Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 040 - Game and Fish Commission › Sub-Agency 0001 - Game and Fish Commission Regulations › Chapter 21 - GRAY WOLF MANAGEMENT › Section 21-3 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
For the purpose of this regulation, definitions shall be as
				  set forth in Title 23, Wyoming Statutes and the Commission also adopts the
				  following definitions:
(a) "Breeding
				pair" means an adult male and an adult female gray wolf raising at least two
				(2) pups of the year until December 31.
(b) "Chronic wolf predation area" means a
				limited geographic or legally described area within the Wolf Trophy Game
				Management Area, or Seasonal Wolf Trophy Game Management Area from October 15
				through the last day of February in the subsequent year, where the Department
				or its authorized agent has verified that gray wolves have repeatedly (twice or
				more within a two (2) month period immediately preceding the date on which the
				owner applies for a lethal take permit) harassed, injured, maimed or killed
				livestock or domesticated animals.
(c) "Designee" means any person(s) listed on
				a Lethal Take Permit in addition to the Lethal Take Permit holder as defined in
				this subsection who is authorized to take gray wolves under terms and
				conditions designated on the Lethal Take Permit.
(d) "Domesticated animals" means those
				individual animals which have been made tractable (easily managed or
				controlled) or tame and are not defined as wildlife. For the purpose of this
				regulation, only the following animals are considered domesticated:
Domesticated alpaca (Lama pacos), domesticated camel (Camelus
				  bactrianus and Camelus dromedarius), domesticated emu (Dromaius
				  novaehollandiae), domesticated ostrich (Struthio camelus), domesticated peafowl
				  (Pavo cristatus), domesticated rhea (Rhea americana and Rhea pennata),
				  domesticated vicuna (Vicugna vicugna), domesticated yak (Bos grunniens) and
				  domesticated dogs (Canis familiaris).
(e) "Immediate family" means the owner's
				spouse, parents, grandparents or lineal descendants and their
				spouses.
(f) "Lethal Take Permit"
				means a permit issued by the Department to an owner to kill not more than two
				(2) gray wolves on limited geographic or legally described areas and under
				terms and conditions designated on the permit.
(g) "Lethal Take Permit holder" means the
				person to whom a Lethal Take Permit is issued.
(h) "Livestock" means horses, mules and
				asses, rabbits, llamas, cattle, swine, sheep, goats, poultry, or other animal
				generally used for food or in the production of food or fiber and guard animals
				actively engaged in the protection of livestock. Bison are considered livestock
				unless otherwise designated by the Wyoming Livestock Board and the
				Commission.
(i) "Owner" means the
				owner, lessee, immediate family, employee or other person who is charged by the
				owner with the care or management of livestock or domesticated
				animals.
(j) "Seasonal Wolf Trophy
				Game Management Area" (Seasonal WTGMA) means all lands where wolves will be
				considered trophy game animals from October 15 to the last day of February in
				the subsequent year, within the following described area: beginning at the Wolf
				Trophy Game Management Area boundary, as described in subsection (n) of this
				Section, where the Bridger-Teton National Forest boundary intersects U.S.
				Highway 189-191 at Hoback Rim; westerly and then southerly along said forest
				boundary to its intersection with McDougal Gap Road (U.S.F.S. Road 10125);
				westerly along said road to Grey's River Road (U.S.F.S. Road 10138); southerly
				along said road to Sheep Creek; westerly down said creek to Grey's River;
				southwesterly up said river to Bear Creek; southwesterly up said creek to the
				hydrographic divide between Bear Creek and Willow Creek; west from said divide
				to Willow Creek Road (U.S.F.S. Road 10080); northwesterly along said road to
				Lincoln County Road 123; southerly along said road to Grover Park Road
				(U.S.F.S. Road 10081); southerly then westerly along said road to Lincoln
				County Road 172; westerly along said road to the junction with Wyoming Highway
				237; westerly along said highway to Wyoming Highway 238; southerly along said
				highway to Lincoln County Road 134; westerly along said road to the
				Wyoming-Idaho state line; north along said state line to Wyoming Highway 22
				where the Seasonal Wolf Trophy Game Management Area boundary will rejoin the
				Wolf Trophy Game Management Area boundary.
(k) "Site of kill" means the location where
				the gray wolf died.
(l)
				"Unacceptable impact on a wild ungulate population or herd" means any decline
				in a wild ungulate population or herd that results in the population or herd
				not meeting the Commission population management goals, objectives or
				recruitment levels established for the population or herd. The Department shall
				determine whether a decline in a wild ungulate population or herd constitutes
				an "unacceptable impact" and whether wolf predation is a significant factor
				causing the "unacceptable impact" based upon the best scientific data and
				information available.
(m) "Wild
				ungulate population or herd" means an assemblage of wild ungulates of the same
				species living in a specific geographic area.
(n) "Wolf Trophy Game Management Area"
				(WTGMA) means lands where gray wolves shall be considered trophy game animals
				on a year-round basis described as northwest Wyoming beginning at the junction
				of Wyoming Highway 120 and the Wyoming-Montana state line; southerly along said
				highway to the Greybull River; southwesterly up said river to the Wood River;
				southwesterly up said river to the Shoshone National Forest boundary; southerly
				along said boundary to the Wind River Reservation boundary; westerly, then
				southerly along said boundary to the Continental Divide; southeasterly along
				said divide to the Middle Fork of Boulder Creek; westerly down said creek to
				Boulder Creek; westerly down said creek to the Bridger-Teton National Forest
				boundary; northwesterly along said boundary to its intersection with U.S.
				Highway 189-191; northwesterly along said highway to the intersection with U.S.
				Highway26-89-191; northerly along said highway to Wyoming Highway 22 in the
				town of Jackson; westerly along said highway to the Wyoming-Idaho state line;
				north along said state line to the southern boundary of Yellowstone National
				Park; east and north along said boundary to the Wyoming-Montana state line;
				then east along said state line to Wyoming Highway 120.