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NEWS RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

June 6, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PHOENIX \u2014 The Arizona Game and Fish Commission and department (AZGFD) have issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to amend rules within Article 4 (live wildlife) to enact amendments developed during the preceding Five-year Review Report.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The proposed amendments are designed to increase the effectiveness of the rules to meet the department\u2019s mission, ensure consistency with state and federal statutes, and to increase the clarity of the existing rules. AGFD does not believe any of the proposed changes will increase the regulatory burden beyond that which is already required, and will instead serve the goal of simplifying processes, increasing the understandability of the rules, and increasing public accessibility for department services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the publication of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the Arizona Administrative Register<\/em> on June 6, 2025, the department will accept written comments through July 5, 2025.  Comments may be submitted via email to rulemaking@azgfd.gov<\/strong><\/a> or through the online comment form<\/strong><\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The commission will accept oral comments at its public meeting Sept. 5 in Eagar, Ariz. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A copy of the proposed rulemaking<\/a> is available on the department\u2019s website and the online Arizona Administrative Register<\/em><\/strong><\/a>. For questions about the rulemaking, contact Martin Guerena, wildlife law enforcement supervisor, FOD, at 520-388-4443, or email mguerena@azgfd.gov<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To track the progress of other commission rulemakings, view the regulatory agenda and all previous Five-year Review Reports, and to learn about any other agency rulemaking matters, visit https:\/\/www.azgfd.com\/agency\/rulemaking\/<\/strong><\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The department will accept written public comments through July 5, 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":8372,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[92],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main-site"],"yoast_head":"\nAZGFD begins process to amend Article 4 rules - Arizona Game & Fish Department<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.azgfd.com\/2025\/06\/06\/azgfd-begins-process-to-amend-article-4-rules-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"AZGFD begins process to amend Article 4 rules - Arizona Game & Fish Department\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The department will accept written public comments through July 5, 2025.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/www.azgfd.com\/2025\/06\/06\/azgfd-begins-process-to-amend-article-4-rules-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Arizona Game & Fish Department\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-06T20:46:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-10T17:41:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/azgfd-portal-wordpress-pantheon.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/12115605\/commissionImage_AgencyBuildingHQ_360.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"360\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"360\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"dhajek\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"dhajek\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.azgfd.com\/2025\/06\/06\/azgfd-begins-process-to-amend-article-4-rules-2\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.azgfd.com\/2025\/06\/06\/azgfd-begins-process-to-amend-article-4-rules-2\/\",\"name\":\"AZGFD begins process to amend Article 4 rules - 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