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RI Department of Environmental Management
235 Promenade Street, Providence, RI 02908
(401) 222-2771 TDD/(401) 222-4462
For Release: August 11, 2005
Contact: Gail Mastrati 222-4700 ext. 2402
Stephanie Powell 222-4700 ext. 4418

DEM WILL HOLD HEARING ON PROPOSED WATERFOWL SEASON AND FALCONRY REGULATIONS ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1

PROVIDENCE - The Department of Environmental Management will hold a public hearing on proposed regulations governing the upcoming migratory waterfowl hunting season and proposed regulations governing the practice of falconry on Thursday, September 1. The hearing on both subjects will be held at 7 p.m. at the North Kingstown Community Center on Beach Street in North Kingstown, off Route 1A just south of Wickford. As in past years, the Division also will show a video on the breeding status of waterfowl in the Canadian Provinces.

The proposed waterfowl regulations establish hunting seasons, bag limits, and methods of taking for the 2005-2006 season. Michael Lapisky, Acting Chief of DEM's Division of Fish and Wildlife, notes that there are some changes in the Federal waterfowl regulations with which the state must comply. The daily bag limit for scaup has been reduced from 3 to 2, and the length of the season for brant has been shortened from 50 to 30 days, from December 24, 2005 to January 22, 2006.

There are no substantial changes to the upcoming falconry regulations, Lapisky notes, adding that there are only five falconers in Rhode Island.

The proposed regulations are available on DEM's website, www.dem.ri.gov, by clicking on "Fish and Wildlife" under "Programs". They are also available at DEM's Division of Fish and Wildlife headquarters in the Oliver Stedman Government Center, 4808 Tower Hill Road in Wakefield, or by calling the Division at 789-3094 weekdays.

Comments will be accepted at DEM's Division of Fish and Wildlife, at the above address, through Thursday, September 1 at 4 p.m. or via e-mail to michael.lapisky@dem.ri.gov by that date. They will also be accepted at the hearing.

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