Wildlife Heritage Tag

• November: The Department notifies sportsmen and conservation groups, other non-profit organizations, and other interested individuals about the Heritage project funding opportunity for the upcoming state fiscal year. The notice provides the public with the link to this web page where the proposal form and other program documents can be found.
• January 1 – March 1: Completed Heritage project proposals are accepted and reviewed by the Department.
• April: Packets including the new Heritage project proposals and program financial information are sent to each Wildlife Heritage Committee member, other Board of Wildlife Commission members, and the chairman of each County Advisory Board to Manage Wildlife by April 15.
• May: A Wildlife Heritage Committee meeting is held each year, usually the night before the May Board of Wildlife Commission meeting, to review the new project proposals and to make recommendations for the Commission. Project proponents or their representatives are encouraged to come to this May Committee meeting. The Committee provides its recommendations to the full Wildlife Commission during the May Commission meeting.
• June: The Wildlife Heritage Committee usually meets again the night before the June Board of Commissioners meeting. At this meeting, the Committee addresses extension requests from existing Heritage project managers, considers the reallocation of funds from projects that do not need all of their awarded funds (if any), and makes adjustments to their recommendations for the full Wildlife Commission. The Commission then reviews the recommendations of the Committee at their June meeting and either approves or denies the proposed projects. They may also award funds to approved projects that are a different amount than what was requested in a project’s proposal. All parties that have submitted project proposals will be notified of the Commission’s decisions. Successful parties are required to complete a Heritage Program Grant Agreement.
• Late June/ Early July: The Department’s upper management approves the Heritage Program Grant Agreements for new projects and, absent any unforeseen events, work can commence on the projects in July.

The Wildlife Heritage Trust Account is authorized by NRS 501.3575 and is administered by the Board of Wildlife Commissioners. The money in the Account is used for the “protection, propagation, restoration, transplanting, introduction, and management of any game fish, game mammal, game bird, or fur-bearing mammal and the management and control of predatory wildlife in this state.”

The Department may annually expend from the Wildlife Heritage Account an amount of money not greater than 75 percent of the money deposited in the Account during the previous year and the total amount of interest earned on the money in the Account during the previous year. In addition, the Department may, at any time, expend from the Account any portion of the amount of money in the Account which exceeds $5,000,000. 

The Heritage Trust Account started in 1998 and due to the generosity of its participants over the years, the account has now grown to the point that the Commission was able to award $979,703 to new Heritage projects for FY20.

Deadlines: 

All proposals must be submitted to the Nevada Department of Wildlife, Headquarters Office, 6980 Sierra Center Parkway, Ste #120, Reno, Nevada 89511 between January 1 and March 1 of each calendar year. The preferred method of submitting a proposal is sending the completed proposal form to Lee Davis at NDOW via email. His email address is lee.davis@ndow.org. The project year is on a state fiscal year basis of July 1 through June 30. The funds must be utilized in the fiscal year for which they were approved; however, due to unusual circumstances, which must be documented by the applicant prior to the end of the project’s first fiscal year, the Commission may consider an extension of project funds to the next fiscal year if requested by the organization or person that initiated the project proposal. All approved projects must submit a completion report within 30 days after completion of the project. PLEASE NOTE THAT INDIRECT COST CANNOT BE CHARGED ON HERITAGE PROJECTS.

Heritage Tag Seasons and Quotas

2022 Heritage Tag Seasons and Quotas CR 21-07

2023 Heritage Tag Seasons and Quotas CR 22-05 A1

Heritage Tag Vendor Fundraising Event Schedule

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N.R.S. 502.250 authorizes the Wildlife Commission to designate the following Wildlife Heritage game tags to be auctioned each year:

 – one California Bighorn sheep tag

– two Nelson (Desert) Bighorn sheep tag 

– two Mule Deer tags – two Pronghorn Antelope tags 

– two Rocky Mountain Elk tags 

– five Wild Turkey tags

The Wildlife Commission selects vendors for all Wildlife Heritage tags at the June Commission meeting for the auctioning of tags for the following tag season. The Department will post the meeting date on our website at www.ndow.org. If your organization is interested in being considered to auction off one or more of these tags, you may submit a proposal to be a vendor. The deadline for the proposal is in the vendor procedure. 

If you have any questions or need further information, please contact Program Officer I, License Office, at (775) 688-1512 or FAX (775) 688-1509. If a vendor is selected to auction a tag or tags, the full amount of the bid is to be remitted to the Department.

Proposal Deadline: April 18, 2022

 Where to Submit Proposal: Mail to Nevada Department of Wildlife, License Office – Heritage Tags, 6980 Sierra Center Pkwy, Suite 120, Reno, Nevada, 89511 or submit your packet online at ndowinfo@ndow.org, subject line Heritage Tags.

Only those proposals will be considered which are submitted to the Department by the April 18, 2022 deadline. Proposals received after the deadline may be considered for award of Wildlife Heritage Tags by the Commission after the Commission has considered all other proposals received and when necessary to fulfill the purpose of this policy.

A vendor proposal to auction Wildlife Heritage Tag(s) must provide the following information:

(a) Organization name, contact person, phone number and email address. 

(b) Date, time and place of auction. If the proposed date, time and place of the auction changes due to circumstances beyond the organization’s control, it is the vendor’s responsibility to notify the Department in order to post the updated information. 

(c) Type of function (banquet, convention, etc.) 

(d) Estimated attendance. 

(e) Proposed advertising and marketing strategy. 

(f) An explanation of any “packaging” of the game hunt; i.e., other services to be provided in addition to the authorized tag, such as guide or taxidermy services, etc. 

(g) Except for subsection (b), no changes or alterations may occur to the proposal after the deadline for receipt of the proposals.

The Commission will review all proposals and select vendors to auction the respective tags. If no proposals are received, the Commission may authorize other organizations within or outside Nevada to auction the tag. If no acceptable organization can be found to administer an auction, the tag may be sold by sealed bid. 

The Commission reserves the right to refuse any proposal received for auctioning Wildlife Heritage Tags annually. 

All vendors who submit proposals will be notified in writing of the results by the Department.

By the deadline established in the regulation, all vendors must provide the successful bidder information on an application provided by the Department and the Wildlife Heritage donation. 

Commission Policy 10

Please fill out this form and send back, along with proposal, to the address listed on the form. 

PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY