The Nevada Department of Wildlife is involved in many wildlife and habitat conservation planning efforts and programs, statewide. Find out more about speficic planning efforts below. (Note: not all conservation plans are represented here.)
Nevada Wildlife Action Plan
Nevada's Wildlife Action Plan focuses on the species and habitats in greatest need of conservation in Nevada. The development of this action plan was required to continue to receive State Wildlife Grant funds through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for conservation of Nevada’s wildlife. Review the plan.
Sage Grouse
In June 2000, Governor Guinn appointed a team of approximately 25 people from diverse backgrounds and interests to his Sage Grouse Conservation Team. The mission of the team, as defined by Governor Guinn, is "To conserve and protect Nevada's sage grouse and their habitat."
Nevada Bat Conservation Plan
The Nevada Bat Working Group (NBWG), a subcommittee of the Western Bat Working Group (WBWG) is an assemblage of wildlife scientists dedicated to the preservation, protection, management and restoration of Nevada’s bat fauna. In 1998, the NBWG dedicated itself to the production of a comprehensive conservation plan for Nevada’s 23 bat species. This final revision of the 2002 initial plan assesses the current state of bat conservation in Nevada and suggests proactive strategies for improving and standardizing the conservation of Nevada’s bats. This document is designed to guide and educate public and private land managers in the conservation of Nevada’s bats into the next decade. Review the plan.
2002 Nevada Conservation Bond - Question 1 Programming
In 2002, Nevadans voted and passed the $200 million Question 1 Bond Initiative, authorizing the state to issue bonds for projects to protect and preserve natural resources in Nevada. Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) received $27.5 million to be used for the acquisition of property to enhance, protect, and manage wildlife and wildlife habitat or enhance recreational opportunities related to wildlife, or both; or for the development and renovation of facilities or the improvement of existing habitats for fish and other wildlife. Learn how NDOW is using these funds ot benefit Nevada's habitat and wildlife.
Nevada Landowner Incentive Program
The Nevada Landowner Incentive Program seeks to protect and restore habitats on private lands to benefit Species of Conservation Concern; those species which are Federally listed, proposed, or candidate species as well as other species determined to be at risk.
NLIP will provide technical and financial assistance to private landowners for habitat protection and restoration. Learn More.
Relict Leopard Frog
The relict leopard frog (Rana onca) was first described in 1875 from a specimen collected near the Virgin River in Washington County, Utah. Subsequent reports and museum specimens provide evidence that this species had a relatively restricted range along portions of the Virgin, Muddy and Colorado Rivers, particularly in small springs that fed into those major drainages.
Although there was no scientific system of population monitoring in place, anecdotal evidence suggests that populations declined for a variety of reasons. In fact, by 1950, when the last known specimens were collected from Berry Spring in southern Utah, the species was considered to be extinct (Stebbins 1951, Platz 1984, M. Jennings 1988, Platz 1988). This belief persisted for approximately forty-one years, until the species was rediscovered at 2 springs on Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Nevada on April 24, 1991 (R. Haley pers. comm.). Morphological and genetic studies conducted since 1991 have confirmed the validity of this taxon (Jennings et al. 1995, Jaeger et al. 2001).
Relict Leopard Frog PDF
Conservation Agreement & Rangewide Conservation Assessment and Strategy
Columbia Spotted Frog
After many years of work, a team of seven partners met on Sept. 30, 2003 to sign two conservation agreements to protect Nevada’s populations of the Columbia spotted frog. The goal of the planning efforts is twofold: to reduce threats to the frog species and its habitat to the extent necessary to prevent populations from becoming extinct, and to maintain, enhance and restore sufficient populations to ensure the species' continued existence throughout their historic range.
Lahontan Cutthroat Trout
This species management plan is an update of the Nevada Department of Wildlife’s Lahontan Cutthroat Trout Fishery Management Plan for the Humboldt River Drainage Basin (1983), based on our responsibilities for managing native fish in Nevada and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Recovery Plan for the Lahontan Cutthroat Trout (1995). The objectives of this plan are to recommend actions that will improve the status of Lahontan cutthroat trout in the Upper Humboldt River basin to a point where these populations will no longer require protection under the Endangered Species Act, and direct on-going conservation actions for populations after delisting. Primary emphasis is placed on recovery actions that are the responsibility of NDOW in Elko, Lander, Eureka, and northern Nye Counties.
Bull Trout
This species management plan is an update of our Bull Trout Species Management Plan prepared in 1990 and is based on our statutory responsibilities for the management of Nevada’s native fish species. The focus of the plan is on the protection and enhancement of bull trout and their habitats. The management program proposed here represents reasonable conservation actions which we believe are consistent with proposed recovery activities and which are appropriate regardless of the status of bull trout in Nevada under the Endangered Species Act.
Bonneville Cutthroat Trout
This Conservation Agreement (Agreement) has been developed to expedite implementation of conservation measures for the Bonneville cutthroat trout (BCT) in that portion of the West Desert General Management Unit (GMU) (Figure 1) located within Nevada. The development of the Agreement has been a collaborative and cooperative effort among resource agencies, governments and land owners.
Nevada Predator Management
Coyotes, mountain lions and ravens are common predators in Nevada. While predators are important to a balanced ecosystem, in some areas of the state, these predators endanger the establishment of new wildlife populations, or contribute to the decline of existing species.
Wildlife damage management can be effective when well-defined predator problems are identified. Often times, when predator problems exist that endanger wildlife populations or threaten declining species, controls can be implemented to manage those problems. Learn about the approved predator management projects in place.
