State of WAFWA Submission Form

Ballot Initiative Questions

Your responses will be summarized and provided to commissioners for discussion during the Commissioner Committee meeting and provided to Directors/Deputies/Commissioners in booklet form for review. Your responses will not be posted online.

Does your state/province allow ballot initiatives that could change natural resource policy? *

Yes
No

Describe any commenting restrictions you have on these types of ballot initiatives.

Any other comments or awareness regarding the process of ballot initiatives you’d like to share?

R3 and the Shooting Sports Questions

Your responses will be summarized and provided to commissioners for discussion during the Commissioner Committee meeting and provided to Directors/Deputies/Commissioners in booklet form for review. Your responses will not be posted online.

When approaching recruitment and retention priorities within your agency, which activities do you view as being common goals and responsibilities assigned under your R3 efforts? *

What other recruitment and retention priorities would you include in this list?

When considering Recruitment, Retention, and Reactivation, what is your agency’s biggest challenge? *

How many public shooting ranges does your agency manage? *

Is providing more public shooting ranges and/or shooting sports opportunities a significant need or challenge for your agency? Please explain. *

Agency Role in Energy Development, Compliance, and Impacts Questions

Your responses will be summarized and provided to commissioners for discussion during the Commissioner Committee meeting and provided to Directors/Deputies/Commissioners in booklet form for review. Your responses will not be posted online.

Does your agency have regulatory authority over energy siting and development regarding environmental impacts? *

Yes
No

Does your agency approve or monitor habitat or wildlife mitigation associated with energy development and infrastructure? *

Yes
No

Does your agency provide technical guidance or have monitoring responsibilities toward other agencies within your state or provincial government that have jurisdictional authority over energy? *

Yes
No

If you have clarifying statements you'd like to make regarding these questions, please make them below.

Controlled Hunts and Licensing Questions

We recognize that these questions can be sensitive. The information collected below will only be viewed internally by WAFWA staff and agency leadership. This will not be shared publicly or printed in the booklet.

What percentage of your agency's total big game tag allocations are for controlled hunts? *

Is the ratio of resident versus nonresident tags represented in your controlled hunts consistent for all big game species and types of hunt? Can you provide a few examples?

Are you considering or have you established a different season timing for residents versus nonresidents for the same species (i.e. residents have an opportunity before nonresidents)? If yes, please elaborate.

Nonlead Ammo Question

We recognize that these questions can be sensitive. The information collected below will only be viewed internally by WAFWA staff and agency leadership. This will not be shared publicly or printed in the booklet.

Does your agency currently have a voluntary adoption program for nonlead ammo use when hunting big game?

Yes
No

Advancing Collaborative, Proactive, Science-Based
Fish and Wildlife Conservation and Management Across the West