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A
Good
morning
we
are,
we
welcome
you
to
the
joint
subcommittee
on
public
safety,
natural
resources
and
transportation
and
call
this
meeting
to
order,
and
we,
I
would
ask
the
committee
secretary,
please
call
the
role.
C
B
A
A
Here,
thank
you
very
much
and
just
a
couple
reminders
keep
yourself
muted
when
you're
not
talking.
A
Also,
if
you
have
any
questions,
I
think
I
should
be
able
to
see
everybody
in
the
one
view,
but
so
just
kind
of
raise
your
hand
and
or
unmute
just
say
you
want
to
ask
if
we,
when
we're
asking
questions,
also
for
those
of
you
that
are
going
to
be
later,
giving
public
comment,
you
can
read
or
summarize
your
comments,
if
you
wish
to
add,
do
written
testimony.
A
You
may
also
do
that
so
anyways
with
that
we've
got
two
things
that
we're
doing
today
we're
going
to
finish
the
wildlife
budget
that
we
we
started,
that
one
day
that
we
had
a
lot
of
budgets
that
we
were
doing,
and
we
just
couldn't
finish
it
so
we're
going
to
finish
it
today
and
then
I'm
going
to
take
a
short
break,
while
staff
is
able
to
hand
out
the
closing
documents
for
the
couple,
the
colorado,
river,
commission
and
some
other
budgets
that
we're
doing
so,
those
will
get
handed
out
so
I'll,
take
a
break
and
make
sure
that
everybody
can
get
a
copy
of
those.
A
Well,
actually,
all
the
budgets
for
wildlife-
so
I
know,
got
the
director
here
so
if
you
want
to
start
and
then
just
introduce
anybody
that
you
need
to
as
you
go
along
and
we'll
have
some
questions
as
we
go
through,
probably
let
you
finish
each
budget
account
and
it
will
ask
questions
so
when
you're
ready.
Please
please
proceed.
C
Excellent,
thank
you
chair
dennis
committee
members
for
the
record
tony
wasley,
director
department
of
wildlife,
and
what
I'll
do
today
is
I'll
I'll,
give
a
high
level
agency
overview
and
then
we'll
we'll
dive
into
those
budget
accounts
and
mr
chair,
with
your
recommendation,
I'll
pause
after
each
of
those
budget
accounts
for
for
questions.
So
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
share
my.
C
A
Okay,
mr
wesley,
yes,
we
can
please.
B
C
All
right,
thank
you,
so
just
get
a
quick
overview
of
the
agency's
mission
to
protect,
conserve,
manage
and
restore
wildlife
and
its
habitat
for
the
aesthetic,
scientific,
educational,
recreational
and
economic
bit
of
benefits
to
citizens
of
nevada
and
the
us,
and
to
promote
the
safety
of
persons
using
vessels
on
the
waters
of
nevada.
C
Nevada's
wildlife
resources
in
a
nutshell,
895
different
species
regularly
occurring
in
nevada,
the
majority
of
which
are
birds,
456
species
of
birds,
173,
species
of
fish,
163,
species
of
mammals,
79,
species
of
reptiles,
24
amphibians,
and
we
have
a
a
couple.
Newcomers
of
late
last
session
was
quite
a
to
do
about
moose.
We've
got
some
moose
that
have
pioneered
into
northeastern
nevada
from
idaho
and
utah.
C
We've
had
a
wolf
or
two
find
its
way
down
from
oregon
over
the
past
couple
years,
so
that
number
is
relatively
stable,
but
we
do
have
a
few
newcomers
as
far
as
the
u.s
endangered
species
act
and
listing
activities.
There's
currently
21
species
under
listing
review,
eight
of
which
excuse
me,
eight
that
are
threatened,
19,
endangered
and
presently
zero
candidates.
C
So
as
we
look
at
those
seven
divisions
from
left
to
right
data
and
technology,
services,
conservation,
education,
division,
law
enforcement,
division,
game
division,
fisheries
division
and
wildlife,
diversity
and
habitat.
The
last
two
of
those
wildlife,
diversity
and
habitat
those
budgets
were
previously
closed,
so
we
won't
be
having
any
material
necessarily
from
from
those
two
divisions.
C
We
look
at
the
agency
as
a
whole
with
employees
approximately
360
employees,
if,
if
we
include
the
positions
that
are
contained
on
the
commission,
although
they
certainly
don't
report
to
the
agency,
the
agency
provides
support
staff
to
those
nine
commissioners.
We
have
approximately
50
seasonal
staff
and
30
contractors,
many
of
whom
manned
the
aquatic
invasive
species
stations
around
the
state,
roughly
120
buildings,
34
radio
sites.
Those
radio
sites
are
typically
on
mountain
tops
radio
repeaters
on
mountaintops
that
provide
some
necessary
communications
to
the
the
hinterlands,
the
the
back
roads.
C
If
you
will
11
wildlife
management
areas
comprising
approximately
120
000
acres,
soon
to
be
12
with
the
transfer
of
carson
lake
and
pasture,
which
is
scheduled
to
happen
very
soon,
eight
major
facilities,
seven
unique
divisions,
four
fish
hatcheries,
and
then
we
divide
the
state
into
roughly
equal
sized
administrative
regions.
Three
three
different
regions,
the
wildlife
commission
per
nrs,
501
171-
the
wildlife
commission-
is
comprised
of
nine
gubernatorial
appointees
with
three-year
term,
generally
adhere
to
a
two-term
limit.
C
The
wildlife
commission
gathers
input
from
the
department
of
wildlife
in
the
form
of
professional
recommendations,
also
gets
input
from
the
county
wildlife
advisory
boards
that
members
are
appointed
by
county
commissions
and
then
the
general
public.
The
wildlife
commission
gathers
all
that
input
deliberates
and,
on
the
back
end
of
that
is
determination
of
policies,
regulations,
seasons,
quotas,
etc.
That
then
guide
the
department
of
wildlife
as
we
implement
and
enforce
those
those
policies
and
regulations.
C
C
The
agency
works
extensively
with
partners
who
work
with
multiple
conservation
organizations,
the
mining
industry,
the
military
federal
partners,
fish
wildlife
service,
blm,
forest
service,
tribal
partners,
private
landowners,
of
course,
other
state
agencies,
primarily
the
department
of
conservation,
natural
resources
and
department
of
agriculture
and
then
numerous
numerous
volunteers.
When
we
look
at
the
contributions
of
our
volunteer
base,
we
have
nearly
500
volunteers
that
contribute
nearly
10
000
hours
and
68
000
miles.
So
the
in-kind
contribution
towards
federal
grants
is
approaching.
400
000
annually.
C
We
look
at
the
agency's
budget
as
a
as
a
whole.
The
overwhelming
majority
is,
is
user
derived
and
that
and
that
orange
piece
of
that
pie
and
the
user
drive
that
includes
federal
pittman,
robertson
and
dingle
johnson
federal
excise
tax,
as
well
as
well
as
tagging
license
sales.
C
Two
percent
of
the
agency's
budget
is
derived
from
the
general
fund
and
then
three
percent
cobbled
together
from
a
myriad
of
sources,
I'm
going
to
go
through
each
of
these
budget
accounts,
starting
with
the
director's
office,
which
is
kind
of
the
headquarters
for
the
agency
administration.
C
We
break
that
down
a
little
bit
further.
In
the
director's
office,
you'll
see
that
roughly
half
is
cost
allocation
and
shy.
Just
shy
of
half
is
fees.
You
take
that
that
orange
section
of
that
pie
break
it
down
more
finely
to
the
right
you'll
see
that
the
overwhelming
majority
of
the
fee
contribution
to
the
director's
office
is
from
sportsman's
fees
and
again
that
sportsman
revenue
is
primarily
almost
exclusively
licensed
sales
and
and
tag
sales.
C
From
the
director's
office
budget
a
couple
enhancements,
I
I
want
to
point
out
e-234
efficiency
and
innovation.
This
is
just
the
maintenance
cost
associated
with
the
automated
external
defibrillators
and
travel
costs
for
that
safety.
Coordinator
and
e710
is
replacement
equipment.
Automated
external
defibrillators.
C
The
e730
is
the
the
largest
of
these.
It's
state-owned
facilities
deferred
maintenance.
These
requested
budget
enhancements
will
be
used
to
address
maintenance
items
at
facilities
that
have
been
set
aside
in
favor
of
other
projects
or
programs
over
numerous
budget
cycles,
contributing
to
an
accelerated
state
of
degradation
and
potential
decrease
in
intended
lifespan
of
the
facilities.
C
These
maintenance
items
have
been
deferred
as
the
costs
associated
with
facilities.
Maintenance
have
continued
to
rise.
The
department's
facility
maintenance
budget
has
remained
relatively
unchanged.
The
department's
maintenance
budget
remains
insufficient
with
respect
to
the
number
of
facilities
and
the
extent
of
maintenance
required
at
those
facilities.
C
These
priority
one
and
two
classification
projects
consist
of
the
remaining
priority
two
and
three
classification
projects
from
the
last
biennia
that
have
been
upgraded
due
to
their
age
and
natural
course
of
progression.
C
C
Guidelines
and
as
as
indicated,
the
overwhelming
majority
of
the
deferred
maintenance
paint
carpet
roof
general
general
maintenance
categories,
e-731
fish,
hatchery
facilities,
deferred
maintenance
at
our
four
hatchery
facilities.
C
We
have
16
employee
residences
and
53
hatchery
support
structures
and
facilities,
e-732
wildlife
management
facilities,
deferred
maintenance,
10,
different
employee
residences,
95
wildlife
management
areas,
support
structures
and
facilities,
and
then
e-903
is
just
a
transfer
from
the
director's
office
to
the
data
and
technology
services
division,
and
so
that's
that's
in
parentheses
there.
So
it
just
moves
that
authority
for
a
contract
to
the
correct
division
and
you'll
see
that
on
the
next
budget,
category
is
a
plus
rather
than
a
minus.
C
E
806,
it's
a
classified
position:
change
a
cost
of
zero
is
just
clout
reclassifying
administrative
assistant,
two
to
a
maintenance
repair
worker.
The
position
would
be
responsible
for
performing
semi-skilled
repair,
construction
and
or
building
maintenance
tasks
on
southern
region.
Buildings
and
facilities,
as
well
as
other
regions
of
the
state
assigned
tasks,
may
include,
but
aren't
limited
to
basic
plumbing,
carpentry,
framing
roof
repair,
painting,
basic
electrical
work
and
exterior
ground
keeping
e901
transfer
one
administrative
assistant
to
from
also
from
the
dats
budget
account
4461
and
you'll
see
a
commensurate
recommendation
on
that
budget
category.
C
A
Yeah
we
have
some
questions
here,
senator
brooks,
I
believe
you
have
the
first
question.
Thank.
B
You
chair,
dennis
and
good
morning
direct
rosley,
my
my
questions
around
your
deferred
maintenance
issues,
7
30,
7,
31
and
7
32..
Would
the
recommended
funding
for
this
biennium
address
the
immediate
maintenance
needs.
C
Yes,
sir,
certainly
we
we
recognize
the
condition
of
the
state's
budgetary
challenges.
This
is
really
you
know
those
urgent
matters.
C
You
know
we'll
continue
to
try
to
upkeep
those
facilities
and
the
things
that
can
mean
a
lot
in
terms
of
extending
the
life
is
simply
that
exterior
that
building
envelope,
having
paint
having
roofing
that
can
prevent
you
know
long-term
damage
that
could
render
those
things
unsalvageable,
but
the
request
is,
as
is
here
before
you
today,
we
believe,
meets
meets
those
needs.
B
And-
and
thank
you
and
do
you
believe
that
those
all
the
projects
that
are
identified
in
those
enhancements
you'll
be
able
to
get
done
in
this
biennium.
A
Thank
you
and
then
I
have
to
let's
see
we
have
a
question
from
assemblywoman
monroe
moreno
on
the
transfer
of
administrative
assistant
to
philly.
B
Thank
you,
mr
chair
yeah.
My
questions
will
be
along
e,
901
and
e
806..
I
know
you
mentioned
it
during
the
presentation,
but
could
you
tell
us
just
how
the
transfer
and
the
recommended
reclassification
of
the
administrative
assistant
position
would
impact
the
agency's
data
and
technology
services
workload.
C
We
have
performed
some
significant
changes
to
our
data
and
technology
services
division.
It
was
last
session
that
this
body
approved
renaming
that
division
from
what
was
the
operations
division
into
data
and
technology
services.
So
we
we
had
some
minor
reorganization
that
allowed
us
to
streamline
significantly.
You
know
many
of
the
computer
processes
that
exist
within
that
division.
C
With
that
realignment,
we
have
relieved.
You
know
some
personnel
at
one
point
in
time
we
had
significant.
You
know
manual
data
entry,
people
keying
things
in
and
going
to
an
online
application
system.
For
example,
some
of
those
administrative
duties
and
details
are
no
longer
needed.
C
However,
we
certainly
continue
to
recognize
the
need
for
maintenance
and
and
upkeep,
and
so
we
we
don't
feel
that
we
are
losing
the
ability
to
accomplish
tasks
in
the
data
and
technology
services
division,
but
we
feel
we'll
be
better
able
to
protect
the
state's
resources
by
having
additional
capacity
in
in
the
maintenance
arena.
B
C
Oh
thank
you
for
that
question.
As
as
I
was
just
stating
I
you
know,
I
I
think
that
the
level
of
needs
in
a
number
of
state
facilities,
and
ours
in
in
particular,
suggests
that
we'll
be
able
to
accomplish
more.
C
It
doesn't
necessarily
mean
that
we're
going
to
be
able
to
accomplish
everything
and
actually
reduce
that
cost.
It
would,
however,
reduce
our
reliance,
perhaps
on
contracted
services
and
having
that
in-house
capacity
to
meet
some
of
those
more
basic
day-to-day
needs
and
and
provide
that
upkeep
necessary
to
protect
those
facilities.
A
Not
seeing
anybody,
okay,
all
right,
I
think
we
are
ready
to
move
on
to
the
next
budget.
The.
C
C
C
One
of
the
primary
responsibilities
is
the
licensing
again
all
the
hunting
fishing
trapping
licenses
that
the
agency
sells
administered
through
this
division,
as
well
as
the
hunting
applications
and
draws.
We
have
applications
for
and
draws
for
turkey
hunts,
non-resident,
guided
punks,
big
game
hunts,
all
that
is
administered
through
this
data
and
technology
services.
Division,
as
is
our
customer
support,
function,
geographic
information
systems,
voting
registration
and
titling,
essentially,
department
of
motor
vehicle
type
services
for
watercraft,
and
then
information
technology.
Our
agencies,
I.t
you'll,
see
some
requests
specific
to
I.t
in
this.
In
this
budget,.
C
Account
so
as
we
look
at
the
budget
for
data
and
technology
services
division,
you
can
see
the
overwhelming
majority.
The
largest
orange
chunk
of
the
pie
on
the
left
is
fees.
Just
over.
Six
million
is
generated
from
fees
alone
and,
as
we
look
more
specifically
at
the
fees
on
the
right
side
of
the
screen,
just
under
two
million
32
percent,
that's
coming
from
application
fees
where
anyone
applying
for
those
previously
mentioned
hunts
pays
a
fee
for
the
application
and
then
the
blue
portion
of
that
pi
on
the
right.
C
Our
sportsman
represents
sportsman
revenues
roughly
65
and
those
sports
and
revenues
are
the
tag.
Sales
license
sales.
You
can
also
see
just
about
three
percent.
The
yellow
slice
of
that
pie
on
the
right
comes
from
the
aquatic
invasive
species
program,
ais,
which
is
the
stamp
that
voters
are
required
to
have
on
their
vessel
through
a
program
that
was
approved
through
this
body
several
sessions
ago.
C
Last
session,
the
agency
undertook
a
simplification
effort.
This
this
body
approved
that
department
request
last
last
session,
the
first
three
years
with
a
new
vendor
that
was
selected
to
implement
that
the
department
has
seen
unprecedented
growth
and
looking
at
the
graph,
the
the
orange
line
represents
fishing
licenses
through
through
time.
The
the
trough
in
that
occurring
in
about
2017
that
you
can
that's
evident
on
both
the
orange
and
blue
line.
C
The
blue
line
is
hunting
licenses
three
years
ago
is
is
where
we
switched
to
the
simplified
license,
structure
and
a
new
vendor.
So
we
we've
seen
an
increase
of
over
33
percent
in
the
big
game
tag.
Applications
that
are
submitted,
we've
seen
an
increase
of
77
percent
fishing
licenses
and
an
increase
of
54
in
in
hunting
licenses.
C
The
budget
enhancements
in
this
budget
account
include
e-225,
which
is
a
position
change
to
create
a
new
I.t
professional
position.
This
would
eliminate
again
administrative
aid
position
and
one
seasonal
administrative
assistant
position
to
create
a
new
information
technology
professional
position.
The
department
currently
has
a
very
small
I.t
services
unit,
with
only
three
designated
physicians
to
support
over
250
full-time
staff
plus
contracted
and
seasonal
staff.
C
E231
new
equipment
for
new
wildlife
area
tech,
2
position
alamo
station,
essentially
what
you'll
see
in
in
the
budget
account
4465,
which
is
the
fisheries
division,
is
a
desire
to
create
some
wildlife
area.
Tech
positions,
these
physicians
staff,
the
aquatic
invasive
species
program
stations
around
the
state-
is
currently
contracted.
Physicians,
which
create
some
challenges
in
having
consistency
with
those
positions
and
their
performance,
so
that
companion
to
e231
and
budget
account.
C
As
well
as
sharing
data
e901,
we
transfer
one
administrative
assistant,
two
to
budget
account,
four,
four
six:
oh!
This
is
a
companion
item
to
what
we
just
saw
in
4460.
The
physician
would
be
reclassified
to
the
maintenance
repair
worker
too,
and
then
the
e-903
transfer
from
the
director's
office
to
data
and
technology
services.
C
That
would
move
the
authority
for
that
amplex
contract
to
the
correct
division,
and
that
concludes
the
presentation
for
the
budget
account
four
four
six
one.
So
I'll
stop
again
and
see.
If
there
any
questions
there.
A
C
C
Another
piece
of
that
is
providing
comment
to
any
proposed
projects
that
are
occurring
on
on
the
landscape
and
with
nevada
being
85
federally
administered,
there's
a
fairly
heavy
nippa
for
national
environmental
policy
act
that
provides
the
state
a
special
standing
in
the
state
wildlife
agency
and
providing
comments
relative
to
the
potential
impacts
of
proposed
activities
that
are
proposed
to
occur
on
federal
lands
or
with
federal
dollars,
and
so
the
efficiency
with
which
we
can
collect
data
analyze
data
and
share
data
is
essential
to
the
agency
fulfilling
our
mission.
C
So
we
I
spoke
to
that
a
little
bit
with
with
some
of
those
recommended
enhancements.
Presently
what
we
are
moving
towards
is
a
tablet
type
data
collection
system.
We
have
required
check-ins
for
certain
species
that
are
harvested.
We
have
data
collection
that
occurs
in
the
in
the
field
remotely,
and
by
being
able
to
use
tablets
and
streamline
that
data
collection,
we
can
certainly
increase
the
efficiency
we
we
no
longer
have
to
have.
The
handwritten
data
sheets
manually
enter
that
data.
C
So
the
projects
that
that
individual
would
be
focusing
on
is
the
automation
of
data
collection,
data
analysis
and
then
data
distribution
to
industry
partners
and
to
help
the
agency
fulfill
its
role
through
the
national
environmental
policy
act
and
providing
comment
to
proposed
activities
on
federal
lands
or
with
federal
funds.
A
Thank
you.
It's
it's!
It's
so
interesting
how
important
data
is
now
you
know.
We
never
thought
that
we
would
need
to
gather
all
this
stuff
as
much
as
as
we
do
in
the
ability
to
use
it.
Can
you
clarify
what
positions
or
position
or
positions
are
intended
for
elimination
to
offset
portion
of
the
cost
for
this
new
position,
the
mit
position.
C
I
don't
know
if
I
can
or
not.
Let
me
flip
to
that
real
quick.
C
And
I
might,
I
might
ask
division
administrator
the
dash
division
administrator
kim
munoz
to
speak
to
that.
B
I
am
thank
you,
director,
rosly,
for
the
record
kim
munoz
division,
administrator
of
data
and
technology
services.
We
are
currently
looking
to
eliminate
an
admin
assistant,
aide
and
a
seasonal
admin
assistant
to
make
up
the
difference
for
this
it
professional
between
the
giving
up
both
of
the
positions.
It's
actually
still
a
cost
savings
to
the
agency
to
give
up
the
two
and
have
the
I.t
professional
one
position.
So
that's
what
we
were
looking
at.
B
Those
two
positions
were
in
our
call
center
and
as
director
wasley
had
mentioned
earlier,
some
of
the
changes
that
we've
made
with
the
automation
has
we've
diversified,
being
able
to
use
staff
from
all
over
the
state
to
help
with
our
call
center.
So
we
use
a
cloud
service
technology
that
allows
our
staff
from
our
remote
offices
to
assist
the
call
center
when
needed
when
their
volume
is
getting
higher.
So
because
the
way
that
we've
diversified
this
we've
actually
have
not
needed
to
fill
these
two
positions.
B
A
Thank
you
and-
and
I
I
think
senator
did
you
have
a
question.
Yes,
thank
you,
mr
chair
and
my
question,
not
to
either
kim
or
director
wellesley.
Now
I
I
know
I
t
has
to
be
really
critical,
but,
like
your
your
tag,
applications
and
or
the
draw
is,
is
that
done
in-house,
or
is
that
done
by
your
contractor?
B
Yeah,
thank
you
for
the
question
senator.
So
the
actual
draw
itself
is
done
by
our
contractor
kalkamai.
The
applications
are
all
done
online
using
their
cloud
service.
We
do
provide
the
call
center
calls
and
we
have
a
ticketing
system.
So
if
somebody
needs
support,
they
have
a
little
box
in
the
right
hand,
corner
of
the
application
that
they
can
ask
a
question
of
that
goes
into
a
zendesk
ticket.
B
Our
staff
then,
from
there
will
pick
up
and
answer
those
questions
when
we
do
not
man
the
phones
on
during
normal
business
hours
kalka,
my
staff
does
pick
up
the
remainder
of
those
calls
so
after
hours,
but
our
staff
during
the
big
game
application
period
we
work
7
am
to
seven
p.m.
Seven
days
a
week
for
seven
weeks,
so
so
we're
pretty
busy,
but
kalkamai
will
pick
up
the
overflow
when
the
whole
times
get
to
a
certain
point:
it'll
overflow
to
them.
To
pick
up
to
minimize
that,
for
our
clientele.
A
I
thank
you
and
thank
you,
mr
chair.
I
just
know
it
has
to
be
a
tremendous
load
and
I
didn't
know
how
you
were
covering
it
with
those
few
positions.
Thank
you
thank
you
and
you,
may
I
think
you
you
answered
this,
but
can
you
just
talk
about
that?
Eliminating
that
seasonal,
administrative
position?
What
that
the
impacts
was,
I
think
you
you
were
talking
about
that
right
before
I
went
to
that
other
question.
B
Yeah,
thank
you
for
that
question
yeah.
So
we
have.
There
is
really
no
impact.
We
have
diversified,
how
we're
having
people
call
in
or
I'm
sorry
how
we're
having
staff
pick
up
those
calls.
So
we
have
six
locations
with
that's
where
we
have
counter
staff,
and
some
of
them
are
in
our
remote
remote
areas
like
winnemucca
or
ely,
and
so
when
those
staff
have
downtime
and
they
don't
have
a
lot
of
walk-in
customers,
they
are
subsidizing
their
time
by
using
picking
up
the
call
center
load.
B
A
Okay,
great,
thank
you
very
much.
Anybody
have
any
other
questions.
A
I
I
have
a
couple
that,
just
as
you
were
doing
your
presentation,
so
I
wrote
down
you
have,
is
it
32.6
positions?
Is
that
just
in
the
data
and
technology
services.
C
Yes,
chair:
that's
correct!
That's
for
the
for
the
data
and
technology
services,
division
statewide!
So.
A
C
So
we
divide
the
state
into
three
roughly
equal
size,
administrative
regions,
western
region,
eastern
region,
the
the
four
counties
in
the
northeast,
the
southern
region,
four
counties
in
the
south.
We
have
regional
headquarters
offices
in
each
of
those.
We
we
have
the
ability
to
track
the
volume
of
transactions
volume
of
sales,
and
we
a
lot
of
that
is
in
the
form
of
boat
registration
and
titling,
with
some
peak
peak
times
a
year.
C
So
we
we
have
been
adaptable
with
those
positions
and
when
we
have
vacancies,
we
look
at
the
level
of
volume
and
transactions
and
needs,
and
a
lot
of
of
that
type
of
approach
is
what
you're.
Seeing
with
these
suggested
changes
with
transferring
positions
and
re-classes
is
that
kind
of
adaptability.
C
We
have
some
remote
offices,
we
have
an
office
in
ely,
we
have
a
field
office
in
eureka
that
doesn't
provide
counter
services
and
we
have
an
office
in
in
winnemucca
as
well.
It
becomes
much
more
of
a
challenge
to
have
you
know:
full-time
customer
service
staff
and
in
winnemucca
and
ely,
for
example,
it's
tough
to
have
coverage,
but
we
we
advertise,
you
know
flexible
hours
and
encourage
people
to
to
call
ahead,
but
we've
also
transitioned
significantly
to
online
services.
C
So
we
still
have
a
strong
presence
in
our
three
regional
offices,
including
vegas,
reno
and
elko,
where
the
majority
of
the
over-the-counter
business
occurs.
But
as
we
transition
to
more
and
more
online
activity
implemented,
auto
renewal
functions,
365
licensing,
we've
we've
reduced
a
lot
of
those
over-the-counter
transactions
significantly,
so
we
continue
to
monitor
and
adapt
accordingly.
C
A
You
also,
how
do
you
with
your
tech
with
all
these
different
offices?
How
do
you
handle
your
tech
support
for
all
of
that?
Your.
C
B
Thank
you
for
the
question
chair,
so
we
do
have
three
full-time
ftes
in
our
data
rit
department.
We
do
rely
on
eats
for
the
connectivity
to
silver
net.
Besides
that,
our
three
positions
do
cover
the
remainder
of
the
state
offices,
so
they
do
schedule
and
we'll
drive
out
to
those
offices
when
they
need
support.
If
we
cannot
handle
what
is
needed
remotely.
A
B
No,
so
all
of
the
it
staff
are
housed
at
our
headquarters,
location
here
at
sierra
center,
and
so
when
support
is
needed,
they
do
travel
to
the
office.
That's
they're
looking
for
yeah,
so
it's
they'll
either
travel
down
to
vegas
or
elko.
They
do.
They
are
now
with
technology
and
being
able
to
like
take
over
computers,
using
teams
and
remote
desktop,
sharing
and
stuff
like
that.
B
We
can
handle
a
lot
from
being
remote
here
at
headquarters,
but
if
it
requires
physical,
like
we're
replacing
out
computers
or
switches
things
like
that,
then
they
will
schedule
that
and
travel
out
to
those
locations.
A
B
So
the
pcs
would
be
the
number
of
staff
in
those
locations.
I
don't
have
the
actual
numbers
of
staff
at
each
location,
but
we
can
get
that
for
you.
A
Okay,
just
wondering
because
I
yeah
that's
one
of
the
issues
that
we've
always
had
in
the
past
is
sometimes
we
got
all
the
workers
done
in
one
place
and
the
I.t
staffs
in
illinois
and
you're
always
having
to
travel
and
there's
a
lot
of
travel
expenses
associated
with
with
that,
and
so
I
always
I
always
ask
about
that.
A
Just
I
mean
it's
one
thing:
if
you
have
one
or
two
people
in
one
place,
but
if
you've
got
you
know
quite
a
few
employees
and
they
have
to
constantly
be
traveling
to
fix
computers,
it
doesn't
seem
very
efficient.
But
okay,
I
think
that's
the
on
the
the
wi-fi
equipment
that
you're
doing
is
that
just
like
routers
and
things
like
that
that
you're
just
updating
or
are
you
actually
putting
in
new
technology.
B
C
Okay,
4462
is
our
conservation,
education,
division,
the
conservation,
education
division
contains
24
positions,
five
main
areas
of
service
hunter
safety
training,
so
anyone
born
after
1960
in
order
to
purchase
eligible
for
a
for
a
hunting
license.
It
needs
to
have
hunter
safety,
there's
also
hunter
and
angler
education,
for
example.
Individuals
might
want
to
learn
how
to
fly
fish
or
tie
a
fly.
C
We
also
have
general
wildlife
education,
know
your
nevada
wildlife,
trout
in
the
classroom,
programs
in
our
wildlife,
education,
program,
media
and
public
relations.
Excuse
me
all
of
our
press
releases
this.
This
is
our
pios,
etc,
and
then
the
urban
wildlife
program,
which
has
been
a
topic
of
discussion
in
in
this
body
in
past
sessions,.
C
We
look
at
the
the
budget
in
four
four
six,
two,
the
over
half
the
overwhelming
majority,
is
federal
dollars.
Less
than
a
quarter
comes
from
fees
and
looking
at
a
more
specific
breakdown
of
those
those
fees
on
the
right
side
there,
the
majority
of
those
fees
are
sportsman,
revenues
again,
tagging
license
sales
and
a
small
portion
about
three
percent
comes
from
applications.
C
The
enhancements
e711
replacement
equipment-
this
is
a
request
for
funds
for
vehicles
that
have
reached
their
end
of
useful
life.
E-227
a
position
changes
to
create
new
conservation,
educator
positions.
This
would
eliminate
two
seasonal
conservation
aid,
volunteer
positions
and
add
to
conservation,
educator
positions.
These
positions
will
increase
department
capacity
to
provide
volunteer
coordination,
and
I
mentioned
the
outset
the
the
value
of
in-kind
contribution
from
volunteers
that
in-kind
contribution
is
what's.
It
is
accepted
by
the
federal
government
as
match
for
grants.
C
However,
they
have
reporting
requirements
that
make
it
so
that
we
need
to
have
some
fairly
effective
and
efficient
and
timely
coordination
of
volunteers.
In
order
for
that
match
that
in-kind
contribution
to
be
to
be
eligible,
it
would
also
provide
educational
programming
to
proactively
address
concerns
in
the
community,
such
as
some
of
the
human
wildlife
conflicts.
C
Similarly,
demands
from
within
the
education
realm
is
far
more
than
we
can
currently
accommodate,
and
the
pandemic
has
really
increased
that
it's
it's
a
good
thing,
but
virtual
distance
learning
and
virtual
programs.
So
these
positions
would
add
additional
capacity
in
this
area,
as
well
as
community
education
and
public
information
and
relations.
C
The
that
227
would
be
60
percent
60
of
that
cost
would
would
be
from
a
wildlife,
restoration,
federal
funds
and
40
would
be
sportsman
revenue
and
then
e
800
cost
allocation,
which
is
just
the
funds
for
the
department
cost
allocation
to
the
director's
office.
C
I
did
want
to
just
kind
of
provide
an
update
on
the
urban
wildlife
program
because
it
has
been
such
a
topic
of
discussion
before
this
body.
In
the
past.
In
in
2020,
the
agency
received
nearly
4
000
urban
wildlife
calls
most
were
regarding
baby
birds
or
aggressive
wildlife.
C
What
we
really
try
to
do
is
give
callers
the
tools
to
reduce
conflict
through
through
education,
so
the
goal
of
the
program
is
to
educate
the
community
on
living
with
wildlife
through
one-on-one
interactions
during
urban
wildlife
calls,
along
with
proactive
outreach
and
education
aimed
at
preventing
conflicts
with
wildlife
and
equipping
community
members.
With
the
tools
necessary
to
achieve
solutions,
we
provide
a
number
of
programs
to
homeowners
associations
etc,
provide
opportunities.
We
have
some
presentations
and
and
material
that
we
can
share.
C
We
really
try
to
empower
people
to
be
able
to
resolve
those
those
issues
with
with
knowledge
and
and
education.
C
We
can
actually
create
these
these
heat
maps-
and
this
was
a
map
created
by
the
gis
staff
from
the
dats
division
based
on
data
collected
from
from
callers
when
those
callers
reporting
wildlife
indicate
their
their
location.
C
That's
that's
mapped,
and
so
the
image
on
the
left
is
las
vegas
and
you
can
see
the
hot
spots,
paradise,
henderson
and
then
boulder
city,
especially
the
map
on
the
right,
is
the
reno
sparks
area,
and
you
can.
You
can
see
those
hot
spots
as
well,
where
northwest
sparks
bright,
bright,
yellow
high
number
of
calls
there
around
around
the
airport
and
then
over
in
northwest
reno
and
then
up
and
up
in
lemon
valley.
So
what
that
allows
us
to
do
is
to
do
proactive,
outreach
and
contact.
C
You
know
community
members
or
hoas
in
those
areas
and
and
try
to
proactively,
educate
folks
on
you
know,
removing
those
attractants
and
subsidies
and
what
they
should
or
shouldn't
do,
and
just
try
to
try
to
help
empower
them
conservation.
Education
division
works
to
promote
the
agency
programs,
services
and
recreational
opportunities,
while
educating
citizens
about
state
wildlife
and
boating
rules
and
developing
educational
programs.
C
Wildlife,
education
and
webinar
programs
reached
thousands
of
citizens
during
2020
the
data
and
technology
services.
Division
that
we
already
presented
is
responsible
for
the
customer
service
interface
license
and
tag
sales
and
and
vessel
titling
and
registration
that
call
center,
as
ms
munoz
references
staff
16
hours
a
day,
seven
days
a
week
with
endow
staff
being
the
primary
contacts
from
eight
to
five
on
on
business
days.
C
So
that
concludes
this
budget
account
and
I'll
pause
there
again,
mr
chair,
for
any
questions.
B
Thank
you
chair,
yes,
mike.
My
first
question
is:
what
would
you
attribute
the
increase
in
public
demand
for
the
services
too.
C
Thank
you
for
the
question.
Assemblywoman.
There
are
a
number
of
reasons
and
I'll
speak
to
perhaps
the
the
distance
learning
virtual
there's
an
obvious
effect
of
the
pandemic,
where
teachers
were
looking
for
material
that
they
in
many
instances.
If
it
was
prepared,
you
know
in
advance
it
could
fill
some
of
those
needs
in
terms
of
curriculum,
and
we
have
a
know,
your
nevada
wildlife
program
and
we
had
a
huge
uptick
in
the
number
of
teachers
signing
up
for
that.
C
We
have
a
trout
in
the
classroom
program
that
has
historically
been
limited
by
equipment,
tanks
and
water
chillers,
and
we
were
able
to
submerge
a
camera
and
provide
that
more
more,
virtually
so
part
of
it
has
been
pandemic
related
in
terms
of
the
urban
interface
and
some
of
the
increased
demands
relative
to
the
urban
interface.
C
C
We're
seeing
you
know
more
and
more,
as
as
cities
grow
out,
there
you're
constantly
pushing
that
interface
between
humans
and
and
wildlife,
and
we've
seen
a
huge
uptick
in
the
number
of
calls
in
the
human
wildlife.
You
know
interaction
arena,
so
I
think
those
are
two
things
in
particular.
As
populations
continue
to
grow,
we
get
into
drought
situations,
for
example,
and
look
just
looking
at
las
vegas
valley.
You
know
you
have
golf
courses
that
are
irrigated
that
certainly
cause
population
growth
in
small
mammals,
rodents.
C
Those
are
logical
food
sources
for
for
desert
coyotes
that
can
just
follow
drainages
in
and
hunt
in
and
around
those
areas.
So
as
we
alter
the
landscape
and
alter
our
position
on
it,
we're
altering
that
human
wildlife
interaction
dynamic,
and
some
of
that
is
resulting
in
increased
demands
on
the
department
services.
B
Okay,
I
have
a
few
follow-up
questions
chair,
so
do
you
thank
you.
Do
you
feel
the
two
full-time
conservation
educator
positions
will
actually
help
the
agency
be
able
to
fulfill
the
increased
demand,
especially
for
the
education
services.
C
Thank
you
for
the
question
assembly
woman.
It
will
certainly
help
we.
We
have
seen
significant
growth
in
our
conservation.
Education
division
in
that
particular
area
necessarily
mean
growth
in
terms
of
a
number
of
positions,
but
growth
in
terms
of
program,
development
and
interest
in
those
programs.
C
C
They
teach
missouri
conservation
as
part
of
their
core
curriculum
third
grade
through
high
school.
They
teach
a
six
week
course
on
conservation
in
in
missouri.
I
would
absolutely
love
to
have
the
ability
to
teach
you
know
know
your
nevada
wildlife
incorporate
it
into
our
state
curriculum
and
learn
about
nevada's
wildlife
learn
about
conservation
for
nevada,
that's
a
goal,
but
one
step
at
a
time,
and
and
these
these
positions,
as
I
stated,
would
also
have
some
responsibilities
as
it
pertains
to
capturing
volunteer
hours
and
volunteer
efforts
which
are
are
invaluable
in
terms
of
that
in-kind
contribution.
C
It
increases.
You
know
that
our
eligibility
in
receiving
those
federal
funds
by
having
that
and
so
rather
than
having
to
use
sportsman,
revenue
or
general
fund,
we
can
use
that
in-kind
contribution,
and
so
we're
approaching
400
000
dollars
of
in-kind
contribution.
That's
going
to
make
us
eligible
for
1.2
million
as
a
three-to-one
match.
So
it's
it's.
The
return
on
investment
is
huge
and
in
terms
of
coordinating
capturing
those
volunteer
efforts,
but
there's
also
a
lot
of
exciting
opportunities
in
the
conservation,
education
arena.
B
That's
great
to
hear
just
one
final
question
about
the
shifting
of
positions.
If
you
with,
if
you
do
get
the
two
new
full-time
conservation
educator
positions,
will
there
be
other
shifting
of
positions
in
the
in
the
agency,
specifically
the
two
seasonal,
the
two
seasonal
conservation,
aids.
C
I
don't
know
the
answer
that
question
and
I
can
certainly
invite
the
conservation,
education
division
administrator
chris
vasey
to
weigh
in
on
that.
But
I
I
think
one
of
the
things
that
we
pride
ourselves
on
as
an
agency
is
that
adaptability
and
constantly
evaluating
the
agency's
needs
the
public's
needs,
and
how
can
we
best
meet
those
those
public
needs?
C
We
we
spend
a
lot
of
time
and
energy
talking
about
customer
service
recognizing
who
we
who
we
serve,
and
can
we
better
serve
them
by
adjusting
our
staffing
and
adapting
to
those
expressed
desires
and
demands,
and
so
there
may
be
a
short-term
plan
associated
with
that
that
I'm
I'm
not
aware
of
but
long
term
we're
going
to
continue
to
be
flexible
and
adaptable
in
responding
to
the
citizens
express
needs.
A
C
C
Despite
that,
we
have
law
enforcement
as
our
single
largest
division.
We
still,
we
still
have
some
challenges
in
meeting
the
needs
out
on
the
landscape.
We
have
a
significant
number
of
vacancies.
C
We
do
have
a
lot
of
turnover,
unfortunately,
in
this
division
and
at
present
time
looking
at
the
vacancies
looking
at
the
officers
that
are
stationed
on
the
water
leaves
only
11
officers
for
land
patrols
for
the
entire
state,
and
so
you
may
hear
the
agency
speak
to
you
know
certain
proposed
bills
with
concerns
over
capacity
and
able
to
meet
the
the
intent
of
various
bills.
C
It's
really
due
to
just
having
so
few
people
to
cover
so
much
area,
six
main
areas
of
focus
and
function
in
the
law
enforcement
division,
obviously,
wildlife
enforcement
and
wildlife
enforcement,
protecting
nevada's
wildlife,
poaching,
etc.
Unlawful
take
unlawful
possession
boating
enforcement.
I
previously
made
the
reference
to
you
know:
dats,
as
a
department
of
motor
vehicle
function
for
for
watercraft.
C
Our
law
enforcement
has
the
jurisdictional
authority
for
safe
operation
of
vessels
on
the
water,
essentially
the
highway
patrol
of
the
the
waterways
general
public
safety
that
may
include
a
loaded
gun
in
a
vehicle
or
wearing
a
life
vest.
You
know
in
a
canoe,
kayak
or
paddle
craft
having
a
fire
extinguisher
in
a
vessel
boating
education.
Voters
similar
to
hunters
this.
This
body
passed
legislation
a
few
sessions
ago
requiring
boating
education
for
for
operators
under
under
a
certain
age
to
be
able
to
operate
vessels
and
then
dispatch
services.
C
I
mentioned
34
radio
repeaters.
At
the
outset,
we
have
a
dispatch
center
dispatches
officers
all
over
the
state.
Again,
it's
important
officer
safety
oftentimes.
C
We
have
officers
that
are
single
unit
patrols
well
off
road
oftentimes,
knowing
that
the
individuals
they're
going
to
be
encountering
are
are
armed
and
then
radio
technology
we
we
also
have
to
maintain
those
radio
repeaters
and
install
radios
in
the
vehicles,
and
it's
been
brought
up
oftentimes
about
maybe
integrating
with
some
of
the
other
state
law
enforcement
entities
and
certainly
would
love
to
see
you
know
a
single
communication
system.
However,
what
we
continually
find
is
that
you
know
highway
patrols
needs,
for
example,
are
primarily
along
the
roadways.
C
The
boating
law
enforcement
side
responsible
for
protecting
wildlife
resources,
ensuring
the
safety
of
the
public
and
the
department
is
responsible
for
the
safety
of
of
citizens
on
all
of
nevada's
waterways.
I
will
point
out
the
the
photo
in
the
upper
left,
a
warden
with
a
bunch
of
shed
antlers
this.
This
body
directed
the
commission
to
draft
regulation
pertaining
to
shed
antler
collection.
The
commission
took
that
issue
up
and
did
pass
a
a
season
and
restrictions
in
certain
counties
where
habitat
was
being
impacted
and
animals
were
being
disrupted.
C
C
The
enhancements
for
budget
account
4463
e229
is
a
position
change
to
create
a
new
full-time
game,
warden
3
position.
This
is
actually
a
cost
savings.
This
eliminates
two
seasonal
game,
warden
three
positions
and
creates
one
full-time
game.
Warden
three
position:
it
would
be
assigned
primarily
to
recreation,
boating
safety
patrol
in
lake
tahoe.
C
We
had
two
seasonal
positions,
as
this
indicates
with
the
idea
that
it,
it
didn't
make
sense
to
have
a
one
year
round
position
when
really
there
was
a
an
on
season
and
off
season
as
it
pertained
to
lake
tahoe,
but
with
the
the
seasonality
of
those
positions
it
presented
some
some
challenges
in
in
recruiting
and
retaining
good
qualified
individuals
to
act
in
in
those
positions.
We've
felt
the
agency
and
public
would
be
better
served
to
have
a
single
full-time
game,
warden
three
position
rather
than
trying
to
staff
these
two
seasonally.
C
The
position
would
also
assist
other
area
game
wardens
by
supplementing
coverage
of
land
duties
in
the
area
and
decreasing
the
amount
of
time
that
they
that
they
may
be
called
away
from
duties
and
land
areas
to
cover
duties
on
on
the
water,
e301
body,
cameras
for
game
wardens,
it's
funds
for
contractual
obligations
for
body,
worn
camera
systems
used
by
game
wardens
body
cameras
are
now
considered
best
practice,
and
the
agency
would
like
to
initiate
the
process
of
obtaining
body
cameras
to
meet
public
expectation
and
new
changes
to
law
enforcement
practices.
C
That
amount
is,
is
the
five-year
contract
for
a
web-based
system
used
by
le
staff
to
capture
content
and
data
from
the
body
cameras.
C
E-710
replacement
equipment,
replacement
of
safety
equipment
for
both
land
and
water
relatively
larger
amount.
C
C
Oops
sorry,
e711
replacement,
equipment,
replacement
of
vehicles
that
have
reached
their
end
of
useful
life
and
e
720
would
fund
new
dry
suits
for
game
warden
safety
on
water,
for
protection
and
adverse
weather
conditions.
C
It's
also
e
800,
which
is
the
cost
allocation
to
the
director's
office
and
then
e-805
the
position
change
for
a
new
administrative
assistant,
3
position.
It
would
just
reclassify
an
administrative
assistant
2
to
an
administrative
assistant,
3
commensurate
with
the
duties
of
the
position,
the
incumbent,
researches,
all
information
for
program,
expenditures
relating
to
boating
equipment
from
internal
and
external
sources.
All
of
this
information
is
communicated
when
the
incumbent
provides
these
findings
to
supervisors
and
managers
responsible
for
making
these
purchasing
decisions.
C
That
concludes
the
presentation
on
budget
account.
4463
mr
chair
I'll
pause
there
for
questions.
Thank.
A
You,
I
believe
some
of
the
women
peters
has
a
question.
B
Thank
you
chair.
Can
you
talk
about
the
relationship
within
of
the
new
one
full-time
position
to
the
increased
boating
traffic
and
whether
you
think
that's
really
enough
to
meet
the
patrol?
Excuse
me
and
enforcement
duties
required
on
lake
tahoe.
C
Thank
you
for
the
question.
Assemblywoman
peters.
I
think
it's
an
excellent
question
and
we
thought
we'd
be
able
to
better
meet
the
needs
and
the
demands
at
lake
tahoe
having
two
people
on
the
water.
You
know
during
the
high
season
up
there
again,
we
struggled
with
consistency
and
recruiting
people
and
having
people
in
those
positions
where
they
often
sat
vacant.
So
part
of
the
decision
was
that
having
one
full-time
position
dedicated
to
that
would
would
ensure
that
there
was
a
presence
there
and
then
we
can
augment
that.
C
Certainly
fourth
of
july
festivities,
and
you
know,
as
it
falls
on
a
weekend
or
labor
day,
those
periods
of
high
use.
We
can
augment
with
other
officers.
You
know
in
this
part
of
the
state
that
have
had
boating
responsibilities
or
certainly
voting
abilities,
but
I
would
I
would
also
invite
chief
warden
maynard
to
to
address
that
if,
if
you'd
like
a
little
bit
more
information
there,
if
you
might
be
able
to
add
to
that
chief,
are
you
available.
B
B
A
couple
of
problems
we
found
with
the
seasonals
is
they're
required
to
have
the
same
amount
of
training
and
certifications
and
qualifications
through
post
that
all
the
other
officers
have
and
when
you
factor
in
that
percentage
of
time
it
cuts
into
the
voting
time
there.
They
simply
don't
just
show
up
and
do
boating
with
no
other
duties,
there's
a
lot
of
other
aspects
of
a
law
enforcement
officer's
professional
development
and
career
path
that
they
have
to
also
accomplish.
B
In
addition
to
that,
again,
as
the
director
pointed
out,
we've
had
significant
problems,
filling
those
positions
and
retaining
them
as
they
are
part-time
positions.
We
feel
that
we
can
adequately
cover
the
needs
and
adjust
to
that
as
easier
with
a
full-time
staffing
than
we
can
with
part-time
staffing
going
forward.
B
A
I
think
senator
coutinho
had
a
question.
Thank
you,
mr
chair
and
mr
wallace.
Dear
mr
maynard,
I
I'm
assuming
you.
Can
you
kind
of
answered
the
question
there
to
miss
peters,
but
are
all
your
officers,
your
40
wardens?
Are
they
all
category
1
police
officers.
B
Thank
you,
senator
gogucci,
for
the
question.
All
our
officers
are
category
one
peace
officers,
and
that
is
another
factor
involved
in
the
difficulty
in
hiring
for
the
position
is
that
it's
the
top
tier
law
enforcement
category
proposed,
and
we
have
to
maintain
that
so
they
even
the
seasonals
would
need
to
fit
within
that
category.
A
D
A
B
Thank
you,
mr
chair
yeah.
I
have
a
quick
question
about
the
item
for
body-worn
cameras.
I
was
just
wondering
if
you
could
one
clarify
if
there's
any
mandate
requiring
that
that
the
department
move
in
this
direction
of
deploying
those
cameras
and
also
just
provide
a
little
bit
of
additional
background
on
your
interest
in
moving
in
this
direction.
B
Thank
you
for
the
question.
Assemblyman
watts.
There
were
multiple
parts
of
the
decision
making
process
to
get
us
here,
number
one
statutorily
at
current.
We
are
not
required
to
carry
them.
We
were
not
included
in
the
bill.
I
believe
it
was
back
in
2019
that
it
didn't
encompass
us
and
with
especially
with
the
growing
need
for
transparency
in
all
areas
of
law
enforcement.
B
Thank
you.
I
appreciate
that
you
know
I
haven't
heard
as
much
concerns
about
some
of
the
actions
that
are
being
taken,
but
I
can
certainly
imagine
some
scenarios
where
having
the
footage
from
those
cameras
may
be
helpful
in
certain
encounters
with
enforcing
boating
and
and
hunting
and
other
laws,
so
appreciate
the
the
response
and
the
commitment
to
increasing
transparency
from
from
your
department.
A
Thank
you.
Do
we
have
any
other
questions.
A
I'm
not
seeing
any
any
other
questions
okay,
so
we
could
move
on
to
the
next
item,
which
is
4464.
C
4464
is
the
budget
count
for
the
game,
management
division,
the
game
division
as
35
ftes,
again,
six
key
areas
of
focus
for
the
game,
division,
wildlife
survey
and
inventory
quotas,
our
possession
limits
daily
limits.
A
lot
of
the
regulations
that
are
passed
by
the
commission
are
informed
by
wildlife
survey
and
inventory
data
make
recommendations
on
the
seasons
and
harvest
quotas
to
the
commission.
Based
on
the
wildlife
survey
and
inventory.
C
We
also
have
a
landowner
a
conflict
resolution
program
housed
within
the
game
division.
We
have
damage
compensation
tags,
we
have
incentive
tags,
we
have
direct
payments
for
damage,
a
tag,
voucher
system
all
intended
to
reduce
landowner
conflict,
provide
some
resolution.
We
have
a
wildlife
health
monitoring
program.
We
have
a
wildlife
veterinarian,
vet
tech
staff.
C
We
do
research
collaboration,
we
collaborate
with
other
agencies
on
research,
usgs,
universities,
all
over
the
country,
and
then
we
also
have
our
air
operations
housed
within
our
our
game
division.
The
air
operations
division
is
comprised
of
two
bell:
407
hp
helicopters,
so
we're
able
to
get
to
a
number
of
the
wildlife
species
in
remote
areas
and
sample
and
survey
them
to
inform
our
season
and
quota
recommendations.
C
And
opposite
from
the
division
budget
that
we
just
looked
at
the
game
division.
Four
four
six
four
you'll
see
that
60
percent
of
that
is
federally
funded
and
and
that
those
federal
funds
again
are
are
coming
from
federal
excise
taxes
that
are
collected
from
the
manufacturer
sales
on
guns
and
ammunition
through
the
pittman-robertson
act.
C
As
far
as
budget
enhancements
e-235
create
new
pilot
three
position
in
the
air
operations
program.
C
This
would
create
that
position.
The
department's
pilot
flight
hours
have
produced
an
increase
over
the
last
several
years,
and
I
I
just
mentioned
that
our
air
ops
is
consists
of
two
bell:
407
hp
helicopters.
Those
helicopters
have
far
more
capability
relatively
new
to
the
department
and
they
replaced
a
couple
bell:
206
helicopters,
the
407s
have
increased
capabilities
that
the
department
is
now
taking
advantage
of
slinging
water
to
water
developments,
slinging
materials
to
construct
water
developments,
seeding
capacity,
other
things
have
increased
the
flight
hours
for
the
two
pilots
that
are
presently
there.
C
So
currently
those
pilots
are
flying
between
475
and
525
hours
annually.
The
industry
standard
is
350
hours
annually.
An
additional
pilot
would
result
in
increased
safety
and
reduced
hours
of
comp
time
paid
to
current
pilots
endow
pilots
each
fly,
wildlife,
biologists
and
others
on
various
wildlife
surveys
throughout
nevada.
C
Additional
duties,
as
I
indicate,
include
slinging
materials
into
remote
locations
for
construction
of
water
developments
or
slinging
water
into
remote
water
developments,
and
our
pilots
may
also
be
tasked
with
assisting
department
of
division
of
forestry
with
with
wildfire
fighting
operations
and
those
operations.
It's
not
as
simple
as
saying.
Well,
you
have
a
helicopter
and
a
bucket
we
can
put
water
in.
You
know,
go
fight
fire.
C
You
have
to
be
carted
federal.
That
ship
has
to
be
carted
certain
federal
requirements,
however,
just
being
able
to
provide
some
support
capacity,
whether
it's
it's
ferrying,
pilots
or
borrowing,
pilots,
there,
there
are
some
opportunities
to
for
the
state
to
benefit
elsewhere,
e-710
replacement
equipment.
This
is
a
replacement
of
one
all-terrain
vehicle
that
has
reached
the
end
of
useful
life.
C
That
e710
against
75
percent
of
that
amount
would
be
federal
funds
and
then
25
would
come
from
sportsman
revenue,
e711
replacement
equipment,
replacement
of
vehicles
that
have
reached
end
of
useful
life,
essentially
field
vehicles,
field,
pickup
trucks
and
then
e800.
The
cost
allocation
funds
for
the
department
cost
allocation
to
the
to
the
director's
office,
the
the
vehicles
75
25
federal
sportsmen.
A
Yes,
we
have
some
questions
here,
senator.
A
Oh,
you
got
them
okay,
great!
I
I
have
one
quick
question:
when
you
talked
about
the
air
support
is:
is
there
any
any
movement
even
nationwide,
as
far
as
wildlife
divisions,
using
drones,
to
do
some
of
the
work
that
the
air
that
you
guys
are
doing
through
the
air
through
planes
and
or
helicopters.
C
C
However,
there's
some
exciting
opportunities
with
drones,
using
those
to
to
do
nest,
checks
for
example,
or
there's
some
camera
technology
that
can
those
drones
can
be
equipped
with
to
do
habitat
assessments
to
look
at
vegetation.
We
also
have
we
use
a
private
contractor
through
owaihi
air
to
look
at
sage
grouse
lex.
They
have
an
infrared
camera,
a
forward-looking
infrared
camera
we're
able
to
identify
lex
from
without
disturbing
them.
So
there's
a
number
of
emerging
technologies.
Drones
are
one
and
they
can
be
combined
with
some
of
the
other
technologies.
C
Presently,
there
is
no
true
replacement
for
helicopters,
partly
due
to
as
we
talk
about
lifting
buckets
with
water,
we
don't
have
that
capacity.
In
a
drone
battery
life
distance
of
of
control.
We
often
use
the
helicopters
to
physically
separate
the
animals.
We
get
large
winter
concentrations
of
elk
where
you
may
have
six
or
seven
or
eight
hundred
elk
in
a
single
group
and
to
use
the
presence
of
the
helicopter.
C
We
do
it
on
a
grander
scale
with
with
the
helicopter
and
it
it
cuts
the
the
herd
size
into
more
workable
chunks
and
I'm
not
sure
that
we'd
be
able
to
accomplish
that
as
effectively
with
a
drone.
But
it's
an
excellent
question
and
we're
applying
it
in
a
number
of
places
and
look
for
more
opportunities.
There.
A
C
C
Thank
you
for
the
question.
Senator
the
agency
did
have
a
cessna
that
was
used
intermittently
for
some
waterfowl
surveys
that
cessna
was
sold
a
few
years
ago
and
the
proceeds
from
that
were
used
as
the
match,
along
with
federal
dollars
to
procure
one
of
the
helicopters
that
replaced
one
of
the
206s.
So
air
operations
used
to
consist
of
two
bell:
206s
and
a
cessna.
C
We
sold
the
cessna
and
used
the
proceeds
from
that
to
upgrade
to
newer
and
safer
and
more
capable
helicopters,
and
now
just
have
the
two
helicopters.
A
C
C
That
native
aquatics
includes
both
game
species
such
as
cutthroat
trout,
as
well
as
some
non-game
species,
a
whole
host
of
desert
fishes
in
the
south
that
require
attention
aquatic
health
monitoring,
both
the
health
of
the
aquatic
system,
water
quality
parameters,
temperatures
turbidity,
alkalinity,
etc,
as
well
as
the
health
of
the
aquatic
organisms,
and
then
the
aquatic
invasive
species
program
is
housed
in
the
fisheries
management
division.
Many
of
the
enhancements
that
you'll
see
in
this
budget
account
are
specific
to
that
aquatic
invasive
species
program.
C
It's
a
program
that
was
established
by
this
body
several
sessions
ago,
and
you
saw
some
of
the
the
ais
related
fees
and
in
the
budgets
you'll
see
some
more
of
that
here.
C
So
as
we
look
at
the
fisheries
management
division
again,
a
huge
68
of
this
budget
is
federal
dollars.
Those
federal
dollars
primarily
through
the
eagle
johnson
act
that
collects
federal
excise
tax
on
on
fishing
equipment
and
then
is
matched
three
to
one
by
fees
and
if
we
look
at
the
breakout
of
fees,
roughly
equal
portions
of
trout,
stamp
fees
and
sportsman
fees
so
that
trap
stamp.
C
Some
of
you
may
be
wondering
why
it
says
trout
stamp
when
we
did
away
with
all
the
stamps,
although
we
did
away
with
the
stamps,
we
did
not
do
away
with
the
restricted
reserve
account
and
the
statutory
requirements
of
its
usage.
What
we
did
is
we
looked
at
the
seven
year
average
of
the
percentage
of
those
sales,
and
we
apply
that
to
the
sales
of
fishing
licenses.
C
So
we
continue
to
have
revenue
associated
with
that
trout
stamp
program,
despite
the
fact
that
we
don't
have
a
physical
trout
stamp
and
so
of
the
sportsman
or
of
the
fees
at
30
percent
that
come
from
the
state,
roughly
47
from
trout,
stamp
and
44
from
sportsmen
and
then
there's
the
aquatic
invasive
species
at
just
over
nine
percent
that
I
they
just
referenced.
C
So
we
look
at
the
budget
enhancement
e-230
position
changes
to
create
a
new
full-time
wildlife
area
tech.
This
is
the
companion
unit
where
we're
talking
about
creating
two
wildlife
area-
tech,
two
positions
to
replace
temporary
contractual
staffing
to
allow
higher
level
staff
to
continue
operating
the
four
watercraft
inspection
stations,
while
implementing
other
key
elements
of
the
ais
program
at
lake
mead,
two
tech
levels,
state
full-time
equivalent
positions,
are
critically
needed
to
provide
continuity
of
programs,
skills
and
knowledge.
C
One
tech
level
full-time
equivalent
position
is
needed
to
provide
year-round
free
of
charge,
inspection
and
decontamination
services
to
watercraft
users.
A
state
position
is
critical
to
provide
operational
stability
and
for
oversight
of
contract
staff
when
available
to
address
those.
Those
peak
periods
would
be
augmented.
This
231
would
be
20.
Excuse
me:
75
percent
sport,
fish
restoration
and
25
ais
fees,
so
a
quarter
of
that
would
be
paid
for
by
that
aquatic
invasive
species
stamp
e-710
replacement
equipment,
replacement
of
equipment
to
maintain
fish
hatcheries.
C
This
decision
unit
includes
items
such
as
air
blowers,
electro
fishing
unit,
water
quality,
sampler,
a
generator
and
the
electronic
fishing
units,
and
and
outboard
motors
e711
replacement
of
vehicles
that
have
reached
their
end
of
useful
life,
again:
7525
federal
75
percent
and
25
sportsman
revenue
on
those
same
breakdown
on
e720,
the
new
equipment.
This
would
fund
new
one
new
utility
terrain
vehicle
and
riding
maintenance
equipment
in
fy
22
for
use
in
hard
to
get
to
areas
in
eastern
nevada
by
survey.
C
Crews
and
biologists,
with
the
hopeful
benefit
of
decreasing,
wear
and
tear
on
vehicles
also
requested
for
both
years
as
a
new
fish.
Hatchery
equipment,
fish,
hatchery
equipment
includes
large
tools
and
equipment
used
in
laboratories,
mail
rooms,
clinics
and
shops,
including
heavy
construction
equipment.
C
C
Division,
as
we
just
talked
about,
is
responsible
for
management
protection,
research
and
monitoring
of
wildlife
classified
as
game
mammals,
upland
migratory
birds
and
fur
bearing
mammals,
fisheries
division
works
to
ensure
the
health
and
vitality
of
nevada's,
fish
and
amphibians,
and
all
streams,
rivers,
lakes
and
reservoirs,
and
then
the
wildlife
diversity
division,
whose
budget
closed
previously
is
responsible
for
most
non-game
wildlife
in
the
state
and
those
non-aquatic
non-game
species.
So
that
concludes
the
budget
presentation
for
4465.
Mr
chair.
A
Thank
you
very
much.
Let's
see
samuel
and
peters,
that's
the
question.
B
Thank
you,
chair
and
and
similar
to
my
previous
question,
I'm
looking
at
your
e230
enhancement,
which
replaces
the
contract
staff
with
two
full-time
positions.
Can
you
talk
about
how
those
two
full-time
positions
were
determined
as
opposed
to
a
single
full-time
position,
to
address
those
needs
identified.
C
C
The
level
of
skills
wasn't
what
we
could
hopefully
obtain
through
an
agency
position,
as
opposed
to
a
contracted
position,
but
I
would,
I
would
also
like
to
invite
invite
our
fisheries
division
administrator
john
schoberg,
to
maybe
highlight
some
of
those
specific
challenges
and
share
some
of
his
thoughts
in
recommending
this.
This
transition.
B
Director
wellesley
jared
dennis
john
shilberg
lost.
C
So
I'll
just
add
further,
you
know
we,
we
know
that
we
have.
A
The
director
this
is
senator
dennis
chair
dennis.
I
need
you
to
make
sure
when
we're
switching
between
people,
we've
got
to
have
everybody
identify
themselves,
because
the
secretaries
have
a
hard
time
figuring
out
who's,
saying
what.
C
Absolutely
thank
you,
chair
dennis
that
was
deputy
director
jack
robb,
indicating
that
fisheries
division
administrator
john
schoberg
had
lost
connectivity
so
for
the
record,
tony
wasley,
director
and
I'll
add
the
many
of
the
many
of
the
concerns
were
similar.
Many
of
the
challenges
were
very
similar
to
what
we
expressed
previously
in
staffing,
seasonal
positions
at
lake
tahoe
with
lake
mead
situation.
C
We
know
that
the
state
of
nevada
wants
to
try
to
contain
them
our
ability
to
contain
mussels
to
that
body
of
water,
in
nevada
and
in
in
in
nevada,
more
so
than
than
you
know,
preventing
the
infestation
not
only
of
other
waters
in
nevada,
but
certainly
preventing
infestation
of
the
pacific,
columbia,
river
system
and
the
pacific
northwest,
and
what
might
happen
to
water
purveyors
in
oregon
and
washington
puts
an
added
level
of
pressure
and
expectation
on
on
the
state
of
nevada.
C
The
way
that
we're
able
to
do
that
is
by
staffing
key
areas
in
the
state
where
people
travel
through
as
they're
leaving
lake
mead
with
potentially
infected
vessels.
We
have
tried
to
do
that
with
a
portion
of
that
staff
being
contracted
staff
and
it
it
hasn't
been
as
efficient
or
as
effective.
If
we
had
some
full-time
wildlife
area
tech
positions,
we
feel
that
we
could
have
a
higher
level
of
expectation.
Compliance
more
consistency
with
you
know,
filling
those
needed
roles
for
inspection
to
contain
quaggas
in
that
in
that
portion
of
the
state.
A
Okay,
thank
you.
I've
got
senator
gokuchi
and
also
some
of
them.
Titus
has
a
question
and
I
see
assemblywoman
tolls
yeah,
let's
go
in
that
order.
Thank
you,
mr
chair
tony.
I
was
just
curious
how
many
aquatic
invest
stations?
Do
you
have
across
across
the
state
and
are
most
of
those
contract,
rather
than
I'm
very
familiar
with
the
one
in
alamo
and
what
a
way
to
spend
your
year.
C
Yeah,
thank
you.
Thank
you
for
the
question.
Senator
gokujia
and
I
I
don't
know
off
the
top
of
my
head,
how
many
we
do
have
very
limited
agency
staff
committed
to
those
it's
overwhelming.
It's
historically
been
overwhelming
majority
of
contract
and
staff.
We
have
a
coordinator
in
headquarters
and
then
we've
had
two
people
in
the
field
as
full-time
employees
and
then
a
number
of
contracted
staff.
Some
of
the
capacity
rotates
around
to
areas
of
high
need,
but
we
try
to.
C
We
try
to
have
a
presence
on
some
of
the
most
heavily
used
waters
in
the
state.
Part
of
it
is
contamination
containment
of
contamination
around
lake
mead.
The
other
part
is
prevention
at
uninfected
waters.
You
know
like
like
rye
patch
or
lahontan,
but
I
I
would
invite
deputy
director
jack
rob
to
add
any
any
details.
B
C
A
A
B
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
First,
I
want
to
thank
director
bosley
and
your
team
for
for
the
many
budgets
that
you
presented
today
and
the
excellent
work
you're
doing
to
help
preserve
and
appreciate
nevada's
wildlife,
all
throughout
nevada.
B
I
have
a
number
of
questions
if
I
might
mr
chair
first,
with
the
pretty
dramatic
increase
in
tag
applications
by
the
way
I
just
submitted
mine
again
contributed
to
the
cause
and
in
the
number
of
phishing
licenses
that
have
been
given,
I'm
not
really
seeing
an
increase
in
the
number
of
fish
that
are
planted
or
the
resources
that
are
available,
and
I'm
concerned
that
we're
loving
nevada
to
death
here,
and
so
how
are
you
offsetting
this
increased
interest
and
making
sure
that
the
sportsman
has
a
positive
outcome
with
the
tag
you
can
control
that
better?
B
I
realize
that
director
wallacely,
because
you
can
limit
the
number
you
can.
An
unlimited
number
of
people
can
apply.
So
that's
good
for
revenue,
but
you
can
cap
the
number
of
tags
and
that's
part
of
the
management
program,
but
it's
not
quite
the
same
with
the
fisheries
program
because,
as
you
have
this
unlimited
number
of
people
applying
for
fish
fishing
license,
they
can
go
out
and
catch
fish
based
on
the
limit.
So
are
we
increasing
the
number?
I
know
we
have
a
limited
number
of
hatcheries.
B
C
Thank
you
for
the
question:
assemblywoman
titus.
We
we
through
surveys,
I'm
sorry
for
the
record,
tony
wasley.
Thank
you
for
the
question.
Assemblywoman
titus.
This
is
where
our
survey
and
inventory
data
can
document
if
use
is
actually
impacting
the
availability,
and
so
we
have
probably
the
the
tale
of
two
worlds
where
we
have
streams
that
never
see
a
soul
or
reservoirs
that
you
know
are
fished,
maybe
once
a
month
and
and
then
the
the
opposite
of
that
you
know,
might
might
be
an
urban
fishery.
C
C
We
recently
developed
a
pond
with
a
number
of
partners
in
winnemucca
we're
exploring
the
possibilities
of
developing
a
similar
opportunity
with
with
community
and
industry
partners
in
elko.
We've
done
that
in
in
las
vegas,
we've
done
it
in
carson
city.
C
C
Our
belief
is
that
a
number
majority
of
our
fisheries
are
under
utilized
and
we
haven't
seen
the
impacts
of
overfishing,
certainly
if
we
do
and
where
we
do
we'll
aim
to
augment
those
waters,
whether
we
need
to
try
to
increase
production,
which
is
pretty
much
at
capacity
with
our
facilities,
but
might
mean
purchasing
fish
from
somebody
else
out
of
state.
Perhaps.
B
Yeah,
thank
you
for
that
follow
up
on
that
one,
mr
chair,
if
you
don't
mind,
because
I
am
worried,
I
do
fish
at
topaz
and
I
have
a
little
bit
of
property
up
on
the
west
walker
and
concerned
about
the
number
of
people.
I
see
there
and
really
the
limited
number
of
fish
that
are
actually
being
caught
concerned
about
that,
and
thank
you
for
the
pond
and
winnemucca
my
grandkids
just
went
there
yesterday
had
a
great
experience.
It's
always
a
that's
a
good
family
one.
B
My
next
question,
if
I
might
looking
at
your
budget
that
you
submitted
on
on
this
particular
fisheries
budget
on
the
major,
the
full
budget
that
we
have
in
the
major
three
volumes
that
we
have,
your
your
recommendation
from
your
department
for
the
the
fisheries
was
9
million
411
thousand
dollars
and
the
gov
wreck
was
8
million
797
000..
So
I'm
not
seeing
that
in
this
presentation
the
discrepancy
there
and
where
what
the
gov
wreck
was
versus
what
your
request
is.
B
C
That
is
a
oh
tony
wasley
for
the
record.
Apologies
chair.
Thank
you
for
the
question.
Assemblywoman
titus
and-
and
I
do
not
have
the
answer
to
that
question.
I
would
invite
deputy
director
bonnie
long
to
just
see
if
she
off
the
top
of
her
head,
is
aware
of
that
discrepancy
and
might
have
a.
B
Response
all
right
for
the
record
bonnie
long,
deputy
director
of
the
nevada
department
of
wildlife.
Actually,
I'm
not
seeing
the
the
difference,
I'm
looking
at
agent's
request
in
the
total.
Oh,
my
apologies.
I
was
looking
at
base
I'm
switching
over,
I'm
I'm
not
certain
on
what
the
discrepancy
is,
but
we
can
certainly
I
can
lay
it
out
and
provide
that
information
to
you
after
the
meeting.
Thank
you,
yeah!
B
It's
in
it's
on
our
budget,
binder
the
major
thick
budget
binder
and
it's
one
one
zero
one,
four,
four,
six
five
and
there
was
quite
a
bit
of
discrepancy
between
the
gov
rack
and
the
agency
request.
When
we
looked
at
that
and
so
yeah
I
was
too,
I
too
was
trying
to
figure
out
it.
Some
of
it
was
in
transfer
sports
revenue
and
those
kind
of
things,
so
it's
just
seemed
a
little
different
from
what
the
governor
had
recommended.
B
So
if
we
could
get
some
clarification
on
that,
I'm
sure
the
committee
would
like
that.
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
and
that
that's
that's
my
question.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you,
some
of
them
and
told.
B
Yes,
thank
you
chair
and
thanks
for
pointing
that
out,
women
titus,
I'm
also
seeing
those
discrepancies,
and
I
think,
you've
got
a
lot
of
people
on
this
committee
who
love
to
fish.
So
there's
a
lot
of
interest
in
in
this
particular
budget.
I'm
just
curious
knowing
that
we're
anticipating
severe
drought
and
knowing
how
that
stresses
the
fish
and
that
there's
certain
strategies
that
we
put
into
place
to
help
with
restoring
the
fish
habitat
and
you
know
putting
in
culverts
and
how
we
divert
water
and
so
on
and
so
forth.
B
C
Tony
wesley
for
the
record,
thank
you
for
the
for
the
question
assemblywoman's
holes,
the
the
challenge
is
it
you
know
we
don't
necessarily
have
that
that
crystal
ball
to
be
able
to
predict
what
you
know,
snowpack's
going
to
be
like
and
as
we're
rearing
fish
and
producing
fish
there's
a
an
element
of
of,
I
guess,
hope,
or
trust
that
the
water
flows
and
levels
will
be
adequate
to
support
any
fish
that
are
that
are
planted
and
stocked
in
into
those
waters.
C
So
on
on
that
side
of
things
it
it
can
certainly
change
where
we
put
fish,
it
can
change
how
long
we
keep
fish
or
the
size
at
which
they're
released,
and
it
goes
back
to
some
of
the
statements
about
you
know
being
flexible
and
adaptive.
C
C
It
can
create
issues
in
reservoirs
and
holding
capacities
and
minimum
pool,
and
we
do
some
salvage
operations
where,
if
a
reservoir
or
a
stream
or
like
truckee
river
in
downtown
reno,
got
to
zero
cfs
and
we
had
outcries
from
a
lot
of
anglers
to
salvage
those
fish
or-
and
so
you
know,
sometimes
it
does
create
some
unanticipated
challenges
and
redirection
of
capacity.
C
These
positions
that
that
you're,
asking
about
don't,
really
have
any
role
or
function
on
on
those
roles
and
responsibilities.
These
are
primarily
to
provide
the
inspection
and
decontamination
services
associated
with
the
aquatic
invasive
species
program
and
prevention
of
contamination
of
other
waters.
C
So
those
the
roles
and
responsibilities
that
you
referenced
would
fall
to
existing
staff,
and
this
was
just
a
conversion
from
contracted
contracted
staff
to
man,
with
the
inspection
stations
to
full-time
staff.
There
could
be
some
additional
some
ancillary
benefits
and
times
of
the
year
where
we
don't
have
a
lot
of
boat
traffic,
and
we
could
perhaps
benefit
from
additional
capacity
to
do
some
surveys
or
inventories.
B
So,
thank
you
for
some
of
those
clarifications
that
these
new
tech
positions
are
going
to
help
that
it'll
fall
on
existing
staff.
Are
you
anticipating
that
we'll
find
ourselves
in
that
same
situation
this
summer,
potentially
or
do
you
feel
that
we
have
the
adequate
resources
to
prevent
that?
That
kind
of
stress
I
I
live
and
fish
right
near
the
truckee
river
in
reno
that
just
just
a
couple
miles
outside
of
downtown.
C
Yeah
tony
wasley
for
the
record.
Thank
you
assemblywoman
tolls.
I
do.
I
do
believe
that
that
we
aren't
in
a
situation
that
is
quite
as
dire
as
it
was
a
few
years
ago
when
we
saw
the
truckee
yet
officially
at
zero
cfs.
C
Of
course,
we
have
some
significant
concerns
about
the
snowpack
and
when,
when
the
snowpack
isn't
there,
the
flows
aren't
there.
When
the
flows
aren't
there
and
the
water
temperatures
go
up
and
as
the
temperatures
go
up,
the
stress
on
the
fish
go
up
and
catch-related
immortality
also
goes
up.
Where
we
get
into
you
know.
Real
problems
is
when
we
have
back
to
back
to
back
years
and
of
that
drought
there.
C
You
know
we
certainly
do
a
lot
of
survey.
Monitoring,
we've
salvaged.
You
know
large
trout
from
from
some
of
the
irrigation
ditches
and
put
them
back
into
areas
where
there's
more
predictable
and
suitable
flows.
C
My
hope
is
is
that
next
winter
is
better
than
than
this
winter.
We
we
we
frequently,
we
see
a,
I
won't
say,
a
battle,
but
a
maybe
an
ongoing
debate
between
game
biologists
who
hate
high
snow
loads
because
it
it
causes
mortality
in
ungulate
populations
and
fisheries
biologists
who
want
more
snow
because
fish
depend
on
the
water.
So
maybe
an
upside
would
be.
C
You
know
a
lot
of
carryover
in
our
ungulate
and
upland
bird
populations
safe
grouse,
not
with
notwithstanding
but
some
of
those
mountainous
species,
so
in
the
short
term,
concern
but
not
really
alarmed,
but
will
certainly
monitor
the
situation
and
hopefully
be
able
to
avoid
some
of
the
dire
dire
situation
that
occurred
a
few
years
ago
in
the
truckee.
B
A
B
Thank
you,
mr
chair
I'll,
be
following
up
with
the
some
of
the
women,
and
actually,
I
think
this
question
was
mostly
answered
from
some
of
the
questions
that
came
from
senator
gorgachia,
but
I'll
just
ask
it
as
a
clarifying
on
e-231
this
position
at
the
alamo
roadside
inspection
station.
B
It
sounds
like
director,
wasley
and,
and
mr
rob,
you
explained
how
the
the
challenges
that
are
faced
in
trying
to
find
part-time
and
and
contract
support
for
these,
especially
in
some
of
these
remote
areas.
So
I
guess
I
really
just
wanted
to
confirm
that
by
moving
this
to
a
full-time
position,
you
you
actually
think
it'll
be
easier
to
find
somebody
to
to
fill
this
position
out
in
alamo
or
in
veronica.
C
C
We
have
essentially
three
people
within
the
department
who
provide
oversight
as
as
ftes,
and
so
we
go
from
from
three
positions
with
skill:
knowledge
ability,
supervisorial
responsibilities
over
30,
contracted
people
that
come
and
go
and
may
show
up
and
may
not
show
up
and
are
seeking
employment
elsewhere
and
are
maybe
good
at
one
thing
that
and
what
we're
looking
to
do
is
to
increase
our
capacity.
C
Just
a
few
bodies
that
have
the
ability
to
take
on
more
responsibility
that
have
more
skills,
more
responsibility,
more
consistency
to
provide
that
oversight
and
direction
so
that
we
don't
have
our
our
one
staff,
specialist
and
headquarters
and
our
two
ais
field.
People
trying
to
herd
cats
that
are
a
constant
revolving
door
with
with
turnover.
So
absolutely
yes,
assemblyman
watts.
B
C
Thank
you
again,
assemblyman
watts,
tony
wasley
for
the
record.
I
I
don't
believe
so.
We
haven't
had
problems
in
recruiting
for
those.
You
know
full-time
positions
in
the
past
and
we
we
enjoy
typically
enjoy
a
great
deal
of
interest
in
the
positions
that
we
offer
offers.
Some
people
see
it
as
an
opportunity
to
have
a
foot
in
the
door
and
maybe
ascend
to
a
fisheries
biologist
position,
and
it
does
provide
a
great
opportunity
for
us
to
glean
some
insights
into.
C
A
Okay,
so
we'll
go
ahead
and
close
that
and
that's
our
last
budget
director.
Thank
you
for
the
presentation
and
so
we'll
go
ahead
and
and
finish
that
up
we
do
have
to
take
a
break
here
for
a
second,
I
I
I
probably
need
staff
to
get
on
and
tell
us
what
we
need
to
do,
you're
going
to
be
given
the
the
packet
that
we
need
in
order
to
do
the
budget
closings.
How
much
time
do
we
need
for
that.
B
Chair
dennis
this
alex
hearts
for
the
record,
we
will
need
about
five
minutes.
We
will
start
working
with
the
committee
secretary
and
then
ask
the
secretary
to
inform
us
once
the
packet
has
been.
A
Okay,
so
well
so
for
sure,
we'll
take
at
least
a
five
minute
break
and
you'll
this
will
be
set
to
you.
You'll
need
to
get
it
printed
out
or
whatever
right
is
it
so
so
why
don't?
We
just
go
till
five
after
ten
that,
hopefully
that
gives
us
enough
time
and
we'll
check
we'll
at
least
check
in
at
five
after.
A
A
Thank
you.
So
we
are
back
back
on
the
record
in
the
committee.
We
are
going
to
do
a
closing
budget.
Closing
and
staff
is
going
to
walk
us
through
that,
but
before
we
do
that,
I
want
to
make
sure
that
anybody
out
there
trying
to
get
a
copy
of
it
knows
how
to
do
that.
We're
going
to
have
mr
lizer
from
our
staff
walk
us
through
that.
B
Thank
you,
chair
dennis,
for
those
that
are
following
along
I'm
gonna
share
my
screen.
B
In
the
upper
right
hand
corner
if
you
navigate
to
nellis
bring
up
the
nellis
page
along
the
left
hand.
Side
is
the
daily
schedule
for
today's
meetings
and
if
you
go
down
to
the
eight
o'clock
senate
committee
on
finance
and
assembly
committee
on
ways
and
means
subcommittees
on
public
safety,
natural
resources
and
transportation,
click
that
link.
B
Page
along
the
left
hand
side
of
the
web
page.
There
is
a
section
for
exhibits.
You
click
on
that
arrow
to
expand
the
selection.
There's
an
option:
titled
zero.
Three
three
one
underscore
public
safety,
closing
packet
click
on
that
document.
It
will
bring
up
the
closing
documents
and
or
ease
of
view
and
printing.
A
D
A
B
Okay,
so
we
have
no
questions
or
discussion.
B
Okay,
I
moved
to
accept
the
recommendation
to
for
the
addition
of
the
one-time,
permanent
state
power
facilities,
manager
position
and
I
also
moved
to
recommend
fiscal
staff's
recommendations
of
the
other
closing
items
for
items
one
through
three,
as
recommended
by
the
governor
and
provide
authority
to
staff,
to
make
technical
adjustments
as
necessary.
A
D
So
I
believe
we
have
now
made
the
ma
the
major
issue
motion
and
the
other
items
motion
all
at
once,
and
I
would
I
would
refer
to
management
of
lcb
whether
this
is
a
procedure
that
that
that
is
acceptable.
A
Both
decision
points
in
in
this
one
motion
and
the
second
great,
and
I
I
think
that
we
have
done
that,
so
I
I
will
go
ahead
and
accept
the
motion
in
a
second.
Is
there
any
further
discussion
on
the
motion.
B
C
A
A
Yes,
and-
and
I
believe
we
can
have
simula
and
monroe
mourinho
when
she
gets
back
record
her
vote-
is
that
correct?
Can
she
do
that.
A
Yeah,
so
I
just
got
to
remember
to
do
that
when
we
get
to
that
okay,
so
the
the
the
the
motion
passes
so
we'll
go
on
to
the
next
budget
or
the
next
decision
point.
D
D
D
A
D
D
This
recommendation
is
consistent
with
a
decision
taken
by
the
committee
to
add
one
power
facilities
manager
position
to
the
colorado
river
commission,
administrative
budget,
other
closing
item
one.
The
maintenance
of
one
vehicle
would
guarantee
that
the
new
power
facilities
manager
has
a
vehicle
available
which
would
be
decisive
or
fulfillment
of
the
task
associated
with
that
position,
other
closing
items
two
and
three
and
certain
costs
allocation.
D
And
I
would
turn
it
back
to
the
chair,
whether
they're
any
to
see
whether
there
are
any
questions
on
this
budget.
D
Center
for
the
record,
the
next
budget,
which
staff
is
responsible
for
developing
closing
recommendations,
is
the
power
marketing
budget,
which
the
committee
will
find
from
page
11
on
in
the
closing
package
on
page
12
committee
will
find
a
recommendation
of
another
closing
item.
There
are
no
major
closing
closing
issues
in
this
budget.
There's
another
closing
item
which
concerns
cost
allocation.
D
D
I
come
now
to
the
staff
recommendation
concerning
closing
consideration
before
the
committee.
This
staff
recommends
that
the
following
budgets
be
closed,
as
recommended
by
the
governor
and
requests
authority
for
staff
to
make
technical
adjustments
as
necessary
budget.
A
A
Thank
you.
We
have
a
motion.
Senator
brooks
you
second,
second,
please
any
any
further
discussion
on
the.
A
Motion:
okay,
if
secretary,
please
call
the
vote.
B
D
A
Yes,
thank
you.
The
motion
passes.
Okay,
so
that's
that
budget,
so
we'll
go
ahead
and
close
that
portion
of
the
agenda
we'll
move
to
our
next
item
on
the
agenda,
which
is
public
comment.
B
B
Thank
you
caller,
with
the
last
three
digits
226.
Please
slowly
stated
and
spell
your
name
for
the
record.
You
will
have
two
minutes
and
may
begin.
Thank
you
so
much.
My
name
is
mauricia
baca
spelled
m-a-u-r-I-c-I-a
b
is
in
boy
a-c-a
for
the
last
name,
and
I
would
like
to
thank
the
chair
and
the
committee
members
for
this
opportunity
to
present
I'm
appearing
today
as
the
state
director
for
the
nature
conservancy
in
nevada
and
I'm
appearing
to
offer,
support
in
to
offer.
B
So
in
my
testimony
today,
I
simply
want
to
highlight
the
important
role
that
endow
plays
in
the
conservation
of
all
species
in
nevada.
They
work
across
the
state
to
enhance
and
restore
wildlife
habitat,
including
the
operation
and
maintenance
of
state
wildlife
management
areas.
They
offer
educational
programs
and
materials
to
nevadans
and
visitors
of
all
ages.
B
They
coordinate
effectively
with
other
state
agencies
to
implement
solutions
that
are
good
for
both
people
and
wildlife,
for
example,
in
partnership
with
the
nevada
department
of
transportation
and
now
work
to
construct
wildlife
crossings
over
roads
that
experience
high
volume
of
animal
vehicle
collision.
Apologies,
I'm
here
at
home
with
dogs
endow,
plays
a
critical
role
in
enhancing
our
state's
biodiversity.
By
studying
and
monitoring
species
and
habitats,
they
provide
valuable,
science-based
data
and
information.
B
Finally,
our
conservation
staff
at
cnc
appreciates
the
good
working
relationships
we
have
with
endow
staff
across
multiple
divisions.
They
are
consistently
professional,
responsive
and
knowledgeable,
and
we
hope
that
you
will
fully
fund
their
budget
request.
Thank
you
so
much
for
hearing
this
comment
I'll
go
on.
You
know,
especially
with
my
dogs.
Thank
you.