Illinois Administrative Code › Title 17 - CONSERVATION › Part 525 - NUISANCE WILDLIFE CONTROL PERMITS › Section 525.15 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
"Bait" means mammal, bird or fish flesh, fur, hide, entrails or
				feathers and parts thereof that are placed in or near a trap to lure wild
				animals.
"Bat" means members of the family Vespertilionidae.
"Cushion-hold trap" means a commercially manufactured trap of
				the spring-loaded type with offset jaws designed to capture an animal by
				closing upon one of its limbs and that is so constructed that the edges
				designed to touch the animal are composed of a nonmetallic substance that
				eliminates or mitigates injury to the trapped animal.
"Department" means Department of Natural Resources.
"Exterior exclusion" means sealing gaps, crevices, holes or
				other exterior means of access to a structure as part of a program to remove
				bats. Bats retain the ability to enter and exit a structure at one or more
				points of access until permanent eviction.
"Furbearing mammal" means the following species: mink, muskrat,
				raccoon, striped skunk, long-tailed weasel, least weasel, bobcat, opossum,
				beaver, river otter, badger, red fox, gray fox and coyote.
"Game bird" means the following species: ruffed grouse,
				sharp-tailed grouse, northern bobwhite, gray partridge, chukar, ring-necked
				pheasant, greater prairie chicken and wild turkey.
"Game mammal" means the following species: cottontail rabbit,
				swamp rabbit, white-tailed deer, fox squirrel, gray squirrel and groundhog
				(woodchuck).
"Governmental Body" means a federal agency or any State entity
				authorized under State of Illinois laws, including but not limited to counties,
				municipalities, townships or special-purpose districts.
"Interior exclusion" means sealing gaps, crevices or other
				means of access to living quarters of a structure as part of a program to
				remove bats. Bats retain access to parts of a structure that are not frequented
				by humans and the ability to enter and exit this space until permanent
				eviction.
"Land set" means any trap or similar device that is not placed
				or set in contact with flowing or impounded water.
"Migratory bird" means wild migratory game birds and wild
				resident and migratory nongame birds protected by Section 2.2 of the Wildlife
				Code.
"Other mammals" means flying squirrel, red squirrel, eastern
				woodrat, golden mouse, rice rat and Franklin's ground squirrel.
"Permanent eviction" means use of exterior exclusion and
				installation of one-way doors, valves or vents that allow bats to exit a
				structure but bar re-entry. Locations of these devices are sealed permanently
				after eviction of bats.
"Permit" or "Nuisance Wildlife Control Permit" is the granting
				of permission by DNR, under the authority of the Wildlife Code, to an
				individual or entity to take, possess, transport or dispose of protected
				species within Illinois. The types of permits are:
Class A: Commercial - Mammals and Game Birds
Class B: Zoos, or Botanical Gardens or Landowners/Tenants
				Applying to Take Migratory Birds on Their Property in Accordance with a Federal
				Permit
Class C: Governmental - Mammals and Game Birds
Class D: Commercial - Migratory Birds
Class E: Governmental - Migratory Birds
"Protected species" means wild birds and mammals protected by
				Section 2.2 of the Wildlife Code.
"Restricted pesticide" means any substance or mixture of
				substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating any
				pest, the use of which has been categorized as restricted under the Federal
				Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (
				7 USC
				136), as amended, or under the Illinois
				Pesticide Act [ 415 ILCS 60 ].
"Submersion set" means a device that is set underwater or a
				water set that employs a slide wire or tangle stake.
"Take" means hunt, shoot, pursue, lure, kill, destroy, capture,
				gig, spear, trap or ensnare, or attempt to do so.
"Water set" means any trap or similar device that is placed or
				set in contact with flowing or impounded water.
"Wildlife Code" or "Code" means the Illinois Wildlife Code [
				520 ILCS 5 ].