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The Utah Wildlife board will be holding a series of meetings to discuss making it legal to keep the two species proposed, the Midget Faded Rattlesnake and the Great Basin Rattlesnake. The guidelines would allow for three of each species caught in Utah and six additional of each species if from out of state.

The meeting schedule is as follows - if someone attends can you please take notes and let us know what transgressed

5. CIP – R657-53 Rule Amendment - Venomous Snakes ACTION
- Krissy Wilson, Native Aquatic Species Coordinator

SR RAC – February 9th 7:00 PM
Hurricane High School
345 W. Tiger Blvd, Hurricane

CR RAC – February 16th 6:30 PM
Central Region Conference Center
1115 N. Main Street, Springville

SER RAC – February 10th 6:30 PM
John Wesley Powell Museum
1765 E Main St., Green River

NR RAC – February 17th 6:00 PM
Weber State University
Student Union Bldg. Room 404A

NER RAC February 11th 6:30 PM
Uintah Basin Applied Technology
450 N. 2000 W. Vernal

Board Meeting – March 3-4th 9:00 AM
DNR Board Room
1594 W. North Temple SLC, UT
Utah Hot Snakes DWR Proposal

Well,, we got shot down by the board!! There was a ton of influence by ignorant locals and a huge failure of support by the local herp community. Out of the hundreds of local active herp keepers, there were a total of 4 if us that showed up to the board meeting. I am disappointed beyond words!!