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Committee Approves Bear-identification Education and Spearfishing Rules; Holds Zone/Anti-commandeer Docket
Summary
The Senate Resources and Environment Committee approved an education requirement intended to reduce mistaken grizzly-bear kills and approved a spearfishing-definition rule, while holding a separate docket that revises game zones and adds anti-commandeer language.
The Senate Resources and Environment Committee on Wednesday considered three rule dockets from the Idaho Department of Fish and Game. The committee approved a temporary rule requiring educational testing for mentored hunting and shooting ranges and approved a rule defining "spearfishing." The committee held a third docket, which would revise game-management zone boundaries and add language asserting Idaho will not be required to use state personnel to enforce some federal wildlife laws.
Amber Worthington, deputy director of programs and policy at the Department of Fish and Game, told the committee the first docket implements mandatory education aimed at reducing mistaken identity that can lead to the…
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