WAC 220-417-010 Trapping Season and Regulations:
View the CR-102 Rule Proposal and WAC Text
The purpose of the proposal and its anticipated effects, including any changes in existing rules:
The purpose of this rule is to close fox trapping within the exterior boundaries of the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie, Okanogan, Wenatchee, and Gifford Pinchot national forests to prevent accidental take of state endangered Cascade red fox.
Reasons supporting proposal:
The state endangered Cascade red fox (Vulpes vulpes cascadensis) is at risk of being caught via recreational trapping activities within the exterior boundaries of the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie, Okanogan, Wenatchee, and Gifford Pinchot national forests where they overlap with the regular species of red fox (V. vulpes) which is not state or federally listed. Therefore, closing red fox trapping in these areas will prevent accidental take of the state endangered Cascade red fox.
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