| | | to perform such acts as may be necessary to the conduct and | | establishment of cooperative wildlife and fish restoration | | projects, as defined in those Acts of Congress, in compliance | | with those Acts and with rules and regulations promulgated by the | | United States Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior under those | | Acts. |
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| | | 2.__Control of distribution and conservation of hares and | | rabbits. The commissioner may at any time take and transport live | | hares or rabbits by purchasing them from local trappers whenever | | the commissioner determines it necessary for the proper | | distribution and conservation of the hares and rabbits. |
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| | | §10107.__Deer wintering areas |
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| | | 1.__Identification of deer wintering areas.__The commissioner | | shall, by rule, establish criteria for the identification of deer | | wintering areas in the State.__The criteria must include: |
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| | | A.__Observation by department personnel; |
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| | | C.__Evidence of current or past browsing; |
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| | | D.__Deer pellet depositions; or |
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| | | 2.__Notification.__Whenever evidence indicates, according to | | criteria established by the commissioner, the existence of a deer | | wintering area in any municipality or plantation, the | | commissioner shall notify the officials of the municipality or | | plantation and the owner or owners of record of the property on | | which the area is located of the existence of the deer wintering | | area and shall provide information to those persons as to actions | | that may be taken to protect the deer in that area. |
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| | | 1.__Training in firearm safety.____The commissioner shall | | establish a program for training individuals in the safe handling | | of firearms and for this purpose may cooperate with any public or | | private association or organization having as one of its | | objectives the promotion of safety in firearms handling. |
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| | | In establishing the program under this subsection, the | | commissioner shall: |
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