Section 220-416-080 - Regulated access area restrictions for waterfowl, coot, and snipe hunting It is unlawful to hunt migratory waterfowl, coot, and snipe within the following regulated access areas managed by the department, except under the following restrictions:
(1) Dungeness (North Olympic Wildlife Area - Dungeness Unit): (a) Allowed in hunting zones or sites designated by the department.(b) Open only on select days of the week designated by the department during approved migratory waterfowl, coot, and snipe season dates.(2) Elk River (Johns River Wildlife Area - Elk River Unit, south of State Route 105): (a) Open every day during approved September Canada goose season dates in Goose Management Area 2 - Coast.(b) Open only on Saturdays, Sundays, and Wednesdays during approved migratory waterfowl, coot, and snipe season dates.(3) Frenchman (Columbia Basin Wildlife Area - Desert Unit, southwest of Moses Lake at T17, R27E Sections 8 and 9):(a) Open every day during approved migratory waterfowl, coot, and snipe season dates.(b) All visitors using the area must register and park in the parking lot and parking sites designated by the department.(c) All vehicles are not allowed into the parking lot before 4:00 a.m.(4) Lynch Cove and Union River (Mason County, within the SW 1/4 of Section 29, Section 31 (excluding the SW 1/4), and the W 1/2 of Section 32 in T23N, R1W.W.M.; in areas south of State Route 300 and NE North Shore Road, and areas north of State Routes 3 and 106): (a) Allowed in hunting zones or sites designated by the department.(b) Open every day during approved migratory waterfowl, coot, and snipe season dates.(5) Mesa Lake (Sunnyside-Snake River Wildlife Area -Mesa Lake Unit): (a) Open every day during approved migratory waterfowl, coot, and snipe season dates.(b) All visitors using the area must register and park in parking lots (Lanford and Sheffield Roads) and parking sites designated by the department during approved season dates.(6) North Potholes (Columbia Basin Wildlife Area - Potholes Unit, west of Moses Lake at T19, R27, S33 and S34): (a) Open every day during migratory waterfowl, coot, and snipe season dates.(b) All visitors using the area must register and park in the parking lot and parking sites designated by the department.(c) All vehicles are not allowed in the parking lot before 4:00 a.m.(7) Samish River (Skagit Wildlife Area - Samish River Unit):(a) Allowed in hunting zones or sites designated by the department.(b) Open every day during approved migratory waterfowl, coot, and snipe season dates.(c) All visitors using the area must first register and park in the parking sites designated by the department, in order to access the designated hunting zone.(8) South Padilla Bay (Skagit Wildlife Area - South Padilla Bay Unit):(a) Allowed in hunting zones or sites designated by the department.(b) Open every day during approved migratory waterfowl, coot, and snipe season dates.(c) All visitors using the area must first register and park in the parking sites designated by the department.(9) Winchester (Columbia Basin Wildlife Area - Desert Unit, west of Moses Lake at T18N, R25E Section 13, and T18N, R26E Section 18):(a) Open only on Saturdays, Sundays, and Wednesdays during approved migratory waterfowl, coot, and snipe season dates, and all approved goose hunting dates in Goose Management Area 4 (closed to all access during nonhunt days).(b) All visitors using the area must register and park in the parking lot and parking sites designated by the department.(c) All vehicles are not allowed in the parking lot before 4:00 a.m.(10) Windmill Ranch (Sunnyside-Snake River Wildlife Area - Windmill Ranch Unit):(a) Open every day during approved migratory waterfowl, coot, and snipe season dates.(b) All visitors using the area must register and park in parking lots (Marion or Colonial Roads) and parking sites designated by the department during approved season dates.Wash. Admin. Code § 220-416-080
Decodified by WSR 17-05-112, Filed 2/15/2017, effective 3/18/2017. Recodified from § 232-16-750.Amended by WSR 21-14-022, Filed 6/28/2021, effective 7/29/2021Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040 and 77.12.010. 96-18-006 (Order 96-124), § 232-16-750, filed 8/22/96, effective 9/22/96.