H.B. 157 Enrolled

CONTROL OF WOLF POPULATION
2003 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: Michael R. Styler
This act modifies the Wildlife Resources Code to allow wolves to be transplanted if
certain conditions are met.
This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
AMENDS:
23-14-21, as enacted by Chapter 154, Laws of Utah 1998
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 23-14-21 is amended to read:
23-14-21. Transplants of big game, turkeys, wolves, or sensitive species.
(1) The division may transplant big game, turkeys, wolves, or sensitive species only in
accordance with:
(a) a list of sites for the transplant of a particular species that is prepared and adopted in
accordance with Subsections (2) through (5);
(b) a species management plan, such as a deer or elk management plan adopted under
Section 23-16-7 or a recovery plan for a threatened or endangered species, provided that:
(i) the plan identifies sites for the transplant of the species or the lands or waters the
species are expected to occupy; and
(ii) the public has had an opportunity to comment and make recommendations on the
plan; or
(c) a legal agreement between the state and a tribal government that identifies potential
transplants[.]; and
(d) the Endangered Species Act of 1973, 16 U.S.C. Sec. 1531 et seq.
(2) The division shall:
(a) consult with the landowner in determining the suitability of a site for the transplant
of a species;
(b) prepare a list of proposed sites for the transplant of species;

(c) provide notification of proposed sites for the transplant of species to:
(i) local government officials having jurisdiction over areas that may be affected by a
transplant; and
(ii) the Resource Development Coordinating Committee created in Section 63-28a-2 .
(3) After receiving comments from local government officials and the Resource
Development Coordinating Committee, the division shall submit the list of proposed transplant
sites, or a revised list, to regional advisory councils for regions that may be affected by the
transplants of species.
(4) Each regional advisory council reviewing a list of proposed sites for the transplant of
species may submit recommendations to the Wildlife Board.
(5) The Wildlife Board shall approve, modify, or reject each proposal for the transplant
of a species.
(6) Each list of proposed transplant sites approved by the Wildlife Board shall have a
termination date after which a transplant may not occur.

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