PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Advanced hunter education.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 77.12.047.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Advanced hunter education offers additional hunting opportunity to persons who are trained in marksmanship, the rules concerning hunting, and the ethics of hunting in more congested areas. This will additionally assist in damage control hunts, and allow harvest in areas where a harvestable game surplus exists but species identification confusion could create problems for less well trained hunters.
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 Bruce Bjork, Enforcement Program Assistant Director, 600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98504-1091, (360) 902-2373. Contact by June 18, 2002, expected proposal filing date June 19, 2002.
April 22, 2002
Evan Jacoby
Rules Coordinator