(1) Whenever the department receives a request for relocating beaver, the department must inform the requesting party of locations, if available, of surplus beaver available for capture and relocation. The department may identify nuisance beaver or areas with thriving beaver populations as a source population for capturing and relocating beaver.

(2) The department shall post on the agency’s website quarterly reports of nuisance beaver activity, beaver trapping, and beaver relocations reported to the department.

Finding—2012 c 167: See note following RCW 77.32.585.