Post by Woody Williams on Jul 10, 2006 18:00:53 GMT -5
Latest IDNR proposals for NRC preliminary adoption.
NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION MEETING
Atterbury Fish and Wildlife Area Office
7970 South Rowe Street
Edinburgh, Indiana
July 18, 2006
1:00 P.M., EDT (12:00 Noon, CDT)
A G E N D A
www.in.gov/nrc/minutes/current_agenda/
www.in.gov/nrc/minutes/current_agenda/Item_4.doc
Request for preliminary adoption of amendments to 312 IAC 9. Includes amended sections pertaining to the following: hunting deer by firearms; hunting deer by bow and arrows; endangered species of mammals; migratory birds and waterfowl; endangered species of reptiles and amphibians; endangered species of birds; endangered species of fish and endangered species of invertebrates.
Below is a summary of the rule proposals:
1. Clarifies the license requirements for hunting deer in the firearms and muzzleloader seasons to state that a firearms license is required in the firearms season and a muzzleloader license is required to hunt deer with a muzzleloader in the muzzleloader season. The changes also list the youth license and lifetime license that can be used to take deer during these seasons. The other proposed modification would allow rifles with only pistol cartridges to be used when hunting deer during the firearms season. Over the years, the DNR has received many emails and letters from hunters proposing a rule that would allow the use of rifles chambered for pistol cartridges for deer hunting. The language in the attached allows the use of rifles and limits cartridge dimensions to those common to pistol rounds, maintaining the DNR's long-time position of allowing only short to medium range equipment for taking deer. The DNR is proposing this rule modification in order to obtain public comment on this issue.
2. Clarifies the license requirements for hunting deer in the archery season to state that a youth license and lifetime license can also be used to take deer in the archery seasons.
3. Removes the southeastern bat from the endangered species list and clarifies that the list of mammals are all endangered, not threatened. The southeastern myotis is one of the rarest and least known bats in Indiana. There has been no verified report of the southeastern myotis in the state since 1977. No maternity colony of this bat has ever been found in Indiana, and extensive efforts to corroborate a report of a female captured on the White River (Daviess/Knox counties) in 1998 have been unsuccessful. Based on these data, the Nongame Mammal Technical Advisory Committee felt the southeastern myotis is of accidental occurrence in Indiana and is therefore best represented as special concern rather than an endangered resident species.
4. Exempts youth hunters that hunt during the free youth hunting days designated by the director (as authorized in IC 14-22-11-18) from having to register with the Harvest Information Program (HIP). These youth hunters age 16 or under are already exempt from needing a state license or stamp to hunt on these free youth hunting days and are exempt from needing a federal duck stamp as well.
5. Clarifies that all of the species listed as considered to be endangered, nto threatened and corrects the scientific names of two species.
6. Adds the cerulean warbler to the list of endangered species of birds. Populations of the cerulean warbler have been declining and increased conservation (habitat protection, habitat restoration, land management) actions are needed. As a state and federally protected bird, it already cannot be taken or possessed without a special permit. The Nongame Technical Advisory Committee recommends adding it to the list of the state's endangered species.
7. Removes "cavefishes" from the endangered species of fish. Two species of cavefish, the northern cavefish (Amblyopsis spelaea) and the southern cavefish (Typhlichthys subterraneus), have been known to exist in Indiana. The southern cavefish is definitely extirpated from Indiana and only one record is known for southern cavefish from Indiana, from the late 1800's, from a well in Corydon. Therefore, the DNR is proposing that only the northern cavefish remain on the endangered species list.
8. Makes revisions to the current scientific and common names of several species of mussels. These are simply corrections to the common names and a revision to the pyramid pigtoe scientific name to be consistent with current literature published by the American Fisheries Society.
NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION MEETING
Atterbury Fish and Wildlife Area Office
7970 South Rowe Street
Edinburgh, Indiana
July 18, 2006
1:00 P.M., EDT (12:00 Noon, CDT)
A G E N D A
www.in.gov/nrc/minutes/current_agenda/
www.in.gov/nrc/minutes/current_agenda/Item_4.doc
Request for preliminary adoption of amendments to 312 IAC 9. Includes amended sections pertaining to the following: hunting deer by firearms; hunting deer by bow and arrows; endangered species of mammals; migratory birds and waterfowl; endangered species of reptiles and amphibians; endangered species of birds; endangered species of fish and endangered species of invertebrates.
Below is a summary of the rule proposals:
1. Clarifies the license requirements for hunting deer in the firearms and muzzleloader seasons to state that a firearms license is required in the firearms season and a muzzleloader license is required to hunt deer with a muzzleloader in the muzzleloader season. The changes also list the youth license and lifetime license that can be used to take deer during these seasons. The other proposed modification would allow rifles with only pistol cartridges to be used when hunting deer during the firearms season. Over the years, the DNR has received many emails and letters from hunters proposing a rule that would allow the use of rifles chambered for pistol cartridges for deer hunting. The language in the attached allows the use of rifles and limits cartridge dimensions to those common to pistol rounds, maintaining the DNR's long-time position of allowing only short to medium range equipment for taking deer. The DNR is proposing this rule modification in order to obtain public comment on this issue.
2. Clarifies the license requirements for hunting deer in the archery season to state that a youth license and lifetime license can also be used to take deer in the archery seasons.
3. Removes the southeastern bat from the endangered species list and clarifies that the list of mammals are all endangered, not threatened. The southeastern myotis is one of the rarest and least known bats in Indiana. There has been no verified report of the southeastern myotis in the state since 1977. No maternity colony of this bat has ever been found in Indiana, and extensive efforts to corroborate a report of a female captured on the White River (Daviess/Knox counties) in 1998 have been unsuccessful. Based on these data, the Nongame Mammal Technical Advisory Committee felt the southeastern myotis is of accidental occurrence in Indiana and is therefore best represented as special concern rather than an endangered resident species.
4. Exempts youth hunters that hunt during the free youth hunting days designated by the director (as authorized in IC 14-22-11-18) from having to register with the Harvest Information Program (HIP). These youth hunters age 16 or under are already exempt from needing a state license or stamp to hunt on these free youth hunting days and are exempt from needing a federal duck stamp as well.
5. Clarifies that all of the species listed as considered to be endangered, nto threatened and corrects the scientific names of two species.
6. Adds the cerulean warbler to the list of endangered species of birds. Populations of the cerulean warbler have been declining and increased conservation (habitat protection, habitat restoration, land management) actions are needed. As a state and federally protected bird, it already cannot be taken or possessed without a special permit. The Nongame Technical Advisory Committee recommends adding it to the list of the state's endangered species.
7. Removes "cavefishes" from the endangered species of fish. Two species of cavefish, the northern cavefish (Amblyopsis spelaea) and the southern cavefish (Typhlichthys subterraneus), have been known to exist in Indiana. The southern cavefish is definitely extirpated from Indiana and only one record is known for southern cavefish from Indiana, from the late 1800's, from a well in Corydon. Therefore, the DNR is proposing that only the northern cavefish remain on the endangered species list.
8. Makes revisions to the current scientific and common names of several species of mussels. These are simply corrections to the common names and a revision to the pyramid pigtoe scientific name to be consistent with current literature published by the American Fisheries Society.
