Amendment offered by Rep. Mike Cooper (D) on April 23, 2003
To replace the language in the underlying bill
with the following provisions: excludes common gopher and mole traps from the definition of a body-gripping trap; includes publicly-owned lands in the definition of an "animal problem;" allows the owner or operator of commercial timber to use a number 110 Conibear trap to capture mountain beavers, if nonlethal control measures cannot reasonably be applied (Nonlethal control measures include fencing and tree-wrapping); mountain beavers trapped under this authority must be reported to the Department of Fish and Wildlife on an annual basis; allows a 30-day coyote trapping permit to be issued for the protection of commercial livestock during the birthing season without having to show that nonlethal methods have been exhausted; specifies that all permitted trapping must be done consistent with the other provisions of the state's game laws; requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife to undertake public outreach efforts and report back to the Legislature.