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Bill would expand permits for landowners to control beaver and muskrat damage; department supports measure
Summary
House Bill 95 would broaden the Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks' damage-control definition and allow landowners or employees to trap beaver and muskrat causing damage, with permit exemptions from June 1–Aug 31 and an effective date of Sept. 1, 2025.
Representative Paul Fielder presented House Bill 95, a Department-requested measure to expand the definition of beaver damage beyond irrigation districts and stock ponds to other rural and urban structures. Fielder said the bill would permit landowners and employees of affected organizations to control beaver and muskrat damaging property either with a department…
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