Hi, this man showed me his Badge, which he had in his wallet, sorry i din't
mention it.i been there many times, and no one ever said any think to me .
This Game Warden was verry polite, and told me wy he had to enforce the
License. The day before there was about over 20 Birders out on the NO SAFTY
ZONE, try to find the Green-tailed Towhee.All the way to the 17th of Jan.
there have the Right to be there, and we have to stay back only to be in
the Safty- Zone. The Hunters went and complained about the Birders, so he
had to enforce the Rules. I know myself where the Towhee been sighted is
way out and not in the Safty-Zone any more.That day When i had no License,
he allowed me and look for the Towhee and since there was few Hunters aound
he also said, i can go there.So basicly it comes down to: be courteous turs
the Hunter and use common sense.This Game Warden have better thinks to do ,
than chasing Birders.The day he stopped me,he showed me what he had
confiscate 8 Snow- Goose from a boy 17 years of age, with no Hunting
License. I believe the Limet is three.
Ruth
GODWIT at worldnet.att. net

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> From: BrewsPad <BrewsPad at aol.com>
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: Re: Green-tailed Towhee, still in skagit WRA.
> Date: Tuesday, December 30, 1997 1:05 PM
>
> About seven years ago when I fished a state owned public access site at
> Rinegold on the Columbia River, across from Hanford, anyone on that state
> public access property was required to have a Conservation License. They
> checked fishermen for this item in addition to the fishing license, punch
> cards, etc. The last time (over a year ago) I was at the public fishing
> access site by the fish hatchery on the Green River across from the
Kanaskat-
> Palmer State Park, it also was posted that anyone on the property was
required
> to have the Conservation License in order to access the site for any
reason.
> I suspect that this is also the case for hunters on state property as
well.
>
> I didn't find a telephone number for the Washington Fish and Wildlife in
the
> phone book, just and address, so I can't confirm that both hunters and
> fishermen are also required to have the Conservation License, but if they
are,
> its possession should be uniformly enforced.
>
> As for the "warden" that Ruth Sullivan encountered, those who have ever
> checked me for a fishing license have always worn patches on their shirt
or
> jacket that readily identified them as the Fish and Wildlife Department.
>
> Jim Brewster
> Kent Washington