Subject: Conservation Licences)
Date: Jan 28 15:22:19 1999
From: denniskrockwell at juno.com - denniskrockwell at juno.com


Did you also happen to notice that it expires 3/31/00 rather than
12/31/00 as at least one posting on Tweeters suggested it would?

Dennis K Rockwell
Kennewick, Washington
denniskrockwell at juno.com

"Cynicism is what passes for insight among the mediocre." Joe Klein

On Thu, 28 Jan 1999 13:33:29 -0800 "L. & C. Schulz"
<linusq at worldnet.att.net> writes:
>Back at the beginning of the year, we learned how to buy a Stewardship
>Decal, which is needed for parking at over 600 state accesses to
>wildlife
>areas. (See the messages below about the new decal). I'm going on a
>birding field trip this weekend to the Skagit area, and was told to
>buy the
>decal. Yesterday I purchased a fishing licence which is only good
>until
>3/31/99 for $6., but w/ the fishing license I received the stewardship
>decal which is good until the year 2000.
>The problem w/ the decal is it's not a decal, it's a sticker. There
>is no
>place on it to write my vehicle license no. If I stick it to the
>outside
>of my car rear window, someone could remove it and stick it on their
>car.
>I'm thinking of doing the following:
>Cut out the sticker leaving the backing paper on it. Tape w/ clear
>tape to
>the INSIDE of my car's back window so that it is facing out.
>Is this legal? How have other people solved this problem?
>Carol Schulz
>DesMoines
>linusq at worldnet.att.net
>
>>snip------------
>> To: Elizabeth <snowyowl3 at email.msn.com>
>> Cc: Tweeters (Cascadia) Birding Email <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
>> Subject: conservation licenses (fwd)
>> Date: Thursday, January 07, 1999 7:55 AM
>
>> The following is a direct quote from a WA Dept. of Fish and Wildlife
>> bulletin I obtained at the Mill Creek office.
>>
>> "Starting January 1, 1999, the Washington Department of Fish and
>Wildlife
>> (WDFW) will shift to an April 1 through March 31 licensing year. To
>make
>> that shift, a special one-time only combination fishing/hunting
>license,
>> that will cover Jan. 1, 1999 through March 31, 1999, will be sold
>for
>just
>> $6 for residents...
>>
>> Also new in '99 is WDFW's access stewardship decal. The decal is
>required
>to
>> use water access sites and wildlife areas and is free with fishing
>and
>> hunting license purchases...(Decals will be sold for $10 each to
>non-hunting
>> and non-fishing recreationists who use these access areas for other
>> activities.)"
>>
>> What this means, as I was told by the WDFW employee that helped me,
>is
>that
>> individual Conservation licenses are no longer required, and in
>fact,
>will
>> not be sold. Instead all vehicles must display the new,
>non-transferable
>> "Stewardship decal". Thus a carload of people can get in for the
>price
>of
>> one decal. However, since the decals are non-transferable, you will
>need
>a
>> decal for every vehicle you intend to take onto WDFW land.
>>
>> Here's the important part. When you go to a dealer, ask for the
>temporary
>> fishing/hunting license which will cost $6. Along with the license
>you
>will
>> receive free the Stewardship decal which is good until March 31,
>2000
>(yes,
>> that's 2000). However, you must act by March 31, 1999. After that
>the
>> decals will cost $10.
>>
>> Steve Dang (206) 368-6887
>>
>>
>>
>>
>

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