Commission Policies

Purpose
Commission Policies exist to provide direction and leadership and, to describe the desired outcome on broad issues by articulating the Commission's 10,000 foot viewpoint to an agency. While the results or consequences of policy leadership do take time and effort to be realized, policy-level guidance can resolve a whole class of issues that would otherwise return again and again for Commission action. Organization of Policies Board of Wildlife Commission Policies are numbered so that each policy corresponds in topic and division:

Administrative and General (Policies 1-10) Director's Off code begins with a 0, and Operations code begins with a 1.

• GAME AND NONGAME (Policies 21-25) Game code begins with a 2.


• FISHERIES (Policies 31-33) Fisheries code begins with a 3.


• LAW ENFORCEMENT (Policy 40) Law Enforce. Code begins with a 4.


• CONSERVATION EDUCATION (Policies 50-51) Con. Ed. Begins with a 5.


• HABITAT (Policies 60-66) Habitat code begins with a 6.

Ten-Year Review

Each state agency is required to complete a review of all policies and regulations affecting the public every 10-years, and then to submit that review as a report to the Legislative Counsel Bureau upon completion. NDOW completed the last comprehensive Commission Policy review in 2002. If a policy has been created or amended in the last 10 years (1997 or later) then that policy is considered to have been reviewed. Any substantial amendments must be brought before the public and approved in the Wildlife Commission. If no substantial changes are necessary while under analysis, the effective date and amended date remain, while the reviewed date should be updated to reflect that is has undergone
such examination and is still timely.

Click Here to view the Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners policy and procedures (as of August 2009) in PDF format

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