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A
Great
thank
you.
I
would
like
to
call
this
meeting
to
order
good
afternoon
and
welcome
to
the
first
meeting
of
the
assembly
committee
on
natural
resources
for
the
81st
legislative
session
before
we
begin
I'd
like
to
acknowledge
that
we
are
gathering
on
the
traditional
and
unseated
lands
of
the
washoe
people
who
have
been
at
stewards
for
generations
and
also
remind
all
committee
members
to
please
mute
your
microphones
when
you
are
not
speaking
with
that.
A
I
am
here
thank
you.
I'd
also
like
to
extend
a
welcome
to
the
audience
who
is
joining
us
to
watch
this
meeting
online
and
let
everyone
know
that
we
will
be
offering
a
public
comment
period
at
the
end
of
the
meeting
for
today's
agenda,
we're
going
to
do
introductions
for
committee
members,
adoption
of
committee
policies
and
then
we'll
have
presentations
from
staff
and
a
presentation
from
the
department
of
wildlife.
A
Before
we
start
I'd
like
to
make
a
few
housekeeping
announcements,
the
assembly
committee
on
natural
resources
is
scheduled
to
meet
at
4pm
on
mondays
and
wednesdays.
It
is
my
intention
to
start
meetings
on
time,
so
I
ask
that
members
and
presenters
log
in
early
while
we're
meeting
virtually
to
ensure
that
video
and
audio
is
working
so
that
we
can
start
the
meeting
right
on
time.
A
Agenda
items
may
be
taken
in
a
different
order.
Two
or
more
agenda
items
may
be
combined
for
consideration,
items
may
be
removed
from
an
agenda
or
the
discussion
of
an
item
can
be
delayed.
A
A
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can
provide
public
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advance
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A
In
addition,
I'd
like
to
note
that
any
committee
exhibits
must
be
submitted
electronically
as
a
pdf
to
our
committee
manager
devin
by
no
later
than
four
o'clock
the
business
day
before
our
meeting.
A
As
in
the
past,
any
person
proposing
a
an
amendment
to
a
bill
must
submit
it
in
writing
no
later
than
24
hours
on
the
business
day
prior
to
the
meeting.
A
We
ask
that
public
comment
be
kept
to
two
minutes
so
that
everyone
interested
in
speaking
can
be
accommodated
and
to
ensure
that
we
get
through
our
agendas
in
a
timely
manner.
Speakers
are
urged
to
avoid
repetition
of
comments
made
by
previous
speakers.
It's
completely
fine
to
say
I
agree
with
the
statements
made
by
someone
previously
or
even
ditto.
A
Lastly,
a
reminder
to
all
those
who
testify
pursuant
to
nrs218e
uh.085.
It
is
unlawful
for
a
person
to
knowingly
misrepresent
facts
while
testifying
before
a
legislative
committee.
A
So
now
that
we've
gone
through
those
housekeeping
items,
I'd
like
to
take
a
few
minutes
to
introduce
members
of
the
committee,
as
well
as
the
committee
staff,
we'll
start
with
members,
and
if
you
could
each
just
briefly
introduce
yourself
the
district
that
you
represent
your
legislative
service
and
any
interest
that
you
particularly
have
for
this
committee.
C
Thank
you
chair,
I'm
leslie
cohen,
I
represent
assembly
district
29,
which
is
the
older
part
of
green
valley
in
henderson,
into
downtown
henderson
and
a
sliver
of
silverado
ranch
in
clark
county.
This
is
my
fourth
session
and
I've
served
every
session
in
natural
resources.
I'm
very
excited
to
be
back
in
natural
resources.
C
I
described
judiciary
as
my
first
legislative
love,
but
I
think
this
this
committee
was
my
surprise,
legislative
love.
It's.
I
grew
up
in
nevada.
I've
been
here
since
I
was
a
baby,
I
traveled
all
over
nevada
and
and
I'm
just
thrilled
to
to
be
back
on
the
committee.
That
really
does
the
work
throughout
the
state
protecting
our
wildlife
working
with
industries
that
have
been
in
our
our
state.
For
you
know,
over
over
100
years,
and
and
just
really
it's
it's,
I
think
it's
the
heart
of
the
legislature,
so
thank
you,
chair.
A
C
C
Before
the
meeting-
and
I
realized
that
for
the
first
five
years
I
was
first
five
sessions
that
I
was
on
natural
resources
in
the
senate.
I
was
the
only
woman
on
that
committee,
so
I
definitely
got
an
education
from
senator
rose,
senator
jacobson
senator
mcginnis.
So
it
was
a
very
interesting
time
and
there
were
some
very
unique
field.
Trips
involved.
Also
so
you'll
read
about
those
in
my
memoir.
But
thank
you
very
much
for
having
me
back
on
the
committee.
I
look
forward
to
it.
C
A
Great
thank
you.
Assemblywoman
carlton
next
assemblywoman
titus.
B
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
I
appreciate
that
you're
willing
to
step
up
and
and
take
care
of
this
committee.
I
I'm
passionate
those
of
you
who
know
me
passionate
about
rural
issues,
I'm
from
district
38,
which
is
just
over
the
mountains
to
the
east
of
here.
Two
mountain
ranges
over,
I
represent
a
I'd,
say
a
pretty
significant,
actually
a
good
swath
of
the
typical
demographics
of
nevada.
B
You
might
be
surprised
by
that
opinion,
but
but
we
struggle
in
my
in
my
district,
I
struggle
with
urban
areas
and
very
rural
issues.
I
have
towns
like
fernley
and
yarrington
that
need
something
very
different
than
my
ag:
communities
at
smith,
valley
and
churchill
county,
so
my
passion
has
always
been
water
issues,
mining
issues
and
recreation.
I
love
the
outdoors
as
much
as
anybody
spend
most
of
my
time
as
much
as
I
can
outside
and
I'm
passionate
about
my
hunting
license
and
my
fishing
licenses
and
I
explore
the
outdoors.
B
So
I
thank
all
of
you
who
are
willing
to
serve
on
this
committee
because
I
think
the
very
fact
that
you
have
agreed
to
be
here-
you
love,
nevada
and
all
of
nevada,
and
so
so
welcome
to
those
of
you
who
are
new
and
to
those
that
are
returning.
Thank
you
for
being
back.
I
was
chair
of
this
committee
in
2015,
and
it
just
was
something
that
that
is
important
to
me
from
a
history
nature,
and
thank
you
all
for
being
here
and
thank
you,
mr
chair.
B
Mr
chair,
I'm
not
sure
we
want
to
unmute
assemblyman
ellison.
A
Well,
yeah
I'll
tell
you
what
we'll
come
right
back
to
you,
simon
and
ellison,
while
you
figure
out
how
to
get
your
line
unmuted,
let's,
let's
go
to
a
summon
wheeler
real,
quick,
hey.
C
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
this
is,
will
be
my
fifth
term
on
natural
resources.
I've
always
loved
it.
My
district,
of
course,
is
district
39,
which
is
douglas
county
story
county
and
a
little
sliver
in
of
northern
lyon
county
a
lot
of
ranching
yeah,
having
been
a
bit
of
a
rancher
myself,
very,
very
interested
in
our
outdoors
policies
and
our
water
policies
in
our
hunting,
our
fishing.
C
So
this
has
always
been
one
of
the
best
committees,
and
I've
always
asked
for
this
committee
because
I
really
really
enjoy
it.
So
I
want
to
thank
you
for
having
me
on
here
again.
A
Yes,
thank
you
and
welcome
back
mr
wheeler
all
right,
let's
see
if
we
can
go
to
simon
ellison
again.
Thank
you,
sir.
I
apologize
that
my
computer
keeps
going
off.
I
represent
assembly
district
33,
which
is
ill
all
the
way
from
the
utah
border,
idaho
border
all
the
way
down
to
caliani.
So
if
you
take
three
quarters
a
half
to
state,
that's
my
district,
I'm
glad
to
be
back
on
net
ram.
I've
served
on
it
ever
since
I've
been
here.
A
A
I
was
born
and
raised
in
ranching
all
my
life
as
a
young
kid
and
I'm
in
I'm
in
the
construction
now
and
I
miss
the
ranching,
but
we
we're
highly
involved
with
agriculture
still.
So
I
just
saying
thank
you
for
having
me
and
and
welcome
everybody,
and
I
look
forward
to
having
a
great
session
this
year.
C
Hello,
chair
watts
and
committee,
and
congratulations
chair
watts
on
your
on
your
new
committee
assignment.
This
is
my
second
term
in
the
legislature
and
my
second
time
to
serve
on
natural
resources,
and
I
I
love
this
committee.
I
requested
it
as
a
freshman
and
I
requested
it
again
and
and
glad
to
be
here.
I
also
have
served
on
public
lands
during
the
interim.
It
was
different
than
usual
public
lands
and
that
it
was
other
than
one
meeting
in
person
in
caliente.
C
We
normally
take
our
meetings
around
the
state.
The
rest
were
virtual.
I
have
enjoyed
being
on
natural
resources.
My
district
is
district
32
and
this
is
a
good
fit
for
my
district.
I
live
in
sparks,
so
I'm
in
washoe
county
and
I
go
up
to
the
border,
the
northern
border
and
all
of
washoe
county
above
sparks,
but
then
I
have
six
other
rural
counties,
so
my
district
is
a
blend
of
urban
and
rural.
I
have
lander
county,
so
I
share
a
border
with
assemblyman
ellison.
C
I
think
if
you
vertically
went
down
the
state
this
way
we've
got.
Those
are
our
districts,
so
I
have
lander
county
humboldt,
county,
pershing,
county
mineral
county
esmeralda
county
again,
I
mentioned
part
of
washoe
and
then
a
section
of
nye
county
that
includes
tonopah,
and
I
grew
up
for
a
time
in
tonopah
in
goldfield
and
my
my
family
came
to
nevada
in
the
late
1800s
for
mining
from
the
coal
mines
of
wales.
C
I
love
living
in
the
city,
but
I
love
my
rural
experiences
as
well,
and
I
think
this
committee
really
represents
nevada,
the
old
and
the
new
and
the
stewardship
that
we
have
to
preserve
those
ranching
mining,
hunting,
fishing,
trapping
traditions,
as
well
as
embrace
our
urban
areas
as
well.
So
thank
you
for
the
opportunity.
C
Thank
you,
chair
from
listening
to
everybody's
conversation.
I'm
just
so
excited
now
that
I
was
fortunate
to
get
onto
this
committee
sounds
like
everybody
seems
to
love
it.
So
I'm
already
I'm
excited,
and
I
love
it
too.
I
love
the
great
outdoors.
This
is
the
first
time
on
this
committee
and
I'm
just
really
excited.
I
think,
there's
a
lot
to
learn.
I
love
the
good
outdoors.
I
was
fortunate.
C
You
know
my
parents
came
from
mexico
city,
so
my
grandma
had
a
little
ranch,
so
I
was
fortunate
to
do
the
big
city
life
and
then
through
the
ranchers
life,
so
I
can
kind
of
understand
about
the
fishing
and
the
gaming
and
all
of
the
ranches
and
everything
that
comes
along
with
that
and
the
respect
that
we
have
for
those
things.
So
I'm
just
very
privileged
and
excited
to
be
on
this
committee.
But
thank
you.
Thank
you.
A
Wonderful
welcome
assembly
woman.
Next,
let's
go
to
assemblywoman
black.
C
We
can
hear
you
now
something
with
that:
okay,
annie
black
assembly
district,
19,
mesquite
overton
part
of
henderson
part
of
north
las
vegas,
grew
up
in
summerlin,
but
chose
to
live
a
little
bit
more
in
the
rural
lifestyle
out
of
mesquite.
So
my
family
are
big
hunters
and
fishers,
and
you
know
ranchers
from
colorado,
not
from
nevada,
I'm
not
necessarily
familiar
with
mining,
but
I'm
getting
familiar
with
it.
Water
issues
are
kind
of
something
that
I
grew
up
around.
So
I'm
definitely
not
a
subject
matter
expert,
but
I'm
looking
forward
to
becoming
one.
C
Thank
you
so
much
chair,
hello,
everyone.
My
name
is
cecilia
gonzalez
and
I
actually
am
neighbors
with
assemblyman
watts,
and
so
that's
really
awesome
that
our
districts
are
very
very
close
to
each
other.
I'm
very,
very,
very
excited
to
be
on
this
committee.
C
I
am
a
las
vegas
native
and
I've
spent
my
whole
childhood
growing
up,
camping
in
the
outdoors
hiking
and
just
being
very
active,
I'm
very
passionate
about
our
public
lands,
protecting
our
wildlife-
and-
although
I
don't
have
a
professional
background
in
this
in
this
area,
I'm
very
excited
to
learn
and
work
with
all
of
you.
C
C
I
already
was
because
I
my
already
decided
to
be
on
it,
but
now
listening
to
everybody
else,
it
just
made
me
even
more
so
this
is
my
first
session
and
I
am
representing
the
assembly
district
30,
which
is
the
heart
of
sparks,
as
well
as
a
little
bit
of
the
reno
area,
so
kind
of
the
chucky
meadows
and
my
experience
with
nevada
home
means
nevada
is
not
only
a
song,
it's
kind
of
my
way
of
life.
C
I
grew
up
either
blessed
or
cursed.
It
depended
upon
the
summer
as
the
daughter
of
a
person
that
loved
nevada
history,
so
I
have
been
on
more
bus
trails
where
buses
were
not
supposed
to
be,
and
the
bus
would
then
break
down
that.
I
wish
to
recall
so.
I've
had
the
opportunity
to
drive
around
the
whole
state
more
than
a
few
times,
but
I
still
love
it,
and
I
look
forward
to
our
discussions
today.
Thank
you
so
much.
I'm
truly
honored.
A
Thank
you,
and
now
I
will
introduce
myself
again,
howard
watts.
I
have
the
honor
of
representing
assembly
district
15
in
the
central
east
portion
of
las
vegas.
You
know
I
am
also
very
excited
to
to
share
this
committee.
It
is
my
second
session
and
my
second
in
this
committee
and
first
is
chair,
and
you
know
I
am
excited,
as
everyone
learned
from
the
introductions
just
now.
A
Before
entering
the
legislature,
I
had
a
background
in
advocacy,
including
working
on
environmental
issues,
and
I've
learned
quite
a
bit
more
over
the
last
term
in
the
legislature
serving
on
this
committee.
It
was
like
many
others,
one
that
I
specifically
asked
to
be
assigned
to,
and
it's
my
honor
to
lead
us
as
we
tackle
important
issues
regarding
our
air,
water,
land
and
wildlife.
A
As
we
celebrate
black
history
month,
it's
also
an
honor
to
serve
as
the
first
black
chair
of
this
committee,
and
I
look
forward
to
working
with
you
all
and
facilitating
discussions
about
how
we
expand
access
to
the
outdoors,
to
recreation
and
to
jobs
and
other
opportunities
related
to
natural
resources
for
all
of
nevada's
families.
A
A
We
are
open
to
all
ideas
and
honestly,
I
believe
that
that
is
how
the
we
get
the
best
outcomes
in
the
legislative
process.
A
We
have
a
lot
of
diverse
opinions
among
the
membership
of
this
committee
and
we
will
among
those
who
come
to
present
and
and
speak
to
us
and
I'm
confident
that
through
that
process,
we
can
craft
stronger
policies
for
the
state
and
it's
my
purpose
to
promote
transparency
and
participation
to
the
greatest
extent
possible,
even
with
the
adjustments
that
we
are
making
for
the
health
and
safety
of
our
members
and
our
staff
and
their
families.
A
So
with
that,
I'd
like
to
briefly
introduce
committee
staff
I'll
begin
with
our
committee
secretary
nancy
davis,
this
is
nancy's
sixth
session.
She
was
committee
secretary
for
judiciary
from
2011
to
2015..
A
This
is
our
third
session
with
natural
resources,
nancy
retired,
with
30
and
a
half
years
of
state
service,
and
she
enjoys
camping,
hiking
and
golfing
during
the
interim
devin
cajat
is
our
committee
manager.
This
is
her
second
session.
Having
worked
as
a
committee
secretary
for
the
assembly
in
2017,
she
resides
in
henderson
nevada
and
works
as
a
human
resources
technician
for
the
aging
and
disability
services,
division
of
the
department
of
health
and
human
services
in
las
vegas
trinity
tom,
is
our
committee
assistant.
A
She
also
staffs
growth
and
infrastructure,
as
does
a
devin.
Our
committee
manager
and
trinity
also
staffs
legislative
operations
and
elections.
This
is
her
fourth
legislative
session
and
her
first
time
on
the
natural
resources
committee
she's
enrolled
member
of
the
walker
river
paiute
tribe
and
enjoys
traveling
and
playing
softball
in
her
free
time.
A
Ashley
fluellen
is
my
personal
attache.
This
is
her
first
session
in
the
nevada
legislature.
She
enjoys
running,
painting
and
reading
and
for
those
who
are
in
the
building,
her
paintings
are
up
in
the
office,
so
I
hope
once
people
are
able
to
come
in
that
they
check
them
out.
She
currently
lives
in
reno
and
become
a
professor
of
african
american
studies.
A
A
He
is
originally
from
germany
and
enjoys
the
many
outdoor
opportunities
that
nevada
has
to
offer.
Alan
amburn
is
our
committee
council
with
the
legal
division
of
lcb.
This
is
his
third
session
and
his
second
time
staffing.
This
committee
also
returning
from
2019,
he
received
his
law
degree
from
the
university
of
kentucky
college
of
law
and
is
a
member
of
the
nevada
and
kentucky
bar
associations.
A
A
A
So
with
that,
let's
get
started
our
next
agenda
item
and
our
main
order
of
business
today
is
the
adoption
of
committee
policies.
These
have
been
posted
on
the
legislature's
website.
A
A
I
ask
that
you,
while
we're
on
virtual
participation,
I
ask
that
everyone
follow
the
same
standards
of
attire
and
conduct
as
you
would
if
we
were
in
a
committee
room
and
that
you
keep
your
camera
on
as
much
as
possible.
This
demonstrates
to
presenters
and
to
me
as
chair
that
you're
participating
and
are
ready
to
take
action
on
any
matter.
A
A
They
serve
to
complement
the
assembly
standing
rules
and
the
joint
standing
rules
that
we
adopted
on
monday
on
the
assembly
floor.
So
with
that
I'll
open
it
up
for
any
questions
on
these
committee
policies.
Mr
chair.
B
Yes,
thank
you,
mr
chair,
looking
at
the
policies
and
absolutely
they
do
mirror
many
of
what
we
are
we
have
had
in
the
past.
My
only
concern
is
that
the
uniqueness
of
this
particular
session,
with
our
zoom
meetings
and
as
we
saw
signing
in
I
even
was
five
slaves
just
trying
to
find
the
right
app
to
sign
in
and
I'm
an
old
warrior
at
this.
By
now,
it
still
took
a
little
bit
on
number
nine
on
your
policies.
B
You
say
anyone
wishing
to
participate
in
a
meeting
must
sign
into
nellis
and
register
24
hours
prior
to
meeting
in
order
to
participate
prior
to
the
meeting,
because
this
meeting
is
a
late
afternoon
meeting
at
four
o'clock,
maybe
not
being
done
until
sometimes
evening,
six
or
so
many
of
our
public.
We
know
that
we
want
to
have
meaningful
committee
hearings
where
folks
can
participate
so
by
restricting
participation
to
a
meeting
by
having
somebody
sign
in
when
we
know
it
might
be
somewhat
difficult
for
them
to
do.
I
just
have
concerns
later
on.
B
As
you
are
aware,
we
might
post
a
bill
that
we
might
want
to
hear.
We
might
change
the
agenda
and
then
just
limit
it
to
that
24
hour
period.
Well,
it's
a
late
afternoon
committee,
I'm
just
worrying
that
folks
won't
be
able
to
have
a
meaningful,
meaningful
participation.
A
Thank
you,
assemblywoman
titus,
you
know
what
I'll
say
is
the
the
main
focus
of
that
item
is
for
those
who
will
be
presenting
or
testifying
before
the
committee,
so
that
we
can
make
sure
that
we
have
them
set
up
with
all
the
information
they
need
to
join
by
video
conference
for
public
comment
or
particip
testimony
via
phone
conference.
A
You
know
we
can
make
sure
that
people
have
that
information.
I'll
also
say
for
the
sake
of
transparency
and
as
you're
well
aware,
we're
committed
to
getting
whenever
possible
our
agendas
out
three
days
in
advance
in
alignment
with
open
meeting
law
so
that
people
have
adequate
notice
of
the
meetings
and
can
sign
up
to
participate.
A
So
again,
this
intention
is
to
keep
a
uniform
policy
for
anyone
who.
A
Comments
to
submit
exhibits
or
to
participate
by
video
in
our
meetings
to
sign
up
at
least
24
hours
in
advance.
B
I'm
just
concerned
that
that
it's
not
clear
on
that
language,
it's
just
that
anyone
wishing
to
participate
in
a
meeting
must
sign
in
24
hours
prior
to
the
meeting
in
order
to
participate
and
there's
no
really
clarity
that
it
is
in
order
to
give
public
comment
regarding
a
particular
bill.
They
may
not
know
about
it
again
until
that
day
they
want
to
call
in
and
give
testimony.
So
I
guess
it's
just
a
definition
of
participation
and
I
can
accept
your
clarification.
B
So
you
know-
and
at
this
point
if
it's
a
the
understanding
of
these
rules
are
those
who
are
going
to
participate
via
either
part
of
the
presenting
the
bill
itself,
which
absolutely
I
understand
that
would
have
been
our
request
to.
If
that's
just
a
clarification-
and
I
can
accept
that
that
indeed,
if
somebody
wants
to
call
in
and
give
a
public
comment,
it
doesn't
have
to
be
signing
up
24
hours
ahead,
that
this
is
strictly
for
somebody
participating
in
in
a
bid
in
a
bill
draft
or
a
bill
hearing.
B
I'm
sorry,
then
absolutely
then
I
can
accept
these
rules
with
that
understanding.
A
Thank
you
assemblywoman,
and
yes
with
that
clarification
that
someone
can
sign
up
and
receive
the
phone
conference
information
for
comment
sooner
than
24
hours
in
advance.
That
is
correct.
That
is
the
intention.
B
C
D
A
Chairwatts,
yes,
with
that
the
motion
passes
thanks
members.
Thank
you
for
the
clarification
clarify.
As
stated
in
my
earlier
remarks,
I'm
committed
to
making
sure
that
meetings
are
as
open
and
accessible
to
the
public
as
possible.
So
with
all
the
new
protocols
we've
been
put
in
place,
we
are
still
working
things
out,
but
my
commitment
is
to
work
with
all
of
you
to
ensure
that
that
we
can
get
notice
out
to
the
public
in
a
timely
manner
and
that
we
can
facilitate
participation
in
our
committee
meetings.
A
So
with
that,
we'll
move
on
to
a
presentation
of
the
committee
brief-
and
I
will
turn
it
over
to
the
committee
policy
analyst
mr
stennis
beck
to
go
over
it.
Mr
stansbeck,
please
proceed
whenever
you're
ready.
C
Thank
you
chair
for
the
record,
I'm
stinisbeck
with
the
research
division
of
the
lcb
and
in
the
beginning.
I
want
to
point
out
that
it's
non-partisan.
Unless
I
have
staff
I
cannot
advocate
for
or
against
any
measure
that
comes
before
you
and
with
that
I'm
going
to
give
you
a
quick
overview
of
the
committee
brief
that
is
available
now
in
malice.
A
C
36
measures
from
which
33
became
law,
I
believe
we
can
expect
a
similar
workload
for
this
session
and
in
the
brief,
you
can
also
find
a
list
of
potential
topics
that
might
come
before
this
committee
and,
at
the
end
of
the
brief,
you
can
find
report
reports
and
publications
rather
links
to
reports,
publications
that
might
be
of
interest
to
you
and,
as
such,
you
can
find
links
to
the
final
reports
of
the
interim
state
concerning
wildfires
in
the
interim
committee
on
public
lands.
C
C
A
A
All
right
hearing,
none,
we
will
move
on
to
our
next
agenda
item.
We
have
a
presentation
from
the
department
of
wildlife.
So
with
that,
I
want
to
welcome
director
wasli
back
to
the
committee
on
natural
resources,
feel
free
to
introduce
yourself
and
begin
your
presentation
whenever
you're
ready,
sir.
D
Excellent,
thank
you.
Thank
you,
chairman
watts.
Vice
chair
cohen
committee
members
for
the
record,
tony
wasley,
director
department
of
wildlife.
Thank
you
all
for
your
service.
It
sounds
like
we've
got
a
tremendous
amount
of
purpose
and
passion
for
nevada's
natural
resources
represented
on
this
committee,
and
we
are
truly
grateful
and
honored
at
the
opportunity
to
give
an
agency
presentation
and
overview
so
early
in
this
session.
So
I'm
going
to
share
my.
D
D
D
Splendid,
it's
not.
D
C
Is
yes,
this
is
broadcast?
Are
you
able,
when
you
go
to
share
screen,
have
you
tried
just
sharing
like
screen
one
or
screen
two
and
having
it
open
on
that.
D
D
Fourth,
time's
a
charm
all
right
again,
thank
you
committee
members,
chair
watts,
vice
chair,
cohen
committee
members.
Thank
you
very
much
for
this
opportunity,
early
in
the
session,
to
provide
an
agency
overview
truly
honored
to
be
before
you
today.
I'm
going
to
start
just
a
brief
overview.
D
So
the
nrs
chapters
501
through
506,
contain
the
wildlife
aspects
of
that
and
then
nrs
chapter
488
contains
the
the
boating
piece.
D
When
we
look
at
nevada's
wildlife
resources,
we're
talking
about
895
unique,
regularly
occurring
species.
456
of
those
are
birds.
So
definitely
the
majority
of
nevada's
wildlife
are
birds,
there's
173
species
of
fish,
163,
species
of
mammals,
79
species
of
reptiles
and
a
couple
dozen
amphibian
species
within
that
895
under
the
federal
endangered
species
act,
there
are
currently
21
of
those
species
that
are
under
a
listing
review.
There
are
eight
that
are
listed
as
threatened
19
that
are
listed
as
endangered
and
presently
zero
candidates.
D
We
look
at
the
agency
and
commission
organizational
chart
essentially
there's
two
main
two
main
bodies
directly
beneath
the
the
governor
and
the
executive
branch.
One
is
the
agency
administered
by
the
director's
office
and
the
other
is
the
nevada
board
of
wildlife.
Commissioners,
we
look
at
the
agency,
the
department
structure.
There
are
seven
divisions
and
I'll
I'll
highlight
those
briefly
in
a
moment.
But
as
we
look
at
the
agency,
we
see
approximately
360
employees,
which
includes
the
nine
commissioners
and
approximately
50
or
so
seasonal
staff
and
30
contractors.
D
D
D
The
duties
of
the
commission
are
contained
in
nrs
and
under
501.
181
are
highlighted
as
to
establish
broad
policies
for
wildlife
management
and
boating
safety,
provide
broad
policy
guidance
to
endow
adopt,
regulations
for
wildlife
management
and
bode
boating
safety
and
adopt
regulations
specific
to
hunting
trapping
and
fishing,
for
example,
seasons,
quotas,
methods
of
take,
etc.
D
The
commission
considers
en
endow
recommendations,
county
advisory
board
input
and
public
views
at
an
open
meeting.
The
construct
of
that
open
meeting
that
public
process
is
essentially
this.
The
department
of
wildlife
makes
a
professional
recommendation
based
on
the
biology
the
the
impacts,
the
consequences,
the
county
advisory
boards
and
nevada
has
a
county
advisory
board
structure.
These
are
county
commission
appointed
boards
to
represent
the
wildlife
related
interests
of
each
county.
D
Those
county
advisory
boards
provide
a
county
perspective
to
the
commission
and
the
general
public
provides
their
concerns
and
issues
and
perspectives
to
the
commission.
The
commission
takes
all
that
input
into
consideration,
generates
policies
and
and
regulations
that
are
then
handed
back
to
the
department
for
implementation
and
enforcement.
D
Endow
has
a
great
deal
of
partners
that
we
work
closely
with
we
work
with
multiple
conservation
organizations.
We
work
with
the
mining
industry,
the
military
federal
partners
that
include
the
bureau
of
land
management,
u.s
forest
service,
fish
and
wildlife
service,
natural
resource
conservation
service,
among
others,
private
landowners,
tribes,
other
state
agencies,
primarily
department
of
conservation
and
natural
resources,
and
the
nevada
department
of
agriculture
and
hundreds
of
volunteers.
D
D
The
volunteers
are
a
critical
part
of
the
budget.
I
know
that
we
we've
had
a
number
of
budget
discussions
and
past
sessions
and
even
with
agency
overview
and
to
the
money
committees
pre-session.
We
talked
a
little
bit
about
this.
D
D
There's
three
percent
of
our
budget
that
comes
from
other
sources,
not
a
significant
amount
and
two
percent
state
general
fund,
those
general
fund
dollars
primarily
land
in
two
areas.
One
is
to
the
wildlife
diversity
division
and
is
used
as
a
match
to
get
federal
dollars
to
manage
a
number
of
species.
D
I
think
it's
important
to
say
that
of
that
895
commonly
occurring
species,
there's
roughly
eight
percent
of
those
895
that
people
will
pay
to
recreationally
pursue
through
hunting
licenses
or
fishing
licenses.
So
we
have
a
disproportionately
large
amount
of
our
agency's
budget
that
relies
on
a
disproportionately
small
number
of
species,
and
so
some
of
that
two
percent
general
fund
is
used
as
match
to
help
meet
the
needs
of
some
of
those
other
species.
D
I
want
to
start
looking
quickly
at
the
seven
divisions
that
that
make
up
the
agency,
starting
with
the
director's
office,
the
director's
office
says
28
positions
and
they
land
in
in
five
key
areas.
The
wildlife
commission
that
we
already
spoke
to
briefly
the
17
county
advisory
boards,
but
then
fiscal
services
and
and
the
centralized
cost.
This
is
the
the
division
that
that
handles
contracts.
D
Many
of
the
the
fiscal
operations
of
the
agency
and
centralized
costs
human
resources.
The
agency
has
a
two
full-time
and
one
part-time
individuals
in
in
human
resources
to
deal
with
the
hr
authorities
that
have
been
delegated
to
the
agency
and
then
engineering
and
facilities.
The
agency
has
three
full-time
persons
in
our
engineering
and
facilities,
our
game
management
program,
there's
35
positions
in
our
game;
division,
six,
primary
areas
of
focus,
wildlife
survey
and
inventory,
and
prior
to
the
establishment
of
seasons
or
quotas.
D
The
survey
and
inventory
is
a
critical
piece
to
derive
what
what
is
allowable
or
sustainable,
yield
or
harvest.
Once
the
survey
and
inventory
is
completed,
the
department
can
make
a
recommendation
to
the
commission
relative
to
season
length,
season,
timing
and
also
harvest
quotas.
D
The
game
division
also
handles
landowner
conflict
resolution,
so
in
some
instances
where
we
might
have
irrigated
crops
in
in
the
desert
that
might
attract,
for
example,
mule,
deer
or
pronghorn
antelope
and
create
a
conflict
situation,
those
conflicts.
D
We
have
programs
attempting
to
resolve
those
conflicts
that
are
housed
in
the
game
division.
We
also
have
a
full-time
wildlife
veterinarian
and
that
tech
for
a
wildlife
health
monitoring
program
that
expertise
is
also
used
by
some
of
the
other
divisions.
It's
also
used
in
fisheries
and
used
in
in
diversity.
D
They
do
everything
from
bighorn,
sheep
monitoring
and
disease
testing,
to
surgical,
spain
and
neutering
of
desert
tortoises
to
surgical
implant,
transmitters
and
gila
monsters.
So,
incredibly,
broad
and
diverse
responsibilities
of
that
wildlife,
veterinarian
research,
collaboration,
oftentimes,
we
have
research
needs
questions
that
need
to
be
answered
and
we
do
not
simply
either
have
the
expertise
or
the
capacity.
So
we
work
with
universities
both
in
nevada,
as
well
as
outside
nevada,
depending
on
where
that
expertise
lies
and
and
have
a
number
of
projects
ongoing
throughout
throughout
the
country,
air
operations.
D
D
We
use
those
aircraft
to
actually
take
water
to
those
water
developments
and
so
we're
broadening
as
as
we've
increased
our
capacity
in
our
air
operations.
The
capability
of
those
ships,
we've
we've
broadened
their
application
and
and
saved
the
agency,
some
significant
expense
in
contracting
those
services.
D
The
fisheries
management
division,
46
positions,
five
key
areas:
sport,
fish
production-
as
the
the
name
suggests.
This
is
about
producing
fish
in
a
hatchery
environment,
to
meet
the
express
demand
from
anglers
as
a
picture
in
the
upper
right
shows
one
of
our
staff
in
the
fisheries
program,
stalking
a
water.
D
So
we
have
the
the
four
hatcheries
around
the
state
producing
sport
fish.
We
also
have
the
fisheries
management
in
our
fisheries
division
that
fisheries
management
is
different
from
the
sport
fish
production,
but
it
is
management
of
populations,
species,
age
class.
Just
determining
the
health
of
that
fishery
native
aquatics.
D
We
have
a
number
of
native
species
that
have
unique
needs
or
conservation
needs
that
are
met
through
the
native
aquatics
program,
general
aquatic
health,
monitoring
aquatic
ecosystems,
things,
water
quality
parameters,
just
looking
at
species
presence,
absence,
water
temperature,
water
quality
and
then
the
aquatic
invasive
species
program,
which
is
a
relatively
new
program
that
is
largely
funded
by
the
issuance
of
the
aquatic
invasive
species
stamp
or
sticker.
That's
required
for
boats,
majority
of
the
ais
aquatic
invasive
species
efforts
are
spent
in
southern
nevada
and
largely
in
association
with
lake
mead.
D
In
attempts
to
keep
the
quagga
mussels
contained
within
that
that
water,
wildlife,
diversity
division,
one
of
the
smaller
divisions,
13
positions,
primary
responsibilities
include
the
state
wildlife
action
plan.
This
is
a
wildlife
action
plan
that
is
a
federally
approved
plan
that
is
required
in
order
to
be
eligible
for
some
federal
funds.
D
It's
revised
on
a
10-year
schedule
we're
currently
revising
our
state
wildlife
action
plan.
As
as
we
speak,
we
were
one
of
the
first
to
have
our
plan
approved
and
the
u.s
fish
and
wildlife
service
used
it
as
a
template
for
for
a
number
of
other
states.
Our
state
wildlife
action
plan
identifies
256
species
of
conservation
need
and
22
different
habitat
types.
D
Those
species
identified
include
both
game
and
non-game
species,
for
example,
you'll
you'll
find
mule
deer,
bighorn,
sheep
sage,
grouse
and
cut
throat,
trout
present
in
that
action
plan
non-game
species
management.
I
mentioned
earlier
that
roughly
eight
percent
of
the
species
of
that
895
species
that
people
are
willing
to
to
to
pay
to
purchase
a
license
or
a
tag
to
pursue
that
leaves
92
percent
and
those
92
percent
often
are
identified
as
non-game
species,
and
so
this
wildlife
diversity
division
takes
care
of
the
majority
of
those
non-game
species.
D
Excluding
some
of
the
aquatic
species
that
follow
the
fisheries
division,
also,
the
threatened
endangered
species.
Those
species
that
are
listed
as
threatened
or
endangered
under
the
federal
endangered
species
act
fall
to
the
wildlife
diversity,
division
for
monitoring
and
recovery.
D
So
when
we
look
at
the
fish
and
wildlife
resources
of
the
state,
the
game
division
is
responsible
for
management
protection,
research
and
monitoring
of
wildlife
classified
as
game
mammals,
upland
and
migratory
birds
and
fur
bearing
mammals.
The
fisheries
division
works
to
ensure
health
and
viability
of
nevada's,
fish
and
amphibians.
D
In
all
streams,
rivers,
lakes
reservoirs
springs
as
well,
and
then
the
wildlife
diversity
division
is
responsible
for
all
non-game
wildlife
in
the
state,
with
the
exception
of
some
of
the
aquatic
species
that
are
handled
by
the
fisheries
division,
law
enforcement
division,
53
positions,
our
law
enforcement
division
is
our
single
largest
division
in
the
department
of
wildlife
representing
nearly
20
percent
of
our
workforce.
Six
key
areas,
wildlife
enforcement
and,
as
the
name
suggests,
this
is
about
enforcement
of
wildlife
laws.
D
Boating
enforcement.
Our
law
enforcement
division
is
essentially
the
highway
patrol
of
the
state's
waters.
General
public
safety
gun
safety,
safe
operation
of
water
vessels.
They
also
administer
the
boating
education
program.
D
This
legislative
body
passed
legislation
a
few
sessions
back
requiring
operators
of
vessels
of
a
certain
age
to
take
a
boating
education,
much
like
a
driver's
education
test,
and
course,
and
that's
administered
through
our
law
enforcement
division
and
then
dispatch
services
for
officer
safety
and
and
dispatch
that's
handled
through
the
the
34
mountaintop
repeaters
that
were
previously
referenced
and
radio
technology,
which
is
a
maintenance
and
upkeep
and
upgrades
on
those
mountaintop
repeaters.
D
The
habitat
division,
39
positions,
six
key
areas,
development
project
review
and
what
this
essentially
is
is
the
national
environmental
policy
act
requires
any
project
on
federally
administered
lands
or
using
federal
dollars
to
undergo
an
environmental
review
process.
The
state
wildlife
agency
is
a
key
partner
in
that
review
process
and
we
are
obligated-
and
we
take
that
responsibility
very
seriously-
to
provide
impacts,
potential
impacts
to
the
wildlife
resources
of
nevada,
habitat
division,
also
houses,
the
mining
industrial
pond.
D
That's
just
recharging
a
water
development
that
large
flat
surface
intercepts
rainfall
that
runs
downhill
and
you
can
see
pipes
coming
from
that
and
that'll
be
piped
down
into
a
drinker
that
is
then
accessed
by
multiple
types
of
wildlife,
including
birds,
reptiles,
mammals.
In
this
particular
instance.
This
was
constructed
for
for
bighorn.
Sheep
habitat
division
also
contains
our
wildlife
management
area
program.
As
previously
stated,
that's
11
different
wildlife
management
areas
comprising
approximately
120
000
acres
across
the
state,
habitat
recreation.
D
The
habitat
division
is
responsible
for
ensuring
that
that
all
wildlife
habitats
are
in
productive
and
good
ecological
condition.
Although
we
don't
maintain,
you
know,
jurisdictional
authorities
for
those
federal
lands.
D
It
certainly
falls
upon
us
to
to
call
out
conditions
that
that
aren't
good
and
presenting
challenges
to
any
of
the
state's
wildlife
habitat
division,
administers
that
water
development
program
range
land
and
wildfire
rehabilitation,
efforts,
planning,
operating
and
maintaining
the
wildlife
management
areas
and
then
reviewing
assessing
and
providing
comments
on
all
proposed
land
and
water
uses
that
involve
federal
lands
or
federal
funds.
D
D
So
all
big
game
tags
in
nevada
are
on
a
lottery
type
system,
hunters
apply
and
then
draw,
and
all
that
is
administered
through
the
data
and
technology
services.
Division.
Customer
support
is
also
the
primary
one
of
the
primary
functions
of
dats
and
then
the
geographic
information
system.
So
much
of
the
data
and
the
mapping
products
are
housed
in
the
data
and
technology
services
boat
registration.
So
I
previously
mentioned
that
our
boat
wardens
are
essentially
the
highway
patrol
on
the
waters.
D
D
D
So
in
the
2017
legislative
session
the
department's
license
simplification
bill
was
approved,
and
I
just
wanted
to
point
out
that
in
the
first
three
years
with
a
new
vendor
calculate
the
department
has
seen
unprecedented
growth,
an
increase
of
over
33
percent
in
submitted
for
big
game
tags,
an
increase
of
77
in
fishing
licenses,
as
represented
by
this
orange
line,
and
then
an
increase
in
of
54
in
hunting,
license
sales
increase
represented
by
this
blue
line,
and
certainly
this
past
year
in
covid,
with
people
turning
to
nature
at
unprecedented
rates.
D
D
You
know
we
were
poised
to
be
able
to
take
advantage
of
the
modernized
and
simplified
system
to
take
advantage
of
this
interest
to
get
outside
to
to
fish
or
hunt
or
register
vessels.
This
this
increase
of
over
33
in
big
game
tag.
Applications
results.
You
know
in
in
a
great
deal
of
interest
in
that
big
game
draw
process
and
that
draw
process
is
streamed,
live
on
youtube
with
real-time
questions
and
answers
for
the
thousands
of
viewers
that
watch
that
conservation
education
division,
as
the
name
suggests.
D
This
is
about
education
of
conservation
conservation,
related
education.
We've
got
24
positions,
they're
responsible
for
the
hunter
safety,
training
hunter
education.
D
Anyone
who
desires
to
purchase
a
hunting
license
born
after
I
believe
it's
1960
is
required
to
take
complete
the
hunter
safety
training
course.
They
also
provide
hunter
and
angler
education,
which
explores
different
means
and
methods,
fly
tying
and
fly
casting
as
an
example,
and
then
general
wildlife,
education,
as
well
as
media
and
public
relations,
are
our
pios.
The
public
information
officers
are
housed
in
our
conservation,
education
division
and
then
relatively
new
areas
of
urban
wildlife.
D
I
say
it's
new,
not
in
terms
of
of
having
challenges
or
issues,
but
it
is
new
because
we
received
some
funding
from
this
body
in
past
sessions
to
where
we
were
able
to
bring
some
capacity
to
that.
I
want
to
speak
to
this
just
quickly.
In
2020,
our
agency
received
just
shy
of
4
000
urban
wildlife
calls
most
were
regarding
baby
birds
or
aggressive
wildlife.
D
We
spent
an
estimated
7
128
hours
and
traveled
almost
26
000
miles
resolving
urban
wildlife
issues
during
2020
we're
trying
to
to
give
callers
the
the
tools
to
reduce
conflict
through
through
education.
The
goal
of
the
program
is
to
educate
communities
on
living,
with
wildlife
through
one-on-one
interactions
during
these
urban
wildlife
calls
and
and
then
proactive
outreach
and
education
aimed
at
preventing
conflicts
with
wildlife
and
empowering
community
members,
with
the
tools
necessary
to
achieve
solutions,
and
so
a
number
of
presentations
to
hoas
a
lot
of
community
level
engagement.
D
One
of
the
products
I'd
like
to
share
with
you
quickly
on
the
left
side
of
the
screen.
Coyote
calls
heat
map.
This
is
the
southern
region
and
we
can
see
you
know.
Boulder
city
is,
is
kind
of
a
hot
spot,
but
we
also
see
around
henderson
and
paradise
area.
Those
areas
represent
the
highest
density
of
calls,
coyote
calls
and
then
on.
The
right
side
of
the
screen
is
a
map
for
the
western
region
and
so
sparks
this.
D
This
area,
just
south
of
sun
valley
and
northwest
sparks,
has
got
the
highest
density
of
calls,
but
also
up
in
in
lemon
valley
and
then
just
west
of
the
reno
airport
and
somerset.
You
know
we
see,
we
see
where
these
areas
are
and
then
we
can
tailor
our
outreach
efforts
to
homeowners
or
hoas
in
in
those
areas.
D
We
are
here
to
serve
you.
This
really
represents
our
customer
service
and
customer
first
attitude
that
we've
emphasized,
certainly
in
in
the
past,
a
couple
years
as
we've
transitioned
to
a
new
vendor
and
developed
some
new
programs.
The
conservation,
education
division
works
to
promote
the
department,
programs
and
services
and
recreational
opportunities,
while
also
educating
citizens
about
state
wildlife
and
boating
rules.
Excuse
me
in
developing
educational
programs,
wildlife,
education
and
webinar
programs
reach
thousands
of
citizens
during
2020
the
data
and
technology
services.
D
D
Last
fyi
and
now
has
a
new
home
in
the
southern
region,
3373
pepper
lane
in
vegas.
This
is
on
pecos
between
russell
and
sunset.
For
those
of
you
familiar
with
with
that
area,
we
went
from
several
disjointed
and
disjunct
offices,
scattered
in
a
number
of
areas
to
a
single
home
that
was
a
former.
It
was
an
existing
building
that
was
previously
occupied
by
homeland
security.
D
These
pictures
on
the
left
with
the
green
counter,
show
the
the
old
office
customer
counter
space
and
immediately
below
that
shows
the
new
customer
counter
interface,
the
power
of
nature.
During
a
pandemic,
sporting
goods
stores
have
virtually
sold
out
of
many
recreational
goods
such
as
fishing
rods,
freeze-dried
meals,
camping
supplies,
wildlife,
washing
supplies,
as
well
as
guns
and
ammunition.
D
Recreational
opportunities
not
only
provide
economic
benefits,
but
also
physical
and
mental
health
benefits.
Since
the
pandemic,
the
public
has
been
appreciating
the
benefits
of
nature
and
calling
on
public
representatives
for
financial
support.
A
survey
by
pew
research
center
showed
that
50
percent
of
adults
regularly
spent
time
outdoors
to
help
cope
with
the
pandemic.
D
National
geographic
reported
that
citizen
scientists
are
providing
beneficial
data
on
wildlife.
Viewing
during
2020
endows
virtual
programs
reached
over
eighteen
thousand
people
fishing
license
sales
in
twenty
twenty
alone,
increased
by
twenty
over
twenty
four
percent
and
hunting
license
sales
increased
by
nearly
12
percent.
D
I
want
to
thank
you
all
for
your
time
and
your
dedication
and
I
look
forward
to
working
with
you
through
this
session.
I'm
sure
I'll
have
the
opportunity
to
speak
to
wildlife
bills
as
they
come
before
the
committee.
So
again,
chairman
committee
members,
thank
you
for
your
time
and
I'm
happy
to
stand
for
any
questions.
A
Thank
you
so
much
director
wasley
for
that
informative
presentation.
You
know,
we
know
that
your
department
handles
a
wide
range
of
issues
relating
to
wildlife,
as
well
as
to
lands
with
your
your
habitat
work
and
wildlife
management
areas.
A
So
we're
glad
to
have
you
here
having
been
a
county
advisory
board
member
in
the
past,
I
got
to
learn
about
many
of
the
department's
activities
and
I'm
glad
that
you
were
able
to
join
us
and
share
some
of
that
knowledge
with
all
of
us
also
just
to
talk
about
how
outstanding
the
new
southern
nevada
offices,
I
hope
when
people
are
able
that
they're
able
to
visit
and
for
those
who
did
visit
the
old
office
for
the
department.
A
The
pictures
don't
do
justice
the
change
in
space,
even
just
in
the
lobby
area.
So
thank
you.
Thank
you
again,
director
and
we'll
open
it
up
for
questions
and
we
will
start
with
assemblywoman
hanson.
C
Thank
you
chair
and
thank
you
director,
wellesley
for
for
being
here
or
being
here
in
the
zoom
world
and
for
the
presentation
just
two
really
quick
ones.
I
think
you
can
answer
quite
quickly
on
the
one
of
the
very
first
slides
when
you
were
showing
the
budget
and
that
great
big
pie
graph
with
the
majority
of
it
95
98
of
it
being
the
funding
coming
from
the
private
you.
C
You
know
the
private
sector
per
se,
the
use
of
fishing
hunting
licenses
boating
on
the
different
user
fees,
which
is
very
impressive
when
you
broke
down
the
other
budgets
in
the
other
segments
when
you
were
talking
about
the
different
divisions,
are
all
those
budgets
included?
Is
that
the
whole?
The
graft
includes
all
those
budgets.
D
Yes,
ma'am.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
the
question.
Assemblywoman
hanson,
the
that's.
The
entire
agency
budget
represented
as
a
percentage
that
are
that
are
user,
essentially
user
derived.
D
I
think
the
the
take
away
we
we
could
dive
into
that
95
percent
of
user
derived
and
you
could
cut
that
roughly
in
half
to
determine
which
portion
is
derived
from
directly
from
license
sales
tag,
sales
versus
the
other,
approximately
half
that
comes
from
the
federal
government
as
it's
administered
through
the
u.s
fish
and
wildlife
service,
and
that's
that's
the
collection
of
federal
excise
tax
on
guns
and
ammo,
and
the
collection
of
federal
excise
tax
on
fishing
equipment.
D
And
then
the
guns
and
ammo
constitution
of
the
pittman-robertson
contribution
and
the
fishing
equipment
is
the
dingle
johnson
act
and
those
are
a
portion.
Two
states
based
on
the
number
of
certified
license
holders,
as
well
as
a
population
and
land
area.
C
Great
thank
you
for
clarifying
that
and
then
the
second
question
I'm
familiar
with
where
some
of
the
fish
hatcheries
are,
but
to
complete
my
education
and
for
the
edification
of
the
rest
of
the
members
where
you
mentioned
the
four
there's
four
fish
hatcheries
in
the
state
and-
and
I
know,
there's
the
one
at
pyramid-
lake,
the
pyramid-
paiute
tribe-
has
a
fish
hatchery.
I'm
assuming
you
don't
count
that
as
one
of
in
the
number.
So
how
many
and
I
mean-
where
are
the
ones
that
you
mentioned
the
four.
D
Yes,
thank
you
assemblywoman
hanson.
We
do
not
count
the
pyramid,
lake
hatchery
or
the
fish
and
wildlife
service
facility
either.
The
four
that
I
reference
include
gallagher,
which
is
in
ruby
valley,
the
gallagher
hatchery
spring
creek
rearing
station,
which
is
about
four
miles:
south
of
baker,
nevada
on
the
eastern
side
of
the
state,
the
mason
valley,
hatchery
in
mason
valley,
just
north
of
yerrington,
and
then
the
lake
mead
hatchery
on
on
lake
mead,.
C
Proper,
thank
you
so
much
chair
for
the
indulgence
and
and
just
a
plug.
Maybe
in
the
spring
we
could
have
a
field
trip.
If
things
open
up.
I
highly
recommend
a
visit
for
members
whenever
they
can
do
it
to
go
out
to
the
pyramid.
Lake
tribe,
fish
hatchery.
It's
an
unbelievable
experience
in
the
spring.
A
Thank
you
very
much
summer,
william
hanson
and
next
we'll
go
to
assemblywoman
anderson.
C
You,
mr
chair,
through
chair,
watts,
to
director
fosley.
First
of
all,
thank
you
for
the
presentation.
It
was
very
informative.
I
do
have
a
quick
question.
That
kind
of
combines
two
different
slides.
C
One
is
from
slide
14
when
you
were
talking
about
the
tahoe
environmental
improvement,
district
or
area,
and
then
the
other
one
has
more
to
do
with
covet
19..
Did
you
see
an
increase
of
activity
when
it
came
to
taco
environmental
improvement
employees
work
when
it
comes
from
that
invasive
species
act?
You
know
how
we
had
to
have
the
all
the
bus
or
excuse
me
boat
inspections,
both
in
tahoe
and
then
also
possibly
in
the
other
lakes,
or
is
that
more
in
california?
D
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
the
question,
assemblywoman
anderson.
So
let
me
answer
the
tahoe
improvement
program
question
first,
so
the
the
tahoe
improvement
program
is
a
program
that
is
housed
and
administered
within
the
department
of
conservation.
Natural
resources.
Part
of
that
program
is
a
shared
position
with
the
department
of
wildlife.
D
So
we
have
a
biologist
who
drives
our
truck,
wears
our
uniform
and
has
our
agency's
name
on
his
paycheck,
who
is
housed,
works
part-time
in
their
building
with
them
in
coordination
and
providing
that
wildlife
perspective
and
input
to
that
that
broader
program,
that's
administered
under
department
of
conservation,
natural
resources
and
that
individual
that
works
for
us
spends
a
great
deal
of
time
doing
surveys.
D
He
has
no
engagement
or
involvement
with
the
invasive
species
program.
He
surveys
wildlife,
everything
from
snowshoe
hares
to
raptors
woodpeckers.
You
know
monitoring
the
the
species
that
occur
within
that
basin.
As
far
as
the
invasive
species
go,
the
the
tahoe
is,
as
I'm
sure
many
of
you
know,
is
kind
of
an
entity
to
and
of
itself
and
and
is
the
aquatic
invasion
species
program
up.
There
is
also
administered
unique
to
tahoe.
D
They
have
their
own
program
in
terms
of
inspections
and
we
have
the
same
requirements
that
they
have
the
ais
sticker
that
are
typically
obtained
when
they're
registering
their
boats.
We
provide
that,
but
we
as
the
department
of
wildlife
do
not
man
of
those
inspection
stations.
However,
every
other
water
in
the
state,
with
the
exception
of
those
waters
that
are
you,
know,
on
on
tribal
lands,
we
do
provide
inspection
and
you
know
where,
where
we
can
get
to
it,
so
it.
C
So
thank
you
for
that
that
clarification,
so
I'm
so
sorry
to
make
you
go
through
that
because
I
did
not
know
it
obviously
did
we
see,
though,
an
increase
of
activities,
because
you
noticed
that
it
was
mentioned
at
the
end.
How
many
more
you
know,
gun
sales,
how
many
more
camping
sales
etc?
Was
there
an
increase
of
boat
activity
in
these
activities
in
the
other
areas,
and
I
just
did
not
take
note
of
that.
D
You
thank
you
for
the
question,
the
assembly,
woman
anderson
and
we
have
noted
a
huge
uptick
in
activity
everywhere,
not
just
on
the
waters,
but
certainly
in
the
mountains
in
the
valleys
everywhere
and
we
hear
almost
daily.
D
You
know
I
went
to
my
favorite
spot
where
I'm
normally
alone,
and
there
were
people
everywhere,
and
that
was
one
of
the
challenges
for
enforcement.
Actually,
quite
frankly,
is,
as
people
saw
solace
in
nature
and
headed
out.
You
know
I'm
sure
that
the
state
parks
could
share
some
tales
about
the
line
at
the
boat
ramp
at
a
number
of
their
facilities
and
how
challenging
that
was
to
manage
the
traffic
and
that
demand
to
get
out
and
recreate.
We've
we've
seen
it
in
all
aspects
and
facets
of
outdoor
recreation.
B
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
I
appreciate
the
opportunity.
I
have
a
comment
and
a
question.
My
I'll
go
with
my
question.
First,
with
our
significant
loss
of
the
habitat
and
the
actual
animals
themselves
and
speaking
with
sagehen
and
the
potential
for
them
to
go
on
the
endangered
species
list
and
all
the
mitigation
we
have
done.
For
the
sage
hand,
I'm
wondering
if
we
have
any
kind
of
a
breeding
program
for
them
or
reintroduction.
D
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
the
question:
assemblywoman
titus.
Yes,
there
have
been
attempts
and-
and
I
was
briefed
on
one
as
recently
as
yesterday-
it
isn't
necessarily
a
captive
breeding
program
and
the
wyoming
state
legislature
approved
a
captive
breeding
type
program
a
couple
sessions
ago.
You
may
be
familiar
with
that
and,
and
they
have
struggled
to
implement
anything
meaningful
or
effective
there.
D
That
is,
I
think,
been
a
failure
at
best
where
we
can
and
do
have
some
success
is
when
we
find
a
genetic
bottleneck
and
that's
what
I
was
briefed
on
yesterday
in
the
bi
state
sage.
Grouse
population
is
that
we
had
one
particular
population
management
unit
that
showed
very
low
hatch
rates.
I
think
the
hatch
rate
was
31
and
the
the
strategy
to
improve
that
and
the
the
underlying
cause
was
speculated
to
be
low
genetic
diversity.
The
way
that
they
have
tried
to
address,
that
is
by
translocation
of
birds,
there's
also
been
translocation.
D
Efforts
in
the
state
of
washington,
birds
from
from
nevada
they've
tried
to
translocate
into
washington
and
then
from
translocation
efforts
into
the
dakotas
from
wyoming.
Ultimately,
what
the
challenge
is?
You
know
for
sage
grouse,
one
of
the
biggest
challenges,
as
you
mentioned,
is
habitat,
and
if
the
habitat
isn't
there,
the
birds
don't
survive.
D
They
have
incredible
breeding
rituals
where
they
have
this
site,
fidelity
they
tie
to
the
area
where
they
dance
and
strut
and
find
their
mates,
and
a
lot
of
that
breeding
ritualization
is
is
lost
through
some
of
those
translocation
efforts
and
activities,
and
so
there's
a
a
lot
of
research
ongoing
right
now
and
some
of
it
shows
some
promise
certainly
has
to
be
habitat
there
and
certainly
needs
to
take
into
consideration
the
genetic
diversity
in
that
population
to
know
if
it
can
be
successful.
B
Follow
up
mr
chair
as
the
department
continuing
to
offer
a
a
hunting
tag
on
or
a
hunting
season
on
the
sage
hand,
and
if
so,
can
you
continue?
Can
you
tell
me
what
the
philosophy
is
behind
that.
D
Absolutely
thank
you
for
the
question.
The
department
is
still
allowing
some
harvest
of
sage
grouse
in
areas
where
the
population
metrics
suggest
that
it
can
be
sustained.
Those
harvest
levels
of
the
population,
roughly
three
percent
of
the
population
in
those
up
to
three
percent
of
the
population
in
those
areas,
may
be
harvested
one
of
the
values
of
the
harvest.
D
Well,
one
of
the
primary
values
is
that
through
harvested
birds-
and
this
is,
this
is
might
be
a
little
mind-blowing,
but
you
can
take
a
wing
from
a
female
bird
and
you
can
determine
if
that
end
was
successful
in
hatching
of
the
nest
and
nesting
and
hatching
and
because
of
the
metabolic
costs
associated
with
reproduction
of
these
birds.
D
It
affects
the
rate
at
which
they
molt
their
feather
loss
and
replacement,
and
so
we
get
tremendous
value
from
the
wings
that
are
collected
from
a
harvest
level
that
is
considered,
by
all
intents,
to
not
be
additive
to
the
harvest
that
occurs
through
predation
or
habitat
loss
or
other
things.
So
this
is
a
very
sustainable
level
of
harvest.
D
It's
not
based
solely
for
recreation
purposes,
but
scientific
purposes,
because
if
we
have
a
habitat
treatment
in
an
area
and
we
need
to
assess
the
impacts
on
the
population,
if
we
have
wing
data,
we
know
that
the
birds
in
treatment
area
a
had
higher
nest
success
than
birds
in
treatment
area
b.
Then
that
provides
data
to
feedback
to
where
we
can
adaptively
manage.
B
So
has
there
been
any
thought
where
these
areas-
and
I
understand
that-
and
I
already
knew
what
you
were
going
to
say,
but
I
think
a
lot
of
members.
We
get
to
question
all
the
time.
Well,
why
are
we
continuing
to
have
a
season
on
this
animal?
That's
almost
on
the
endangered
species
list.
So
what
are
you
doing
in
nevada
by
she's
still
shooting
them?
So
so
I
appreciate
your
response.
I
think
it's
good
for
folks
to
hear
that.
B
Also
in
those
areas
where
you
do
allow
season
has
ready
thought
to
maybe,
as
you
said,
translocate
or
move
those
particular
birds
that
we
know
are
doing
well
as
opposed
to
having
a
season
on
them.
Maybe
move
them
to
another
location.
D
Thank
you
for
the
question.
I
think
it
you
know.
The
the
limiting
factor
for
sage
grouse
is
is
that
they
are
sagebrush
obligates.
They
do
not
have
a
muscularized
gizzard
where
they
can
break
up
seeds.
They
are
obligated
to
eat
safe,
brush
breakfast
lunch
and
dinner
for
their
for
their
lives.
Their
chicks
can,
you
know,
need
insects
and
forbs
when
they're
growing,
but
sage
grouse
are
safe,
brush,
obligates
and
so
translocations
are
great
if
the
habitat
exists.
D
But
when
we
look
at
the
trends,
we
have
lost
over
25
of
our
priority,
habitat
sagebrush
habitats
to
fire
in
in
the
last
10
years,
and
so
those
kinds
of
losses
can't
be
overcome
by
translocation
efforts
and
that's
where
that
helicopter
and
the
drill,
seating
and
those
volunteer
efforts
to
collect
bags
and
bags
of
safe,
fresh
seed
and
getting
those
back
on
the
ground
will
pay
dividends.
B
One
is
the
article
on
the
putress
foundation,
about
hunting
or
and
is
so
important,
and
I
do
have
a
copy
of
that
and
I
sent
that
to
the
chair
and
all
can
he
can
send
it
out
if
folks
are
interested
in
seeing
a
copy
about
how
important
hunting
was
and
and
how
it
has
expanded
with
the
this
pandemic
and
getting
out
out
of
doors,
and
it's
just
been
an
impact
not
just
in
nevada
but
nationwide,
and
the
final
comment
I
might
have
is
director
leslie.
D
I
didn't
want
to
be
conspicuous
in
mentioning
it,
but
chair
watts
is
is
wearing
one
of
the
most
recent
arrivals
in
addition
to
the
nevada,
ungulate
cohort
and
it's
a
moose
and
we
have
seen
an
increase
in
the
moose
population
in
nevada
booths
have
been
moving
down,
presumably
from
from
idaho
and
presently
we
have
a
couple
moose
collared
and
are
learning
a
great
deal
about
their
habitat
preferences
and
and
movement
patterns.
So
kudos
to
you,
chair
watts.
I
took
note
of
that
early
and,
like.
B
A
Yes,
I
thought
it
was
very
appropriate,
given
both
having
the
department
of
wildlife
present
today,
as
well
as
in
recognition
of
the
former
chair
of
this
committee,
assemblywoman
swank,
who
gifted
these
two
committee
members
last
session.
So.
C
C
Good
to
know,
thank
you,
and
then
I
also
wanted
to
know
about.
I
don't
think
when
you
were
discussing
the
increases
to
outdoor
recreation,
if,
if
you
hit
on
this,
but
do
so
forgive
me
if
you
did,
but
can
you
discuss
the
numbers
coming
from
out
of
state
versus
local
and
state
people
who
seem
to
be
now
taking
advantage
of
our
outdoor
recreation.
D
D
That
was,
you
know
that
that
big
game
application
period
starts
in
in
mid
march
and
goes
to
early
may
mid-may,
and
so
it
was
early
in
the
pandemic.
So
it's
difficult
to
know
how
much
of
that
might
be
attributable
specifically
to
the
pandemic,
but
we
are
seeing
a
significant
uptick
in
non-resident
outdoor
recreation,
but
I
don't
know
that
we
have
a
good
metric
to
measure
that,
aside
from
from
that,
which
was
early
in
the
pandemic,.
A
Thank
you.
I
have
a
couple
of
very
brief
questions.
Hopefully,
following
up
on
assemblywoman
cohen's,
I
was
just
wondering
if
you
could
speak
a
little
bit
to
the
the
increase
in
sportsman
interest
and
how
the
department's
education
or
other
activities
are
looking
to
help
retain
some
of
those
sportsmen.
As
you
know,
angling
has
had
pretty
good
interest,
but
the
participation
rate
of
people
in
hunting
has
generally
been
in
in
decline,
and
this
seems
like
an
opportunity
that
may
help
recover
some
of
that
participation
and
enthusiasm.
D
Oh,
thank
you,
chair
watts.
You
know
there
there's
been
a
a
number
of
efforts
around
the
country
to
address
what
has
been
a
declining
trend
in
hunters
and
it
spawned
a
movement
known
as
r3
in
the
industry,
which
is
retention,
recruitment
and
reactivation.
D
D
There
wasn't
a
single
one
single
thing
that
the
department
did
to
try
to
encourage
it,
but
it
was
a
suite
of
things,
some
of
which
were
addressed
in
the
presentation,
the
customer
service
piece.
There's
also,
you
know
a
lot
of
outreach.
D
You
know,
transitioning
to
that
new
system
gave
us
current
contact
information.
We
are
able
to
segment
our
users
and
and
have
outreach
specific
to
you
know:
age,
geography,
gender,
you
know
types
of
uses
and
interests,
and
so
we
have
rather
than
you
know,
the
historic
approach
was
blanket
email
and
send
it
all
or
or
worse
yet
snail
mail
put
a
put
a
letter
in
an
envelope
and
have
huge
mailing
costs
and
and
send
it
out
to
you,
know:
70
000
people.
D
Now
we
can
be
much
more
strategic
in
our
outreach
and
our
engagement
we're
much.
We
are
much
more
customer
service
oriented.
You
saw
the
the
statistics
on
the
call
center.
We
also
simplified
that
license
going
to
the
365
license
and
what
we
saw
was
with
our
fishing
licenses.
We
saw
we
saw
people
towards
the
end
of
the
year,
which
was
the
end
of
the
old
license
year
by
one-day
licenses.
When
we
switched
to
365
days
from
the
day
to
purchase
all
those
one-day
licenses
became
annual
licenses.
D
D
So
one
of
the
interesting
things
when
industry
looks
at
participation
of
they
look
at
what's
called
the
churn
rate
and
that
churn
rate
is
essentially
the
number
of
people
that
drop
out
of
those
activities
year
in
and
year
out,
and
if
you
look
at
fishing
license
holders
only
one
in
ten
fishermen
or
fisher
women
have
a
license
each
year
over
that
ten
year
period,
only
one
in
ten.
D
So
one
way
to
address
that
that
churn
rate
and
try
to
encourage
people
to
get
in
the
field
is
have
that
auto
renewal
and
then,
with
that
auto
renewal.
If
somebody
says
well,
I
paid
for
it.
I
want
to
use
it,
then
that's
encouraging
them
to
get
out
there.
So
that's
that's
a
small
smattering
of
some
of
the
strategies
that
that
we've
employed.
You
know
strategic
engagement,
you
know
outreach
user,
you
know
customer
friendliness,
customer
service,
user,
friendly
interface,
modernized,
simplified.
D
You
know
the
number
of
licenses
and
stamps
that
was
a
barrier
to
participation,
trying
to
have
those
go
away,
less
confusion
and
we're
still
continuing
as
we're
going
through
all
our
regulations
and
trying
to
simplify
our
nacs,
where
they've
been
cumbersome
for
interpretation
and
confusing
for
our
users.
A
Thank
you
very
much
for
that
and
having
used
both
the
old
system
and
the
newer
system,
and
I
can
speak
to
some
of
the
the
improvements
that
have
come
from
the
modernization
and
simplification
efforts.
So
thank
you
for
that.
One
other
quick
question
I
had
was,
if
you
could
speak
at
all
and
again,
just
some
brief
top-level
points
about
how
you've
seen
climate
impact
your
agency
and
how
you're
working
to
adapt
to
it.
A
Of
course,
the
the
state
has
been
working
on
the
development
of
a
climate
strategy,
and
I
know
that
it
touches
everything,
including
our
habitat
and
wildlife.
So
I
was
just
wondering
if
you
could
share
a
couple
of
thoughts
with
the
committee
on
that.
D
Oh
thank
you
very
much
for
the
question.
Chair
watson,
I'll
just
three
things
that
come
to
mind
immediately.
One
is
the
fire,
the
cheat
grass
fire
cycle
and
what
we're
seeing
in
these
wildfires
the
size,
the
impacts,
the
magnitude
and
the
invasive
species
that
come
in
behind
them.
D
Secondly,
is
is
how
that
warming
and
decrease
in
precipitation
affects
the
habitat
that
the
mule,
deer
and
sage
grouse
depend
upon,
and
you
need
to
look
no
further
than
pronghorn
and
help
to
see
the
beneficiaries
of
some
of
these
habitat
type
changes.
Pronghorn
and
elk
are
grazers.
They
they
rely
more
on
grass
sage
grouse,
as
the
name
suggests,
and
mule
deer
are
much
more
reliant
on
the
thermal
cover
and
forage
provided
by
sagebrush.
D
So
as
the
climate
changes
and
the
quality
of
those
forage
and
their
abundance
of
that
habitat
type
are
diminished
and
those
species
are
impacted,
and
then,
lastly,
you
know
just
water,
water,
availability,
water
quality,
water,
temperature
and
affecting
fisheries
and
those
other
species
that
are
dependent
on
it,
whether
it's
streams,
seeps
bogs
reservoirs,
algae,
you
know
the
harmful
algae
blooms
and
so
some
of
the
water
quality
parameters
as
well.
A
A
A
Among
many
other
things,
I
think,
speaks
to
the
the
success
of
the
work
that
your
agency
is
doing
so
with
that
we
are
now
going
to
take
a
very
short
break
to
allow
people
to
call
in
for
public
comment,
which
is
our
last
item
on
the
agenda
today.
A
As
a
reminder
to
provide
public
comment,
you
must
go
to
the
legislative
website
and
sign
up.
Registrants
will
receive
a
phone
number
meeting
id
and
instructions
to
join
the
meeting
so
we're
going
to
it
is
5
40
right
now,
we'll
wait
until
5
43
for
anyone
who
is
listening
to
dial
into
the
public
comment
line
and
in
the
meantime,
the
committee
members
can
be
at
ease.
A
A
That
joint
meeting
is
cancelled,
so
growth
infrastructure
members
will
still
be
getting
that
overview,
and
if
anyone
is
available,
I
encourage
them
to
tune
into
that,
but
we
will
not
be
having
a
natural
resources
joint
meeting
with
them,
so
our
next
meeting
will
be
on
monday,
the
8th
and
with
that
this
meeting
is
adjourned.
Thank
you.
Everyone.