Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 220-200 - Definitions and general rules › Section 220-200-100 - Wildlife classified as protected shall not be hunted or fished

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Protected wildlife are designated into three subcategories:
				  Threatened, sensitive, and other.
(1)
				Threatened species are any wildlife species native to the state of Washington
				that are likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future throughout a
				significant portion of their range within the state without cooperative
				management or removal of threats. Protected wildlife designated as threatened
				include:
Common Name
Scientific Name
sea otter
Enhydra lutris
green sea turtle
Chelonia mydas
Mazama pocket gopher
Thomomys mazama
Columbian white-tailed deer
Odocoileus virginianus
							 leucurus
(2)
				Sensitive species are any wildlife species native to the state of Washington
				that are vulnerable or declining and are likely to become endangered or
				threatened in a significant portion of their range within the state without
				cooperative management or removal of threats. Protected wildlife designated as
				sensitive include:
Common Name
Scientific Name
American white pelican
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Gray whale
Eschrichtius robustus
Common Loon
Gavia immer
Larch Mountain salamander
Plethodon larselli
Pygmy whitefish
Prosopium coulteri
Margined sculpin
Cottus marginatus
Olympic mudminnow
Novumbra hubbsi
(3)
				Other protected wildlife include:
Common Name
Scientific Name
cony or pika
Ochotona princeps
least chipmunk
Tamias minimus
yellow-pine chipmunk
Tamias amoenus
Townsend's chipmunk
Tamias townsendii
red-tailed chipmunk
Tamias ruficaudus
hoary marmot
Marmota caligata
Olympic marmot
Marmota olympus
Cascade golden-mantled ground squirrel
Callospermophilus saturatus
golden-mantled ground squirrel
Callospermophilus lateralis
Washington ground squirrel
Urocitellus washingtoni
red squirrel
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Douglas squirrel
Tamiasciurus douglasii
northern flying squirrel
Glaucomys sabrinus
Humboldt's flying squirrel
Glaucomys oregonensis
wolverine
Gulo gulo
painted turtle
Chrysemys picta
California mountain kingsnake
Lampropeltis zonata
All birds not classified as game birds, predatory birds or
				  endangered species, or designated as threatened species or sensitive species;
				  all bats, except when found in or immediately adjacent to a dwelling or other
				  occupied building; mammals of the order
Cetacea
, including
				  whales, porpoises, and mammals of the order
Pinnipedia
not
				  otherwise classified as endangered species, or designated as threatened species
				  or sensitive species. This section shall not apply to hair seals and sea lions
				  which are threatening to damage or are damaging commercial fishing gear being
				  utilized in a lawful manner or when said mammals are damaging or threatening to
				  damage commercial fish being lawfully taken with commercial gear.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 77.12.047,
					 77.12.020. 08-03-068 (Order
					 08-09), §
											232-12-011, filed 1/14/08,
					 effective 2/14/08; 06-04-066 (Order 06-09), §
											232-12-011, filed 1/30/06,
					 effective 3/2/06. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 77.12.047,
					 77.12.655,
					 77.12.020. 02-11-069 (Order
					 02-98), §
											232-12-011, filed 5/10/02,
					 effective 6/10/02. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 77.12.047. 02-08-048 (Order 02-53), §
											232-12-011, filed 3/29/02,
					 effective 5/1/02; 00-17-106 (Order 00-149), §
											232-12-011, filed 8/16/00,
					 effective 9/16/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040,
					 77.12.010,
					 77.12.020, 77.12.770. 00-10-001
					 (Order 00-47), §
											232-12-011, filed 4/19/00,
					 effective 5/20/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040,
					 77.12.010,
					 77.12.020, 77.12.770, 77.12.780.
					 00-04-017 (Order 00-05), §
											232-12-011, filed 1/24/00,
					 effective 2/24/00. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 77.12.020. 98-23-013 (Order 98-232), §
											232-12-011, filed 11/6/98,
					 effective 12/7/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040. 98-10-021 (Order 98-71),
					 §
											232-12-011, filed 4/22/98,
					 effective 5/23/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040 and 75.08.080. 98-06-031,
					 §
											232-12-011, filed 2/26/98,
					 effective 5/1/98. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 77.12.020. 97-18-019 (Order 97-167), §
											232-12-011, filed 8/25/97,
					 effective 9/25/97. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040,
					 77.12.020, 77.12.030 and
					 77.32.220. 97-12-048, §
											232-12-011, filed 6/2/97,
					 effective 7/3/97. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 77.12.020. 93-21-027 (Order 615), §
											232-12-011, filed 10/14/93,
					 effective 11/14/93; 90-11-065 (Order 441), §
											232-12-011, filed 5/15/90,
					 effective 6/15/90. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040. 89-11-061 (Order 392),
					 §
											232-12-011, filed 5/18/89;
					 82-19-026 (Order 192), §
											232-12-011, filed 9/9/82;
					 81-22-002 (Order 174), §
											232-12-011, filed 10/22/81;
					 81-12-029 (Order 165), §
											232-12-011, filed
					 6/1/81.