Utah Code 23A-15-102. Legislative findings and declarations
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(1) Section 23A-2-201 appoints the division as trustee and custodian of protected wildlife in the state.
Terms Used In Utah Code 23A-15-102
- Big game: means species of hoofed protected wildlife. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
- Division: means the Division of Wildlife Resources. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
- Endangered: means wildlife designated as endangered according to Section 3 of the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
- Endangered Species Act: means the Endangered Species Act of 1973, Utah Code 23A-15-101
- Protected wildlife: means wildlife, except as provided in Subsection (43)(b). See Utah Code 23A-1-101
- Service: means the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. See Utah Code 23A-15-101
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
- Wolf: means the species Canis lupus. See Utah Code 23A-15-101
- Writing: includes :(48)(a) printing;(48)(b) handwriting; and(48)(c) information stored in an electronic or other medium if the information is retrievable in a perceivable format. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5(2) The wolf has been listed as endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act throughout the greater portion of the state.(3) The service is the federal agency charged with responsibility to administer the Endangered Species Act.(4) The service acknowledges that Utah is not critical to the recovery of wolves and that it does not intend to actively recover wolves in the state.(5) The division prepared a wolf management plan outlining the division’s management objectives for the wolf in Utah when the wolf was delisted and removed from federal control.(6) The wolf management plan prepared by the division was formally submitted to the service in 2007 for approval.(7) The service has neither approved, denied, nor otherwise commented on the plan since receiving it in 2007.(8) The state formally requested, in writing on multiple occasions, that the service delist the wolf throughout Utah, and the service has failed to acknowledge or otherwise respond to the requests.(9) The state cannot adequately or effectively manage wolves on a pack level in the small area of the state where the species is currently delisted without significantly harming other vital state interests, including livestock and big game populations.(10) It is the policy of the state to legally advocate and facilitate the delisting of wolves in Utah under the Endangered Species Act and to return wolf management authority to the state.