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Board approves changes to surrender and variance rules; tightens paperwork deadlines and removes COVID clause

5613727 · August 22, 2025
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Summary

The Wildlife Board voted unanimously to align refund treatment for short-notice surrendered permits, shorten medical paperwork windows and remove COVID-19 as an explicit variance reason from specified rules (R6557-42 and R657-57).

The Utah Wildlife Board unanimously approved administrative changes to two rules covering permit surrenders and hunt variances (R6557-42 and R657-57) to speed processing and align treatment of short-notice surrenders.

Division presenter Lindy Barney summarized the package, saying the changes "align those rules so that they also qualify for the refund so they're treated equally as of our other hunters" when…

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