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Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 66 - WYOMING BIGHORN/DOMESTIC SHEEP PLAN REVISION RULES › Section 66-4 - Amendments to the Plan

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The Wyoming State-wide Bighorn/Domestic
				Sheep Interaction Working Group, at any meeting, may recommend consensus-based
				amendments to the Plan to be jointly considered by the Board of Agriculture,
				Commission, and Livestock Board.
(b) The Board of Agriculture, Commission, and
				Livestock Board may amend the Plan after seeking the advice of the Wyoming
				State-wide Bighorn/Domestic Sheep Interaction Working Group. Any recommended
				amendment submitted by the Wyoming State-wide Bighorn/Domestic Sheep
				Interaction Working Group shall satisfy this advice requirement.
(c) Any amendment to the Plan shall be
				formally adopted by the Board of Agriculture, Commission, and Livestock Board
				by amending these rules and regulations, pursuant to the Wyoming Administrative
				Procedures Act.
(d) The Board of
				Agriculture, Commission, and Livestock Board shall consider and vote upon any
				proposed amendment as distinct and separate bodies. Each body must adopt the
				proposed amendment by a majority vote.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 66 - WYOMING BIGHORN/DOMESTIC SHEEP PLAN REVISION RULES › Section 66-5 - Incorporation by Reference

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) For the Plan incorporated by reference in
				these rules:
(i) The incorporation of the
				full text in these rules would be cumbersome or inefficient given the length
				and nature of the Plan;
(ii) The
				incorporation by reference does not include any later amendments or editions of
				the incorporated matter beyond the applicable date identified in subsection (b)
				of this Section; and,
(iii) The
				incorporated Plan is maintained at the Commission office and available for
				public inspection and copying at cost at that location. The Plan may be found
				electronically on the Department website.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 67 - GRIZZLY BEAR MANAGEMENT REGULATION › Section 67-2 - Regulation

Current through July 13, 2024
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission adopts the following
				  regulation for the management of grizzly bears in Wyoming. The Commission is
				  committed to managing grizzly bears in Wyoming to ensure a recovered
				  population.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 68 - GRIZZLY BEAR HUNTING SEASONS › Section 68-1 - Authority

Current through July 13, 2024
This regulation is promulgated by authority of Wyoming
				  Statute §
									
										23-1-302, §
									
										23-1-703, §
									
										23-2-101 and §
									
										23-2-104.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 68 - GRIZZLY BEAR HUNTING SEASONS › Section 68-2 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
For the purpose of this regulation, definitions shall be as
				  set forth in Title 23, Wyoming Statutes, Commission regulations and the
				  Commission also adopts the following definitions:
(a) "Baiting" means placing or utilizing a
				processed bait or an unprocessed bait as a lure or attractant for the purpose
				of taking a grizzly bear.
(b)
				"Baiting Authorization Permit" means a Department issued permit which
				authorizes the use of bait for taking a grizzly bear if the Department
				determines it is necessary to meet management objectives, prevent grizzly bear
				depredation or prevent grizzly bear/human conflicts.
(c) "Demographic Monitoring Area" (DMA) means
				the area depicted in the map in Appendix I of Chapter 67, Grizzly Bear
				Management Regulations, revised as of July 8, 2016, and which does not include
				any later amendments or additions of the incorporated matter.
(d) "Dependent young" means any grizzly bear
				cub of the year, yearling grizzly bear or any grizzly bear offspring traveling
				with an adult female grizzly bear.
(e) "Grizzly Bear License Issuance List"
				means separate randomly generated lists of resident and nonresident applicants
				for a license to hunt grizzly bears during the current year in hunt areas 1, 2,
				3, 4, 5 and 6.
(f) "Mortality"
				means any legal or illegal grizzly bear harvest by a licensed grizzly bear
				hunter during an open grizzly bear hunting season.
(g) "Processed bait" means a nontoxic
				biodegradable substance.
(h)
				"Prohibited bait" means big game animals, small game animals, game birds, game
				fish, protected animals, protected birds or parts thereof placed for the
				purpose of attracting a grizzly bear.
(i) "Unprocessed bait" means livestock or
				livestock parts that have not been processed for human consumption, or wildlife
				or wildlife parts that are not otherwise prohibited in Section 2(h).
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 68 - GRIZZLY BEAR HUNTING SEASONS › Section 68-3 - Grizzly Bear License Issuance Lists and Grizzly Bear Limited Quota License Drawing

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The Department shall generate grizzly
				bear license issuance lists for hunt areas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. Separate
				license issuance lists shall be generated based on the residency of applicants
				for a grizzly bear license. A computer random number selection shall be
				utilized to determine name placement on the grizzly bear license issuance
				lists. When a hunting opportunity exists for hunt areas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6,
				licenses shall be issued to individuals on the license issuance lists for a
				specified ten (10) day hunting period as designated and at the direction of the
				Department. The Department shall issue at least seventy-five percent (75%) of
				the available licenses to residents prior to issuing a nonresident license.
				Licenses shall be issued until mortality limits are reached or until the close
				of the season.
(i) Nonresident license
				issuance shall only be permitted in hunt areas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 when
				twenty-five percent (25%) of the total annual mortality limit equals or exceeds
				one (1) license.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 68 - GRIZZLY BEAR HUNTING SEASONS › Section 68-4 - Bag Limit and Number of Licenses

Current through July 13, 2024
No person shall apply for or receive more than one (1)
				  grizzly bear license during any one (1) calendar year. The maximum bag limit
				  for any person with the proper license shall not exceed the following: one (1)
				  grizzly bear per license.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 68 - GRIZZLY BEAR HUNTING SEASONS › Section 68-5 - Hunting Regulations

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) No person shall take a grizzly bear by
				the use of or aid of baiting, including any legally placed black bear bait in
				hunt areas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6. Baiting may be permissible in limited
				circumstances in hunt areas 7 and 8 and shall require a Department baiting
				authorization permit in accordance with Section 7 of this regulation.
(b) No person shall take a grizzly bear by
				the use of or aid of dogs.
(c) No
				person shall take a grizzly bear with a trap or snare.
(d) No person shall take a grizzly bear
				through the use or aid of radio telemetry equipment.
(e) Hunters may take any grizzly bear except
				dependent young and female grizzly bears with dependent young.
(f) Reporting Grizzly Bear Harvest. Licensees
				harvesting a grizzly bear in hunt areas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 shall report the
				harvest of a grizzly bear within twenty-four (24) hours of harvest with a
				Department provided electronic device unless the licensee properly registers
				their harvest within twenty-four (24) hours in accordance with this section.
				The Department provided electronic device shall allow the licensee the ability
				to report their harvest, hunt area, sex of grizzly bear, licensee's name and
				telephone number. A grizzly bear harvest shall not be considered reported until
				the licensee receives a Department acknowledgement of their harvest report.
(i) Licensees harvesting a grizzly bear in
				hunt area 7 or 8 shall report their harvest of a grizzly bear to the Department
				by calling1-800-264 -1280 within twenty-four (24) hours of harvest unless the
				licensee properly registers their harvest within twenty-four (24) hours in
				accordance with this section. The licensee shall provide the date and time of
				harvest, hunt area, sex of the grizzly bear, licensee's name and telephone
				number.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 68 - GRIZZLY BEAR HUNTING SEASONS › Section 68-7 - Baiting Authorization Permits

Current through July 13, 2024
The Department may issue grizzly bear baiting authorization
				  permits to licensed hunters in hunt areas 7 and 8 if the Department determines
				  it is necessary to meet management objectives, prevent grizzly bear depredation
				  or to prevent grizzly bear/human conflicts.
(a) Grizzly bear baiting authorization
				permits shall include the name of the licensee, grizzly bear license number,
				authorized bait site location(s), time period a bait may be placed, bait
				removal requirements, type of bait authorized and bait container requirements.
				The Department may include other provisions on a baiting authorization permit
				to meet management objectives, prevent depredation or to prevent grizzly
				bear/human conflicts.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 68 - GRIZZLY BEAR HUNTING SEASONS › Section 68-8 - Hunt Area Status

Current through July 13, 2024
It is the hunter's responsibility to confirm the grizzly bear
				  hunt area the person intends to hunt is open. The status of grizzly bear
				  mortality limits and hunt area closures shall be available twenty-four (24)
				  hours a day by calling toll free1-800-264 -1280.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 68 - GRIZZLY BEAR HUNTING SEASONS › Section 68-11 - Reservation of a Grizzly Bear License

Current through July 13, 2024
Reservation of a grizzly bear license shall be in accordance
				  with Wyoming Game and Fish Commission Regulation Chapter 44, Regulation for
				  Issuance of Licenses, Permits, Stamps, Tags, Preference Points and Competitive
				  Raffle Chances, revised as of March 14, 2018, and which does not include any
				  later amendments or additions of the incorporated matter.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 68 - GRIZZLY BEAR HUNTING SEASONS › Section 68-12 - Super Tag License and Super Tag Trifecta Licenses

Current through July 13, 2024
There shall be no super tag license competitive raffle
				  chances available for grizzly bear licenses. The successful applicant for a
				  super tag trifecta license shall not be permitted to choose a grizzly bear
				  license as one of their three (3) different species for which licenses may be
				  issued.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 69 - IMPORTATION AND POSSESSION OF LIVE COLD-BLOODED WILDLIFE › Section 69-1 - Authority

Current through July 13, 2024
This regulation is promulgated by authority of Wyoming
				  Statutes §
									
										23-1-102, §
									
										23-1-103, §
									
										23-1-302(a), §
									
										23-3-301, §
									
										23-4-101, §
									
										23-4-102, §
									
										23-4-103 and §
									
										23-4-201
				  through
				  23-4-205.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 69 - IMPORTATION AND POSSESSION OF LIVE COLD-BLOODED WILDLIFE › Section 69-3 - Disposition of Cold-Blooded Wildlife

Current through July 13, 2024
Unless otherwise specified, no live cold-blooded wildlife
				  held in possession shall be abandoned, released, transferred or allowed to
				  escape without authorization from the Department. Cold-blooded wildlife
				  released or abandoned without written authorization of the Department may be
				  taken by Department personnel.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 69 - IMPORTATION AND POSSESSION OF LIVE COLD-BLOODED WILDLIFE › Section 69-4 - Illegal Importation or Possession

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Any live cold-blooded wildlife illegally
				taken, possessed, imported, confined or transported from another jurisdiction
				shall be considered illegal in the state of Wyoming.
(b) Cold-blooded wildlife possessed or
				entering Wyoming in violation of this regulation or without the proper
				inspections may be destroyed, returned to the state of origin or held in
				quarantine at owner's risk and expense subject to the order of the Department.
				The owner or owner's agent shall not allow said wildlife to be moved, released
				or allowed to escape.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 69 - IMPORTATION AND POSSESSION OF LIVE COLD-BLOODED WILDLIFE › Section 69-5 - Government Entities or Institutions of Higher Education

Current through July 13, 2024
The Department may consider a permit application for any live
				  cold-blooded wildlife by governmental entities, or any accredited college or
				  university, or a qualified person as determined by the Department, for
				  education, research, special purposes or to meet Department wildlife management
				  goals. Such permits may be issued in accordance with Commission Regulation
				  Chapter 33, Scientific Research, Educational or Special Purpose Permits; health
				  and AIS inspections may be required.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 69 - IMPORTATION AND POSSESSION OF LIVE COLD-BLOODED WILDLIFE › Section 69-6 - Commercial Use

Current through July 13, 2024
An importation/possession permit is required for commercial
				  use of live cold-blooded wildlife. Health and AIS inspection may be required in
				  accordance with Sections 9 and 10 of this regulation.
(a) Commercial use of the following
				cold-blooded wildlife is prohibited:
(i)
				Cold-blooded wildlife listed in Section 8 of this regulation;
(ii) Amphibians, reptiles, mollusks and
				crustaceans that require a permit for scientific and educational take in
				Commission Regulation Chapter 52, Nongame Wildlife; and,
(iii) Amphibians and reptiles for use as
				fishing bait.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 69 - IMPORTATION AND POSSESSION OF LIVE COLD-BLOODED WILDLIFE › Section 69-7 - Transportation of Live Cold-Blooded Wildlife

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Interstate transportation. Cold-blooded
				wildlife may be transported through the state if the person transporting said
				wildlife is in possession of a valid permit for interstate transportation of
				live wildlife or specifically exempted in this subsection. Holders of
				interstate transportation permits shall not be required to possess an
				importation/possession permit.
(i) Interstate
				transportation permits may be available at all ports of entry. Interstate
				transportation permits shall be legible, fully completed, signed and dated by
				the permittee. It shall be a violation of this regulation for the permittee to
				make a false statement on the interstate transportation permit.
(ii) An interstate transportation permit
				shall only allow transportation of live cold-blooded wildlife through the state
				for a period not to exceed twenty-four (24) consecutive hours from the time of
				issuance.
(iii) Holders of
				interstate transportation permits shall immediately notify the Department of
				any cold-blooded wildlife escapes, deaths, or any wildlife exposed to, or
				having contracted, a contagious disease or parasite while being transported
				through Wyoming. Dead cold-blooded wildlife shall not be disposed of within
				Wyoming unless authorized by the Department. It shall be a violation of this
				regulation to release live cold-blooded wildlife within the state of
				Wyoming.
(iv) AIS, as defined in
				Commission Regulation Chapter 62, Regulation for Aquatic Invasive Species, are
				prohibited from interstate transportation.
(v) Amphibians and reptiles do not require an
				interstate transportation permit except as provided below:
(A) Amphibians and reptiles that are
				prohibited from importation or possession in Section 8 of this regulation may
				be transported through the state and shall require an interstate transportation
				permit; and,
(B) Amphibians and
				reptiles that require an importation/possession permit in Sections 6 or 9 of
				this regulation shall require an interstate transportation permit.
(vi) Marine fish, tropical fish,
				ornamental fish, mollusks and crustaceans do not require an interstate
				transportation permit.
(vii)
				Coldwater, coolwater and warmwater fish species as defined in Commission
				Regulation Chapter 51, Private Fish Hatcheries, from a Department approved
				private fish hatchery do not require an interstate transportation
				permit.
(viii) Cold-blooded
				wildlife not requiring an importation/possession permit in Section 10 of this
				regulation do not require an interstate transportation permit.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 69 - IMPORTATION AND POSSESSION OF LIVE COLD-BLOODED WILDLIFE › Section 69-8 - Cold-Blooded Wildlife Prohibited from Importation or Possession

Current through July 13, 2024
An importation/possession permit shall not be issued for
				  importation or possession of the live cold-blooded wildlife in this section,
				  except as otherwise specified. Commercial use of the live cold-blooded wildlife
				  in this section is prohibited regardless of captive or wild origin.
(a) Injurious wildlife listed in 50 CFR
				§ 16.
(b) AIS as defined in
				Commission Regulation Chapter 62, Regulation for Aquatic Invasive
				Species.
(c) Fish or other aquatic
				wildlife which originated from a water source classified as suspect, positive
				or infested with Dreissenid Mussels.
(d) Endangered and threatened wildlife listed
				in
				50 CFR
				§
										17.11.
(e) All members of the genus
Xenopus
, including, but not limited to, African Clawed Frog
				(
Xenopus laevis
).
(f) American Bullfrog (
Lithobates
				catesbeianus
).
(g)
				Canadian Toad (
Anaxyrus hemiophrys
).
(h) Green Frog (
Lithobates
				clamitans
).
(i) Diploid
				Grass Carp (
Ctenopharygodon idella
).
(j) Western Mosquitofish (
Gambusia
				affinis
).
(k) Live
				baitfish that originated from outside Wyoming, unless legally obtained by the
				holder of a valid license to deal in live baitfish in accordance with
				Commission Regulation Chapter 46, Fishing Regulations.
(l) Live baitfish that were obtained from any
				source within Wyoming that were transported out of state. Once live baitfish
				leave the state of Wyoming, the baitfish shall not be transported back into the
				state alive under any circumstance.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 69 - IMPORTATION AND POSSESSION OF LIVE COLD-BLOODED WILDLIFE › Section 69-10 - Cold-Blooded Wildlife Not Requiring an Importation/Possession Permit

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The animals listed in this section may be
				imported or possessed without securing an importation/possession permit and
				shall not require written authorization from the Chief of Fisheries. A
				certificate of veterinary inspection or a fish health and AIS inspection are
				not required.
(i) Amphibians and reptiles not
				listed in Section 8 or 9 of this regulation.
(ii) Mollusks and crustaceans not listed in
				Sections 8 or 9 of this regulation that are confined to aquaria.
(iii) Marine fish.
(iv) Tropical fish confined in aquaria,
				ornamental ponds or reared in aquaponics or other artificial environments not
				connected to the waters of this state.
(v) Goldfish (
Carassius
				auratus
) and koi that are confined in aquaria or ornamental
				ponds.
(vi) Live baitfish legally
				obtained in accordance with Commission Regulations Chapter 46, Fishing
				Regulations and Chapter 51, Private Fish Hatcheries.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 69 - IMPORTATION AND POSSESSION OF LIVE COLD-BLOODED WILDLIFE › Section 69-11 - Certificate of Veterinary Inspection Requirements

Current through July 13, 2024
The following requirements shall apply when a certificate of
				  veterinary inspection is required in this regulation.
(a) A certificate of veterinary inspection
				shall be completed by a United States Department of Agriculture accredited
				veterinarian from the state of origin prior to importation or transportation of
				cold-blooded wildlife through the state of Wyoming and shall be valid for
				thirty (30) days following the date of inspection and issuance, except as
				otherwise specified, and shall accompany the shipment of said
				wildlife.
(b) All certificates of
				veterinary inspection shall be a legible record covering the requirements of
				the state of Wyoming as listed in this regulation and recorded on an official
				form from the state of origin and approved by the animal health official of the
				state of origin.
(c) Wildlife shall
				not be diverted from the destination stated on a certificate of veterinary
				inspection.
(d) If wildlife is
				marked in a manner allowing individual identification, such identification
				marking(s) shall be recorded on the certificate of veterinary
				inspection.
(e) A copy of the
				certificate of veterinary inspection shall accompany each and every container
				of live cold-blooded wildlife.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 69 - IMPORTATION AND POSSESSION OF LIVE COLD-BLOODED WILDLIFE › Section 69-12 - Department Notification Required for Health, Aquatic Invasive Species or Escape of Permitted Wildlife

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Health Notification and Mitigation
(i) It shall be an express condition of this
				regulation that a permittee or an authorized agent of the permittee shall
				notify the Chief of Fisheries within forty-eight (48) hours of having reason to
				believe that permitted amphibians or reptiles may have been exposed to or
				contracted a pathogen, disease or parasite. It shall be a violation of this
				regulation to import permitted amphibians or reptiles into this state or remove
				permitted amphibians or reptiles from a holding facility without prior
				authorization from the Department if said wildlife have been exposed to or
				contracted a pathogen, disease or parasite.
(A) The Department may order inspection by an
				accredited veterinarian or inspecting agent of permitted amphibians or reptiles
				believed to have been exposed to or contracted a pathogen, disease or parasite.
				Inspection may be at the expense of the permittee.
(B) The Department shall determine when
				destruction, quarantine or disinfection of diseased amphibians or reptiles is
				required. If the Department determines that destruction, quarantine or
				disinfection of diseased amphibians or reptiles or disinfection of the facility
				is required, a written order from the Department shall be issued to the
				permittee or an authorized agent of the permittee setting forth the steps
				necessary and establishing the time period that the permittee shall carry out
				such actions.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 69 - IMPORTATION AND POSSESSION OF LIVE COLD-BLOODED WILDLIFE › Section 69-13 - Stocking and Personal Use of Cold-Blooded Wildlife

Current through July 13, 2024
No amphibians, reptiles, mollusks, crustaceans, their viable
				  gametes (eggs and sperm), fertilized eggs or any hybrid or transgenic product
				  thereof shall be stocked or released into the waters of this state unless
				  authorized in writing by the Chief of Fisheries. Fish stocking shall be
				  conducted in accordance with Commission Regulations Chapter 49, Private
				  Stocking of Cold-Blooded Wildlife and Chapter 51, Private Fish
				  Hatcheries.
(a) Live amphibians and
				reptiles imported, taken or possessed for personal use shall be confined and
				shall not be released, abandoned or allowed to escape.
(i) Use or possession of live or dead
				amphibians or reptiles while fishing is prohibited in accordance with
				Commission Regulation Chapter 46, Fishing Regulations.
(ii) Live amphibians and reptiles shall not
				be placed in ornamental ponds, unless otherwise specified in this
				regulation.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 69 - IMPORTATION AND POSSESSION OF LIVE COLD-BLOODED WILDLIFE › Section 69-14 - Application Requirements

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The applicant shall disclose if
				cold-blooded wildlife proposed for importation has been exposed to or
				contracted a contagious disease or parasite.
(b) Application for an importation/possession
				permit shall be submitted to the Department on a form provided by the
				Department. The application shall be legible, fully completed, signed and dated
				by the applicant and include the following:
(i) The name, complete mailing address,
				street address and telephone number of the person making application for an
				importation/possession permit;
(ii)
				The total number of live wildlife to be imported and possessed and their
				taxonomic designation by genus, species and subspecies to include any
				varieties, strains or geographical races that are recognized;
(iii) The name and address of the supply
				source(s), or consigner form from where the live wildlife shall be
				obtained;
(iv) The purpose(s) for
				which live wildlife shall be imported or possessed; and,
(v) A complete description of the holding
				facility(ies) to include the geographic legal description to the
				quarter/quarter section, size and construction specifications for enclosures
				and handling facilities.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 69 - IMPORTATION AND POSSESSION OF LIVE COLD-BLOODED WILDLIFE › Section 69-15 - Permit Conditions

Current through July 13, 2024
Permit holders shall comply with all conditions of the permit
				  issued, and any applicable Wyoming statutes, Commission regulations, federal
				  statutes, county and municipal rules or ordinances or any other laws or
				  covenants.
(a) Each container of live
				amphibians and reptiles imported into Wyoming shall bear the names and
				addresses of the consignor and the consignee or the name and address of the
				person in possession of the wildlife if no transfer will occur. Each container
				shall have a label that clearly describes its contents.
(b) All containers or holding facilities used
				for venomous or poisonous species shall be clearly marked "Venomous Wildlife"
				or "Poisonous Wildlife" and shall include the common and scientific
				name.
(c) Holding facilities shall
				be kept clean and sanitary and be designed, constructed and maintained to
				provide for the physical well-being of the animal(s) and the safety and
				protection of other wildlife and people as deemed necessary by the
				Department.
(d) As a condition of
				receiving a permit, the permittee shall agree to be solely responsible for all
				costs, expenses and damages suffered as a result of importation and possession
				of live cold-blooded wildlife including, but not limited to, quarantine, total
				or partial depopulation on account of contagious diseases or parasites, or
				costs and expenses associated with the capture or destruction of escaped
				cold-blooded wildlife.
(e) The
				permittee may be required to maintain complete, accurate and legible records
				for the term of the permit on forms approved by the Department. Original
				records shall be kept at the holding facility. Data provided on the records
				shall include dates of purchase, barter, trade or other form of acquisition;
				sex, species, subspecies, number of animals captured, received, transported,
				purchased, reared, date of sale, death or other form of disposition for each
				individual animal. Dates and types of disease tests for each animal shall be
				recorded on the form. Records shall include names and addresses of all
				suppliers, persons to whom live cold-blooded wildlife are sold, traded,
				bartered or given and the date of each transaction.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 69 - IMPORTATION AND POSSESSION OF LIVE COLD-BLOODED WILDLIFE › Section 69-16 - Inspection by Department Personnel

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Any person issued an
				importation/possession permit shall allow inspection of all records, holding
				facilities and permitted live cold-blooded wildlife during reasonable hours
				throughout the term of the importation/possession permit.
(b) The Department shall have the right to
				collect blood or other biological samples for disease and AIS testing, genetic
				identification or other purposes to protect Wyoming wildlife
				resources.
(c) Permitted or
				non-permitted individuals transporting cold-blooded wildlife in containers of
				water shall stop at authorized mandatory AIS check stations for
				inspection.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 69 - IMPORTATION AND POSSESSION OF LIVE COLD-BLOODED WILDLIFE › Section 69-17 - Permit Renewal

Current through July 13, 2024
Any person possessing live cold-blooded wildlife held under
				  an importation/possession permit shall make application for a new permit to the
				  Department no later than sixty (60) consecutive days prior to the expiration of
				  the permit if said wildlife are to be possessed beyond the permit's expiration
				  date. Applications for renewal shall be treated as original applications and
				  may be denied in accordance with procedures set forth in this
				  regulation.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 69 - IMPORTATION AND POSSESSION OF LIVE COLD-BLOODED WILDLIFE › Section 69-18 - Process for Appealing a Department Decision

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The applicant may appeal a permit denial
				or other Department decision made under the authority of this regulation by
				submitting a written request to the Department Permitting Officer at Department
				headquarters for reconsideration within thirty (30) consecutive days from the
				date of receipt of written notification of the decision being contested. If an
				applicant fails to request an appeal within thirty (30) consecutive days, the
				applicant shall waive their ability to make any future appeal request regarding
				the Department's decision.
(b) Upon
				receipt of a written request for reconsideration, the Permitting Officer shall
				notify the Chief of the Wildlife Division or Chief of the Fish Division as
				appropriate. The Chief shall establish a Department Decision Review Board
				(Board) consisting of five (5) Department employees, no more than two (2) of
				whom were directly involved in the initial decision.
(i) The Board shall review the Department's
				decision and may consider any additional information provided by the
				applicant.
(ii) The Board shall
				either uphold the Department's decision or approve the appeal request, in full
				or in part. The Board's decision shall be sent to the applicant as a certified,
				registered letter with return receipt within fifteen (15) consecutive days of
				the Board receiving the written request for appeal.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 69 - IMPORTATION AND POSSESSION OF LIVE COLD-BLOODED WILDLIFE › Section 69-19 - Revocation of Permit

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The Department may revoke any permit for
				any violations of this regulation, where the permittee has failed to comply
				with these regulations, where any conditions placed on the permit at the time
				of issuance have not been met or adhered to, or when the Department has
				determined that permitted cold-blooded wildlife poses a threat to public safety
				or Wyoming's wildlife as specified in Section 14 of this regulation. The
				Department may revoke any permit if the applicant or an authorized agent of the
				applicant falsified information on the permit application or on the certificate
				of veterinary inspection, or falsified or failed to keep or submit records as
				required by this regulation. If the Department revokes a permit, disposition of
				live cold-blooded wildlife shall be in accordance with Section 20 of this
				regulation.
(b) A permittee
				dissatisfied with the Department's decision to revoke a permit may request a
				hearing before the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission. A request for hearing
				shall be made in writing to the Chief if Fisheries within ten (10) business
				days after receipt of the notice from the Department revoking the permit. The
				hearing shall be conducted in accordance with Commission Regulation Chapter 27,
				Rules of Practice Governing Contested Cases before the Wyoming Game and Fish
				Commission.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 69 - IMPORTATION AND POSSESSION OF LIVE COLD-BLOODED WILDLIFE › Section 69-20 - Disposition of Live Cold-Blooded Wildlife if Permit is Revoked or Expires

Current through July 13, 2024
Should a permit expire or be revoked, all formerly permitted
				  live cold-blooded wildlife in possession shall be disposed of by the permittee
				  within seven (7) consecutive days or a longer time period agreed to by the
				  Department in writing after expiration or revocation of the permit. No formerly
				  permitted live cold-blooded wildlife shall be abandoned, released or removed
				  from the holding facility without prior written permission of the Department.
				  All formerly permitted live cold-blooded wildlife remaining at the holding
				  facility seven (7) consecutive days after expiration or revocation of the
				  permit may be taken by the Department without compensation to the
				  permittee.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 69 - IMPORTATION AND POSSESSION OF LIVE COLD-BLOODED WILDLIFE › Section 69-21 - Disposition of Live Cold-Blooded Wildlife Upon Death of Permittee

Current through July 13, 2024
Upon the death of a permittee, all permitted live Cold
				  Blooded wildlife shall become property of the permittee's personal
				  representative. The personal representative shall be required to apply for a
				  permit to possess live cold-blooded wildlife within thirty (30) consecutive
				  days of the death of the permit holder. All formerly permitted live
				  cold-blooded wildlife remaining at the holding facility forty-five (45)
				  consecutive days after death of the permittee may be taken by the Department
				  without compensation unless the permittee's personal representative obtains a
				  permit to possess the cold-blooded wildlife.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 69 - IMPORTATION AND POSSESSION OF LIVE COLD-BLOODED WILDLIFE › Section 69-22 - Effective Date

Current through July 13, 2024
These regulations are effective January 1, 2023 and shall
				  remain in effect until modified or rescinded by the
				  Commission.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 70 - REGULATION GOVERNING POSSESSION OF ROAD KILLED WILDLIFE › Section 70-1 - Authority

Current through July 13, 2024
This regulation is promulgated by authority of Wyoming
				  Statutes §
									
										23-3-106 and §
									
										23-3-310.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 70 - REGULATION GOVERNING POSSESSION OF ROAD KILLED WILDLIFE › Section 70-2 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
Definitions shall be as set forth in Title 23, Wyoming
				  Statutes, Commission Regulations and the Commission also adopts the following
				  definitions:
(a) "Approved Landfill or
				Incinerator" means a landfill or incinerator permitted by the State of Wyoming
				Department of Environmental Quality to dispose of animal carcasses.
(b) "Public Road or Highway" (except as
				otherwise provided) means any roadway that is open to vehicular travel by the
				public. The road surface, the area between the fences on a fenced public road
				or highway, and an area thirty (30) feet perpendicular to the edge of the road
				surface on an unfenced public road or highway shall be considered the public
				road or highway for the purpose of this regulation. Two-track trails on public
				lands are not public roads.
(c)
				"Road Killed Wildlife" means any antelope, deer, elk, moose, wild bison or wild
				turkey killed as the result of an unintentional vehicle collision.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 70 - REGULATION GOVERNING POSSESSION OF ROAD KILLED WILDLIFE › Section 70-3 - Authorization to Possess Road Killed Wildlife

Current through July 13, 2024
Any person who desires to possess road killed wildlife shall
				  apply for and may receive from the Department an authorization to possess road
				  killed wildlife from a public road or highway in accordance with this
				  regulation prior to taking possession of any road killed wildlife. Department
				  authorization may include, but not be limited to, an electronic
				  reporting/authorization process, a Department issued permit to possess road
				  killed wildlife, a donation coupon or an Interstate Game Tag.
(a) A Department authorization to possess
				road killed wildlife shall not be valid for any wildlife found to be taken
				illegally.
(b) Nothing in this
				regulation authorizes an individual to euthanize wildlife injured due to an
				unintentional vehicle collision on a public road or highway.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 70 - REGULATION GOVERNING POSSESSION OF ROAD KILLED WILDLIFE › Section 70-4 - Provisions for Collecting Road Killed Wildlife

Current through July 13, 2024
A person shall have been issued a Department authorization to
				  possess road killed wildlife prior to taking possession of any road killed
				  wildlife. Nothing in this section shall allow a person to trespass onto private
				  property to retrieve road killed wildlife without obtaining prior approval from
				  the private landowner or an agent of the landowner. A person in possession of
				  an authorization to possess road killed wildlife shall:
(a) Only take possession of road killed
				wildlife from a public road or highway from sunrise until sunset;
(b) Park the collection vehicle at least two
				(2) feet to the right of the roadway's solid white line and outside of the
				travel lane, or in the case of a paved or gravel road with no white line
				present, at least two (2) feet off the paved or gravel road surface, so as not
				to impede traffic while collecting road killed wildlife;
(c) Activate the emergency flashers on the
				collection vehicle during the entire time the collection vehicle is parked
				along a roadway. Collection vehicle emergency flashers shall be clearly visible
				from the front and rear of the vehicle;
(d) Immediately remove the entire road killed
				wildlife during the authorized time period, including both edible and inedible
				portions, from the public road or highway. Road killed wildlife shall not be
				field dressed within any public road or highway right-of-way; and,
(e) Upon request, present the road killed
				wildlife for inspection to a Department representative to verify the road
				killed wildlife in possession meets the requirements of this
				regulation.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 70 - REGULATION GOVERNING POSSESSION OF ROAD KILLED WILDLIFE › Section 70-5 - Public Roads or Highways Exempt from the Provisions Authorizing Possession of Road Killed Wildlife

Current through July 13, 2024
In consultation with the Wyoming Transportation Commission
				  and to address public safety, the following public roads or highways are
				  prohibited from where a person may apply for and receive authorization to
				  possess road killed wildlife:
(a)
				Interstate Highway 25;
(b)
				Interstate Highway 80;
(c)
				Interstate Highway 90;
(d) Any
				segment of a public road or highway designated as an active construction or
				maintenance zone; and,
(e) Any
				segment of a public road or highway within the exterior boundary of lands
				administered by the National Park Service.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 70 - REGULATION GOVERNING POSSESSION OF ROAD KILLED WILDLIFE › Section 70-6 - Disposal of Deer, Elk and Moose Road Killed Wildlife

Current through July 13, 2024
Any person who receives an authorization to possess road
				  killed wildlife shall properly dispose of any deer, elk and moose carcass in
				  accordance with this section.
(a)
				Deer, elk and moose taken in Wyoming under an authorization to possess road
				killed wildlife may be transported within Wyoming to a camp, a private
				residence for processing, a taxidermist, a processor, or a chronic wasting
				disease (CWD) sample collection site in Wyoming. The head and all portions of
				the spinal column shall be disposed of in any approved landfill or approved
				incinerator in Wyoming.
(b) After
				undergoing processing, only the following parts of deer, elk or moose taken
				under an authorization to possess road killed wildlife may be transported in
				Wyoming: edible portions with no part of the spinal column or head; cleaned
				hide without the head; skull or skull plate or antlers that have been cleaned
				of all meat and brain tissue; teeth; or, finished taxidermy mounts.
(c) Only the following parts of any deer, elk
				or moose taken in Wyoming under an authorization to possess road killed
				wildlife may be transported to other states, provinces or countries: edible
				portions with no part of the spinal column or head; cleaned hide without the
				head; skull or skull plate or antlers that have been cleaned of all meat and
				brain tissue; teeth; or, finished taxidermy mounts.
(d) Whole deer, elk and moose carcasses taken
				in Wyoming under an authorization to possess road killed wildlife shall not be
				transported out of Wyoming.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 70 - REGULATION GOVERNING POSSESSION OF ROAD KILLED WILDLIFE › Section 70-7 - Making a False Statement to Obtain an Authorization to Possess Road Killed Wildlife

Current through July 13, 2024
Any person who makes a false statement to obtain an
				  authorization to possess road killed wildlife shall be in violation of this
				  regulation.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 084 - Geologists, Board of Professional › Sub-Agency 0001 - Geologists, Board of Professional › Chapter 1 - AUTHORITY & DEFINITIONS › Section 1-1 - Authority

Current through July 13, 2024
These rules of the Wyoming Board of Professional Geologists (Board),
							are promulgated pursuant to the Wyoming Geologists Practice Act (Act),
							W.S. 33-41-101 through
							33-41-121.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 084 - Geologists, Board of Professional › Sub-Agency 0001 - Geologists, Board of Professional › Chapter 1 - AUTHORITY & DEFINITIONS › Section 1-2 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
The definitions set out in the Act apply to these rules and
							regulations. In addition, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) "Certification" includes the Board's process of
						granting, denying, renewing, revoking, or suspending a certificate.
(b) "FG examination" means the Fundamentals of Geology
						examination developed by the National Association of State Boards of Geology
						(ASBOG®).
(c) "Geologic course work
						required to qualify as a geologist" includes a minimum of thirty (30) semester or
						forty-five (45) quarter hours in geology course work at an accredited institution of
						higher education approved by the Board. At least twenty-our (24) of the semester hours or
						thirty-six (36) of the quarter hours in geology shall be in at least five (5) of the
						following subject areas:
(i) Economic geology,
						engineering geology, environmental geology, field geology, geochemistry, geomorphology,
						geophysics, hydrogeology, mineralogy, paleontology, petrology, sedimentology,
						stratigraphy, or structural geology.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 084 - Geologists, Board of Professional › Sub-Agency 0001 - Geologists, Board of Professional › Chapter 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 2-2 - Board Meetings

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The Board shall meet the third Tuesday in August at
						the Board Office at 10:00 a.m.
(b) The Board
						shall meet as necessary at a time and place designated by the Board Chairman or any four
						(4) Board members.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 084 - Geologists, Board of Professional › Sub-Agency 0001 - Geologists, Board of Professional › Chapter 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 2-3 - Election of Officers

Current through July 13, 2024
The Board shall annually elect from its own membership a chairperson, a
							vice-chairperson, and a secretary-treasurer who shall assume the duties of their offices
							at the close of the meeting at which they are elected and serve for a term of one (1)
							year. If an officer resigns or vacates his position prior to the expiration of his term,
							the Board may elect a replacement to serve the remainder of the term.