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X-WR-CALNAME:NRC accepts preliminary adoption of hunting changes
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DESCRIPTION:The Natural Resources Commission (NRC)\, during its bi-monthly 
 meeting today\, accepted preliminary adoption of amendments to 312 IAC 9 r
 elated to hunting deer and wild turkeys\, and trapping beavers. \n\nGranti
 ng preliminary adoption starts a long and deliberative process\, including
  a public comment period that includes the ability to participate in publi
 c hearings conducted by the NRC’s Division of Hearings. \n\nThe amendmen
 ts granted preliminary adoption include allowing hunters the option of usi
 ng a 28-\, 16-\, or 10-gauge shotgun and .410 shotguns to hunt wild turkey
 s\, in addition to having the option of using other equipment that is alre
 ady legal in the spring and fall turkey season\, as well as adding the #9 
 tungsten super shot. Additionally\, it removes the restriction requiring t
 he powder used in muzzleloaders for deer hunting to be loaded only from th
 e muzzle end of the muzzleloader.\n\nIn other action\, the NRC: \n\n- Acce
 pted consideration of amendments to Information Bulletin # 2\, Roster of I
 ndiana Animals\, Insects\, and Plants that are Extirpated\, Endangered\, T
 hreatened\, or Rare (also described as Special Concern). The Division of F
 ish & Wildlife established committees in 1984 to serve as an advisory body
  in fulfilling the division’s statutory responsibility for nongame and e
 ndangered species conservation in Indiana\, including an annual review of 
 the state’s list of endangered and special concern species. This action 
 included the addition of the long-eared owl\, grasshopper sparrow\, black-
 billed cuckoo\, Hudsonian godwit\, boreal chorus frog\, false map turtle\,
  and northern brook lamprey to the special concerns list.\n\n- Approved fi
 nal action to amend 312 IAC 5-9-4 by adding the embayments respectively kn
 own as Campground Cove and Sailboat Cove as locations on Prairie Creek Res
 ervoir where a person must not operate a boat at greater than idle speed.\
 n\n- Approved final action to amend 312 IAC 5-6-5.6 by reducing the size o
 f the Lake Manitou special boating zone.\n\n- Approved final adoption to a
 mend 312 IAC 5-6-11 to remove the expiration of the special boating zone o
 n Simonton Lake in Elkhart County.\n\n- Accepted DNR’s response to a cit
 izen petition to not extend the no boating zone immediately downstream fro
 m the Twin Branch Dam on the St. Joseph River in Mishawaka.\n\nThe first N
 RC meeting for 2021 will be held Jan. 19 in Indianapolis.\n\nMore details 
 on all actions taken by the NRC and supporting documents can be found at n
 rc.IN.gov/2354.htm. \n\nThe NRC is an autonomous board that addresses topi
 cs pertaining to the DNR and the NRC Division of Hearings. \n\nNRC members
  include the DNR director\, heads of three other state agencies (Indiana D
 epartment of Environmental Management\, Indiana Office of Tourism Developm
 ent\, and the Indiana Department of Transportation)\, six citizens appoint
 ed by the governor on a bipartisan basis\, the chair of the DNR’s adviso
 ry council\, and the president of the Indiana Academy of Science. The Acad
 emy of Science president and the agency heads\, other than the DNR directo
 r\, may appoint proxies to serve the commission in their absences.
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