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Title: Prefiled Bills in our Legislature
Post by: whitney on December 29, 2011, 11:06:16 PM

Not sure where this belongs but here is a prefiled bill that should hit home with a lot of hunters/outdoorsmen & women concerning the regional management of mammalian apex predators.  (read wolves)

http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2011-12/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/2214.pdf (http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2011-12/Pdf/Bills/House%20Bills/2214.pdf)

 NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.
(1) The fish and wildlife commission must suspend any management plan or planning process for a mammalian apex predator species listed as endangered, threatened, or sensitive in Washington under RCW 77.12.020 if the species in question is not listed as endangered under the federal endangered species act for the entirety of the state of Washington's land mass. 
(2) The suspension of any management plan affected by this section may not be lifted unless the fish and wildlife commission amends the plan to be consistent with any regional changes in species status petitioned for under section 2 of this act.
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HB 2214


http://ecos.fws.gov/speciesProfile/profile/speciesProfile.action?spcode=A00D (http://ecos.fws.gov/speciesProfile/profile/speciesProfile.action?spcode=A00D)
A quick check over at U.S. Fish and Wildlife shows the species listing status as "delisted due to recovery".   

As this species is not listed in RCW 77.12.020 I read this as a screeching stop to the WDFW wolf plan if the bill passes.

~Whitney

Title: Re: Prefiled Bills in our Legislature
Post by: Bigshooter on December 29, 2011, 11:10:23 PM

I think you may be right.

Title: Re: Prefiled Bills in our Legislature
Post by: pianoman9701 on December 30, 2011, 10:32:17 AM

shhhhhhhhhhhh!