Feb 2017 recognition that increased participants and qualifying - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

 Feb 2017 – recognition that increased participants and qualifying tags in program  Feb 10, 2017 – Commission notified  April 18, 2017 – notified landowners of the challenge to issuing tag, feedback  May 23, 2017 – notified landowners of the possibility of legislative fix (1.5% to 2.5%)  June 12, 2017 – notified landowners SB 511 became law

 Statutory and NAC  Field personnel implement program  Conduct administrative review of program

 Enables program  Relevant excerpts:

 3. The Department shall review the application, may conduct any investigation it deems appropriate and, if it approves the application, shall issue to the applicant not more than one tag for each 50 animals present on the private land owned, leased or managed by the applicant. Both deer and antelope tags may be issued to an applicant.

 6. Insofar as they are consistent with this section, the provisions of this title and of the regulations adopted by the Commission apply to the issuance and use of tags pursuant to this section. The Commission:

 (a) Shall by regulation establish the maximum number of tags which may be issued annually by the Department pursuant to this section, which must not exceed 1.5 percent of the total number of deer and antelope tags which are authorized for issuance annually throughout the State; and

 (a) Shall by regulation establish the maximum number of tags which may be issued annually by the Department pursuant to this section, which must not exceed 2.5 percent of the total number of deer and antelope tags which are authorized for issuance annually throughout the State; and

 (b) May adopt any other regulations it deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.

 NAC 502.4246 Requirements for eligibility; requests regarding damage to separate locations.  NAC 502.4248 Cooperative agreement with Department.  NAC 502.4252 Notice of damage; inspection of property; assessment and proof of damage. • Within 10 days after the Department receives a notice of damage, the Department shall inspect the property claimed to have been damaged.

 Primary challenges: • Didn’t see it coming soon enough • Didn’t have a method to address reduction in tags issued  Secondary challenge: • No documentation of mitigating actions

100 150 200 250 300 350 400 50 0 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Issued by NDOW Qualifed by Counts

300 250 200 150 Antelope Tags Deer Tags 100 50 0 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

140 120 100 80 Unique Landowners Deer Landowners 60 Antelope Landowners 40 20 0 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

3.5 3 2.5 2 Average Deer Tags Average Antelope Tags 1.5 1 0.5 0 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 50 0 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Total Allocated Historical Cap

140000 120000 100000 80000 Deer Population Antelope Population 60000 40000 20000 0 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

 Issues identified: • Centralized review and approval process  Internal process, being addressed • Mitigation measures  NAC 502.4246 1(f) requires mitigation where possible, but poorly documented  Internal process, benefit from external review • Identify process to equitably distribute tags when availability limited  Commission has authority to develop regulation (NRS 502.145 (6) (b))  Benefit from further input from stakeholders: landowners and sportsmen

 Proportional reduction of tags to all qualified cooperators,  Reducing the number of tags allocated to cooperators that qualify for the fewest tags first because these cooperators sustain the least damage,  Limit availability to first-come, first-served for completed applications and counts,  Request voluntary reductions from cooperators,  Eliminate counts of deer and antelope during the dormant season when crops are not growing, or  Estimate proportional use by deer and antelope across seasons.

 Department host stakeholder meetings (1/administrative region) after noticing landowners, CABMWs, Farm Bureau to describe challenge and solicit solutions  Develop cumulative list and solicit input on the most acceptable solution  Present concept or language for potential CGR (NAC) for Commission consideration

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