Jun 02, 2014
RALEIGH, N.C. (June 2, 2014) —
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission will hold a public hearing to
receive comments on proposed temporary rules regarding coyote hunting in
the five-county red wolf reintroduction area in northeastern North
Carolina.
The hearing is
scheduled for 7 p.m. on June 19 in the auditorium of Columbia High
School, located at 902 East Main Street, Columbia, in Tyrrell County.
The comment period is June 2-23. Comments can be emailed to regulations@ncwildlife.org or
mailed to N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, 1701 Mail Service Center,
Raleigh, N.C. 27699-1701. For more information on Wildlife Commission
temporary rulemaking, go to http://www.ncwildlife.org/ProposedRegulations.aspx.
The temporary rules will fulfill the requirements of a recent federal court order
that prohibits taking of coyotes in Dare, Tyrrell, Hyde, Beaufort and
Washington counties, day or night, except under extremely limited
circumstances. The prohibition is already in effect.
The court order
stems from a lawsuit in which the Wildlife Commission is alleged to have
violated the federal Endangered Species Act by allowing coyote hunting
in those counties where an experimental reintroduction of the red wolf
is occurring. The Wildlife Commission has requested an immediate
programmatic evaluation by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to examine
the feasibility of accomplishing the goals of its nonessential
experimental red wolf reintroduction.
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