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Votes at a glance: Northern RAC approves permit and rule recommendations to forward to wildlife board
Summary
The Northern Regional Advisory Council recorded a series of unanimous approvals and one contested amendment while advancing multiple permit and rule recommendations to the wildlife board.
The Northern Regional Advisory Council took advisory votes on permit recommendations and rule amendments during its meeting. The following is a summary of formal motions and recorded outcomes from the recorded meeting transcript. All items below are RAC advisory recommendations that will be forwarded to the Utah Wildlife Board.
- Approve agenda and minutes: Motion approved unanimously. - Agenda item 4 — Taking big game rule amendments (R 657-5): Motion to approve as presented; passed unanimously. - Agenda item 5 — Deer permit recommendations (first cycle under new statewide mule deer plan): Motion to approve as presented; passed unanimously. - Agenda item 6 — Once-in-a-lifetime permit recommendations for 2025: Motion to approve as presented; passed unanimously. - Agenda item 7 — Elk permit recommendations for 2025: Motion to approve as presented; passed unanimously. - Agenda item 8 — Pronghorn permit recommendations for 2025: Motion to approve as presented; passed unanimously. - Agenda item 9 — Antlerless (doe) permit recommendations for 2025: the RAC first passed an amendment to halve Parker Mountain doe pronghorn permits (amendment passed 5-3 with one abstention). A later motion to approve the division's original antlerless recommendations passed unanimously in a separate roll-call vote. - Agenda item 10 — CWMU antlerless permit recommendations for 2025: Motion approved unanimously. - Agenda item 11 — Landowner permit rule amendments (R657-43 implementing HB202 criteria): Motion to approve as presented; passed unanimously. - Agenda item 12 — Expo permit rule amendments (administration fee cap, funding split, audit): Motion to approve as presented; passed unanimously.
Recorded vote behavior: in most motions the council recorded a roll-call of "Yes" votes by name; the lone contested action produced a 5-3-1 result on the Parker Mountain amendment before the council returned to approve the original recommendation.
These RAC recommendations are advisory and are forwarded to the Utah Wildlife Board for final action and formal rule/permit adoption.
