Utah Admin. Code R657-64-3 - Predatory Animal Control Programs
(1) Two predatory animal control programs are
created within the division to provide financial incentive to participants for
the removal of coyotes detrimental to mule deer production.
(a) The General Predator Control Program
provides a financial incentive to any participant with a predator control
certificate of registration to remove coyotes within the state.
(i) The financial incentive to participate in
the program and remove coyotes under the conditions prescribed in this rule and
by the division is $50 compensation per animal, unless otherwise reduced or
increased by the division pursuant to Subsections (ii) and (iii).
(ii) Compensation for coyotes in any given
fiscal year is limited to the annual legislative appropriation for the program,
and no further compensation will be paid once the funding allocation is
exhausted.
(iii) Beginning July 1,
2019, compensation amounts may be adjusted by the division as follow.
(A) When annual compensation claims exceed
the program funding allocation appropriated by the Legislature in a fiscal
year, the compensation amount for each animal in the coming year will be
reduced by $5 from that paid in the previous year.
(B) When annual compensation claims are less
than the program funding allocation appropriated by the Legislature in a fiscal
year, the compensation amount for each animal in the coming year can be
increased by $5 from that paid in the previous year.
(C) Compensation amounts may be increased by
the division for coyote removal in defined areas that offer the greatest
benefit to mule deer protection.
(b) The Targeted Predator Control Program
focuses coyote removal efforts within prescribed areas of the state and during
specified times of the year where predation on deer is most prevalent by:
(i) using personnel hired and employed by the
division to undertake targeted removal efforts; or
(ii) contracting with vendors to undertake
targeted removal efforts.
(2) Participants in either program are not
granted special authority to take coyotes beyond that available to
non-participants, and each shall comply with all applicable federal, state, and
local laws.
(3)
(a) Except as provided in Subsection (3)(b),
participants in both programs are required to follow all relevant rules and
regulations related to trapping and firearm use, as detailed in the Utah State
Code and Rule R657-11, Taking Furbearers.
(b) The division may exempt a participant in
the Targeted Predator Control Program from Rule R657-11 Taking Furbearers,
which the division determines necessary to effectively control coyotes in a
targeted area that are detrimental to mule deer production.
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