Current through Register Vol. 24-06, March 15, 2024
It is unlawful to hunt migratory waterfowl, coot, and snipe
within the following regulated access areas managed by the department, except
under the following restrictions:
(1)
Dungeness (North Olympic Wildlife Area - Dungeness Unit):
(a) Allowed in hunting zones or sites
designated by the department.
(b)
Open only on select days of the week designated by the department during
approved migratory waterfowl, coot, and snipe season dates.
(2) Elk River (Johns River
Wildlife Area - Elk River Unit, south of State Route 105):
(a) Open every day during approved September
Canada goose season dates in Goose Management Area 2 - Coast.
(b) Open only on Saturdays, Sundays, and
Wednesdays during approved migratory waterfowl, coot, and snipe season
dates.
(3) Frenchman
(Columbia Basin Wildlife Area - Desert Unit, southwest of Moses Lake at T17,
R27E Sections 8 and 9):
(a) Open every day
during approved migratory waterfowl, coot, and snipe season dates.
(b) All visitors using the area must register
and park in the parking lot and parking sites designated by the
department.
(c) All vehicles are
not allowed into the parking lot before 4:00 a.m.
(4) Lynch Cove and Union River (Mason County,
within the SW 1/4 of Section 29, Section 31 (excluding the SW 1/4), and the W
1/2 of Section 32 in T23N, R1W.W.M.; in areas south of State Route 300 and NE
North Shore Road, and areas north of State Routes 3 and 106):
(a) Allowed in hunting zones or sites
designated by the department.
(b)
Open every day during approved migratory waterfowl, coot, and snipe season
dates.
(5) Mesa Lake
(Sunnyside-Snake River Wildlife Area -Mesa Lake Unit):
(a) Open every day during approved migratory
waterfowl, coot, and snipe season dates.
(b) All visitors using the area must register
and park in parking lots (Lanford and Sheffield Roads) and parking sites
designated by the department during approved season dates.
(6) North Potholes (Columbia Basin Wildlife
Area - Potholes Unit, west of Moses Lake at T19, R27, S33 and S34):
(a) Open every day during migratory
waterfowl, coot, and snipe season dates.
(b) All visitors using the area must register
and park in the parking lot and parking sites designated by the
department.
(c) All vehicles are
not allowed in the parking lot before 4:00 a.m.
(7) Samish River (Skagit Wildlife Area -
Samish River Unit):
(a) Allowed in hunting
zones or sites designated by the department.
(b) Open every day during approved migratory
waterfowl, coot, and snipe season dates.
(c) All visitors using the area must first
register and park in the parking sites designated by the department, in order
to access the designated hunting zone.
(8) South Padilla Bay (Skagit Wildlife Area -
South Padilla Bay Unit):
(a) Allowed in
hunting zones or sites designated by the department.
(b) Open every day during approved migratory
waterfowl, coot, and snipe season dates.
(c) All visitors using the area must first
register and park in the parking sites designated by the department.
(9) Winchester (Columbia Basin
Wildlife Area - Desert Unit, west of Moses Lake at T18N, R25E Section 13, and
T18N, R26E Section 18):
(a) Open only on
Saturdays, Sundays, and Wednesdays during approved migratory waterfowl, coot,
and snipe season dates, and all approved goose hunting dates in Goose
Management Area 4 (closed to all access during nonhunt days).
(b) All visitors using the area must register
and park in the parking lot and parking sites designated by the
department.
(c) All vehicles are
not allowed in the parking lot before 4:00 a.m.
(10) Windmill Ranch (Sunnyside-Snake River
Wildlife Area - Windmill Ranch Unit):
(a) Open
every day during approved migratory waterfowl, coot, and snipe season
dates.
(b) All visitors using the
area must register and park in parking lots (Marion or Colonial Roads) and
parking sites designated by the department during approved season
dates.
Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040 and
77.12.010. 96-18-006 (Order
96-124), §
232-16-750, filed 8/22/96,
effective 9/22/96.
