(1)  The board is responsible for the formulation of the agricultural and wildlife damage prevention policy of the state and may, consistent with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, adopt rules to implement the agricultural and wildlife damage prevention policy which shall be administered by the department.

Terms Used In Utah Code 4-23-105

  • Agricultural crops: means any product of cultivation;
(2) "Board" means the Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Board;
(3) "Bounty" means the monetary compensation paid to persons for the harvest of predatory or depredating animals;
(4) "Damage" means any injury or loss to livestock, poultry, agricultural crops, or wildlife inflicted by predatory or depredating animals or depredating birds;
(5) "Depredating animal" means a field mouse, gopher, ground squirrel, jack rabbit, raccoon, or prairie dog;
(6) "Depredating bird" means a Brewer's blackbird or starling;
(7) "Livestock" means cattle, horses, mules, sheep, goats, and swine;
(8) "Predatory animal" means any coyote; and
(9) "Wildlife" means any form of animal life generally living in a state of nature, except a predatory animal or a depredating animal or bird. See Utah Code 4-23-103
  • Department: means the Department of Agriculture and Food created in Chapter 2, Administration. See Utah Code 4-1-109
  • Livestock: means cattle, sheep, goats, swine, horses, mules, poultry, domesticated elk as defined in Section 4-39-102, or any other domestic animal or domestic furbearer raised or kept for profit. See Utah Code 4-1-109
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
    • (2)  In the board’s policy deliberations the board shall:

    (a)  specify programs designed to prevent damage to livestock, poultry, and agricultural crops; and

    (b)  specify methods for the prevention of damage and for the selective control of predators and depredating birds and animals including hunting, trapping, chemical toxicants, and the use of aircraft.

    (3)  The board may also:

    (a)  specify bounties on designated predatory animals and recommend procedures for the payment of bounty claims, recommend bounty districts, recommend persons not authorized to receive bounty, and recommend to the department other actions the board considers advisable for the enforcement of the board’s policies; and

    (b)  cooperate with federal, state, and local governments, educational institutions, and private persons or organizations, through agreement or otherwise, to effectuate the board’s policies.

    Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 345, 2017 General Session

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