Sectional Analysis for HB 414

An Act Relating to Game Management

Section 1. Findings. Explains the public trust responsibility of the state for the management of game resources to ensure they remain available for use by the public. Identifies some of the areas of the state where active management is needed to prevent further damage to citizens dependent on game resources.

Section 2. Requires the Board of Game to establish game population objectives and objectives for the harvest by humans.

Section 3. Requires the Commissioner of the Department of Fish and Game to cooperate with the Board of Game in the implementation of regulations, management plans and programs established by the Board of Game.

Section 4. Provides the Department and the Board with clear priorities in the management and uses of Game. The highest and best use of game is for personal and family use for human consumption. The next highest use is commercial use including trapping and guiding, the lowest priority use is nonconsumptive use, commercial or noncommercial.