Utah Code 23A-11-402. Rulemaking authority, coordination, and administration for predator control
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(1) The Wildlife Board may make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, to establish programs to accomplish targeted predator control or general predator control, including programs that offer incentives or compensation to participants who remove a predatory animal that is detrimental to mule deer production.
Terms Used In Utah Code 23A-11-402
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Department: means the Department of Natural Resources. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
- Division: means the Division of Wildlife Resources. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
- General predator control: means a predatory animal removal effort by the division to reduce predatory animal numbers for the benefit of mule deer. See Utah Code 23A-11-401
- Predator: means a cougar, bear, or coyote. See Utah Code 23A-11-101
- predatory animal: means a coyote. See Utah Code 23A-11-401
- 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
- Targeted predator control: means a predatory animal removal effort by the division:(3)(a) to reduce predatory animal numbers in an area where mule deer predation occurs; and(3)(b) that focuses on specific locations and certain times. See Utah Code 23A-11-401
- Wildlife: means :
(61)(a) crustaceans, including brine shrimp and crayfish;(61)(b) mollusks; and(61)(c) vertebrate animals living in nature, except feral animals. See Utah Code 23A-1-101(2) The division shall:(2)(a) administer a program established under Subsection (1);(2)(b) coordinate with federal, state, and local governments, and private persons to accomplish the purposes of this part; and(2)(c) coordinate with the Department of Agriculture and Food and the Agriculture and Wildlife Damage Prevention Board created in Section 4-23-104 to:(2)(c)(i) minimize unnecessary duplication of predator control efforts; and(2)(c)(ii) prevent interference between predator control programs administered under Title 4, Chapter 23, Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Act, and this part.(3) The division may:(3)(a) contract with a vendor that offers targeted predator control services; and(3)(b) prepare and distribute educational and training materials related to mule deer protection. - Wildlife: means :