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Title
10APPENDIX
:
Vermont Fish and Wildlife Regulations
Chapter
001
:
GAME
Subchapter
002
:
BIRDS
§
23b. Waterfowl Boundary Rule
1.0 Authority
1.1 This rule is
adopted pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 4081. In adopting this rule, the Fish and
Wildlife Board is following the policy established by the General Assembly that
the protection, propagation, control, management, and conservation of fish,
wildlife and fur-bearing animals in this state is in the interest of the public
welfare and that the safeguarding of this valuable resource for the people of
the state requires a constant and continual vigilance.
1.2 10 V.S.A. §
4082(a) states: "The board may adopt rules, under chapter 25 of Title 3,
to be known as the "Vermont fish and wildlife regulations" for the
regulation of fish and wild game and the taking thereof except as otherwise
specifically provided by law. The rules shall be designed to maintain the best
health, population and utilization levels of the regulated species /t. /t.
/t."
1.3 The Board's
authority to permit the taking of migratory game birds is a found at 10 V.S.A. §
4082(b) and at 50 CFR, Parts 20 and 21. x60
2.0 Purpose The
purpose of this rule is to establish zones for the taking of waterfowl during
the prescribed waterfowl season(s).
3.0 Zone
Decriptions
3.1 Lake
Champlain Zone: The U.S. portion of Lake
Champlain and that area north and west of the line extending from the New York
border along U.S. 4 to VT 22A at Fair Haven; VT 22A to U.S. 7 at Vergennes;
U.S. 7 to VT 78 at Swanton; VT 78 to VT 36; VT 36 to Maquam Bay on Lake
Champlain; along and around the shoreline of Maquam Bay and Hog Island to VT 78
at the West Swanton Bridge; VT 78 to VT 2 in Alburg; VT 2 to the Richelieu
River in Alburg; along the east shore of the Richelieu River to the Canadian
border.
3.2 Interior
Zone: That portion of Vermont east of the Lake Champlain Zone and west of a
line extending from the Massachusetts border at Interstate 91; north along
Interstate 91 to US 2; east along US 2 to VT 102; north along VT 102 to VT 253;
north along VT 253 to the Canadian border.
3.3 Connecticut
River Zone: The remaining portion of Vermont east of the Interior Zone. The
waterfowl season regulations for the Connecticut River Zone will be the same as
the New Hampshire Inland Zone and will be set annually by the New Hampshire
Fish and Game Department. :np
Figure 1.
Proposed change in Vermont Waterfowl Zone Boundary. New boundary outlined in
red (Added 2011, Fish and Wildlife Board
Reg. eff. July 3, 2011.)