For the purpose of this regulation, definitions shall be as
set forth in Title 23, Wyoming Statutes and the Commission also adopts the
following definitions:
(a) "Breeding
pair" means an adult male and an adult female gray wolf raising at least two
(2) pups of the year until December 31.
(b) "Chronic wolf predation area" means a
limited geographic or legally described area within the Wolf Trophy Game
Management Area, or Seasonal Wolf Trophy Game Management Area from October 15
through the last day of February in the subsequent year, where the Department
or its authorized agent has verified that gray wolves have repeatedly (twice or
more within a two (2) month period immediately preceding the date on which the
owner applies for a lethal take permit) harassed, injured, maimed or killed
livestock or domesticated animals.
(c) "Designee" means any person(s) listed on
a Lethal Take Permit in addition to the Lethal Take Permit holder as defined in
this subsection who is authorized to take gray wolves under terms and
conditions designated on the Lethal Take Permit.
(d) "Domesticated animals" means those
individual animals which have been made tractable (easily managed or
controlled) or tame and are not defined as wildlife. For the purpose of this
regulation, only the following animals are considered domesticated:
Domesticated alpaca (Lama pacos), domesticated camel (Camelus
bactrianus and Camelus dromedarius), domesticated emu (Dromaius
novaehollandiae), domesticated ostrich (Struthio camelus), domesticated peafowl
(Pavo cristatus), domesticated rhea (Rhea americana and Rhea pennata),
domesticated vicuna (Vicugna vicugna), domesticated yak (Bos grunniens) and
domesticated dogs (Canis familiaris).
(e) "Immediate family" means the owner's
spouse, parents, grandparents or lineal descendants and their
spouses.
(f) "Lethal Take Permit"
means a permit issued by the Department to an owner to kill not more than two
(2) gray wolves on limited geographic or legally described areas and under
terms and conditions designated on the permit.
(g) "Lethal Take Permit holder" means the
person to whom a Lethal Take Permit is issued.
(h) "Livestock" means horses, mules and
asses, rabbits, llamas, cattle, swine, sheep, goats, poultry, or other animal
generally used for food or in the production of food or fiber and guard animals
actively engaged in the protection of livestock. Bison are considered livestock
unless otherwise designated by the Wyoming Livestock Board and the
Commission.
(i) "Owner" means the
owner, lessee, immediate family, employee or other person who is charged by the
owner with the care or management of livestock or domesticated
animals.
(j) "Seasonal Wolf Trophy
Game Management Area" (Seasonal WTGMA) means all lands where wolves will be
considered trophy game animals from October 15 to the last day of February in
the subsequent year, within the following described area: beginning at the Wolf
Trophy Game Management Area boundary, as described in subsection (n) of this
Section, where the Bridger-Teton National Forest boundary intersects U.S.
Highway 189-191 at Hoback Rim; westerly and then southerly along said forest
boundary to its intersection with McDougal Gap Road (U.S.F.S. Road 10125);
westerly along said road to Grey's River Road (U.S.F.S. Road 10138); southerly
along said road to Sheep Creek; westerly down said creek to Grey's River;
southwesterly up said river to Bear Creek; southwesterly up said creek to the
hydrographic divide between Bear Creek and Willow Creek; west from said divide
to Willow Creek Road (U.S.F.S. Road 10080); northwesterly along said road to
Lincoln County Road 123; southerly along said road to Grover Park Road
(U.S.F.S. Road 10081); southerly then westerly along said road to Lincoln
County Road 172; westerly along said road to the junction with Wyoming Highway
237; westerly along said highway to Wyoming Highway 238; southerly along said
highway to Lincoln County Road 134; westerly along said road to the
Wyoming-Idaho state line; north along said state line to Wyoming Highway 22
where the Seasonal Wolf Trophy Game Management Area boundary will rejoin the
Wolf Trophy Game Management Area boundary.
(k) "Site of kill" means the location where
the gray wolf died.
(l)
"Unacceptable impact on a wild ungulate population or herd" means any decline
in a wild ungulate population or herd that results in the population or herd
not meeting the Commission population management goals, objectives or
recruitment levels established for the population or herd. The Department shall
determine whether a decline in a wild ungulate population or herd constitutes
an "unacceptable impact" and whether wolf predation is a significant factor
causing the "unacceptable impact" based upon the best scientific data and
information available.
(m) "Wild
ungulate population or herd" means an assemblage of wild ungulates of the same
species living in a specific geographic area.
(n) "Wolf Trophy Game Management Area"
(WTGMA) means lands where gray wolves shall be considered trophy game animals
on a year-round basis described as northwest Wyoming beginning at the junction
of Wyoming Highway 120 and the Wyoming-Montana state line; southerly along said
highway to the Greybull River; southwesterly up said river to the Wood River;
southwesterly up said river to the Shoshone National Forest boundary; southerly
along said boundary to the Wind River Reservation boundary; westerly, then
southerly along said boundary to the Continental Divide; southeasterly along
said divide to the Middle Fork of Boulder Creek; westerly down said creek to
Boulder Creek; westerly down said creek to the Bridger-Teton National Forest
boundary; northwesterly along said boundary to its intersection with U.S.
Highway 189-191; northwesterly along said highway to the intersection with U.S.
Highway26-89-191; northerly along said highway to Wyoming Highway 22 in the
town of Jackson; westerly along said highway to the Wyoming-Idaho state line;
north along said state line to the southern boundary of Yellowstone National
Park; east and north along said boundary to the Wyoming-Montana state line;
then east along said state line to Wyoming Highway 120.