WSR 16-11-023
PERMANENT RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
[Order 16-84-Filed May 6, 2016, 4:18 p.m., effective June 6, 2016]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: To remove the brown pelican from the list of wildlife species classified as endangered in Washington, WAC 232-12-014. Based on the department's review of relevant data pertaining to the population status of brown pelicans in Washington, the department has determined that the number of brown pelicans occurring in Washington has increased markedly since the 1980s and thus the threat of their endangered status has been reduced. However, as a nongame bird, the brown pelican shall remain a protected species under WAC 232-12-011. This species will also continue to be protected under the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 232-12-014.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 16-06-127 on March 2, 2016.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: April 8, 2016.
Brad Smith
Commission Chair
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 15-10-022, filed 4/27/15, effective 5/28/15)
WAC 232-12-014 Wildlife classified as endangered species.
Endangered species include:
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Common Name |
Scientific Name |
pygmy rabbit |
Brachylagus idahoensis |
fisher |
Martes pennanti |
gray wolf |
Canis lupus |
grizzly bear |
Ursus arctos |
sea otter |
Enhydra lutris |
killer whale |
Orcinus orca |
sei whale |
Balaenoptera borealis |
fin whale |
Balaenoptera physalus |
blue whale |
Balaenoptera musculus |
humpback whale |
Megaptera novaeangliae |
black right whale |
Balaena glacialis |
sperm whale |
Physeter macrocephalus |
Columbian white-tailed deer |
Odocoileus virginianus leucurus |
woodland caribou |
Rangifer tarandus caribou |
American white pelican |
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos |
((brown pelican |
Pelecanus occidentalis)) |
sandhill crane |
Grus canadensis |
snowy plover |
charadrius alexandrinus |
upland sandpiper |
Bartramia longicauda |
spotted owl |
Strix occidentalis |
western pond turtle |
Clemmys marmorata |
leatherback sea turtle |
Dermochelys coriacea |
mardon skipper |
Polites mardon |
Oregon silverspot butterfly |
Speyeria zerene hippolyta |
Oregon spotted frog |
Rana pretiosa |
northern leopard frog |
Rana pipiens |
Taylor's checkerspot |
Euphydryas editha taylori |
Streaked horned lark |
Eremophila alpestris strigata |
Tufted puffin |
Fratercula cirrhata |
