250 R.I. Code R. 250-RICR-60-00-11.3
The Division of Fish and Wildlife of the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management is authorized to preemptively authorize permits issued by USFWS and USDA in accordance with the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and may place more restrictive but not less restrictive stipulations on any permit or form issued for use within Rhode Island. When found committing depredations upon agricultural crops, livestock, or wildlife, or when concentrated in such numbers and manner as to constitute a health or public safety hazard or other nuisance, issue permits for the taking of birds shall be handled through the USFWS and USDA. It is necessary that those authorized to take birds, or their nests or eggs, do so in such a manner that is safe and limits undue harm to Rhode Island's natural resources. It is also necessary that persons requesting migratory bird depredation control permits know the risks and limitations of applying such control measures so that they do not incur unnecessary burden (financial or otherwise), from employing ineffective control measures.
250 R.I. Code R. 250-RICR-60-00-11.3