Current through Bulletin 2024-18, September 15, 2024
(1) A certificate
of registration is required to take any of the following species of nongame
mammals:
(a) bats of any species;
and
(b) pika - Ochotona
princeps.
(2) A
certificate of registration is required to take any shrew - Soricidae, all
species.
(3) A certificate of
registration is required to take a Utah prairie dog, Cynomys parvidens, as
provided in Sections
R657-19-6,
R657-19-7,
R657-19-8 and
R657-19-9.
(4) A certificate of registration is required
to take any of the following species of nongame mammals in Washington County:
(a) cactus mouse - Peromyscus
eremicus;
(b) kangaroo rats -
Dipodomys, all species;
(c)
Southern grasshopper mouse - Onychomys torridus; and
(d) Virgin River montane vole - Microtus
montanus rivularis, which occurs along stream-side riparian corridors of the
Virgin River.
(5) A
certificate of registration is required to take any of the following species of
nongame mammals in San Juan and Grand counties:
(a) Abert squirrel - Sciurus
aberti;
(b) Northern rock mouse -
Peromyscus nasutus; and
(c) spotted
ground squirrel - Spermophilus spilosoma.
(6) The division may deny a certificate of
registration to any applicant, if:
(a) the
applicant has violated any provision of:
(i)
Title 23 of the Utah Code;
(ii)
Title R657 of the Utah Administrative Code;
(iii) a certificate of
registration;
(iv) an order of the
Wildlife Board; or
(v) any other
law that bears a reasonable relationship to the applicant's ability to safely
and responsibly perform the activities that would be authorized by the
certificate of registration;
(b) the applicant misrepresents or fails to
disclose material information required in connection with the
application;
(c) taking the nongame
mammal as proposed in the application violates any federal, state or local
law;
(d) the application is
incomplete or fails to meet the issuance criteria set forth in this rule;
or
(e) the division determines the
activities sought in the application may significantly damage or are not in the
interest of wildlife, wildlife habitat, serving the public, or public
safety.
