Subject of Possible Rule Making: Amend WACs to implement Initiative 713, define raw fur and body gripping traps, prohibit sale of mammals taken with body gripping traps and prohibit body gripping traps; correct species names for game and wild birds; unlawful firearms for hunting; nontoxic shot requirements; special closures and firearm restriction areas; special hunting seasons, permit drawing rules; auctions and raffles; seasons, areas and quotas for moose, bighorn sheep, mountain goat, deer, elk, turkey, upland bird, falconry and migratory birds; game management units and private lands wildlife management areas; mandatory hunter reporting. Repeal obsolete WACs.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 77.12.040, 77.12.020.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: To provide recreational opportunity for hunters and to comply with I-713.

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 Dave Brittell, Assistant Director, Wildlife Program, 600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98501-1091, (360) 902-2504. Contact by February 16, 2001, rule proposal filing expected to be February 21, 2001.

January 2, 2001

Evan Jacoby

Rules Coordinator

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