Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Natural Resources
Title R657 - Wildlife Resources
Rule R657-65 - Urban Deer Control
Section R657-65-5 - Urban Deer Control Plan
Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 657-65-5
Current through Bulletin 2024-18, September 15, 2024
(1) Upon receipt of an urban deer control plan COR, the city must prepare an urban deer control plan consistent with this Subsection and the COR prior to undertaking any deer removal activities.
(2) The urban deer control plan will address and prescribe, at a minimum, the:
(a) lethal methods of take that may be used
to remove deer and the conditions under which each may be employed;
(b) conditions and restrictions under which
baiting and spotlighting may be used to facilitate deer removal;
(c) persons eligible to perform deer removal
activities and the requirements imposed on them;
(d) locations and time periods where
specified types of deer removal activities may be employed or authorized;
(e) requirements for tagging deer
carcasses;
(f) protocols for
carcass removal and disposal;
(g)
procedures for promptly returning to the Division all antlers of lethally
removed deer;
(h) procedures for
obtaining Division input and approval on live capture and relocation projects ;
and
(i) the estimated population
of resident deer in the city and the final target population number the city
seeks to achieve through deer removal.
(3) All aspects of the plan must be consistent with the authorizations and limitations imposed in this rule and the COR.
(4) If the city desires to capture and relocate resident deer, it must petition the Division to include a capture and relocation component in its urban deer control plan.
(a) The Division shall have sole discretion
to authorize or prohibit capture and relocation as part of an urban deer
control plan.
(5)
(a) The city will solicit and consider input
in the formulation and development of the urban deer control plan from:
(i) the Division;
(ii) the public;
(iii) interested businesses and
organizations; and
(iv) local,
state, and federal governments.
(b) The Division may provide technical
assistance to the city in preparing the urban deer control plan.
(c) After formulating a draft plan, the city
will hold a public meeting to take and consider input on the draft before
finalizing or implementing it.
(6) The city will assume full responsibility for:
(a) all costs associated with designing,
establishing, implementing, and operating the urban deer control plan and all
its associated activities; and
(b)
for the acts and omissions of its officers, employees, agents, contractors, and
licensees in designing, preparing, and implementing its urban deer control plan
and undertaking the activities authorized thereunder.
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