WSR 98-10-099
PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
[Filed May 6, 1998, 10:47 a.m.]
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Migratory game birds and trapping seasons; permits for special hunting and trapping seasons; game reserves; hunting hours and small game seasons; nontoxic shot pertaining to migratory game birds; and remove sage/sharp-tailed grouse from classification as game birds.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 77.12.020, 77.12.030, 77.12.040, 77.32.220.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Recreational opportunity for hunters and trappers. Sage/sharp-tailed grouse are now threatened species and cannot be hunted.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.
Process for Developing New Rule: Agency study.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Mike Kuttel, Assistant Director, Wildlife Management, 600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98501-1091, (360) 902-2504. Contact by June 15, 1998, rule proposal filing expected to be July 1, 1998.
May 5, 1998
Evan Jacoby
Rules Coordinator