New Legislation Exempting the Department of Pesticide Regulation Licensees from the Department of Fish and Game’s Trapping License Requirement

Effective January 1, 2007, the Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) and the Structural Pest Control Board (SPCB) licensees will be exempt from obtaining a Department of Fish and Game (DFG) license when trapping mice, rats, voles, moles, or gophers.

For all other fur-bearing or nongame mammals, DPR and SPCB licensees that perform pest control for hire are required by law to obtain a separate DFG trapping license. For example, if a property owner hires a pest control business to trap wildlife mammals such as squirrels, opossums, or raccoons, then the business employee who does the trapping will need to obtain a separate DFG trapping license.

Enclosed you will find a letter to our licensees along with its enclosures (Assembly Bill 87, Chapter 406, Statutes of 2006 and a Frequently Asked Questions fact sheet).

For more information on DFG´s trapping license requirement, please feel free to contact Mr. Jesus Garcia, DFG Associate Wildlife Biologist, at (916) 445-3709, or e-mail him at jgarcia@dfg.ca.gov. For all other questions, please contact Mr. Mac Takeda, of my staff, at (916) 445-3838, or e-mail him at mtakeda@cdpr.ca.gov.

Sincerely,