; then south up Clear Creek to the
confluence with Helena Creek and southeast up Helena Creek to Windom
Lake; then southeast over an unnamed ridge to Independence Lake and down
USFS Trail 712 to intersection with USFS Road 4060; then south down said
road to the South Fork Stillaguamish River; then west down said river to
Canyon Creek; then northeast up Canyon Creek, North Fork Canyon Creek and
Meadow Creek to Tupso Creek; then east up Tupso Creek to its easternmost
point; then continue northeast to Boulder River; then north down Boulder
River to the bridge on State Highway 530 and the point of beginning.
Goat Unit 4-23 Twin Peaks: Permit Area: Snohomish County within the
following described boundary: Beginning at the intersection of Falls
Creek and the Mt. Loop Highway (USFS Road 322); then west up Falls Creek
and along USFS Trail 645 to USFS Road 4060; then south down said road to
the Mountain Loop Highway (Forest Road 20); then east and north on said
highway to Falls Creek and the point of beginning.
Goat Unit 4-24 Sloan Peak: Permit Area: Snohomish County with the
following described boundary: Beginning at the confluence of the South
Fork and the North Fork of the Sauk River; then east up to the North Fork
Sauk River to Sloan Creek; then south and southeast up Sloan Creek to
June Mountain; then due south to USFS Trail 1051; then southwest along
said trail to USFS Road 63; then continue southwest on said road to
Silver Creek; then north up Silver Creek to Silver Lake; then north on
USFS Trail 708 to Glacier Creek; then west along said creek to the South
Fork Sauk River; then north down the South Fork Sauk River to the
confluence of the North Fork Sauk River and the point of beginning.
Goat Unit 4-25 Vesper Peak: Permit Area: Snohomish County within the
following described boundary: Beginning at the Mountain Loop Highway
bridge over Bear Creek (approximately three miles east of Verlot); then
east up said highway to USFS Trail 707; then southwest on said trail
(between Sperry Peak and Morning Star Peak) to the Sultan River; then
west down said river and Spada Lake to Culmback Dam; then north up
unnamed creek to the Pilchuck-Sultan divide; then northwest along said
divide to Ritz Creek; then northeast down Ritz Creek to the Pilchuck
River; then northwest down said river to Wilson Creek; then northwest up
Wilson Creek to Ashland Lakes on the Pilchuck-Stillaguamish divide; then
north down Black Creek and Bear Creek drainage to the Mountain Loop
Highway bridge over Bear Creek and the point of beginning.
Goat Unit 4-30 Tolt River: Permit Area: King and Snohomish counties
within the following described boundary: Beginning at the point the Tolt
River intersects the Weyerhaeuser Mainline Truck Road (approximately one
mile west of the Tolt River South Fork Reservoir); then north along said
road to the junction with State Highway 2; then east along said highway
to the junction with the South Fork Skykomish River; then east and south
up said river to the confluence of Money Creek; then west up Money Creek
to Lake Elizabeth; then west to the headwaters of the South Fork Tolt
River near Lake Elizabeth; then west down the South Fork Tolt River to
the point of beginning. Except closed: All of the Mount Index and Mount
Persis as follows: Beginning at confluence of South Fork Skykomish River
and Index Creek; then west up said creek and its northern fork to Ink
Lake; then west up the ridge to the 4,915 elevation point; then southwest
down the ridge (approximately one and one-half miles) to the confluence
of Titacaed Creek and the North Fork Tolt River; then west along said
river to the Weyerhaeuser Mainline Truck Road; then north along said road
to State Highway 2; then east along said highway to where it intersects
the South Fork Skykomish River; then east along said river to the point
of beginning.
Goat Unit 4-32 Foss River: Permit Area: King and Snohomish counties
within the following described boundary: Beginning at intersection of
U.S. Highway 2 and the King County line at Stevens Pass; then south along
the King County line to the headwaters of the Middle Fork Snoqualmie
River near Dutch Miller Gap; then west and south down said river to the
confluence with the Dingford Creek; then north and east up said creek to
its headwaters intersection with USFS Trail 1005; then north up said
trail to Little Myrtle Lake; then west and north to Marlene Lake
(approximately 4 miles); then north down the stream outlet from Marlene
Lake to the junction with USFS Trail 1002 near Dorothy Lake; then north
along said trail to the junction with the East Fork Miller River
headwaters; then north down said river to the confluence with the South
Fork Skykomish River; then east up said river to the junction with U.S.
Highway 2; then east along said highway to the point of beginning.
Goat Unit 4-34 Pratt River: Permit Area: King County within the
following described boundary: Beginning at the point where the
Weyerhaeuser Mainline Truck Road intersects the Middle Fork Snoqualmie
River (near the confluence of the North Fork and Snoqualmie Rivers); then
northeast up the Middle Fork Snoqualmie to its headwaters near Dutch
Miller Gap at the King County line; then south along the King County line
to Snoqualmie Pass and the intersection with Interstate 90; then west
along Interstate 90 to the point nearest the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River
(approximately one mile east of North Bend); then north and east up the
Middle Fork Snoqualmie River and to the point of beginning. Except
closed: Snoqualmie Mountain and the watersheds of Denny Creek and South
Fork of the Snoqualmie above Denny Creek.
Goat Unit 4-38 Corral Pass: Permit Area: Pierce County within the
following described boundary: Beginning where Goat Creek intersects the
Corral Pass Road; then southeast up Goat Creek to the Cascade Crest; then
north along the Crest to USFS Trail 1188; then northwest along said trail
to USFS Trail 1176; then north along said trail to Corral Pass; then west
along Corral Pass Road to its intersection with Goat Creek and the point
of beginning.
Goat Unit 5-2 Tatoosh: Permit Area: Lewis County within the following
described boundary: Beginning at the junction of the southern Mount
Rainier National Park Boundary and State Highway 123; then south along
State Highway 123 to U.S. Highway 12; then southwest along said highway
to Skate Creek Road (USFS Road 52); then northwest along said road to the
junction of Morse Creek Road (old road to Longmire Campground); then
north along said road to the Mount Rainier National Park Boundary; then
east along the southern park boundary to the point of beginning.
Goat Unit 5-3 Smith Creek: Permit area: Lewis County within the
following described boundary: Beginning at the Town of Randle; then east
along U.S. Highway 12 to USFS Road 21; then southeast along USFS Road 21
to USFS Road 22; then northeast and northwest along USFS Road 22 to USFS
Road 23; then east and northwest on USFS Road 23 to USFS Road 25; then
north along USFS Road 25 to Randle and point of beginning.
Goat Unit 5-4 Goat Rocks: Permit Area: Lewis County south of the White
Pass Highway (U.S. Highway 12) and east of the Johnson Creek Road (USFS
Road 1302).
((Goat Unit 6-1 Elwha River: Permit Area: Clallam and Jefferson
counties outside Olympic National Park and west of the Dungeness River.))
Goat Unit 6-2 Quilcene River: Permit Area: Clallam and Jefferson
counties outside Olympic National Park, east of the Dungeness River and
north of the Dosewallips River.
Goat Unit 6-3 Hamma Hamma River: Permit Area: Jefferson and Mason
counties outside Olympic National Park and south of the Dosewallips
River.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.010 and 77.12.040. 96-04-027, 232-28-02250, filed 2/1/96, effective 3/3/96. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040. 94-11-041 (Order 649), 232-28-02250, filed 5/10/94, effective 6/10/94.]