Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 800 - Department of Wildlife Conservation › Chapter 25 - Wildlife Rules › Subchapter 37 - Nuisance Wildlife Control Program › Part 2 - SPECIAL CANADA GOOSE PERMIT AGENTS PROGRAM › Section 800:25-37-9 - Procedures and guidelines

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
SCGP agents are subject to the general conditions in 50 CFR
					 parts 13 and 21, and conditions specified in paragraph (d) of the ODWC's SCGP,
					 and the conditions outlined below.
(1)
				  Unless specifically authorized by the ODWC all resident Canada goose management
				  activities by SCGP agents shall consist of nonlethal control
				  measures.
(2) Management and
				  control activities under the ODWC's federal SCGP may only be conducted between
				  March 11 and August 31.
(3)
				  Activities involving the harassent of resident Canada geese, that do not result
				  in the taking or possession of resident Canada geese, their parts, nests or
				  eggs, may be conducted year around.
(4) SCGP agents may possess and transport
				  resident Canada geese and dispose of nest and eggs if so authorized by the
				  ODWC, under the conditions in the ODWC's federal SCGP, and as otherwise
				  specified in this section.
(5) SCGP
				  agents may not sell, offer for sale, barter, or ship for the purpose of sale or
				  barter any Canada geese taken under this section, nor their plumage, nests or
				  eggs.
(6) The ODWC may authorize,
				  when deemed appropriate, designated agents to utilize such birds by donation to
				  public museums or public institutions for scientific or educational purposes,
				  by processing them for human consumption and distributing them free of charge
				  to charitable organizations, or by burying or incinerating them.
(7) No SCGP designated agent conducting
				  management and control activities under this section should construe the permit
				  to authorize the killing of resident Canada geese contrary to any State law or
				  regulation, nor on any Federal land without specific authorization by the
				  responsible management agency. No person may exercise the privileges granted
				  under this section unless they possess any permits required for such activities
				  by an State or Federal land manager.
(8) SCGP designated agents authorized to
				  carry out management and control activities must have a current copy of the
				  ODWC letter of authorization in their possession when carrying out any
				  permitted activities. A NWCO certified SCGP agent must be present at the site
				  when any activities authorized under the ODWC SCGP are undertaken.
(10) SCGP agents must also obtain prior
				  consent from property owners or occupants on whose premises the SCGP agent will
				  be conducting activities. In the event where multiple landowners or a legal
				  governing body is involved, the agent must secure a copy of the petition
				  requesting goose removal, signed by the landowners association representative
				  indicating concurrence by more than 50% of the individuals having a vested
				  interest in the property. In addition, all such property owners or occupants
				  must consent to allow at all reasonable times, including during actual
				  operations, free and unrestricted access, to any U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
				  special agent or refuge officer and /or ODWC personnel, to the premises here
				  they are, or were, conducting activities. Furthermore, any designated agent
				  conducting such activities must promptly furnish whatever information in
				  required concerning such activities to any such Service or ODWC
				  personnel.
(11) SCGP agents may not
				  undertake any actions under the ODWC's SCGP if the activities adversely affect
				  other migratory birds or species designated as endangered or threatened under
				  the authority of the Endangered Species Act.
(12) SCGP agents are pre-authorized to trap
				  and relocate resident Canada geese from within the incorporated city limits of
				  a municipality under the aforementioned terms and conditions of the ODWC's
				  federal SCGP. SCGP agents will be annually provided a list by ODWC of approved
				  release sites for the municipalities from where geese will be
				  relocated.
(13) SCGP agents are
				  pre-authorized to carry out nest and egg control within the incorporated city
				  limits of municipalities under the aforementioned terms and conditions of the
				  ODWC's federal SCGP.
(14) Any nest
				  and egg control and/or trapping and relocation of resident Canada geese outside
				  of the incorporated city limits of a municipality must have a prior specific
				  case by case authorization by ODWC personnel.
Added at 21 Ok Reg
					 1446, eff 6-1-04