Janet,
Actually Park personel has told me that hunting dogs are allowed on
the island during hunting season but only on the north end and then
strictly on a leash when walking from the South end to the North end.
Dogs should not be allow during the off hunting season. I have seen
hunters using dogs ever since the park opened. I would like to
understand the full policy though because whenever I see someone with a
dog on the island and it is not during hunting season, I say something
to them. I think the couple who said their dog was a hunting dog and
thus allowed at any time are just trying to get past the rules.

Yvonne Bombardier
Everett, Wa
ravenn at premier1.net
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Janet Carroll wrote:
>
> Ted:
>
> Dogs are not allowed on Spencer Island period. The island is jointly
> operated by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and the
> Snohomish County Parks Department. There are park rangers out there on
> the weekends sometimes, but not during the week. The signs clearly say
> no dogs - the people who had the dogs had obviously prepared that story
> for anyone's benefit who saw them. Presumably it has worked before.
> You might want to give a call to Debbie Terwilliger at the Snohomish
> County Parks Department and find out what you can do about this type of
> situation.
>
> Janet Carroll
>
> Ted Becker wrote:
> >
> > I hope this isn't too far off topic for Tweeters.
> >
> > What agency(s) is responsible for enforcing the regulations at Spencer
> > Island? What agency(s) set the regulations? What are the specific rules
> > for having dogs on various parts of the island?
> >
> > There was an incident at Spencer Island Monday evening that has me
> > wondering about the "No dogs" regulation and how it is enforced. My friend
> > and I were walking along the trail on the Fish & Wildlife Department
> > portion of the island and a couple was approaching with a dog on a leash.
> > When I asked the man about the dog he informed me that it was a hunting dog
> > and since this area is open to hunting he is allowed to bring the dog into
> > the area. Is this true? Does having a hunting dog and maybe a hunting
> > license give license to walk a dog anywhere on the island? There is no way
> > to walk a dog to the hunting areas without passing through the dog
> > restricted area. These people were clearly not on the island to hunt. I
> > also believe there is no season open.
> >
> > I could almost be convinced to allow hunters to walk their dogs on a leash
> > through the park area to the hunting area for the purpose of hunting but
> > only for that purpose. My preference would be to ban hunting on the island
> > altogether. Where does "preservation" or "conservation" come into the
> > picture when we provide these areas to attract wildlife only to be killed
> > for the pleasure of some & at #.
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