Recommended for Public Comment     Reference ID: DFW379544

Rule Change Recommendation Short Title
Remove internal combustion motors prohibition on small streams

Rules Category
Statewide

Type of Rule Change Proposal
Recreational

County or Location Information

Short Description
Remove internal combustion motor prohibition rule from small streams in Regions 3 and 6.

Explanation
This is a "housekeeping" change to remove the internal combustion motor (ICM) prohibition from small rivers and creeks where the use of a floating device equipped with an ICM is impractical and would not be considered feasible. Removes this rule from streams in the following counties: Grays Harbor, Kittitas, Lewis, Pacific, Pierce, Thurston, Wahkiakum, and Yakima.

County	Stream	Section	Region
King Co.	Pratt River	From mouth upstream	4
King Co.	Taylor River	From mouth upstream	4
King Co.	Tolt River	From mouth to USGS trolley cable near confluence of North and South forks	4
King Co.	Tolt River, North Fork	From falls in section 26 upstream	4
King Co.	Tolt River, South Fork	From dam upstream	4
Kittitas Co.	Cle Elum River	from mouth to Cle Elum and from Cle Elum to Hyas Lake	3
Kittitas Co.	Umtanum Creek		3
Kittitas Co.	Box Canyon Creek		3
Kittitas Co.	Cooper River		3
Kittitas Co.	De Roux Creek		3
Kittitas Co.	Kachess River		3
Kittitas Co.	Naneum Creek		3
Kittitas Co.	North Fork Teanaway River		3
Kittitas Co.	Swauk Creek		3
Kittitas Co.	Taneum Creek		3
Kittitas Co.	Teanaway River		3
Lewis/Thurston Co.	Skookumchuck River	from Skookumchuck Reservoir upstream	6
Pacific Co.	Cedar River		6
Pacific Co.	Naselle River	from the North Fork upstream	6
Pacific Co.	Naselle River, South Fork		6
Pacific Co.	Nemah River, Middle Fork	from Dept. of Natural Resources bridge on Middle Nemah A-line Rd. upstream	6
Pacific Co.	Nemah River, South Fork	from confluence with Middle Nemah upstream to 2nd Hwy 101 bridge crossing	6
Pacific Co.	Palix River	from the confluence with the Middle Fork upstream (all forks including South Fork Palix and Canon rivers)	6
Pacific Co.	Smith Creek near North River	from Hwy 101 Bridge upstream	6
Pacific Co.	Willapa River	from Fork Creek upstream	6
Pacific Co.	Willapa River, SF		6
Pacific/ Grays Harbor Co.	North River	from Fall River upstream to Raimie Creek	6
Pacific/Wahkiakum Co.	Salmon Creek		6
Pierce Co.	Nisqually River	from Alder Reservoir upstream (including Little Nisqually, Mineral Creek, and North Fork Mineral Creek) and all other tributaries of Alder Reservoir	6
Pierce Co.	Clearwater River		6
Pierce Co.	Nisqually River	from the military tank crossing bridge (located one mile upstream of the mouth of Muck Creek, river mile 12) to 400' below La Grande Powerhouse	6
Pierce Co.	Ohop Creek		6
Pierce Co.	Puyallup River	from Weyerhaeuser 6000 Rd. (Bridge Camp) upstream	6
Pierce Co.	White River	from Weyerhaeuser 6000 Rd. (Bridge Camp) upstream	6
Skagit Co.	Cascade River	From Rockport -Cascade Road upstream to headwaters	4
Snohomish Co.	All Tributaries to the South Fork Skykomish River above Sunset Falls		4
Snohomish Co.	Monte Cristo Lake	Note: Monte Cristo "lake" is just a wide spot in the South Fork Sauk River; rules need to be consistent with the South Fork Sauk river	4
Snohomish Co.	Pilchuck Creek	Mouth to Highway 9 bridge	4
Snohomish Co.	Sauk River	From Darrington Bridge upstream including the forks	4
Snohomish Co.	Skykomish River, South Fork	From Sunset Falls upstream,	4
Snohomish Co.	Stillaguamish River, South Fork	From Mountain Loop Highway upstream	4
Snohomish Co.	Tye River	From Foss River upstream to Alpine Pass	4
Thurston Co.	Deschutes River	from Henderson Blvd. Bridge near Pioneer Park upstream	6
Thurston Co.	McAllister Creek		6
Whatcom Co.	Big Beaver Creek, Ross Lake Trib	Mouth to headwaters	4
Yakima Co.	Ahtanum Creek		3
Yakima Co.	American River		3
Yakima Co.	Bumping River		3
Yakima Co.	Cowiche Creek		3
Yakima Co.	Little Naches River		3
Yakima Co.	Rattlesnake Creek		3
Yakima Co.	Tieton River		3

Original Rule Proposal Number(s)
DFW603213
DFW379544