An Act To Amend Certain Provisions of Fish and Wildlife Law
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §10853, sub-§8, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 and affected by c. 614, §9, is amended to read:
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §10853, sub-§14 is enacted to read:
Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §11211, sub-§2, ¶A, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §141 and as affected by §422, is amended to read:
Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §12708, sub-§1, ¶B, as affected by PL 2003, c. 614, §9 and amended by c. 655, Pt. B, §295 and affected by §422, is further amended to read:
(1) Blanchard/AuClair WMA (Roach River Corridor) - T1 R14 WELS - Piscataquis County;
(2) Brownfield WMA - Brownfield, Denmark, Fryeburg - Oxford County;
(3) George Bucknam WMA (Belgrade Stream) - Mt. Vernon - Kennebec County;
(4) Caesar Pond WMA - Bowdoin - Sagadahoc County;
(5) Chesterville WMA - Chesterville - Franklin County;
(6) Coast of Maine WMA - all state-owned coastal islands that are owned or managed by the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife;
(7) Dickwood Lake WMA - Eagle Lake - Aroostook County;
(8) Francis D. Dunn WMA (Sawtelle Deadwater) - T6 R7 WELS - Penobscot County;
(9) Fahi Pond WMA - Embden - Somerset County;
(10) Lyle Frost WMA (formerly Scammon) - Eastbrook, Franklin - Hancock County;
(11) Alonzo H. Garcelon WMA (Mud Mill Flowage) - Augusta, Windsor , Vassalboro - Kennebec County;
(12) Great Works WMA - Edmunds Township - Washington County;
(13) Jamies Pond WMA - Manchester, Farmingdale , Hallowell - Kennebec County;
(14) Jonesboro WMA - Jonesboro - Washington County;
(15) Earle R. Kelley WMA (Dresden Bog) - Alna, Dresden - Lincoln County;
(16) Kennebunk Plains WMA - Kennebunk - York County;
(17) Bud Leavitt WMA (Bull Hill) - Atkinson, Charleston, Dover-Foxcroft, Garland - Penobscot County and Piscataquis County;
(18) Gene Letourneau WMA (Frye Mountain) - Montville, Knox, Morrill - Waldo County;
(19) Long Lake WMA - St. Agatha - Aroostook County (all of Long Lake within the Town of St. Agatha);
(20) Madawaska WMA - Palmyra - Somerset County;
(20-A) Maine Youth Conservation WMA - T32MD - Hancock County;
(21) Mainstream WMA - Cambridge , Ripley - Somerset County;
(22) Lt. Gordon Manuel WMA - Hodgdon, Cary Plantation, Linneus - Aroostook County;
(23) Maynard F. Marsh WMA (Killick Pond) - Hollis, Limington - York County;
(24) Mercer Bog WMA - Mercer - Somerset County;
(25) Merrymeeting Bay WMA - Dresden, Bowdoinham , Woolwich, Bath, Topsham - Lincoln County and Sagadahoc County;
(26) Morgan Meadow WMA - Raymond - Cumberland County;
(27) Mt. Agamenticus WMA - York, South Berwick - York County;
(28) Muddy River WMA - Topsham - Sagadahoc County;
(29) Narraguagus Junction WMA - Cherryfield - Washington County;
(30) Old Pond Farm WMA - Maxfield, Howland - Penobscot County;
(31) Orange River WMA - Whiting - Washington County;
(32) Peaks Island WMA - Portland - Cumberland County;
(33) Pennamaquam WMA - Pembroke, Charlotte - Washington County;
(34) Steve Powell WMA - Perkins Township - Sagadahoc County (being the islands in the Kennebec River near Richmond known as Swan Island and Little Swan Island, formerly known as Alexander Islands);
(35) David Priest WMA (Dwinal Pond) - Lee, Winn - Penobscot County;
(36) James Dorso Ruffingham Meadow WMA - Montville, Searsmont - Waldo County;
(37) St. Albans WMA - St. Albans - Somerset County;
(38) Sandy Point WMA - Stockton Springs - Waldo County;
(39) Scarborough WMA - Scarborough, Old Orchard Beach, Saco - Cumberland County and York County;
(40) Steep Falls WMA - Standish, Baldwin - Cumberland County;
(41) Tyler Pond WMA - Manchester, Augusta - Kennebec County;
(42) Vernon S. Walker WMA - Newfield, Shapleigh - York County;
(43) R. Waldo Tyler Weskeag Marsh WMA - South Thomaston, Thomaston, Rockland, Owl's Head - Knox County; and
(43-A) Kennebec River Estuary WMA - Arrowsic, Bath, Georgetown, Phippsburg, West Bath, Woolwich - Sagadahoc County;
(43-B) Tolla Wolla WMA - Livermore - Androscoggin County;
(43-C) Green Point WMA - Dresden - Lincoln County;
(43-D) Hurds Pond WMA - Swanville - Waldo County;
(43-E) Sherman Lake WMA - Newcastle, Damariscotta - Lincoln County;
(43-F) Ducktrap River WMA - Belmont, Lincolnville - Waldo County; and
(44) Such other areas as the commissioner designates, by rules adopted in accordance with section 12701, as state-owned wildlife management areas.
summary
This bill adds more lifetime hunting permits for Native Americans provides for a complimentary license to hunt and fish to a spouse or child of a game warden killed in the line of duty and clarifies and corrects an incorrect penalty section. It also adds areas to the list of state-owned wildlife management areas.