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RECREATION BRIEFS
State Parks urges
Fourth of‘July
revelers to recreate
responsibly
The Washington State Parks and
Recreation Commission in a Monday
news release encourages visitors to
the state’s parks and recreation areas
to be safe and responsible during the
Fourth of July holiday.
With the holiday on a Saturday,
state parks staff is concerned about
larger-than—normal attendance
throughout the weekend, crowding
and poor etiquette, especially at parks
on or near beaches, lakes and rivers.
To help prevent the spread of CO-
VID-19, State Parks seeks to remind
visitors to practice social distancing
and good hygiene, use face coverings
and limit party sizes.
It also urges visitors to recreate
close to home, check for park closures
and bring extra supplies, such as
hand sanitizer and toilet paper.
Many communities adjacent to
state parks are in phase one or two
of Gov. Jay Inslee’s Safe Start Wash—
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ington plan. Several smaller counties
may have difficulty serving an influx
of visitors. Fueling up and grocery
shopping before leaving home will
help ease the burden on these commu-
nities, the release states.
The commission also reminds visi—
tors that the use of personal fireworks
is illegal in state parks.
WDFW announces
furloughs to ease
state budget stress
The Washington Department of
Fish & Wildlife is planning agency-
wide furloughs through the end of
July due to the COVID—19 pandemic.
The department’s public safety
employees remained staff, but most
other WDFW services will be unavail-
able one day per week. The furloughs
began Monday, and will include July
10, 17 and 24. Additional furlough
days are also expected to occur in the
fall.
With Washington facing a multi-
billion-dollar budget shortfall during
the next several years as a result of
closures and effects from COVID-19,
Gov. Jay Inslee began requiring near-
ly all state employees'to take eight
hours of unpaid leave per week start-
ing Sunday.
WDFW enforcement officers will
remain on duty, while some other
staff will adjust schedules to ensure
that essential services such as port
sampling and hatchery functions — .
continue during the furlough days.
However, much of the department
will be operating at 80% of its normal
capacity during July, which will affect
many ongoing projects and opera-
tions.
Fishing regulations
now online for
season
The Washington Department of
Fish & Wildlife recently announced
the release of its Washing—
ton Sport Fishing Rules pamphlet,
which governs all forms of fishing in
the state.
The rules went into effect Wednes-
day and remain in effect until June
30, They include rules and reg-
ulations for hundreds of lakes, rivers
and marine areas around the state,
as well as species including trout,
salmon and shellfish.
The regulations are available at
http://www.eregulations.com/wash-
ington/fishing. This year’s pamphlet is
being hosted on a new platform.
Printed copies of the pamphlet
are also available at license dealers
around the state.
WDFW issues updates and cor—
rections to the pamphlet as needed.
Anglers can stay up to date with
regulations by downloading the Fish
Washington mobile app on their
smartphone; more information can be
found at https://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/
regulations/app. The department also
issues emergency rules throughout
the year, available at https://fortress.
wa.gov/dfw/erules/efishrules.
PugetSound
recreational crab
seasons begin today
The Washington Department of
Fish & Wildlife announced that sum-
mer crab fishing season begins today
in several marine areas around the
Puget Sound.
Marine Area 12, which includes
Hood Canal, will allow crab fishing
beginning today through Sept. 7. The
season is open each Thursday to Mon-
day. Crab fishing is allowed in Hood
Canal north of Ayock Point. All areas
south of Ayock Point are closed this
season to promote recovered of the
Dungeness crab population.
Marine Area 13, the South Puget
Sound region, is also closed this sea-
son to protect the Dungeness popula-
tion. Marine Area 13 encompasses all
areas south of the Tacoma Narrows
bridges.
The daily limit throughout Puget
Sound is five Dungeness crab, males
only, in hard-shell condition with
a minimum carapace width of 6%
inches. Fishers can also keep six red
rock crab of either sex per day in open
areas, provided the crab are in hard—
shell condition and measure at least
inches carapace width.
Crab fishers cannot set or pull
shellfish gear from a vessel from one
hour after official sunset to one hour
before official sunrise.
Operation Dry
Water starts Friday
As boaters prepare for the Fourth
of July holiday, law enforcement
agencies are preparing for Operation
Dry Water — a nationally coordinated
effort that focuses on boating-under-
the-influence awareness and enforce-
ment. Boaters will notice an increase
in patrols on fresh and marine waters
across Washington July 3—5.
The Washington State Parks
Boating Program, safety advocates
and law enforcement agencies are
asking boaters to help keep everyone
safe by not consuming alcohol or‘
marijuana while out on the water ——
especially when operating a boat or
paddlecraft.
According to the US. Coast Guard,
boating under the influence is the
leading known contributing factor in
fatal recreational boating accidents.
In Washington, it is illegal to use
any substance that impairs a person’s
ability to operate a boat. The law ap-
plies to all boats, including kayaks,
canoes, rowboats and inflatable fish- .
ing rafts. ' .
State law allows law enforcement
officers to require boaters suspected of
operating a boat while intoxicated to
submit to a breath or blood test.
Additionally, a BUI is considered a
prior offense if there are later convic-
tions for driving under the influence.
Boaters can learn more about BUI
laws in Washington state and about
the risks of boating under the influ-
ence by visiting boatsoberorg.
I Compiled by Sports Outdoors
Editor Justin Johnson
RAC To ""5 BOOK STY!
WHAT? 6 wk, 40 minute book study using Zoom
format. "So you want to talk about race” is
engaging.&insightful; Seattle author, Oluo, moves
everyone forward, no matter what race you are!
WHEN? 10-10:40 AM, six consecutive Saturdays starting July ll»
WHERE? Through a zoom link that will be sent to you.
HOW? 1. Obtain the book or FREE downloads from the
library are available at the following website:
Overdrive ebook and audiobook collection: httpszl/timberlandoverdrivecoml
2. Email Jeannine soon at pvnsZor3@gmaiI.com"-to participate.
The reading schedule and zoom link will be sent to you.
WHQ? 'YOU and Facilitator/Fellow Learner: Rev. Jeannine Daggett
(called to Shelton community engagement in retirement;
Shelton is her home belongs to her SWWA Synod).