Attachment_6-_Wildlife_Regulations.pdf
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This is a Wildlife Regulations document for Grand Teton National Park that establishes requirements for all project activities, staff, contractors, and volunteers operating within the park.
Fish and Wildlife/Bear Safety Requirements: All project activities must comply with food storage regulations and bear country best management practices. Bear attractants—including food, drinks, garbage, cooking utensils, soiled cookware, stoves, grills, coolers, storage containers, beverage containers, pet food, and odorous items—must be attended at all times or stored securely in buildings, bear-resistant food storage lockers, locked hard-sided vehicles, or IGBC-approved portable canisters. Unattended backpacks and daypacks containing unsecured attractants are prohibited. All human-bear conflicts must be reported immediately to Teton Interagency Dispatch Center (307-739-3301), and all bear sightings must be reported to the park's Bear Management Office within 24 hours. Toxic materials, including petroleum products, must be stored or disposed of to prevent bear access. All food and attractant debris must be disposed of in bearproof dumpsters that close at night, with construction debris in separate designated dumpsters. All wildlife-vehicle collisions must be reported to Teton Interagency Dispatch as soon as possible.
Wildlife Protection Requirements: Care must be taken not to disturb amphibians, reptiles, migratory birds, mammals, raptors, or bats found nesting, hibernating, estivating, or living in or near worksites. Project activities must comply with the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 and Executive Order 13186, which prohibit the take of migratory birds, their eggs, feathers, or nests through pursuing, hunting, shooting, wounding, killing, trapping, capturing, or collecting—regardless of intent. Compliance with seasonal closure regulations for raptors, trumpeter swans, great blue herons, and other sensitive species is required. Eagles are specifically protected under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act of 1940, which defines take to include disturbance; project activities must not result in the take of bald or golden eagles.
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Wildlife Regulations
Grand Teton National Park
Fish and Wildlife
All project activities must comply regulations related to food storage and park recommended best management practices for living and working in bear country. Bear “attractants” include food, drinks, garbage, cooking utensils, dirty / soiled pots/pans/plates, stoves, grills (charcoal or gas), empty or full coolers, storage containers with food or previously holding food (except approved bear resistant canisters), beverage containers, pet food/bowls, and any odorous item that may attract a bear such as toiletries.
At all times in all locations, including the backcountry, all staff (NPS, Volunteers-in-Parks (VIPs), contractors, etc.) must ensure that all bear attractants are attended at all times. All unattended attractants must be stored securely inside a building, a bear resistant food storage locker (if available), in a hard sided vehicle with doors locked and windows closed, or in an Interagency
Grizzly Bear Committee (IGBC) approved portable bear resistant food storage canisters; or disposed of properly in a bear-resistant garbage receptacle. Backpacks and/or daypacks containing unsecured attractants (i.e. not in a canister) must not be left unattended.
All human-bear conflicts must be reported to Teton Interagency Dispatch Center immediately
(307-739-3301). All bear sightings must be reported to the park’s Bear Management Office within 24 hours.
Provide for proper storage and disposal of materials that may be toxic to bears. All potentially toxic attractants, including petroleum products, must be stored or disposed of in such a way that they are not available to bears.
All food and attractant debris must be disposed of in bearproof dumpsters that can be closed at night. Construction debris is to be disposed of separately in dumpsters available for this purpose.
All wildlife-vehicle collisions must be reported to Teton Interagency Dispatch (307-739-3301) as soon as possible.
Amphibians
Care will be taken not to disturb any wildlife species (amphibians, reptiles, migratory birds, mammals, raptors, or bats) found nesting, hibernating, estivating (in an inactive dormant state during hot, dry periods), or otherwise living in, or immediately nearby, worksites.
Birds
All project activities must comply with the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 (MBTA; 16 U.S.C.
703) and Executive Oder 13186. Under the MBTA, it is illegal to "take" migratory birds, their eggs, feathers or nests. “Take” is defined (50 CFR 10.12) to include “pursuing, hunting, shooting, wounding, killing, trapping, capturing, or collecting.” The MBTA does not distinguish between
“intentional” and “unintentional” take. Migratory birds include songbirds, waterfowl, shorebirds, and raptors. All project activities must also comply seasonal closure regulations for raptors, trumpeter swans, great blue herons, and other sensitive bird species.
Eagles are specifically protected under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act of 1940 (16
U.S.C. 668-668c) and the MBTA. Project activities must not lead to the take of bald or golden eagles. The Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act defines “take” to include disturbing birds.
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