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A
Thank
you
good
morning,
everybody.
I
would
like
to
call
this
meeting
of
the
joint
interim
standing
committee
on
natural
resources
to
order
welcome
to
our
first
meeting
of
the
2021-2022
interim
first.
A
Before
we
start,
I
would
like
to
note
that
I
am
joining
this
meeting
from
the
ancestral
homeland
of
the
nuwu
or
southern
paiute
people
our
members
represent,
and
our
state
occupies
the
unseated
homelands
of
the
new
wu,
the
nui
or
western
shoshone,
the
numu
or
northern
paiute,
and
the
washishu
or
washoe
peoples
currently
represented
by
27
sovereign,
sovereign
tribal
nations,
located
holy
or
partially
within
the
state's
boundaries,
and
I
want
to
take
a
moment
to
honor
their
stewardship
of
the
area's
lands
and
waters
from
time
immemorial
to
present
day
and
intend
to
include
their
voices
in
this
committee's
work
and
work
with
them
to
protect
and
restore
these
places
for
future
generations.
A
B
C
D
C
A
A
Before
we
get
to
that,
though,
I'd
like
to
make
several
housekeeping
announcements
as
we
get
started
for
the
interim,
of
course,
we're
meeting
virtually
today.
We
hope
to
hold
future
meetings
in
person
and
we'll
keep
members
of
the
committee
and
the
public
updated
on
that
during
the
interim
meetings
typically
have
two
opportunities
for
public
comment
once
at
the
beginning,
and
once
at
the
end
of
the
meeting,
members
of
the
public
may
provide
testimony
in
different
ways,
all
of
which
are
posted
on
our
meeting
agendas
to
call
in
for
public
testimony
dial.
A
A
With
that,
we
will
begin
our
agenda
with
our
first
public
comment
period
of
the
day,
please
be
sure
to
clearly
state
and
spell
your
name
and
limit
your
comments
to
three
minutes
with
that
I'd
like
to
turn
it
over
to
our
staff
and
broadcast
production
services
to
see
if
we
have
anyone
wishing
to
make
public
comment
at
this
time
and
to
please
add
our
first
caller
to
the
meeting.
C
C
C
Both
bodies,
actions
fail
to
represent
the
values
and
objectives
of
most
nevadans
toward
the
public's
wildlife.
For
a
recent
endow
sponsored
wildlife
values,
study
carefully
conducted
by
colorado,
state
university
researchers.
Despite
a
few
tweaks
by
previous
legislatures,
the
membership
of
both
bodies
reliably
promotes
only
the
interests
of
maximized
wildlife,
killing
wildlife,
killing
contests
wipe
out
entire
populations
of
a
target
species
in
a
given
geographic
area,
while
posing
a
risk
to
public
safety.
C
A
brutal
96-hour
trap,
inspection
requirement,
ranking
48th
worst
out
of
50
states,
destroys
non-target
species
as
well.
A
trophy
bear
hunt
has
negatively
impacted
a
guesstimated
small
population,
deer
hunts,
further
deplete
population
numbers
already
precipitously
declining
year
over
year
because
of
degraded
habitat
and
serial
drought,
subjective
opinions,
not
sound.
Science
drive
these
bad
decisions.
C
The
high
point
of
attendance
was
12
cabs
out
of
17.
On
only
three
occasions,
nevada
spends
over
43
million
dollars
of
public
funds
per
fiscal
year
for
roughly
240
endow
employees
with
reform
of
its
current
institutional
bias
toward
maximizing
wildlife,
killing
license
sales
and
wildlife
killer
convenience.
Opportunity
and
success
endow
already
possesses
the
regulation,
writing
and
day-to-day
skills,
not
the
funding
needed
to
protect
all
of
our
over
700
identified
wildlife
species
from
decimation
and
extension
extinction.
C
Two
of
your
14
bdr
slots
need
to
completely
abolish
the
state
wildlife,
commission
and
county
advisory
boards.
Their
inherent
and
intractable
problems
cannot
be
credibly
glossed
over
any
more
than
a
collapsed
building
can
be
repaired,
and
I
will
ask
these
comments,
be
added
to
the
record
verbatim,
as
well
as
the
chart
documenting
the
cab
problems.
Thank
you
very
much.
A
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
comments,
mr
volts
broadcast
production
services.
Can
we
move
on
to
the
next
caller.
C
A
Right,
thank
you
and
to
the
other
caller,
we
will
have
another
public
comment
period.
So
if
you
wish
to
wait,
you
can
give
it
a
try,
then,
or
you
can
also
submit
your
comments
in
writing
with
that.
We'll
move
on
to
the
next
item
on
our
agenda,
which
is
committee,
member
and
staff
introductions,
I'd
like
to
take
a
few
minutes
to
allow
everyone
to
introduce
themselves.
So
members
will
start
with
you,
you
know
we'll
keep
it
brief.
C
Thank
you
so
much
chair
watson
good
morning
to
the
members
senator
donato
representing
senator
10,
which
is
in
the
heart
of
las
vegas,.
C
I
served
as
a
former
chair
of
the
senate
natural
resources
committee
in
the
81st
legislative
session,
so
I
definitely
have
an
interest
in
this
subject.
Of
course,
I'm
excited
to
talk
about
water
and
climate
change
and
environmental
health,
so
looking
forward
to
working
alongside
all
of
you
and
continuing
the
conversations.
Thank
you
so
much.
A
Thank
you
with
that.
We'll
move
on
to
senator
kachiya.
F
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
and
senator
pete
geicachia
representing
senate
district
19..
I
guess
it
continues
to
be
the
largest
senate
district
in
the
state,
predominantly
rural
nevada.
F
Although
I
do
get
into
the
the
west
side
of
the
las
vegas
valley,
I
had
the
privilege
of
serving
on
the
public
lands
general
committee
on
public
lands
as
a
county
commissioner,
twice
before
I
actually
was
elected
to
the
legislature,
and
I
believe
I've
been
on
the
committee
on
natural
resources
ever
since
so
again,
I'm
a
rancher
third
generation
rancher
natural
resources
are
very
near
and
dear
to
me.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
very
much
senator.
I
believe
that
senator
scheibel
hasn't
joined
us
yet
so
we'll
move
on
to
assemblywoman
carlton.
D
Good
morning,
mr
chairman,
members
of
the
committee
and
those
watching,
thank
you
very
much.
I'm
very
grateful
to
be
appointed
to
this
committee.
Once
again,
I've
served
off
and
on
on
natural
resources
through
my
career
in
the
legislature,
in
the
senate
and
in
the
assembly
and
was
actually
on
natural
resources,
with
senator
rhodes,
who
started
this
committee
a
very
long
time
ago
and
was
lucky
enough
to
be
the
first
southerner,
the
first
democrat,
the
first
woman
to
ever
chair
this
committee.
So
I
really
look
forward
to
the
work.
That's
going
to
get
done.
A
Thank
you
very
much.
We'll
move
on
to
assemblyman
ellison.
C
Thanks
mr
chair
john
ellison
assembly
district
33.,
I'm
like
mr
goguccia,
we
come
from
a
ranching
background
and
I've
served
on
two
different
committees
with
natural
resources
and
and
I
look
forward
to
serving
on
this
one.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you,
assemblywoman
hanson,.
D
D
I
represent
six
counties,
of
course,
a
large
section
of
washoe
and
five
other
counties
that
have
and
and
tribe
a
lot
of
tribal
lands
and
and
I'm
honored
to
do
so.
I
look
forward
to
serving
this
interim.
I
served
on
natural
resources
during
the
regular
session
in
2019.
It
was
my
first
session
2021.
A
Thank
you
very
much
and
assemblywoman
peters.
G
Thank
you
chair,
I'm
assembly,
woman,
sarah
peters,
I
represent
district
24
in
the
north
assembly
district
24
in
the
north,
which
is
the
heart
of
reno
really
so
I
was
on
the
natural
resources
committee,
my
first
session
in
2019.
C
G
Then,
during
the
interim
I
served
on
both
the
trpa
marla
lake
oversight
committee.
G
As
the
vice
chair
and
on
the
wildfire
study
interim
study
during
the
2019-2020
interim
my
day
job,
I
spend
a
lot
of
time
working
in
natural
resources
as
an
environmental
engineer,
and
I'm
grateful
to
be
here
and
participate
in
this
interim
conversation.
A
Thank
you,
assemblywoman
welcome
back
to
natural
resources,
and
I
am
howard
watts
it's
my
honor
to
serve
with
all
of
you
and
to
chair
this
first
joint
interim
standing
committee
on
natural
resources
and
help
chart
the
the
course
for
our
new
revised
interim
structure.
I
represent
district
15,
which
currently
covers
central
east,
las
vegas
and
I've
served
on
the
assembly
committee
on
natural
resources
in
both
of
my
regular
sessions
serving
as
chair
of
the
committee
during
the
81st
session.
A
A
First
of
all,
I'm
always
impressed
by
the
depth
of
experience
the
diverse
backgrounds
and
geography
of
our
members,
not
only
of
the
legislature
as
a
whole,
but
particularly
of
this
committee
and
and
the
way
that
that
experience
can
be
brought
to
bear
to
to
inform
the
decisions
that
we're
making
on
our
natural
resources,
and
the
work
that
we
take
on
is
is
more
important
than
ever.
A
We've
got
two
decades
of
eridification
along
the
colorado
river.
It's
resulted
in
the
first
ever
shortage
being
declared
on
the
river
reducing
southern
nevada's
water
allocation
by
roughly
7
billion
gallons
this
year
in
other
parts
of
the
state
we've
seen
that
drying
trend
drop,
snowpack
and
reservoir
levels,
leaving
our
agriculture
and
our
recreation
high
and
dry.
A
Reno
in
las
vegas
are
the
fastest
warming
cities
in
the
nation
and
las
vegas
has
the
most
intense
summer
heat
island
effect
of
any
u.s
city.
We're
breaking
temperature
records
at
an
alarming
pace
and
for
people
who
work
outside
or
live
without
affordable
quality
cooling.
This
is
becoming
downright
dangerous,
since
the
70s,
the
average
number
of
fires
over
1
000
acres
each
year,
has
doubled
in
nevada
and
last
august,
several
counties
recorded
their
worst
air
quality
ever
due
to
wildfire
smoke.
A
Other
committees
will
be
looking
at
how
nevada
can
lead
our
region
and
our
nation
in
reducing
emissions
to
avoid
billions
of
dollars
in
projected
increased
damages.
As
a
result
of
these
problems,
our
committee
will,
among
other
things,
take
a
closer
look
at
these
impacts
and
that
are
occurring
and
explore
options
to
reduce
the
detriment,
detrimental
effects
that
we're
seeing
on
nevada's
plants,
animals
and
people.
A
You
know
as
chair,
I
always
strive
to
create
an
open
and
inclusive
environment,
and
we
will
continue
to
do
that
in
the
interim
and
make
ourselves
open
to
diverse
ideas.
I
think
we'll
see
that,
even
throughout
the
rest
of
this
agenda,
I
will
continue
to
promote
an
environment
of
professionalism
and
fairness
and
expect
all
members
and
participants
to
treat
each
other
with
courtesy
and
respect
with
that.
I'd
like
to
now
turn
over
our
introductions
to
the
non-partisan
committee
staff,
who
will
support
us
during
the
interim
joining
us.
A
Are
our
committee
policy
analyst
jan
stennis,
beck
with
the
research
division
of
the
legislative
council
bureau
or
lcd
our
research
assistant,
becca
williams,
also
with
the
research
division?
A
We
have
our
committee
council
alan
amburn,
with
the
legal
division
of
the
lcb
who
served
as
as
counsel
to
both
the
senate
and
assembly
committees
on
natural
resources
during
the
81st
session
and
our
fiscal
analysts,
kimber
ellsworth
and
justin
luna,
with
the
fiscal
division
of
the
lcb
additionally
to
support
the
work
of
our
subcommittee
on
public
lands.
A
We
have
elisa
keller
and
maria
aguayo
with
the
research
division
joining
us
for
this
interim
and
last
but
not
least,
I
would
like
to
take
a
moment
to
recognize
our
excellent
broadcast
and
production
services
staff
to
enable
us
and
members
of
the
public
to
participate
in
these
meetings
remotely
and
ensure
that
recordings
of
our
meetings
are
available
to
everyone.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
all
that
you
do
with
that.
We'll
move
on
to
the
next
item
on
our
agenda,
which
is
the
presentation
of
our
committee
brief.
B
Thank
you
chair
for
the
record,
I'm
john
stensberg,
the
research
division
of
the
lcb
on
the
meeting
with
paige.
You
will
find
the
committee
brief
of
the
joint
constant
committee
on
natural
resources
for
2021
interim.
The
brief
contains
an
overview
of
natural
resource
issues.
The
committee
may
consider
meeting
dates,
staff
contacts
and
authorel
information.
B
As
you
know,
senate
bill
443
of
the
2021
regulatory
succession,
created
a
joint
in
terms
of
committee
on
national
resources
and
set
its
membership
duties,
powers
and
jurisdiction.
Additionally,
the
bill
replaced
the
last
half
committee
on
public
lands
with
the
subcommittee
private
lands
of
the
joint
interim
statement,
natural
resources
pair
ab443.
B
The
committee
may
request
up
to
14
bill
draft
requests,
which
at
least
four
must
be
based
on
recommendations
by
the
subcommittee
the
commit
the
committee
has
jurisdiction
over
a
wide
range
of
natural
resources
issues
during
past
sessions,
the
senate
and
assembly
committees
on
natural
resources,
considered
measures
related
to
topics
ranging
from
agriculture
and
animals
over
historic
preservation,
water
and
wildfires.
B
As
such,
during
the
2021
regulative
session,
the
natural
resources
committees
received
a
total
of
55
measures,
of
which
44
were
passed
into
law.
These
measures
addressed
a
diversity
of
issues,
some
bills
from
last
session
that
come
to
mind,
are
example,
52,
which
created
a
dark
sky
program
and
a
symbol
of
356
which
made
various
changes
relating
to
water
conservation,
southern
nevada.
There
were
also
various
fields
that
addressed
wildfire
issues
such
as
assemble
a9
and
100,
which,
among
other
things,
authorized
public
partnerships
to
combat
wildfires
further.
B
The
committee
process
bills
related
to
water,
agriculture
and
protecting
animals
like,
for
example,
assembly
bill
399,
which
provided
certain
protection
to
egg
laying
hands.
The
brief
also
lists
a
selection
of
relevant
publications,
dealing
with
natural
resource
issues
and,
for
example,
the
the
last
entrance
final
reports
for
the
letters
of
comedian,
public
lands
and
the
interim
study
concerned.
Wildfires
are
listed.
B
Lastly,
I
just
wanted
to
point
out
that
it's
non-partisan
staff
that
we
can
either
advocate
for
or
against
anything
that
comes
before
this
committee.
As
a
policy
analyst,
I
look
forward
to
assisting
the
committee
on
any
issues
related
to
the
committee
and
additionally,
I'm
available
to
provide
individual
members
with
information,
assisting
information
or
assistance
on
a
confidential
basis
on
any
topic,
and
that
concludes
my
presentation.
Thank
you
very
much
chair.
B
A
A
As
mr
stenisbeck
noted
assembly
bill,
443
created
a
subcommittee
on
public
lands
within
our
joint
interim
standing
committee
on
natural
resources
and
as
chair
of
that
committee,
it
is
my
responsibility
to
appoint
the
members
of
that
subcommittee.
Four
members
must
be
selected
from
this
joint
interim
standing
committee
with
two
assembly
members
and
two
senators.
Additionally,
the
subcommittee
has
one
member
representing
the
governing
body
of
a
local
political
subdivision
and
one
member
representing
tribal
governments
in
nevada.
A
At
this
point,
I
would
like
to
announce
the
appointment
of
the
following
members
to
serve
on
the
subcommittee.
This
interim.
I
will
chair
the
subcommittee
with
senator
scheible,
serving
as
vice
chair,
senator
goykichia
and
assemblywoman.
Carlton
will
also
serve
on
the
subcommittee
clark
county
commissioner
justin
jones
will
be
our
local
government
representative
and
the
tribal
representative
will
be
appointed
at
a
later
date,
as
we
are
waiting
on
the
recommendation
of
the
inter-tribal
council
of
nevada.
A
With
that,
we
will
move
on
to
our
next
agenda
item,
which
is
a
discussion
of
possible
topics
to
study
during
the
interim
I
do
before
we
open
up
this
discussion
among
members
want
to
direct
the
committees
and
the
public's
attention
to
the
solicitation
of
recommendations
which
is
posted
on
the
committee's
web
page
and
the
meeting
page,
and
as
noted
in
the
memo,
the
committee
will
hold
a
work
session
at
a
later
date
to
consider
potential
recommendations.
A
A
Those
interested
may
also
suggest
issues
that
they
would
like
to
see.
Our
committee
study
by
contacting
our
committee
at
nr
interim
lcb.state.nb.us,.
A
I
believe
in
my
introductory
remarks,
I
already
made
clear
my
interest
in
looking
at
the
impacts
of
a
changing
climate
on
our
state
and
its
natural
resources,
and
I'm
particularly
interested
in
continuing
to
have
our
state
lead
the
way
in
water
conservation
efforts.
Do
other
members
have
any
topics
of
interest
that
they'd
like
to
express
to
have
the
committee
study
at
this
time,
assemblywomanhansen.
D
Thank
you
chair
two
things.
Could
you
please
mention
the
public
lands
appointments
again?
I
I
thought
you
said
two
assembly
members
and
I
don't
think
I
wrote
I
got
assemblywoman
carlton.
Did
I
get
that
wrong.
D
And
let's
see
here
so
I
don't
know
if
this
is
the
place
to
suggest
this,
and
I'm
certainly
glad
that
some
of
the
woman
carlton
is
involved.
I
was
hoping
that
we
would
have
a
representative
from
the
assembly
that
maybe
represented
the
rural
districts
on
public
lands.
D
I
know
we
have
senator
gogochia
or
the
senate
side,
but
nobody
on
the
assembly
side
representing
the
rural
districts
so
just
wanted
to
kind
of
put
that
on
the
record
as
far
as
topics
and
as
since
there
is
not
an
assembly
member
on
public
lands
from
the
rurals.
D
I
really
had
planned
to
suggest
this
anyway,
but
it
will
be
even
more
vital
that
we,
I
would
like
to
see
us
study
some
of
the,
and
there
are
some
great
studies
out
there
between
where
ranching
and
wildlife
sort
of
interface,
particularly
with
sage
grouse
populations,
the
smith
creek
ranch
study
that
was
done.
There's
some
there's
some
really
excellent,
ranching
communities
in
north
eastern
northwestern
elko
county
that
have
some
very
healthy
sage
grouse.
D
I
I
know
how
much
it
impacted
me
as
a
freshman
legislator,
when
I
was
able
to
visit
a
mining
operation,
so
I
would
also
encourage
us
to
include
ranching
farming
included
in
some
of
the
public
land
topics,
so
we
can
understand
the
the
positive
effects
that
a
lot
of
these
ranches
and
farms
have
as
a
additional
benefit
to
wildlife,
what
what
they
bring
to
the
table
and
benefiting
our
wildlife
populations
in
those
regions.
So
that
would
be
my
suggestion
for
now.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
assemblywoman.
I
would
like
to
note
a
couple
of
things.
First,
it
is
our
full
intention
to
have
the
subcommittee
conduct
remote
meetings
at
locations
across
the
state.
A
This
was,
of
course,
how
the
committee
on
public
lands
operated
previously
to
go,
and
you
know
get
some
of
that
hands-on
experience
across
the
state,
so
we
are
fully
intending
to
do
that.
Additionally,
we're
planning
those
meetings
to
be
adjacent
to
weekends,
to
promote
the
opportunity
for
additional
activities
outside
of
the
meeting
itself
in
order
to
get
some
of
that
hands-on
experience
with
ranching
mining,
outdoor
recreation
and
other
natural
resource
ventures.
So
that
is
certainly
something
that
we
have
planned.
A
Also
I'll
just
take
a
moment
to
say
again,
you
know
we
have
a
lot
of
experience
on
this
committee.
Everyone,
of
course,
is
welcome
to
attend
those
subcommittee
meetings,
whether
they're,
a
member
or
not,
and
I'd
just
like
to
to
take
a
moment.
You
know
I
actually
didn't
get
a
chance
to.
I
guess
give
praise
to
assemblywoman
carlton
during
the
the
regular
session
and
as
noted
in
her
introduction,
she's
been
a
trail
blazer
in
the
legislature.
A
A
trailblazer
in
this
committee
and
frankly
was,
I
think,
the
leading
force
to
ensure
that
we
had
this
subcommittee
created
so
that
we
could
continue
to
get
out
into
the
rural
parts
of
nevada,
even
as
we
restructured
the
interim
and
so
I'm
honored
to
to
have
her
in
her
final
interim
join
us
on
this
committee.
But
I
do
appreciate
your
comments
and
we
will
be
sure
to
to
make
sure
that
those
voices
are
included
and
any
recommendations
that
you
have.
F
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
and
I
just
wanted
to.
I
don't
know
the
best
way
to
notify
you.
I
have
a
question,
but
I
I
was
just
kind
of
concerned.
Okay,
there
are
the
you
know
technically
the
six
members
serving
on
the
subcommittee,
but
four
of
them
are
from
this
committee.
Wouldn't
it
be
wise
also
to
or
should
we
select
alternates
who's
going
to
stand
in
and
say
if
say,
if
I
can't
attend
a
meeting,
then
would
it
be
senator
donati
by
just
automatically,
or
I
think
we
need
to
address
that
as
well.
A
Thank
you
for
that,
we'll
we'll
I'll
talk
with
staff.
I
believe
the
statute
is
silent
on
alternates
for
the
subcommittee.
However,
the
committee
itself
does
have
alternates
for
members
from
each
party
and
each
house,
so
I
believe
we
can.
We
can
work
something.
Similarly,
if
someone's
unavailable
to
have
somebody
from
the
same
house
and
party
to
attend
in
their
stead.
Although
you
have
a
strong
attendance
record,
senator
I'm
expecting
you
to
be
at
all
three
of
those
subcommittee
meetings.
G
Thank
you
chair.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
and
participating
in
the
sharing
our
our
hopes
for
this
committee.
G
At
this
point,
I
am
hoping
that
we
can
continue
to
look
at
and
review
a
potential
process
for
the
state
of
nevada
to
assess
impacts
of
decisions
on
environmental
justice
challenges
in
the
state,
and
I'd
also
hope
that
we
can-
and
you-
and
I
have
had
a
couple
conversations
outside
of
committees
me
as
chair
of
health
and
human
services,
that
we
include
discussions
on
environmental
health
risks
due
to
climate
change
and
the
impacts
that
those
are
having
on
our
communities.
A
C
Thank
you
so
much
chair
watts,
building
off
on
the
conversation
from
assemblywoman
peters,
I'd,
love
to
see
us
conduct
stakeholder
meetings,
perhaps
an
entire
meeting
of
our
from
the
interim
committee
dedicated
to
talking
about
water,
specifically
some
of
the
findings
that
we
have
details
from
ab356.
C
I
think
the
part
of
it
sets
us
up
to
conduct
the
interim
study
or
to
at
least
look
at
issues
of
water.
So
I
think
that's
definitely
something
we
should
prioritize
during
the
interim,
and
I
have
also
received
constituent
requests
to
look
at
food
waste.
I
think
that's
something
that
we
can
definitely
dig
into
something
that
we
didn't
really
talk
about
during
the
last
session,
but
we
can
always
build
on
it
and,
of
course
recycling.
So
all
of
this
aligns
with
what
you
mentioned
earlier
today.
A
Thank
you
very
much.
Vice
chair,
the
division
of
environmental
protection
is
actually
convening
a
stakeholder
group
that
is
working
on
waste
reduction
issues,
and
I
look
forward
to
having
a
presentation
by
representatives
from
that
working
group
at
some
point
during
this
interim.
Additionally,
I
appreciate
you
bringing
out
water
issues.
A
That
does
remind
me-
and
I
believe
it
is
covered
in
the
committee
brief-
that
under
assembly
bill
356,
we
are
tasked
with
studying
issues
of
water
conservation
during
this
interim,
and
I
do
intend
to
have
at
least
one
full
meeting
dedicated
to
water
and
water
conservation
issues
and
there
will
probably
it'll
probably
be
incorporated
to
some
degree
in
other
meetings
and
presentations
as
well.
So
thank
you
for
that.
A
All
right,
thank
you
very
much
members
with
that.
We
will
move
on
to
the
the
meet
of
our
agenda.
For
today
we
do
have
two
departments
here.
To
present
to
us.
First
up
is
going
to
be
the
department
of
conservation
and
natural
resources.
A
The
status
of
relevant
legislation
and
its
implementation
and
then
of
course,
to
look
at
any
of
the
climate
impacts
that
these
agencies
are
seeing.
So
with
that
welcome
director
kroll,
please
go
ahead
whenever
you're
ready,
you
can
introduce
yourself
for
the
record
and
begin.
E
Thank
you,
chairwatch
brad,
kroll,
director
department
of
conservation,
natural
resources
for
the
record.
I'm
gonna
attempt
to
share
my
screen
here
for
the
powerpoint
presentation
I
have
for
you
today.
E
Great,
so
I
appreciate
mr
chair
appreciate
you
having
us
here
today
and
the
opportunity
to
present.
I
am
gonna
move
through
these
first
few
slides
rather
quickly
that
that,
at
your
request,
excuse
me,
but
for
those
who
maybe
aren't
familiar
or
don't
recall,
dcr
is
a
very
wide
ranging
jurisdictional
department.
We've
got
eight
divisions,
four
programs
16
boards
and
commissions,
and
a
total
of
37
grand
loan
programs
and
and
counting
in
terms
of
our
our
financing
mechanisms.
E
You'll
see
a
whole
list,
the
full
list
of
our
boards
and
commissions.
Here
they
are
active
to
different
degrees,
but
we'll
point
out
just
for
so
those
who
know
helpful
for
those
who
who
may
not
know
but
boards
like
the
board
for
financing
water
projects.
That
is
the
board
within
the
division.
E
Environmental
protection
that
administers
the
federal,
clean
water
and
drinking
water,
state
revolving
loan
funds
to
fund
water
projects
and
infrastructure
around
the
state
and
received
a
significant
increase
in
funding
through
the
federal
infrastructure
bill
that
was
passed
recently
and
that
will
help
meet
demand
in
a
significant
way.
I
also
point
out
just
one
more
of
our
boards
and
commissions,
which
is
the
state
environmental
commission.
E
Many
of
you
all
of
you,
I'm
sure,
are
familiar
with
the
state
environmental
commission
and
I
just
point
it
out
because
it
is
our
most
active
commission
and
the
workload
is
increasing,
and
it's
probably
going
to
be
necessary
here
in
the
very
near
term
to
look
at
the
staff
and
funding
adequacy
for
that
commission
to
do
all
it
needs
to
do
in
both
a
oversight,
capacity
and
a
proactive
respect
to
looking
at
our
environmental
laws
and
regulations.
E
E
These
next
few
slides
are
very
short
overviews
of
our
eight
divisions
and
four
programs,
which
you
can
go
through
at
your
leisure
and
see
some
of
the
top
line,
statistics
and
jurisdictional
areas
for
our
various
divisions
and
programs
within
the
the
department
note
here
on
this
first
slide,
the
division
of
state
lands
also
serves
as
the
as
the
division
that
helps
with
the
majority
of
our
work
in
lake
tahoe
and
our
newest
division.
E
I
just
want
to
mention
quickly
is
our
division
of
outdoor
recreation,
which
is
up
and
running,
has
doubled
its
staff
recently
from
one
to
two,
but
we
are
continuing
to
grow
and
do
lots
even
with
that
staff
and
the
new
lieutenant
appointed
lieutenant
governor
serves
as
the
chair
of
the
board
of
the
division
of
outdoor
recreations
advisory
board.
E
These
are
our
four
programs,
the
staging
ecosystem
program
and
the
and
the
conservative
nevada
program
are
two
that
I'm
going
to
highlight
later
in
this
presentation.
So
I'll
just
put
a
placeholder
in
there
that
we
will
go
over
those
two
topics
in
a
little
bit
more
depth
shortly
and
also
say
before
I
get
into
our
legislative
recap.
Many
of
the
topics
I'm
going
to
reference
or
talk
about
today
are
also
going
to
be
complimented
by
the
presentation
from
my
colleague,
director
wasley,
at
the
department
of
wildlife
for
nevada.
E
So
during
the
2021
legislature
for
policy
bills,
the
department
had
19
bills
introduced
13
of
those
made
their
way
through
the
process
and
were
passed.
We
had
a
number
of
bills
that
were
that
we
requested
from
an
interim
committee
or
did
in
concert
with
an
interim
committee
of
which
nine
were
introduced
and
seven
were
passed
and
then,
more
broadly,
in
the
context
of
all
the
legislation
that
the
legislature
passed.
E
This
is
a
a
long
known
need,
but
an
emerging
area
of
policy
in
terms
of
how
to
best
address
and
manage
those
issues,
and
we
look
forward
to
working
with
the
committee
to
find
ways
in
which
nevada
can
address
these
issues
and
their
impacts
on
those
communities,
specifically
in
the
internment
in
the
next
legislative
session.
E
E
Some
legislation
related
off
highway
vehicles,
enhancing
our
sage,
grouse
protection
program
and
then
significant
any
significant
policies
to
achieve
the
greenhouse
gas
reduction
targets
that
we've
set
for
the
state.
Much
more
obviously
needs
to
be
done
on
that
going
forward,
as
many
of
you
likely
saw
recently.
The
the
division
environmental
protection
issued
its
annual
greenhouse
gas
inventory,
and
we
are
on
target
to
come
up
short
of
our
2025
goal
and
then
significantly
short
of
our
2030
goal.
E
If
we
continue
to
operate
only
under
current
policies,
so
that
will
need
to
be
looked
at
if
we
want
to
get
to
our
targets
and
I'll
just
note
that
that
work
needs
to
begin
now,
because
it
takes
some
amount
of
runway
in
order
to
get
policies
in
place
and
then
see
the
emissions
reductions
that
will
come
from
those
policies.
E
I
want
to
discover
a
few
of
our
specific
legislative
items
that
were
that
were
passed
in
the
last
session,
some
of
which
were
mentioned
before
and
are
incorporated
in
the
committee.
Brief
legislation
focused
on
protecting
nevada's
lands
and
waters
included
the
the
four
bills
you
see
before
you
improving
our
ability
to
manage
spills
and
releases
from
petroleum
tanks
looking
at
the
extent
of
pfas
pollution
in
the
state
and
how
to
address
it.
E
Enhancing
our
program
for
protecting
our
our
waters
from
diffusi
to
few
sources
of
pollution
so
think
ag
right.
Urban
runoff
things
like
that.
The
impact
on
on
streams
from
wildfire
scars
things
of
things
of
that
nature,
we're
also
in
the
process
of
implementing
the
a
bill
related
to
preventing
quote-unquote
bad
actors
in
the
mining
industry.
In
nevada.
I
mean
this
was
a
some
of
when
peter's.
E
This
was
her
legislation
that
we
appreciate
her
advancing
and
have
been
working
with
the
mining
industry
to
implement,
and
we
are
well
into
the
process
now
and
working
with
lcb,
which
I
know
is
very
much
overwhelming.
Getting
these
things
drafted
and
out
the
door
so
we're
working
on
that
swamp.
Cedars.
A
topic
that
this
committee
addressed
during
the
last
interim,
we
are
working
with
our
federal
partners
to
find
ways
to
better
protect
that
population
of
swamp
cedars
out
in
eastern
northeastern
nevada.
E
We
can
talk
more
about
that
or
any
of
these
topics.
As
we
go
forward
catastrophic
wildfires,
a
couple
different
bills
were
passed.
I
will
say
that
they're
very
helpful
bills,
but
in
terms
of
of
managing
for
wildfire,
specifically
preventing
it
and
then
rehabbing
afterwards,
it's
going
to
take
a
significantly
greater
investment
of
money,
time
and
resources.
If
we're
going
to
get
ahead
of
this
issue,
there
is
significant
money
in
some
of
the
federal
infrastructure
bills
in
the
federal
infrastructure.
E
Bill
has
passed
recently,
but
we
need
to
make
sure
that
nevada
is
getting
its
fair
share,
that
money
that
can
come
directly
to
the
state
that
we
are
both
applying
for
and
ready
to
receive
it
and
put
those
dollars
on
the
ground
with
I
have
some
concern
that
the
amount
of
dollars
out
there
is
going
to
overwhelm
our
ability
to
actually
get
them
on
the
ground.
E
With
our
current
with
the
current
resources
we
have,
but
given
the
the
high
proportion
of
federal
land
in
nevada,
it's
going
to
be,
as
always
a
matter
of
working
closely
with
our
partners
to
be
strategic
about
where
those
dollars
and
those
projects
go
climate
change.
We
have
we're.
You
know
we're
making
progress
every
day
on
addressing
climate
change
in
nevada.
E
One
of
the
key
bills
that
was
passed
this
last
session
is
allowing
the
division
of
environmental
protection
to
have
better
more
granular
state-specific
data
to
inventory
our
greenhouse
gas
emissions.
So
we
know
what
kind
of
progress
we're
making
and
where
we
need
to
do
better.
E
So
that's
gonna
be
very
helpful
and
then
one
small
but
important
bill
to
address
climate
change
and
and
air
pollution
in
general
was
the
closing
of
the
classic
car
loophole
that
the
chair,
watts
sponsored
and
we'll
make
sure
that
vehicles
who
have
a
classic
car
registration
are
those
cars
are
truly
classic
cars
that
are
not
driven
on
a
daily
basis
as
commuter
cars
that
pollute
and
are
used
for
going
more
than
5
000
miles
in
a
single
year.
E
E
Some
of
our
other
highlights
and
successes
that
aren't
directly
related
to
legislation
passed
in
previous
sessions
are
here
on
this
on
this
sheet.
We
one
significant
regulatory
mechanism
that
we
were
able
to
get
across
the
finish
line
recently
was
nevada
becoming
a
clean
car
state
which
is
basically
set
up
regulations
so
that
there's
more
availability
of
low
and
zero
mission
vehicles
available
to
nevada
consumers.
E
E
Money
to
limit
pollution
from
diesel
vehicles
specifically
and
deer
grants,
which
is
an
epa
program,
called
the
diesel
emissions
reduction
program.
We're
using
these
programs
to
do
everything
from
electric
school
buses
to
electrifying
ground
equipment
at
sorry,
harry
reid,
international
airport,
in
las
vegas.
E
So
that's
been
a
very
successful
program
that
we
continue
to
move
forward
on.
Protecting
nevada's
natural
resources
is
something
we
do
every
day.
We
do
it
in
close
coordination
with
endow.
But
one
of
the
two
successes
we've
had
recently
is
a
a
very
good
shared
stewardship
agreement
with
our
federal
partners
to
help
guide
the
investments
that
we're
making
on
our
landscapes
to
do
so
in
a
strategic
and
coordinated
way,
and
then
the
partnership
between
the
nevada
division
of
forestry
and
nv
energy
to
help
prevent
wildfires
in
high-risk
areas.
E
This
is
a
focus
for
everything
everything
we're
doing
both
in
lake
tahoe,
such
as
the
improvements
that
have
been
made
at
splendor
lake
state
park
and
along
the
east
shore
trail
as
re
as
well
as
looking
more
broadly
at
recreation
planning
and
infrastructure
and
tourism
statewide
again,
our
division
of
outdoor
recreation
is
getting
up
and
running,
and
we
will
be
focusing
on
doing
more
of
this
and
integrating
it
into
all
the
work
that
we
do
going
forward.
E
Protecting
nevada's
water
resources:
this
is
an
area
that
has
some
highlights
and
successes,
but
also
very
large
challenges
we're
in
the
process
of
updating
the
state
water
plan.
Unfortunately,
the
state
water
plant
is
something
that's
not
been
updated
since
1999,
when,
when
the
the
fear
of
water
planning
was
eliminated
due
to
budget
cuts,
so
this
is
integral
to
have
back
as
part
of
our
water
conservation
and
planning
efforts
as
this
dry
state
in
the
nation.
E
I
think
this
is
just
an
essential
thing
to
have
that
we
need
to
build
on
going
forward
and
then
also
continuing
to
improve
and
work
with
our
interagency
partners
on
drought,
planning
and
response.
You
know,
even
when
we
get
one
a
good
wet
winter
intersperse
with
others,
it
doesn't
mean
we're
necessarily
out
of
a
drought
and
in
nevada,
particularly
with
the
impacts
of
climate
change.
We
need
to
be
doing
a
constant
efforts
to
plan
for
and
respond
to,
drought.
So
that
is
a
topic
for
the
discussion.
E
As
I
mentioned
before,
some
of
our
our
challenges
and
opportunities
is
more.
Work
needs
to
be
done
if
we're
going
to
meet
our
greenhouse
gas
reduction
targets
that
we've
set
for
nevada
more
on
on
water
planning
and
drought
response
wildfire
is
going
to
continue
to
be
a
huge
and
ever-present
issue.
The
with
the
clean
energy
economy.
Surging
forward
nevada
has
a
unique
opportunity
to
play
a
role
in
in
providing
the
critical
minerals.
E
It's
particularly
lithium
needed
for
ev
batteries,
and
I'm
a
firm
believer
that
we
can
do
sustainable
mining
for
lithium.
That
can
then
be
mitigated
through
a
healthy
recycling
of
ev
batteries,
of
which
many
companies
can
are
setting
up
shop
in
nevada.
And
if
you
look
at
it
as
a
circular
economy,
we've
got
lithium
extraction.
E
We've
got
ev
battery
manufacturing,
we've
got
ev
battery
recycling
in
the
state,
and
that
is
something
that
is
unique
to
nevada,
that
not
many
other
places
can
claim
to
have
all
three
elements
of
that
clean
energy
circular
economy,
we're
continuing
to
work
to
secure
arpa
funds
as
as
appropriate
for
our
agency
needs.
We
had
significant
budget
cuts
from
the
last
session
and
we're
looking
to
repair
those
and
not
just
back
to
baseline,
but
also
to
move
forward.
E
So
we
can
meet
the
these
emerging
challenges
and
opportunities
and
the
needs
of
our
constituents
that
will
be
complemented
through
additional
funding
through
the
federal
infrastructure
bill
that
I've
mentioned
before
and
any
other
federal
new
federal
money.
That
comes
our
way.
We're
going
to
be
aggressively
seeking
all
formula
and
competitive
money,
that's
available
and
applicable
to
the
department.
E
I'm
going
to
talk
briefly
about
the
conservative
adam
program
and
then
I'm
going
to
talk
about
sage,
rouse
and
I'll
wrap
it
up,
and
if
you
need
me
to
go
faster
chair,
just
let
in
interrupt-
and
let
me
know
the
conservative
nevada
program
is
the
new
brand
name
for
what
others
have
referred
to
in
the
past
as
the
q1
program
or
the
nevada
conservation
bond
program.
E
The
the
original
q1
conservation
bond
program
was
approved
by
voters
in
2001
was
very
successful,
put
a
whole
lot
of
projects
on
the
ground
and
we
were
able
to
reauthorize
that
with
an
additional
200
million
in
bond
authorization
during
the
19
2019
legislature
and
then
rolled
17.5
million
that
was
remaining
from
the
previous
program
into
the
new
program
and
that
getting
that
program
up
and
running
has
been
a
priority
for
the
department
of
which
we've
made
significant
progress,
including
hiring
a
program
manager.
E
Who
will
oversee
the
direct
grants
of
that
under
that
program,
as
articulated
legislation
and
also
set
up
the
competitive.
The
regulations
discovered
in
the
competitive,
apparent
process
so
other
you
know,
any
eligible
entity
can
compete
for
those
funds.
You'll
see
here.
E
Just
some
quick
stats
on
the
success
of
the
of
the
prior
quote-unquote
q1
program
that
we
are
continuing
to
conserve
nevada,
hundreds
of
projects
all
across
the
state
in
every
county,
and
we
look
to
build
on
that
and
are
in
the
process
of
developing
an
interactive
map
where
you
can
see
what
all
these
projects
are
by
easily
going
to
them.
E
We'll
have
that
rolled
out
soon,
hopefully,
moving
forward
with
conservative
nevada
for
the
current
biennium,
we
were
approved
for
20
million
in
bond
sales,
15
million
of
which
was
was
was
targeted
for
the
first
year
of
the
biennium
and
5
million
for
the
second,
the
first
tranche
of
15
million
those
bonds
were
sold
and
we
are
in
the
process
of
making
the
direct
allocations,
as
you
can
see
below.
It
lists
all
the
direct
allocations
that
will
result
from
the
that
15
million
being
sold
in
december.
E
And
then
we
are
on
the
cusp
of
finalizing
regulations
to
have
the
competitive
grant
program
up
and
running
here
in
the
near
term
as
well
to
help
guide
that
competitive
grant
program
and
make
stakeholders
and
interest
parties
aware
of
the
program
we're
going
to
be
holding
multiple
stakeholders
here
in
the
near
term
to
solicit
input
and
and
provide
information
on
the
program,
and
we
when,
when,
when
we
announce
those
those
stakeholder
meetings,
we
will
share
those
with
you.
E
So
you
can
make
sure
that
they
get
to
your
constituents
directly
from
you
as
well,
if
you'd
like
our
sagewas
ecosystem
program,
this
is
the
program
that
manages
our
our
our
sage
grouse
program
in
in
nevada.
It
has
been
a
very
successful
program
in
helping
mitigate
human
disturbances
on
our
land,
so
from
things
like
mining
activity
or
other
things
that
happen
in
sage,
grouse,
habitat.
E
This
program
helps
offset
those
disturbances
by
protecting
other
key
key
sage-grouse
habitats,
and
it
has
been
very
successful
in
the
sense
of
getting
credits,
developed
projects
done,
holding
together
a
seizures
ecosystem
council
that
has
a
diverse
representation
on
it
from
all
impacted
entities
and
has
been
ably
chaired
by
j.j
goykichia
for
some
time
now
and
has
been
very
unique
in
nevada
in
our
in
compared
to
others,
not
necessarily
compared
to,
but
in
the
context
of
what
other
states
have
done
on
the
stage
with
their
sage,
grouse
programs
or
efforts.
E
E
Here
is
our
party
habitat
general
habit,
another
habitat
for
sage
grouse,
as
I
mentioned
previously,
it's
about
two-thirds
of
our
state
and
the
way
I
like
to
have
people
think
about
this
map
is
if
we
fail
in
our
efforts
to
protect
the
sagebrush
habitat
and
the
sage,
grouse
and
the
species
needs
to
be
listed,
you're
looking
at
all
of
those
colored
areas
as
having
significant
restrictions
on
what
can
happen
there
and
that's
going
to
be
a
major
issue
for
our
economic
well-being
in
nevada,
so
the
better
we
can
manage
our
habitat
and
our
wildlife
here
in
nevada
and
avoid
have
a
healthy
stage
population
and
avoid
listing
the
better
off
we
all
are
going
to
be.
E
E
The
impact
of
too
many
wild
horses
and
burrows
on
that
is
sustainable
for
the
land.
Overgrazing,
a
throw
drought
in
there
as
well,
so
we
will
continue
to
do
everything
we
can
through
the
sagebros
program
to
mitigate
human
disturbances,
but
the
more
we're
able
to
do
on
wildfire
mitigation
and
managing
invasive
species,
which
is
includes,
but
it
goes
above
and
beyond
just
our
stage.
Grouse
focus
the
better
off
we're
going
to
be
so.
Those
focusing
on
those
things
is
gonna
be
critically
important
in
the
years
ahead.
E
A
bit
of
background
on
the
conservation
credit
system
that
you
can
read
at
your
leisure,
but
basically
this
is
a
market-driven
system
based
on
scientifically
established
credits
and
what
drives
this.
This
tool
is
the
science
and
it's
been
while
it
is
complicated.
It's
been
very
well
received
by
those
who
use
it
either.
E
Those
who
are
purchasing
credits
to
offset
disturbances
or
those
who
are
like
ranchers,
who
are
creating
credits
to
protect
habitat
that
are
made
available
to
other
entities
who
have
a
planned
disturbance
or
permitted
disturbance.
E
A
little
bit
of
background
on
our
projects
right
now,
we've
got
more
than
20
credit
projects
that
have
been
done
with
32
000
credits.
We've
been
serving
quite
a
few
65
000
acres.
We're
going
to
continue.
That's
that
that
that
the
curve
is
continuing
to
bend
up
at
a
rapid
pace
and
we're
going
to
continue
to
press
on
that
moving
forward.
We
do
have
some
challenges,
the
it's.
You
know
every
federal
administration,
that's
that's!
That's
come
through,
starting
with
the
obama
administration.
E
The
trump
administration
of
the
buying
administration
has
had
a
little
bit
of
a
different
focus
on
how
to
manage
the
stagecrush
issue
in
the
west,
and
we
are
trying
to
be
good
partners
in
that
effort
and
preserve
what
is
working
successfully
in
nevada
and
guard
against
any
efforts
from
the
federal
government
that
would
undermine
the
successes
we
had
and
instead
focusing
on
the
things
that
are
going
to
help
enhance
our
efforts
to
date
and
that's
going
to
be
an
ongoing
dialogue
with
the
our
federal
partners,
primarily
the
blm
and
the
u.s
forest
service.
E
With
that,
I
hope
it
was
helpful
and
not
too
fast
or
quick
an
overview.
I'm
happy
to
answer
questions
now
or
after
directors,
wasley's
presentation
again.
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
present
the
committee.
A
Thank
you
very
much
for
the
presentation
director
kroll.
I
think
you
were
just
right
in
terms
of
pace
and
and
information
included.
A
One
thing
I
just
want
to
note
before
we
open
it
up
to
members
for
questions
is
that,
as
the
director
mentioned,
there
are
many
divisions,
programs
and
activities
within
the
department,
we'll
be
probably
going
into
greater
depth
on
some
of
those
issues
and
having
presentations
directly
from
divisions
within
the
department.
A
So
I
don't
want
that
to
to
stifle
any
questions,
but
just
want
to
provide
that,
of
course,
for
example,
as
we
get
a
look
into
water
issues,
we're
going
to
have
the
division
of
water
resources
and
dep
will
be
here
at
some
point
as
well,
certainly,
and
and
probably
others
as
well,
so
also
saying
that,
for
the
benefit
of
the
director,
there
may
be
some
things
that
we
we
may
follow
up
in
greater
depth
on
in
future
meetings.
So
with
that,
I
believe
the
first
hand
raise
that
I
saw
was
assemblyman
ellison.
C
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
and,
and
I
got
a
couple
questions
and
one
is
on
page
13,
I'm
looking
at
some
of
the
symbols
on
on
the
map.
It
says
questions
highlights,
program
highlights
and
the
one
that's
in
the
green
that
looks
like
a
house,
I'm
not
sure
what
that
represents.
E
Sorry,
I
was
on
mute,
sorry,
someone
else
allison.
This
is
the
slide.
That's
q1
program
highlights
at
the
top.
Is
that
correct?
E
Yes,
great,
I
know
my
deputy
jim
lawrence
is
on
the
line,
and
maybe
he
can
chime
in
here
quickly
he's
very
familiar
with
the
program
and
explain
what
the
legend
is
associated
with
those
projects
listed
on
that.
G
Great
thank
you
good
morning,
everybody
for
the
record,
jim
lawrence
deputy
director
department
of
conservation,
natural
resources
up
to
you,
chair
watson,
through
you
to
assemblyman
ellison.
That
is
the
the
one
that
looks
like
a
house.
That's
actually
supposed
to
be
kind
of
a
tent
to
represent
campground
and
recreational
facility
improvements.
The
q1
program,
just
like
the
conserve
nevada
program,
has
call
outs
specifically
for
our
state
park
system.
C
The
other
question
I
have
is
on
page
17
and
I'm
sure
that
mr
corral
can
answer
this,
but
you
know
there's
a
lot
of
programs
going
up
in
the
north
where
the
sage
grouse
habitat
is,
and
if
you
look,
there's
ranchers,
there's
private
industry,
there's
private
individuals
and
tribal
that's
doing
a
lot
of
projects
up
in
there
for
the
habitat,
the
sage
grouse,
to
keep
it
from
unlisted
and
the
federal
government
says
it
was
not
to
be
listed
because
it
was
not
a
native
species.
C
G
Chair,
I
have
a
couple
questions,
some
of
which
are
not
directly
related
to
what
was
presented
but
and
maybe
require
a
follow-up
and
are
more
comment
related
at
this
point.
But
others
are
questions
so
my
first
one
is
the
state
environmental
commission.
G
It
looks
like
they
have
a
vacancy
from
the
state
board
of
health,
and
I
think
at
this
point
it's
really
important
to
have
somebody
from
the
state
board
of
health
on
that
commission
because
of
what
we're
looking
at
health-wise
in
the
wake
of
climate
change
and
environmental
justice
challenges
that
are
coming
before
those
regulatory
bodies
that
address
specific
environmental
health
risk
concerns.
G
E
You
I'll
answer
really
quickly
for
you.
Thank
you
for
the
question.
I'm
assuming
peter's
brad
quill
for
the
record,
so
we
have
identified
the
someone
to
fill
that
spot
from
dhhs
and
they,
I
believe,
where
we're
at
now
is
that
they
will
be
able
to
attend
the
next
sec
meeting.
G
So
they'll
be
formally
appointed
at
that
at
that
time,
perfect
people-
I
was
actually
my
next
comment
was
going
to
be.
We
should
maybe
consider
having
somebody
from
public
and
behavioral
health
on
that
commission
as
well,
but
it
sounds
like
dhhs
has
probably
proposed
that
that
I'll
table
back
for
asking
that
one.
E
G
Awesome,
thank
you
and
then
my
my
last
question
for
you.
I
have
a
follow-up
chair
watch,
but
it
will
be
for
after
we
have
a
presentation
on
from
the
department
of
wildlife
as
well,
but
for
both
departments.
If
I
may,
but
my
last
question
for
mr
crowl
director
crowl
is,
is
there
a
place
where
the
public
can
go
to
see
all
of
those
conservation
and
recreation
projects
being
implemented
under
the
conservation
bond
program
and
what
their
status
is.
E
Thank
you
for
the
question,
someone
peters.
Yes,
we
have
a
beta
site.
Now
that's
going
to
provide
that
opportunity
and
I
may
look
to
deputy
director
lawrence
to
give
a
better
update
on
where
that
stands
in
terms
of
public
rollout,
mr
lawrence,
if
you're
still
available
to
give
an
update,
please
go
ahead.
G
Thank
you
for
the
record
jim
lawrence
deputy
director
dcnr,
so
we're
very
close.
As
director
krull
said,
we
have
a
beta
version.
I
have
to
give
a
lot
of
props
to
brandon
bishop
our
new
program
manager.
G
He
really
dove
in
and
started
doing
all
the
research
to
map
all
of
those
projects
that
were
implemented
over
the
last
10
years.
As
you
can
imagine,
it
was
quite
the
task,
so
we've
got
it
just
about
ready
to
roll
out
to
the
public.
We
just
have
to
do
the
mundane
things
like
do
a
final
search
for
grammatical
errors
and
typos,
and
things
like
that,
and
then
it's
ready
to
launch-
and
we're
quite
excited
about
that.
G
That's
good
to
hear
your
your
map
on
the
presentation
with
what
got
me
to
wonder
if
you
have
that
available
for
the
public,
because
I'm
sure
there
are
folks
who
would
like
to
be
involved
in
some
of
those
projects
who
don't
know
they
exist
yet.
So
I'm
looking
forward
to
that
resource
being
available.
D
Sorry
it
takes
me
so
long
to
unmute
myself
good
to
see
you.
Mr
crowl.
I
have
a
few
questions
in
the
comment
on
the
sagehen
map.
I
noticed
you
know
there
were
some
hot
spots,
but
the
map
was
2015
and
kind
of
go
off
of
what
assemblyman
ellison
said
there.
There
have
been
some
very
encouraging
efforts
made
in
some
of
those
areas,
so
I
was
just
curious.
E
G
Absolutely
thank
you
again
for
the
record
jim
lawrence
deputy
director
dcnr,
so
that
is
the
2
2015
map
that
was
adopted
by
our
sagebrush
ecosystem
council,
put
into
the
state
plan
and
then
was
adopted
in
the
federal
plans
as
well.
G
It
is
the
one
that
is
being
used
by
the
federal
agencies
because
that's
the
one
that's
sort
of
the
legally
fresh
one
so
to
speak,
but
with
that
being
said,
we
do
update
that
map
on
a
regular
three
to
five
year
basis,
because
we
do
believe
that
is
extremely
critical,
that
that
we
account
for
changes
in
the
landscape
so
built
into
our
estate
plan
is
a
three
to
five
year.
G
I
you
know,
I
know
the
part
of
northeastern
nevada
that
has
been
referenced
and
I
I
totally
agree:
there's
been
wonderful
work,
that's
been
done
up
there
and
the
map
might
not
change.
It
still
will
probably
be
priority
habitat
because
it
is
still
great
habitat
for
the
bird.
The
question
then
becomes
in
the
land.
Use
plans:
what
does
that
mean,
and
so
we've
built
our
conservation
credit
system
to
basically
not
be
a
hard
regulatory
stick,
but
to
have
that
encouragement
to
do
the
good
land
owner
work,
such
as
being
done
in
northeastern
nevada,.
D
Thank
you
for
that
and
also
well-
and
you
know
we
won't
go
into
the
sage
grouse
too
much,
but
as
part
of
studying
and
the
data
which,
hopefully,
as
we
go
forward,
you
know
that
we
do
take
it
being
on
the
ground,
I'm
up
in
that
area
a
lot
and
and
boy,
I'm
seeing
sage
grouse
a
lot.
D
So
that's
why
the
map
to
me
kind
of
stood
out,
as
maybe
being
you
guys,
are
saying
it's
not
really
going
to
change
much
but
boy
when
you're
on
the
ground
up
there
and
even
some
parts
of
central
nevada.
You
know
I'm
seeing
sage
grouse
on
a
regular
basis.
Now
what
are
those
numbers?
I
hope
that
we
also
reference
historical
data
from
when
you
know
settlers
journals
from
some
of
you
know
those
that
came
into
nevada.
Some
of
the
first
white
men
into
nevada.
D
Note
explorers
like
fremont.
What,
historically,
what
was
our
baseline?
So
are
we
being
realistic
and
what
our
numbers
should
be?
That's
always
my
question:
when
we're
talking
wildlife,
what
are
the
historical
numbers
when
we're
getting
concerned
about
what
they
are
now?
D
Another
thing
was
director
crowl
a
lot
in
your
presentation
was
made
about
climate,
and
I
I
we
all
love
clean
water.
We
all
want
clean
air,
we
all
care
about
our
wildlife,
but
I
do
hope
that,
as
part
of
our
time
here
on
natural
resources
or
even
in
public
lands,
we
throw
out
climate
an
awful
lot.
It's.
D
It
certainly
has
legitimate
concerns,
but
I
do
hope
that
we
will,
if
we're
going
to
make
claims
whoever's,
making
the
claim
about
climate,
and
some
of
these
are
very
sweeping
doomsday,
almost
esque
sorts
of
narratives.
I
hope
that
we're
going
to
spend
time
if
those
things
are
going
to
be
said
that
we're
going
to
back
it
up.
You
know
we
say
there's
science,
but
we
know
there's
science.
That
argues
it
both
ways.
D
So
I
just
as
we
talked
about
the
classic
car
loophole
and
that
legislation
from
the
last
session
when
we
deal
with
this
subject,
we
have
to
address
hypocrisy
as
well,
and
I
was
very,
if
we're
really
serious
about
climate
when
I
spoke
with
lobbyists
that
represented
patagonia
ikea
and
levi
about
the
classic
car
bill.
They
have
plants
in
china.
D
So
if
we're
going
to
go
after
nevadans
who
have
cars
that
are
older
than
25
years
and
throw
out
some
smog,
we're
we're
not
getting
to
the
problem
we've
got
to.
If
we
are
really
concerned
about
climate,
then
we
better
address
it
and
even
though
we're
a
state
of
50,
we
better
address
it
that
it's
a
global
issue
and
the
united
states
is
a
good
player,
and
so,
if
and
I'm
on,
board,
let's
go
after
the.
D
The
pollution
is
happening
in
china
and
how
they
don't
have
to
play
by
the
same
rules
that
we
do,
but
we
let
those
manufacturers
bring
their
products
here
and
their
products
have
been
the
result
of
very
bad
environmental
injustices
in
china
that
pollute
the
whole
world.
So
I
I
just
need
to
put
that
on
the
record
and
and
as
we
talk
about
water
and
climate,
I
hope
we
address
this
as
well.
D
Where
is
ancient
lake
lahontan
12
000
years
ago
there
wasn't
a
carbon
footprint,
there
wasn't
a
car
on
in
nevada
or,
and
it
bordered
three.
It
was
in
three
states
900
feet
deep,
covered,
8
500
square
miles.
So
as
we
talk
about
climate
and
we
do
need
to
be
responsible
for
what
we
do
as
citizens
now,
but
we
also
have
to
recognize
that
climate
change
is
cyclical.
D
D
So
sorry
that
was
more
a
lot
of
statement,
but
I
think,
since
we
have
opened
up
natural
resources
interim
meeting
with
a
lot
of
talk
about
climate,
a
lot
of
environmental
injustices,
I
just
feel
we
need
to
look
at
the
whole
picture.
So
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
chair
and
thank
you
director,
krell
for
being
here.
D
E
Sure
and
I'll
be
brief
from
someone
hansen,
it's
good
to
see
you
again.
I
appreciate
your
your
your
comments
and
sentiments.
Let
me
start
with
sage
grouse
and
in
terms
of
of
specific
population
numbers,
I'm
certain
that
director
was
the
conduct,
there's
plenty
to
delve
in
and
can
delve
into
that
more.
E
But
let
me
put
one
thing
in
context
for
you
on
that,
so
our
conservation
credit
system,
which
helps
offset
disturbances
from
from
like
new
mining
activity,
we've
helped
protect
65,
000
acres
of
high
quality
sage,
grouse
habitat
that
uses
that
program.
E
It's
been
a
great
success,
but
when
we
have
a
fire
that
burns
500,
000
acres,
even
up
to
a
million
acres
and
that
is
inclusive
of
sage
grouse
habitat,
that's
what
we're
up
against
and
even
the
best
system
to
offset
disturbances
from
new
mining
activity
are
being
dwarfed
by
things
like
fire
and
drought,
invasives,
predators,
etc,
and
that's
what
we
need
to
keep
in
context
about
what's
within
our
control
and
not
within
our
control,
and
this
is
for
the
well-being
of
nevada.
E
You
know
in
the
decades
decades
ahead
is
you
know
we
got
to
come
up
with
nevada,
centered
solutions
for
this
problem
so
that
we
don't
get
a
heavy-handed
one
from
the
federal
government
on
climate
change.
You
know
I
I
I
you
know.
I
take
your
comments
seriously.
E
At
the
same
time,
I'll
tell
you
we
can
only
control,
we
can
control
here
in
nevada
within
our
own
jurisdiction,
and
in
that
context
it's
I'm
very
focused
on
identifying
and
promoting
climate
solutions
that
are
going
to
work
for
nevada,
not
ones
that
are
more
suited
to
the
northeast
in
a
more
urbanized
area,
etc.
E
We
need
to
find
ways
to
manage
our
the
health
and
well-being
of
our
natural
resources
here
that
works
best
for
us.
You
know:
we've
got
more
federal
land
here
in
the
state
in
nevada
than
anywhere
else.
Lots
of
open
space,
and
so
whether
you
want
to
associate
with
climate
or
not
wildfires,
are
becoming
more
intense.
Droughts
are
becoming
longer
et
cetera
if
we're
not
managing
for
those
things,
while
also
limiting
the
increase
of
pollution,
then
we're
not
doing
our
part
for
nevada
or
for
our
country.
A
Thank
you
for
that
director.
You
know,
I
just
say
another
thing,
which
is
that
you
know
I
appreciate
the
department
is
providing
an
overview
of
of
all
the
legislation
that
affects
it,
and
some
of
that
legislation
is
more
under
the
purview
of
growth
and
infrastructure
committee,
and,
as
I
noted
in
my
introductory
remarks,
you
know
a
lot
of
the
the
work
on
addressing
emissions
from
energy
production,
transportation,
etc
tends
to
be
focused
on
that
side.
A
You
know
what
I
will
say,
though,
is
that
there
there
may
be
debates
around
some
of
the
modeling,
and
you
know
it's.
You
can
never
attribute
a
specific
wildfire,
a
specific
drought
or
a
specific
level
of
intensity
directly
to
our
changing
climate,
but
the
science
is
practically
universal,
that
there
is
a
greenhouse
effect,
that
there
are
certain
chemicals
that
cause
it
and
that
human
activity
is
releasing
those
chemicals.
A
And
yes,
we
do
have
climate
cycles,
but
we
are.
We
are
influencing
those
cycles
and
I
don't
want
to
debate
ice
ages
and
the
the
level
of
lake
lahontan,
while
rye
patch
and
lake
mead
are
drying
up
and
putting
people's
livelihoods
at
risk.
A
So
that's
that's.
Where
I'm
coming
from,
but
you
know,
our
our
focus
is
not
on
the
issue
of
how
nevada
and
the
nation
can
lead
by
example,
in
addressing
what
is
indeed
a
global
problem
with
with
emissions.
A
Our
focus
in
this
committee
is
the
fact
that,
again
for
people
who
live
on
the
landscape,
we're
seeing
those
impacts,
and
there
is
no
sign
that
they're
going
to
to
let
up
anytime
soon,
and
we
need
to
prepare
for
how
our
ranching,
our
agriculture,
our
our
water
use,
our
wildlife
are
going
to
adapt
if
some
of
these
trends
continue
or
generally
get
worse,
as
some
of
the
the
modeling
has
tended
to
show
senator
goykichi,
I
believe
you
had
your
hand
raised.
F
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
am
I
admitted
you
are
please
proceed.
Okay,
we'll
see
if
I
can
get
there,
mr
crowl
brad
you
you
have
16
boards
and
commissions
under
you,
and
I
get
a
lot
of
questions
from
time
to
time
from
these
boards
and
commissions
on
how
they
replace
their
members.
F
I
I
would
like
to
ask
you:
if
you
could
you
or
jim,
get
kind
of
do
whether
they're
statutorily?
Are
they
supposed
to
be
reappointed
by,
say
the
conservation
district?
Do
they
nominate
the
members
and
then
they
are
appointed
by
the
governor?
F
Could
you
kind
of
put
a
put
a
list
together
how
these
these
members
are
appointed
for
a
future
meeting
right?
That
seems
to
be
one
of
the
big
questions
like
just
following
along
the
lines
with
assembly.
One
peters,
you
know,
there's
a
vacancy
all
right,
how's,
it
filled
question.
E
Senator
griffin,
thank
you
for
the
question.
So
each
of
those
16
boards
and
commissions
are
gonna
likely
have
different
criteria
for
who
who
could
be
appointed.
What
their
skill
set
is
what
the
term
of
the
appointment
is,
whether
it's
an
advisory
body,
a
regulatory
body
etc,
and
some
of
them
are
much
more
active
and
quite
important
than
others.
E
E
A
Seeing
none
then,
director
crawl.
I
just
had
one
more
thing
that
I'd
like
to
ask-
and
you
did
mention
this
at
a
few
different
points
in
your
presentation
around
some
of
the
the
federal
funds.
Of
course,
there's
been
some
flexible
funds
around
the
american
rescue
plan
that
there
is
quite
a
bit
of
interest
around.
I
want
to
actually
focus
a
little
bit
more
on
the
infrastructure
act.
That's
been
passed
and
the
various
pools
of
funding.
A
I
I
don't
expect
you
to
discuss
every
pool
that
that
exists
right
now,
but
you
know,
as
you
noted,
there's
both
competitive
grants
and
formula
funding
available
for
different
types
of
projects,
and
I
was
just
wondering
if
you
know
there's
anything
that
you
can
provide,
I
suppose,
at
a
a
high
level
around
that,
and
particularly
when
it
comes
to
you
know,
projects
that
have
a
matching
requirement
and
and
just
how
you're,
how
you're,
starting
to
think
about
that.
A
Of
course,
the
the
state
infrastructure
bank
has
kind
of
preliminarily
carved
out
a
pool
of
funds
to
help
pull
down
some
of
those
matching
dollars.
But
you
know,
I
was
just
wondering
if
you
could
kind
of
again
in
in
broad
strokes,
speak
about
what
what
kind
of
things
look
like
and
and
how
you
feel
about
being
able
to
pull
down
the
often
small
amount
of
matching
dollars
at
the
state
level
in
order
to
harness
everything
that
would
be
available
from
from
the
feds.
E
Thank
you,
chair
watts.
I
appreciate
the
question.
It's
a
very
timely
one
and
I'm
not
gonna
have
a
perfect
answer
for
you,
because
this
is
very
much
still
in
motion.
I
actually
am
testifying
to
you
today
from
washington
dc,
where
I
met
with
high-level
folks
from
the
department
of
interior
and
the
department
of
ag
yesterday
to
talk
about
this
very
subject
and
how
we
are
going
to
coordinate
our
efforts
to
make
sure
that
there's
efficacy
between
what
the
feds
are
doing
and
how
the
states
are
implementing
those
dollars.
E
I
will
say
for
nevada,
particularly
in
the
jurisdictional
space
of
bcnr.
The
greatest
opportunities
are
going
to
be
within
the
competitive
grant,
dollars
that
the
infrastructure
bill
set
out.
E
There
is
still
efforts
underway
by
the
federal
agencies
themselves
to
sort
out
what
was
in
the
legislation
in
terms
of
plusing
up
existing
programs,
but
that
may
have
a
little
bit
different
or
more
lenient
rules,
establishing
new
competitive
grant
programs,
and
so
we
are
following
that
closely,
so
that
we,
when
it's
finalized,
we
know
what
money
is
available,
how
to
available
avail
ourselves
of
it
and
the
match
will
be
an
issue
both
for
state
the
state,
as
well
as
for
other
eligible
entities.
You
know
non-profits
and
things
like
that.
E
Other
stakeholders
and
I've
heard
a
lot
from
people
about
their
concern
about
being
able
to
find
a
match
to
use
these
funds,
and
my
hope
is
that
the
infrastructure
bank
in
nevada
can
provide
some
of
that
assistance.
But
I
think
that
when
we
have
a
full
picture
of
what's
available
and
what
nevada's
needs
are
we're
going
to
have
to
find
some
other
solutions
to
make
sure
we
can
bring
that
money
in
by
identifying
matching
funds.
A
Thank
you
very
much
for
that.
That's
exactly
kind
of
what
I
was
hoping
for,
so
we
look
forward
to
continuing
to
get
updates
and
as
as
you
and
others
in
the
state
gather
them,
I
think,
being
able
to
get
a
picture
of
what
that
is,
will
be
important,
and
I
encourage
all
members
to
think
about
how
we
can
see
some
of
those
opportunities
and,
in
some
cases
excess
of
90
of
a
project
can
be
funded
by
the
federal
government.
A
But
we're
going
to
need
to
be
able
to
put
something
up
in
order
to
make
those
projects
happen,
while
fulfilling
our
all
of
our
existing
responsibilities
as
a
state,
so
senator
vice
chair
donate.
I
believe
you
may
chair.
E
Watts
just
really
quickly
in
the
future.
At
a
future
meeting
we
could
probably
come
and
give
a
quick
brief
on
on
those
opportunities.
They
should
be
much
more
readily
available
and
understandable
by
then
so
we're
happy
to
do
that.
If
it's
helpful.
A
Wonderful,
thank
you
and,
of
course
you
know
it
would
be
something
of
interest
to
the
finance
committee
as
well.
Moving
forward
vice
chair
donate.
I
believe
you
had
a
question.
C
Thank
you,
so
much
chair
watts
really
quickly,
director
qual
and
thank
you
so
much
for
the
presentation.
Can
you
provide
any
feedback
or
updates
on
what
happened
after
the
passage
of
sjr10?
That
was
the
one
to
protect
sunrise
mountain
last
session.
Has
there
been
any
movement
on
that
from
the
federal
side
and
the
conversations
you've
had
to
protecting
that
or
making
any
movements
on
it?
I
just
wanted
to
see
if
you
can
provide
the
committee
any
updates
on
it.
C
E
Think
for
the
queer
the
question
vice
chair
donate.
I
am
not
familiar
with
that
one.
It's
not
on
our
list
of
legislation
that
the
department
has
a
role
in,
but
maybe
we
missed
something
and
I
can
quickly
go
back
and
look
at
it
if
deputy
director
lawrence,
if
that's
familiar
to
you
or
even
director
wasley,
please
feel
free
to
go
forward.
I
may
be
maybe
you're
using
a
different
term
and
I'm
just
misremembering.
C
My
I
I
guess
I
was
just
asking
like
with
your
conversations
with
the
federal
representatives,
if
that
has
come
up
in
terms
of
like
what
we
could
use
arp
funding,
for
if
there
were
anything
if
there
was
any
movement
beyond
the
bill
when
we
passed
a
resolution
like
that
was
pretty
much
my
my
question.
My
inquiry.
A
Yeah,
I
think
just
just
to
clarify
that
director.
So
you
know
there
was
a
resolution
passed
in
in
encouraging
the
greater
protection
and
kind
of
recognition
of
sunrise
mountain
rainbow
gardens,
as
I
believe
as
a
national
monument,
and
so
I
think
the
question
was
just:
has
there
been
any
additional
movement
or
discussion
on
that
since
the
since
the
session.
E
I'm
waiting,
thank
you.
I
apologize
so
the
latest
I've
heard
on
this,
and
this
is
again
not
directly
at
this
point
within
the
scope
of
the
department,
but
congresswoman
titus
is
advancing
federal
legislation
to
establish
that
national
monument
representative
lee
has
expressed
her
support
for
it
as
well,
and
you
know
the
way
I'm
looking
and
thinking
about
it
from
one
perspective
is
if
that
monument
is
established.
E
How
does
that
change
the
formula
for
things
like
the
america,
the
beautiful
goal
of
protecting
30
of
our
lands
and
waters
by
2030?
If
that
monument
is
established
in
nevada?
That
could
go
a
long
way
to
helping
meet
that
goal
depending
on
what
the
criteria
setboard
is.
So
it's
it's
a
federal
issue
right
now
we
are
monitoring
it
and
if
we
are
asked
to
be
a
cooperating
agency
in
any
way
in
evaluating
or
establishing
it,
as
directed
by
congress,
we're
happy
to
do
that.
E
But,
right
now
we
there's
not
a
direct
role
for
the
department.
A
Thank
you
for
that
director
and
and
just
to
clarify
for
the
benefit
of
all
the
members
that
is
the
proposed
avika
may
national
monument
at
the
southern
tip
of
the
state-
and
it
was
mentioned
in,
I
believe,
assembly
joint
resolution
3,
which
expressed
the
state's
support
for
conserving
permanently
conserving
a
portion
of
our
state's
lands
and
waters
members
any
other
questions
for
the
director
or
the
department.
At
this
time.
A
All
right
seeing
none.
Thank
you
very
much
for
the
presentation
director
kroll
and
we
look
forward
to
continuing
the
conversation
with
you
and
your
divisions
over
the
course
of
the
interim.
A
With
that
we
will
move
on
to
our
second
presentation.
For
the
day
we
will
have
a
presentation
on
from
our
state
department
of
wildlife,
director
wasley.
You
can
introduce
yourself
and
proceed
whenever
you're
ready.
H
Thank
you,
chair
watts,
committee
members.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity.
I'm
tony
wassley
director
for
department
of
wildlife.
I
I
just
want
to
say
that
we're
very
grateful
for
this
opportunity
that,
when
presented
with
the
opportunity
from
from
our
perspective,
it's
it's
not
just
yes,
it's
it's!
It's
heck
yeah!
H
So,
despite
being
the
seventh
largest
state
in
the
country,
the
state
wildlife
agency
in
nevada
is
among
the
seven
smallest,
but
although
we're
small
lean,
we're
incredibly
passionate,
productive
and
and
professional,
what
I'm,
what
I'm
going
to
try
to
accomplish
in
this
presentation
is
to
try
to
go
a
mile
wide
and
an
inch
deep
on
a
whole
lot
of
things.
I
will
descend
a
little
bit
on
a
few
topics,
but
then
let
you,
mr
chair
and
committee
members
determine
which
of
those
areas,
maybe
you'd
like
a
little
deeper
explanation
on
and
we
can.
H
H
So
I
will
just
have
four
basic
parts
here
and
with
your
guidance
chair,
we'll
have
a
very
brief
agency
overview,
we'll
provide
an
update
on
recently
passed
legislation,
talk
a
little
bit
about
wildlife
status,
primarily
through
a
video
and
then
talk
about
some
some
challenges
and
opportunities.
H
So
just
by
way
of
agency
overview
kind
of
a
refresher.
The
agency's
mission
protect
conserve,
manage
and
restore
wildlife
and
its
habitat
for
the
aesthetic,
scientific,
educational,
recreational
and
economic
benefits
to
citizens
of
nevada
and
the
united
states,
and
to
promote
the
safety
of
persons
using
vessels
on
the
waters
of
nevada.
H
Under
the
director's
office
we
have
seven
unique
divisions,
data
and
technology
services,
conservation,
education,
law
enforcement,
game
division,
fisheries
division,
wildlife,
diversity,
division
and
the
habitat
division.
Approximately
250
active
employees,
including
nine
commissioners,
120
buildings,
34
radio
sites,
mountaintop
repeaters,
12
wildlife
management
areas
consisting
of
143,
000,
acres,
eight
major
facilities,
regional
offices
and
other
offices.
H
Seven
unique
divisions,
as
I
mentioned
four
fish
hatcheries
administered
across
three
administrative
regions
as
the
map
to
the
left,
their
depicts
I'll
start.
With
the
update
on
on
recently
passed
legislation
we
heard
from
director
crawl.
I'm
just
going
to
work
through
this
slide
from
left
to
right
top
row
middle
row.
Bottom
row.
H
We
heard
from
director
crawl
the
conservation
bond
program
conserve
nevada,
the
deadline
to
expend
that
first,
two
and
a
half
million
for
the
department
of
wildlife
is
this
calendar
year,
the
majority
of
which
is
directed
towards
repairing
the
dam
at
cave,
lake,
ab-307
and
ab-211
are
cost
recovery.
Programs
av-307
was
passed
back
in
the
2011
session.
It
pertains
to
cost
recovery
related
to
renewable
energy
projects.
H
There
are
nine
canceled
or
inactive
project
applications
four
amendments,
but
it's
interesting
that
we
received
approximately
20
percent
of
our
total
number
of
applications
to
the
program.
Just
in
last
year
alone,
we've
seen
a
large
increase
in
the
number
of
applications
for
projects
in
northern
nevada,
with
the
majority
of
those
being
solar
or
transmission
line
projects.
The
bulk
of
projects
proposed
still
occur
in
clark
and
nike
counties
with
50
percent
of
all
project
applications
located
just
in
those
two
counties,
ab211
is
the
cost
recovery
related
to
urban
development.
H
This
past,
in
the
2021
session,
it's
technical
review
like
comment
on
certain
housing
developments.
It's
an
urban
development
review
program,
endow
staff
have
been
meeting
with
industry
representatives
to
discuss
the
new
legislation
in
preparation
for
regulation
development,
and
we
will
move
forward
with
the
development
of
that
regulation
early
this
year.
H
The
predator
fee
program,
which
is
the
three
dollar
fee
that's
assessed
to
each
and
every
application
for
a
big
game
tag,
generates
approximately
eight
hundred
thousand
dollars
annually.
There's
a
small
fourteen
thousand
dollar
fee
that
goes
directly
to
the
department
of
agriculture
to
assist
in
their
administration
of
predator
control
activities.
H
Those
predator
projects,
as
we
refer
to
them,
are
included
in
a
annual
plan,
there's
also
an
annual
report.
Those
are
documents
are
approved
by
the
nevada
board
of
wildlife
commissioners
and
those
projects
fall
into
three
types
of
expenditures:
one
management
of
predatory
wildlife
to
research
or
studying
of
lethal
control
techniques,
the
efficacy
of
various
methods
and
three
protection
of
of
sensitive
or
priority
species.
H
Coyote
contests.
This
has
been
in
front
of
both
the
legislature
as
well
as
as
the
wildlife
commission.
Most
recently,
the
wildlife
commission
was
presented
with
some
draft
language.
They
held
five
meetings.
It's
it's,
I
think,
a
very
important
distinction.
These
contests
are
not
not
surrounding
predator
removal
or
predator
control,
but
simply
dealing
with
the
contest,
the
language
that
the
commission
considered
most
recently
and
held
five
meetings
on
contained
some
language
that
would
limit
entry
fees,
promotion
of
contests
and
offering
of
prize
money
or
rewards.
H
H
Also,
what
occurred
at
that
same
time
as
the
department
secured
a
new
license
vendor
looking
at
the
increased
purchases,
as
well
as
the
cost
savings
and
efficiencies
combined
from
the
license.
Simplification
and
the
new
vendor.
The
first
three
years
generated
an
additional
10
million
dollars
approximately
for
the
department
of
wildlife
and
as
we
look
at
the
last
four-year
growth.
H
As
a
result
of
that
simplification
and
in
partnership
with
that
new
vendor
we've
seen
nearly
a
55
percent
increase
in
hunting
license
sales
and
just
over
a
55
percent
increase
in
fishing
license
sales.
Again,
that's
over
the
last
four
year
period
and
an
increase
of
just
over
five
percent
in
boat
registrations.
H
2019
session,
you
all
provided
authority
to
the
department
to
pursue
the
purchase
of
a
building,
a
new
office,
a
building,
a
new
office,
not
building
a
new
office
in
las
vegas,
and
we
will
share
some
additional
materials
for
any
of
you
that
have
a
desire
to
learn
a
little
bit
more
about
that
I'll.
Speak
to
that
here
in
a
second.
But
we've
got
a.
I
believe.
It's
about
a
four-minute
video
tour
of
that
facility
that
that's
museum-like
as
an
interpretive
experience.
H
Also
from
the
2019
session
tribal
engagement,
there
was
clear
direction
provided
to
executive
branch
agencies.
On
that
that
tribal
engagement,
we
we
have
a
tribal
liaison.
H
I
think
one
of
the
highlights
in
terms
of
partnerships
with
tribes
that
the
department
would
highlight
is
that
the
pyramid-
lake,
the
paiute
tribe,
bighorn,
sheep
reintroduction
and
we'll
also
share
a
video
of
that
event
and
and
then
the
video
that
I'll
show
here
shortly.
There
are
some
highlights
from
that.
H
I'm
now
moving
down
to
the
the
bottom
row
of
tag
transfers.
The
most
recent
a
couple
past
sessions,
there's
been
quite
a
bit
of
discussion
about
eligibility,
opportunity
for
individuals
to
transfer
tags,
share
tags,
provide
tags
to
to
non-uh
profits.
H
That
authority
was
created
and
provided
to
the
commission
to
administer,
develop
regulation
and
administer
that
program
didn't
didn't
turn
out
as
a
as
a
originally
intended
we're
continuing
to
to
work
on
that
working
with
the
commission
so
that
the
tag
transfer
bill
that
was
readdressed
in
2021
after
some
recognized
language
deficiencies
that
came
out
of
the
2019
session.
H
That
authority
has
been
clarified
and
renewed
and
a
regulation
has
been
drafted
and
that
that
regulation
would
allow
an
individual
to
transfer
his
or
her
tag
to
a
qualified
organization
for
use
by
a
person
who
has
a
disability
or
life-threatening
condition,
and
that
will
be
heard
by
the
commission
in
march.
For
a
workshop,
the
falconry
bill,
sb-125,
the
department,
has
been
meeting
with
stakeholders
and
the
department
is
in
the
process
of
of
drafting
a
regulation
that
that
was
simply
creating
the
allowance
for
falconers
to
have
golden
eagles
in
their
possession.
H
Endows
cleanup
bill
from
2021
was
sbe
406
and
it
contained
it
revised
provisions
governing
the
wildlife
trust
fund
and
authorized
the
tag
to
be
in
an
electronic
format.
It
also
updated
the
requirement
the
residency
requirement
to
be
eligible
for
a
senior
license,
which
is
a
reduced
cost.
The
commission
will
hear
the
regulation
on
the
e-tags
those
electronic
big
game
tags
for
the
very
first
time
next
week
at
the
commission
meeting
and
the
department.
Just
just
to
add,
the
department
has
participated
in
every
ifc
meeting
this
year
for
donation
approvals.
H
We
continue
to
get
significant
donations
from
industry
partners
and
ngos
towards
our
conservation
efforts
and
activities.
The
last
item
is
urban
wildlife.
H
This
is
a
an
item
that
the
agency
has
come
before
you
multiple
occasions
and
looking
for
assistance
capacity,
general
fund
contribution
toward
the
urban
wildlife
challenge,
we've
been
able
to
create
positions,
create
programs,
educational
programs,
outreach
efforts,
and,
just
last
year,
the
calendar
year
last
year,
the
agency
received
in
excess
of
1
000
calls
just
dealing
with
bears
and
numbers
that
exceeded
that
for
each
coyotes
and
and
birds,
so
that
that
has
been
put
to
great
use
and
is
of
great
value.
So
thank
you
for
that.
H
I
wanted
to
highlight
a
couple.
Recent
acquisitions.
One
is
a
transfer.
The
carson
lake
and
pasture
had
been
30
years
in
the
making
the
bureau
of
reclamation
finally
completed
that
transfer
this
this
past
year.
The
agency
is,
is
working
with
partners.
Truckee
carson
here
irrigation
district,
as
well
as
the
green
head
duck
club
to
ensure
that
that
their
use
of
those
areas
is
minimally
disrupted
and
in
concert
with
their
wishes
and
desires,
we're
also
developing
a
management
plan
at
the
present
time.
H
Also
the
licking
ranch.
This
is
a
property
just
north
of
battle.
Mountain
having
this
in
state
ownership
is
consistent
with
the
wishes
of
of
the
current
owner,
supported
by
lander
county
supported
by
the
grazing
permittee,
who
uses
that
that
land
for
for
their
operation,
it's
got
a
broad
support.
I
also
wanted
to
point
out
nrs
361,
which
requires
the
state
department
of
wildlife
to
continue
to
pay
taxes.
H
The
our
agency
is
doesn't
doesn't
have
the
same
exemption
so
oftentimes,
one
of
the
the
counters
to
public
ownership
is
the
lack
of
tax
revenue,
and
I
just
wanted
to
point
out
that
the
department
of
wildlife
continues
to
pay
taxes
on
on
any
lands
administered
by
the
department
in
state
ownership.
H
So
now
I'd
like
to
try
to
see,
if
I
can
segue
to
this,
this
video
so
bear
with
me
it
it
has
music
but
I'll.
I'm
going
to
probably
mute
that
and
provide
just
a
brief
narration
as
I
do
that.
H
So
this
can
you
see
that
okay.
D
Yeah
just
go
ahead
and
try
sharing
again
and
then
I
remember
you
had
when
we
tested
it.
H
H
This
will
will
highlight
division
by
division,
just
some
some
key
projects
as
and
some
updates
just
a
quick
overview.
H
We'll
start
with
the
game
division.
We
continue
to
do
a
significant
amount
of
capture
work,
we're
trying
to
understand
disease
transmission
and
occurrence
in
our
bighorn
sheep
population,
as
well
as
their
habitat
usage,
we're
also
using
gps
collar
technology
on
mule
deer.
To
better
understand,
habitat
connectivity,
corridor
use
animal
animal
condition.
H
We
also
have
callers
now
on
moose
in
nevada
and
we're
also
monitoring
elk.
The
overwhelming
majority
of
of
that
caller
work
is
to
understand
habitat
use,
corridors
and
wildlife
health.
This
is
some
highlights
from
the
big
horn
sheep
release
in
the
pyramid.
Lake
tribal
ancestral,
tribal
lands.
Sheep
had
been
extirpated
from
those
lands
for
for
decades.
H
Most
of
this
work
is
accomplished
in
coordination
with
in
partnership
with
a
number
of
ngos.
They
they
purchase
callers,
which
are
in
the
neighborhood
of
three
to
three
to
five
thousand
dollars
for
gps,
caller
technology
and
data
downloads.
They
provide
assistance
on
on-site
with
the
handling
of
animals,
capturing
animals,
releasing
animals,
we're
able
to
use
their
time
and
and
financial
contribution
as
as
match
to
garner
federal
funds.
This
is
demonstrating
the
benefits
of
some
of
the
wildlife
overpasses
that
were
built
in
northeastern
nevada.
H
Some
on
highway
93
north
of
wells
on
I-80,
through
partnership
with
the
department
of
transportation,
really
appreciate
our
relationship
with
ndot
their
willingness
to
provide
you
know.
Significant
engineering,
financial
assistance
and
partnership
in
the
placement
of
this
is
an
underpass
animals
take
two
to
three
years
to
really
learn
how
to
use
those
facilities.
H
Next,
just
some
highlights
from
our
our
fisheries
division.
H
H
Those
fish
from
cave
lake
placed
them
in
a
truck
and
hauled
them
the
short
distance
down
to
cummins
lake,
so
just
a
little
trivial
fat
cave
lake
does
have
the
state
record
for
for
brown
trout
and
although
we
didn't
see
any
new
state
records,
we
certainly
saw
some
beautiful
fish
like
this
brown
trout
that
is
now
presumably
still
swimming
around
in
cummins
lake.
H
H
So
I
I
heard
director
crawl
say
that
you
know
nevada
is
the
driest
state
in
the
country
and
we're
frequently
reminded
of
that
and
and
the
fisheries
arena
probably
more
sensitive
to
it
than
many
others
with
the
ebbs
and
flows
of
waters.
This
is
in
desert
desert
shores
down
in
las
vegas,
which
operates
as
a
safe
harbor
for
recovery
efforts
of
a
listed
species.
H
This
is
third
creek
in
incline
where
we're
capturing
naturalized,
trout
from
the
lake
milking
those
fish
for
for
eggs
and
seem
to
be
used
to
populate
our
hatcheries
with
with
those
eggs
for
rearing.
The
agency
raises
and
releases
approximately
a
million
fish
a
year
that
that
then,
at
the
end,
provide
again
that
that
recreational
opportunity.
H
Not
clearly
not
all
the
efforts
and
contributions
in
the
fisheries
arena
or
are
for
recreational
aspirations,
I
would
say
the
overwhelming
majority
are
recovery
efforts
and
habitat
maintenance.
H
This
is
a
bald
eagle
that
was
blown
eaglet.
It's
only
a
couple
months
old
was
blown
out
of
a
nest
early
in
the
pandemic
and
our
staff
specialist
wildlife
diversity.
Joe
barnes,
has
some
climbing
experience
and
was
able
to
return
that
bird
to
its
nest.
Unfortunately,
one
of
the
nest
mates
didn't
survive,
but
that
one
did
a
couple
of
great
horned
owls
that
were
at
the
dri.
Many
of
you
may
may
have
seen
either
in
social
media
or
the
the
news.
H
Our
law
enforcement
division,
our
game
wardens,
are
category
one
peace
officers
with
broad
jurisdictional
authority
from
from
the
waterways
to
to
the
mountains.
Essentially,
as
I
as
I
like
to
say,
kind
of
the
the
highway
patrol
of
of
the
waterways
and
and
the
back
roads.
H
One
of
the
one
of
the
things
that
that's
clearly
under
our
our
mission
and
our
our
statutory
charge
is
the
operation
safe
operation
of
vessels
and
public
safety
on
on
water,
growing,
growing
challenges
more
and
more,
more
and
more
people
on
on
the
water,
more
personal.
H
Watercraft
conduct
a
significant
number
of
rescues
as
well.
This
is
highlighting
ward
and
sean
flynn
who
received
a
silver
life,
saving
medal
from
the
u.s
coast
guard
that
was
a
u.s
coast
guard
admiral,
providing
that
metal.
That's
a
medal
that
has
been
given
out
fewer
times
in
the
congressional
medal
of
honor
game.
Warden
flynn
saved
the
life
of
a
young
girl
trapped
in
an
overturned
boat
at
lake
mead.
H
Conservation,
education
division,
as
the
name
implies
a
lot
of
education
interacts
significantly
with
with
youth.
This
is
a
free
fishing
day.
Kids
free
fishing
day,
love
to
see
those
those
smiles
and
and
the
engagement
with
with
our
state's
youth.
H
We
do
a
lot
of
fly,
tying
classes
and
trout
in
the
classroom
where
kids
follow
the
development
of
fish
from
from
egg
to
releasable
fish
and
they
take
those
fish
out
and
and
release
them
great
educational
opportunity
and
helps
to
foster
a
sense
of
stewardship
for
nevada's
wildlife
resources.
H
The
data
and
technology
services
has
had
some
interesting
challenges:
cobit
related
challenges
trying
to
meet
the
needs
of
customers,
maintain
essential
business
functions.
Keep
offices
open,
continue
to
register
vessels,
provide
assistance
to
individuals
who,
who
may
not
have
computer
access
at
home
or
simply
may
need
assistance
in
transferring
vessels.
I
previously
referenced
our
law
enforcement
as
kind
of
the
highway
patrol
of
the
water.
H
H
I
will
take
advantage
of
the
opportunity
to
do
a
little
bit
deeper
dive
on
some
of
the
sagebrush
sage,
grouse
issues,
but
we
do
a
tremendous
amount
of
seating.
This
is
a
drill,
seating,
post
fire
trying
to
get
some
native
components
back
in
there
trying
to
retain
the
soil,
trying
to
get
some
some
forage
in
there
for
a
whole
host
of
species,
whether
it's
kangaroo
rats
or
mule,
deer
or
pronghorn
antelope.
H
Everything
that
we
have
all
895
species
under
our
jurisdictional
authority
need
need
some
habitat,
whether
it
be
shelter
or
or
food.
This
is
a
aerial
seeding
operation
conducted
with
a
fixed-wing
aircraft.
That's
loading
up
the
seed
in
into
the
hopper.
H
This
aircraft
will
fly
over
the
burned
area
with
some
unique
mechanical
machinery.
That's
fixed
under
the
wing
and
it'll
distribute
that
seed.
H
If
you
watch
watch
that
device
right
there
as
as
this
aircraft
is
over
the
the
fire
you'll
begin
to
see
the
distribution
of
that
seed.
This
is
part
of
the
reason
that
legislatively
creating
opportunity
for
the
department
to
accept
donations
in
emergency
situations
was
was
so
critical.
This
is
the
other
part
of
that,
with
with
the
unprecedented
drought
and
challenges
trying
to
to
get
water
to
wildlife
became
particularly
challenging
in
in
the
south.
As
as
the
chair
mentioned,
the
absence
of
some
of
that
monsoonal
moisture
really
exacerbated
this
problem.
H
The
agency
has
over
1700
water
developments
to
provide
water
to
to
wildlife.
Those
devices
are
filled
by
rain
water.
So
when
the
rain
doesn't
come,
those
animals
have
have
some
significant
challenges.
Meeting
their
hydration
needs
and
we've
had
to
be
creative
and
learn
quite
a
bit
again
through
partnership
with
our
ngo
community.
H
So
that
concludes
just
that
quick
overview
of
several
key
projects
that
have
a
direct
nexus
to
to
some
of
the
the
items
that
that
you
have
assisted
with
I'm
going
to
stop
sharing
cue
that
powerpoint
back
up
and
try
to
segue
back
to
that.
A
H
Excellent,
so
I
want
to
highlight
a
few
of
the
challenges
and
some
of
those
challenges
were
already
spoke
spoken
to
earlier
in
director
kroll's
presentation.
They
were
demonstrated
through
some
of
that
video,
but
they
they
aren't
independent
of
one
another.
So
we
talk
about
wildfire
and
invasives
climate
change,
wild
horses
and
burrows,
and
we
can
talk
about
any
one
of
those
challenges,
but
the
fact
of
the
matter
is
they're
they're
all
interrelated.
H
Most
of
you
are
intimately
aware
of
the
the
challenge
of
cheat
grass
and
what
it
does
to
the
fire
cycle.
We
see
fires
that
are
burning
more
frequently.
We
see
fires
that
are
larger
in
size
and
and
encroaching
into
a
shrinking
remnant
of
of
sagebrush.
H
And
as
the
climate
warms
or
as
we
experience,
drought,
whether
temporary
or
permanent
or
short-term
or
long-term,
it
exacerbates
that
wildfire
and
invasive
species
relationship.
H
Another
item
that
exacerbates,
that
is
the
presence
of
of
wild
horses
and
and
burrows
nevada's
current
wild
horse
and
burro
population,
is
estimated
to
be
53
741,
which
is
375
percent
above
appropriate
management
level.
H
We're
documenting
significant
impacts
to
habitat
soil
competition
and
are
looking
for
partnership
and
opportunity
to
to
bring
solutions
to
it,
but
it
it
is
unprecedented
and
it's
exacerbated
by
drought
and
it
isn't
unrelated
to
wildfire
invasive
species.
We
have
fires
that
that
burned
23
years
ago,
back
back
in
the
1990s
that
have
millions
of
dollars
invested
in
rehab,
that
success
is
now
being
jeopardized
due
to
the
the
horse
use
and
the
numbers
of
horses
and
in
those
reseeding
efforts.
H
I
would
like
to
kind
of
point
out
that
fun
fact
in
the
lower
left-hand
corner
of
the
screen
that
endow
and
over
15
conservation
partners
have
been
able
to
successfully
rehabilitate
475,
000
acres
of
wildfire
impacted
habitat
in
nevada,
just
between
2017
and
2021,
while
contributing
approximately
9.873
million
dollars.
This
equates
to
an
area
of
over
742
square
miles
or
larger
than
douglas
county
at
738
square
miles.
H
H
H
Endow
maintains
a
sage
grouse,
lek
database.
Elec
is
simply
the
area
where
the
the
males
go
to
strut
dance
and
the
females
come
to
to
pick
out
their
lucky
mate
endow
maintains
elect
database
with
just
under
2
000
lex
in
in
nevada,
and
there's
been
over
36
000
surveys
of
those
lex
dating
back
to
1950..
H
We
spent
two
and
a
half
million
in
sage
grouse
research
projects
over
the
last
five
years
to
determine
effects
of
wildfire
effects
of
transmission
lines,
treatment,
effectiveness,
that's
habitat,
manipulation,
effectiveness,
effects
of
predation,
specifically
the
effects
of
common
raven
predation
and
the
effects
of
wild
horses,
along
with
information
gained
on
habitat
selection
and
population
performance
endow,
has
spent
nearly
a
quarter
million
dollars
on
noise.
Research
pertaining
to
sage
grouse
since
2019,
and
has
plans
to
invest
an
additional
400
000
over
the
next
four
years.
H
In
our
ongoing
research,
we
have
staff
that
are
plugged
in
and
participating
on,
the
range-wide
interagency,
sagebrush
conservation
team,
the
western
association
of
fish
and
wildlife
agencies,
sage,
grouse
conservation
assessment
team
and
the
sagebrush
executive
oversight
committee,
as
well
as
the
national
sagebrush
conservation
strategy
team
and
the
sage
and
colombian
sharp
tail
grouse
technical
teams,
approximately
25
of
the
sage
sage
grouse
priority
habitat
management
area,
which
was
the
area
reflected
in
bed
on
the
map
that
elicited
so
much
discussion,
approximately
25
of
that
priority
habitat
has
been
lost
due
to
fire
since
2000,
and
that's
2.8
million
of
11.4
million
acres
of
that
habitat
type.
H
Grouse
are
one
of
over
350
species
in
in
that
system
there
are
a
number
of
other
species
that
are
garnering
additional
attention
for
for
conservation
need,
namely
pygmy
rabbits
as
as
one
there's
been
570
mine
plans
authorized
within
priority
sage,
grouse
habitat,
which
is,
is
another
challenge,
and
is
part
of
the
reason
that
we're
so
grateful
that
the
sagebrush
ecosystem
council
is
administering
a
mitigation
program
for
our
industry
partners,
which
is
allowing
endow
to
try
to
focus
more
on
some
of
those
rehab
and
research
efforts
for
the
species
and
in
in
the
landscape.
H
H
Wildlife
corridors
have
are
garnered
a
lot
of
attention
in
the
last
administration
through
secretarial
order.
3362
that
that
momentum
and
energy
has
been
maintained
into
the
current
presidential
administration
department
of
interior
is
continuing
to
put
emphasis
and
resources
towards
the
identification
and
protection
of
connectivity
corridors
in
in
the
governor's
habitat
conservation
framework
executive
order.
A
connectivity
plan
was
specifically
called
out
that
will
be
developed
in
partnership
with
the
department
of
transportation.
H
Also
would
be
remiss
if
I
didn't
bring
up
the
notion
of
one
health.
One
health
is
a
growing
construct.
I
I
was
previously
under
the
impression
that
it
was
really
kind
of
you
know.
The
the
pandemic
was
the
genesis
of
it.
The
more
I
looked
the
more.
I
learned
that
not
only
has
the
cdc
had
a
one
health
initiative
and
one
health
web
website
dating
back
to
2006,
but
the
concept
in
medicine
is
hundreds
of
years
old
and
with
indigenous
peoples
is
probably
thousands
of
years
old.
H
The
concept
is
a
multi-sector
approach
that
includes
human
health,
ecosystem,
health
and
animal
health.
75
of
of
all
emerging
pathogens
are
animal
or
from
animals
that
are
zoonotic
in
nature.
60
of
those
are
from
wildlife
species,
so
the
better
that
we
can
integrate
human
health,
environmental,
health
and
animal
health,
the
more
effective
and
proactive
we
can
be.
The
last
item
I
wanted
to
speak
to
quickly
was
recovering
america's
wildlife
act,
also
known
as
rawa.
This
is
a
bipartisan
legislation
in
congress
passed
out
of
the
house
natural
resources
committee
two
days
ago.
H
A
strong
bipartisan
bill
that
would
create
some
significant
opportunity
for
us
in
nevada
would
bring
a
dedicated
and
sustained
24
million
dollars
a
year
to
the
nevada
department
of
wildlife
towards
the
implementation
of
our
state
wildlife
action
plan
that
contains
256
of
the
895
species.
H
We
manage
in
22
habitats
that
those
species
include
bighorn,
sheep,
mule,
deer
sage,
grouse,
pygmy,
rabbit,
lahontan,
cutthroat,
trout
and
could
be
could
be
a
game
changer
for
us,
of
course,
to
be
able
to
receive
that
money
spend
that
money
would
require
legislative
approval
at
some
point,
so
we'll
keep
our
fingers
crossed
and
and
keep
watching
that
for
the
deeper
dive
items.
We
will
we'll
share
these
eight
items.
H
There's
a
12
minute,
video
that
from
a
commission
meeting
pertaining
to
the
coyote
contest
item,
I
provided
an
overview
and
introduction
on
that.
The
for
the
five
minute,
video
on
the
las
vegas
building
tour
video
tour,
some
more
habitat,
seating,
video,
just
just
two
minutes:
the
pyramid:
lake,
sheep
reintroduction,
a
10
minute
video
that
tells
a
heartwarming
story
about
returning
bighorn
sheep
to
those
ancestral
lands.
H
Some
additional
information
on
recovering
america's
wildlife
act;
preview
of
our
our
new
webpage
number,
seven
presentation
to
the
commission
on
license:
simplification,
showing
those
cost
savings
and
the
increase
license
sales
and
then,
lastly,
just
an
article
that
the
agency
put
out
during
the
pandemic.
That
was
silver
linings
from
the
pandemic.
H
That
includes
the
acknowledgement
of
several
personnel
and
programs
in
the
department
that
were
highlighted
during
that
during
that
time
period,
and
with
that
just
a
quick
introduction
of
our
team
wanted
to
introduce
our
two
deputy
directors,
jack
robb,
who's,
deputy
director
over
resources
and
bonnie,
long
who's,
the
deputy
director
over
administrative
services,
hr
and
fiscal
services,
and
thank
you
again
for
the
opportunity
and
certainly
stanford
any
questions.
Mr
chair,
thank
you.
A
A
C
No
sir,
I
have
two
questions
if
I
may
go
for
it.
Yeah
the
first
one
I've
got
is
the
current
size
of
our
deer
herd.
Right
now
it
looks
like
that
our
deer
herd
is
depleting
across
the
state.
Can
you
give
me
an
update
on
that
and
then
the
other
thing
I've
got
is
after
that
is
on
the
predator
control.
H
H
This
is
another
issue
and
item
that
is
not
independent
of
climate
change
and
and
drought
there,
through
our
research
through
some
of
our
recent
captures
assessment
of
body
condition,
which
is
primarily
done
through
fat
accumulation
of
the
fat.
That's
on
on
these
animals,
whether
it's
rump
fat
or
xiphoid,
processed
fat
or
kidney
fat.
H
H
I
would
point
out-
and
I
listened
with
with
interest
when
assemblywoman
hansen
talked
about
that
historical
perspective,
as
it
pertains
to
sage
grouse.
Historically,
nevada
did
not
have
abundant
mule
deer.
Historically,
there
were
very
few
mule
deer
in
in
nevada
when
mule
deer
first
started
to
arrive
in
nevada
shortly
after
the
turn
of
the
century,
it
was
noteworthy,
it
was
newsworthy.
It
showed
up
in
papers.
H
Miners
in
the
historic
mining
camps
were
fed,
mule
deer
that
were
brought
in
via
rail
car
from
adjacent
states.
Mule
deer
were
had
to
be
trained
in
trucked
in
to
feed
the
masses
in
in
those
mining
camps.
H
Now,
that's
not
a
justification
to
either
ignore
the
needs
or
to
you
know,
allow
populations
to
to
shrink
or
or
dwindle,
and
that's
why
we've
recently
launched
the
mule
deer
restoration
initiative,
our
game
division
administrator
mike
scott
who's,
a
arden,
an
avid
mule
deer
fan,
hunter
supporter
and
a
35-year
plus
you
know,
employee
of
the
agency
has
made
it
his
personal
mission
to
direct
resources
towards
the
recovery
of
mule
deer.
H
We're
assessing
animal
health
and
and
much
of
the
effort
through
the
sagebrush
ecosystem
council
to
offset
those
impacts
of
industry
should
also
spill
over
to
assist
in
what
is
largely
you
know,
our
probably
our
most
iconic
and
most
desirable
big
game
species
and
and
historically
has
been
our
most
economically
important
big
game
species.
So
I
I
appreciate
the
question.
C
The
other
question
I've
got
mitch
chair
is:
is
the
predator
p?
We
get
that
three
dollar
predator
fee,
how
much
actually
out
of
that
three
dollars
is
actually
going
into
predator
control
because
it
seems
like
the
predator
control
or
the
predators
are
more
on
the
rise
than
in
some
areas,
mostly
up
in
the
higher
mountain
areas.
Can
you
answer
that.
H
Absolutely
so,
as
indicated
that
three
dollar
fee
generates
approximately
eight
hundred
thousand
dollars
a
year
of
that
eight
hundred
thousand,
it
is
statutorily
it
mandated
that
at
least
80
percent
of
that
be
spent
in
lethal,
controlled
measures.
H
I
believe
that
you
know
we
are
seeing
an
expansion
in
both
distribution
and
density
of
mountain
lions,
as
we've
increased
prey
distribution,
namely
through
wild
horses
and
elk.
We
see
more
lions
and
more
places
where
historically,
they
may
have
followed
migratory
mule
deer.
Now
they're
able
to
stay
in
an
area
as
deer
come
and
go
and
and
and
switch
prey.
H
We
have
a
number
of
of
projects
focused
on
on
better
understanding
that
relationship
to
be
able
to
focus
those
management
activities
in
the
most
effective
means
possible
and
and
receive
the
largest
I'll
say,
the
biggest
bang
for
our
bucks.
C
B
C
A
Sorry,
I'm
just
gonna
step
in
here
briefly
director.
Thank
you
for
the
for
that
follow-up
comment
with
someone
else,
and
I
mean
I
think
that
you
know
director
was
already
addressed
the
question
previous
legislation
explicitly
directed
80
of
the
predator
control
fee
towards
direct
lethal
removal.
I
understand
your
frustration.
I
I
have
followed
a
little
bit
of
the
legislative
history.
A
I
know
that
when
the
predator
control
fee
was
first
introduced,
it
was
billed
as
at
being
able
to
generate
revenue
to
save
our
our
falling
deer
herds,
and
I
know
that
when
legislation
was
also
brought
to
put
in
the
80
mandate,
it
was
around
concern
about
how
it
was
used
and
and
continuing
declines
in
in
the
deer
herd
so
yeah.
I
I
appreciate
the
concern
that
you
have
there.
A
I
think
I
would
just
ask
a
clarifying
question
to
to
the
director,
which
is:
would
you
say
that
the
the
primary
issue
affecting
gear
is
essentially
increased
competition
for
habitat
due
to
impacts
of
development,
wildfire
invasive
species
and
the
fact
that
they're
competing
for
habitat
with
humans,
livestock
and
wild
horses
and
other
game
species.
H
Thank
you
for
the
question.
My
my
elevator
speech
as
it
pertains
to
that
question
is
that
that
predator
control
can
allow
a
population
to
respond
more
quickly
to
favorable
habitat
conditions.
H
If
you
do
not
have
favorable
habitat
conditions
or
if
you
are
at
carrying
capacity
because
of
compromised
habitat
conditions,
whether
it
be
drought,
fire
horses,
competition
that
all
the
predator
control
in
the
world
will
not
result
in
the
desired
benefit,
the
key
piece
of
receiving
benefits
from
predator
controls
is
demonstrating
that
you
are
below
carrying
capacity,
in
which
case
that
predator
control
can
allow
that
population
to
respond
more
quickly
to
favorable
conditions.
A
Thank
you
for
that
director,
so
it
seems
like
that's.
The
focus
that
we
need
to
make
sure
is
that
we
have
the
carrying
capacity
on
the
land
and
have
the
flexibility
to
focus
on
the
that
is
kind
of
a
first
priority.
Before
moving
on
to
other
issues,
assemblywoman
carlton.
D
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
very
much
so
I
guess
mike
my
question
ties
in
two
of
the
your
one
of
your
original
screens
with
all
the
boxes
on
it
when
we
were
talking
about
211
and
being
able
to
do
the
analysis
on
new
housing,
development
and
the
effect
on
wildlife
and
then
urban
wildlife.
D
I
remember
very
distinctly
in
the
senate
when
I
brought
up
coyotes
in
southern
nevada
and
got
a
couple
of
chuckles
from
some
folks,
but
we
do.
We
still
do
have
those
problems
they're
still
there.
We
just
had
a
mountain
lion
problem
very
very
recently,
I'm
I'm
concerned
that
we
have
housing
being
proposed
on
the
far
east
side
of
the
valley
and
it
sounds
like
the
regulations
for
211
will
probably
not
be
in
place
and
that
law
probably
and
those
guidelines
will
not
be
in
place
for
this
new
housing
and
it's
up
in
the
hills.
D
It's
next.
It's
where
golf
course
used
to
be,
and
we
know
what
happens
at
night
on
golf
courses.
We
know
what
kind
of
animals
come
in,
especially
out
of
the
the
hills
in
the
far
east
side
of
the
valley.
So
I'm
just
concerned,
I
want
more
information
on
where
we
think
we're
going
to
be
with
211
in
the
future,
and
how
are
we
gonna
deal
with
this
this?
D
These
interfaces
with
the
mountain
lions
coyotes,
whatever
we
have,
the
more
we
build
out,
the
more
we're
gonna
have
impacts
and
being
someone
who
had
a
constituent
that
had
a
coyote
stick
its
head
through
the
dog
door.
You
know
when
it
happens
to
families
in
your
district.
It's
they
don't
forget
about
it.
It's
something
that
comes
up
often.
So,
if
you
could
just
elaborate
on
that,
that
would
be
helpful.
H
Absolutely
thank
you
for
the
question.
I
think
that
the
main
difference,
as
as
we
we
view
the
role
of
our
agency
as
it
pertains
to
211,
is
we're
talking
about
design
features.
We're
talking
about
mitigating
it's.
H
It's
a
you
know,
proactive,
addressing
the
potential
impacts
to
wildlife
before
they
occur,
or
what
kind
of
mitigated
measures
or
planning
should
be
considered
when
you
know
looking
for
a
development
and
then
the
reactive
aspect
on
on
the
back
end
is
how
animals
respond
once
that
development
occurs,
and
so
the
the
roles
and
responsibilities
under
211
versus
the
agency's
roles
and
responsibilities
on
urban
wildlife,
I
think
one
is:
is
early
on
the
front
end
as
a
cost
recovery
measure
to
highlight
the
potential
impacts
to
wildlife
and
and
fulfill.
H
You
know
our
mission
and
our
role
in
providing
that
guidance
to
try
to
avoid
those
impacts.
The
other
the
urban
wildlife
piece
is
how
those
animals,
and
particularly
coyotes
and
las
vegas,
where
you
create
these
oases
of
you,
know
small
mammals
or
house
pets
or
other
things,
attract
and
draw
these
animals
in.
After
the
fact,
I
don't
initially
see
a
really
natural
nexus
between
211
and
its
intent
and
our
role
in
that
relative
to
urban
wildlife
calls
issues
and
and
challenges.
H
However,
perhaps
if
we
were
to
anticipate
some
of
that
that
maybe
we
could
incorporate
that
at
the
outset
and
and
maybe
have
some
landscape
features
or
other
things
that
would
dissuade
or
discourage
you
know
those
coyotes
or
or
perhaps
lions,
but
where
you're
exactly
right,
assembly,
woman
and
where
we,
where
we
saw
that
lion
this
this
week,
it
wasn't
you
know
out
in
out
on
the
edge
out
on
the
hills.
D
Thank
you
chair.
Let
me
put
my
hand
down,
because
if
I
don't
do
it
now,
it'll
stay
there.
Thank
you,
director
wasley.
I
really
enjoyed
the
video
and
the
time
and
effort
put
into
it
really
well
done.
I
brought
to
mind
a
couple
things
I'd
like
to
address,
particularly,
I
think
two
areas,
the
oh
real,
quick,
though
seeing
the
video
of
the
bighorn
sheep
being
released
into
the
pyramid.
Lake
tribal
lands
was
such
a
highlight
and
and
a
reminder
of
what
a
great
accomplishment.
D
So
thank
you
for
documenting
that
and
so
glad
to
see
that
happening.
It
reminded
me
of
a
tour
I
took
to
the
fisheries
there
at
pyramid
lake
that
the
tribes
run
and
the
work
that
they
do
and
that's
a
great
field
trip
that
I
highly
recommend
whether
we
do
it
officially
or
just
individually
on
your
own
visiting
any
of
the
fisheries,
but
that
one
in
particular
at
pyramid
lake
was
really
such
a
had,
had
a
significant
impact
on
and
how
I
could
understand
the
great
work
they're
doing
there.
D
So
I
just
wanted
to
get
that
on
the
record.
As
far
as
when
you
talked
about
sage,
say
chin,
and
we
talked
about
their
numbers,
thank
you
for
clarifying
on
the
map
that
that
that
red
area
that
you
know
25
has
been
lost
due
to
fire.
So
I
hope
that
we
will,
as
we
have
more
meetings,
we'll
address
the
fire
issue,
which
we
all
know.
D
It
is
a
big
concern
for
habitat
and
a
lot
of
other
things,
but
particularly
maybe
that
we
could
involve
those
who
live
on
the
land
that
are,
you
know,
impacted
greatly
by
the
fires,
as
well
as
wildlife
to
find
out
what
ranching
is
having
to
do
how
they
can
help
mitigate
with.
Maybe
I
I
think
we've
loosened
up
and
allow
more
grazing,
but
I
think
we
need
to
have
a
discussion
as
we
talk
about
fires
to
also
do
so
with
grazing.
D
In
the
picture
question
about
the
federal
protection
of
ravens
and
that
impact
that
you,
you
talked
a
little
bit
about
the
the
ravens
and
and
sage
say
chan.
So
my
question
is:
I
find
it
interesting.
We
have
federal
protection
on
a
raven,
but
that
at
the
expense
of
another
animal.
So
what
are
the
efforts?
D
How
do
you
work
with
the
feds
on
that
issue?
Is
there
an
interest?
Is
there
an
exchange,
and
are
you
in
support
of
us
trying
to
get
around
that
federal
protection
of
the
ravens
if
it
if
it
is
critical
to
sage.
H
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
the
question
assemblywoman
and
we
are
we're
engaged
heavily
and
let
me
just
a
little
quick
background,
because
ravens
are
migratory
they're
protected
under
the
federal
migratory
bird
treaty
act,
so
they
don't
fall
under
the
purview
of
the
state
and
in
order
for
us
to
remove
those
ravens,
it
needs
to
be
under
authority
provided
to
the
state
by
a
federal
permit.
H
H
There
has
been
a
nepa
analysis
conducted
and
performed
by
one
federal
agency
in
usda
wildlife
services
and
the
population
estimates
have
been
increased,
updated
that
would
suggest
that
there
could
be
more
ravens
safely
removed
from
the
population
without
any
adverse
impacts
to
the
population
and
provide
the
state
increased
availability
to
remove
those
those
ravens
it's
a
permitting
process.
H
H
It's
a
it's
a
three-tier
process,
the
way
that
we
look
at
ravens
and
the
potential
impacts
of
ravens
and
number
one.
It's
it's
a
habitat
issue.
Do
those
nesting
birds
have
enough
habitat
to
conceal
their
nest
high?
So
we
look
at
at
the
condition
of
the
habitat
number
two
is
subsidies.
Those
ravens
depend
on
food,
whether
it's
road
kill,
whether
it's
a
dump
station
or
a
dump
site
or
a
boneyard.
H
They
depend
on
those
subsidies.
Is
there
anything
being
done
to
limit
the
availability
of
subsidies?
And
then
three
is
removal
of
those
ravens?
But
if
we
aren't
addressing
the
habitat
for
nesting
cover-
and
we
aren't
addressing
subsidies,
then
those
that
there's
a
less
likelihood
that
the
federal
permitting
entities
will
see
value
in
us
just
increasing
that
permit
to
go,
kill
more
without
addressing
the
ultimate
cause,
not
just
a
you
know,
proximate
solution.
H
We
are
in
support
of
it
to
the
extent
that
we
have
significantly
increased
our
ask,
but
we
realize
that
isn't
the
ultimate
that
isn't
the
end.
But
it
is
a
much
needed
band-aid
to
ensure
that
those
animals
exist
on
the
landscape
as
long
as
possible
abundantly
as
possible
to
allow
us
the
opportunity
to
address
subsidies
and
habitat
along
the
way.
D
Great,
thank
you
so
much
for
clarifying
what
is
a
very
complicated
interplay
with
feds
in
the
states,
and
I
know
it's
not
an
easy
job,
and
so
thank
you
for
that.
A
Thank
you
thank
you
and
director.
If,
at
any
point
you
know
there
you
can
share
perhaps
some
additional
information
on
the
the
research
around
subsidies
and
and
potential
approaches
that
are
used
to
try
and
reduce
those.
I
think
that
would
be
interesting.
It
may
potentially
inform
future
considerations
so
with
that
we'll
move
on
to
assemblywoman
peters.
G
You
chair
and
just
this
side,
no,
it
is
very
complicated.
Assembly
won't
enhance
and
that's
what
I
built
a
career
on.
G
My
question
for
director
wellesley
is
about
the
reseeding
efforts
and
habitat
restoration
programs,
and
I'm
curious
if
you've
been
working
with
unr
who's
been
putting
in
a
bunch
of
effort
on
science
around
increasing
the
efficacy
of
those
efforts,
particularly
the
like
broadcast
seating
piece
during
drought
seasons,
and
I
know
that
this
is
this-
is
extra
complicated
in
certain
times,
because
we
like
to
see
grease
eating
and
vegetation
re-established
within
a
certain
time
frame.
G
But
when
we're
in
those
drought
cycles,
that
time
frame
can
be
right
in
the
middle
of
some
of
our
worst
drought
periods,
and
so
I'm
just
curious
how
you
guys
have
been
working
with
unr
or
other
stakeholders
doing
research
in
that
and
then
chair.
If
I
may,
I
have
one
follow-up
question
for
both
of
the
directors
who
who
have
presented
today.
H
Sure
so
I
think
that's
an
excellent
question
and
please
know
that
that
perhaps
20
30
years
ago,
our
approach
was
the
more
is
better.
With
respect
to
seed
and
post-fire
revenge
efforts.
H
It's
been
informed
by
science,
we
work
with
the
usda
rocky
mountain
research
station
and
we
work
with
unr.
We
work
with
fish
and
wildlife
service.
We
work
with
with
many
stakeholders,
producers
on
on
the
landscape
and
we're
we're
working
in
partnership
with
those
partners
I
just
mentioned
in
in
trying
to
develop
means
by
which
to
produce
our
own
native
seed,
to
increase
the
availability
to
increase
the
success.
We
use
predictability
models
looking
at
what
was
on
the
landscape
before
the
fire
to
inform
the
predictability
of
where
we'll
have
the
most
success.
H
Where
do
we
have
the
deepest
soils?
Where
do
we
have
the
most
soil
moisture?
Where
can
we
get
site-selected
seeds
for
species
that
will
be
most
successful?
So
it's
a
far
cry
from
where
we
started.
H
We
probably
still
have
a
little
ways
to
go,
but
at
this
point
we're
working
with
federal
partners,
state
partners,
industry
partners,
one
of
the
greatest
partnerships
that
we
have
right
now
is
with
the
nevada
mining
industry,
where
they
have
private
lands
on
which
we
can
do
things
that
we
can't
presently
do
on
federal
lands
because
of
a
lack
of
need.
But
one
one
item
in
particular
is
a
chemical.
H
Following
agent
we
can
administer
endazoflam
rejuva,
which
is
a
chemical
you,
you
referenced
a
small
biological
window
in
which
to
get
the
seed
back
on
the
ground.
H
What
what
happens
is
if
you
don't
get
that
seed
in
historically,
if
you
didn't
get
that
seed
sewn
and
and
grown
in
a
short
period
of
time,
there
was
a
high
likelihood
that
the
cheat
grass
would
invade,
and
then
you
lose
that
the
window
that
biological
window
goes
away
well
now,
there's
there's
chemicals
that
we
can
apply
to
the
soil
that
will
extend
that
biological
window
to
two
or
three
years,
and
so
you
know
we
we
find
ourselves
in
this
boom
bust
scenario,
where
you
might
have
a
million
acres
of
fire
and
there's
no
way
you
can't
get
all
the
seed.
H
You
have
just
a
couple
months
to
try
to
get
the
seed
on
if
the
seed
that
needs
to
be
flown
on
top
of
snow.
You
have
these
really
narrow
biological
windows
and
temporal
windows
in
which
that
all
has
to
happen,
but
through
our
partnership
with
the
nevada
mining
industry,
their
willingness
to
make
available
some
of
their
private
lands
to
apply
a
chemical
that
is
demonstrated
as
safe
in
in
dazzleflam,
but
hasn't
yet
been
analyzed
by
the
public
land
management
agencies.
We're
we're
making.
H
You
know
huge
headway
and
increasing
that
biological
window
two
to
three
times
and
then
also
being
more
strategic
on
the
landscape.
Looking
at
those
north
slopes,
looking
at
those
deeper
soils
looking
at
those
pockets
that
had
service
berry
and
bitter
brush
before
the
fire
and
going
back
into
those
areas
more
strategically,
instead
of
just
you
know,
throwing
and
hoping
great
question.
G
Yeah,
I
think
you
know
it's
been
really
interesting-
to
watch
this
science
play
kind
of
blossom,
we're
using
lidar
data
to
identify
these
areas
from
historic,
lidar
to
post
fire
light.
Are
it's
really
been
interesting,
but
I
know
there
are
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
folks
invested
in
this
area
and
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
not
duplicating
those
efforts
and
we're
working
together
on
them.
There
is
even
some
interest
from
tribal
partners
who,
on
tribal
land,
love
to
be
a
partner
in
establishing
native
seed
programs.
G
So
I
hope
that
that
continues.
Those
partnerships
continue
to
happen
and,
if
I
may,
with
my
follow-up
question
chair,
so
we
have
two
well
one
department
and
one
division
that
work
almost
exclusively
with
wildlife
right.
So
we
have
your
department
of
wildlife
and
then
we
also
have
the
division
of
natural
heritage
and
mike
I'm
curious,
if
you
guys,
you
and
director
crowl
could
go
into
what
the
difference
between
those
two
entities
are
and
how
their
regulatory
authority
is
different
and
why
we
kind
of
have
these
two
separate
agencies.
H
Yeah,
but
if,
if
I
may
chair
I'll
I'll
start
and
if
it
if
it
provides,
I
guess
any
comfort
at
all.
Please
know
that
the
division
administrator
for
our
division
of
wildlife
diversity
was
previously
the
division
administrator
for
the
nevada
heritage
program,
and
so
she
she
brought
with
her
those
relationships
and
that
knowledge
and
that
awareness.
H
There
are
many
state
wildlife
agencies
under
which
heritage
programs
exist.
There
are
some
heritage
programs
that
exist
under
ngos,
for
example,
the
nature
conservancy
administers
heritage
programs
in
some
states,
and
so
we
we
do
have
a
strong.
We
have
a
high
degree
of
overlap
in
those
areas
that
fall
under
our
jurisdictional
authority,
which
are
are
primarily
the
animals,
the
area
that
they
have
a
much
broader
knowledge
authority,
awareness
that
we
don't.
E
And
if
I
may
add
someone
peter's
brad
crawl
dc,
our
director
for
the
record
director
wasley
pretty
much
covered
it,
but
that's
that's
the
difference.
The
it's
now,
a
division
of
natural
heritage
within
the
department
of
conservation,
natural
resources
and
their
focus
is
on
flora
and
primarily
sensitive
and
endangered
flora,
so
plants
in
nevada.
E
They
also
do
their
best
to
to
inventory
and
look
at
insects
as
well,
where
there's
some
overlapping
jurisdiction
and
some
and
some
focus
that's
needed
between
the
two
agencies,
but
they
do
work
very
well
together
and
they
do
lots
of
counts
together.
Bat
surveys
things
like
that,
so
it's
a
it's
a
good
partnership,
but
that's
the
difference,
and
I
can't
tell
you
historically
why
nevada
set
it
up
the
way
they
did,
but
it's
how
it
is
now.
G
Thank
you.
So
what
is
the
regulatory
function
for
the
division
of
natural
heritage.
E
So
they're
mostly
focused
on
on
collecting
advantage
data
for
sensitive
ecosystems
plants
primarily,
and
if
a
if
the
state
of
nevada
were
to
consider
listing
a
plant
on
the
state
endangered
list,
it
would
be
a
recommendation
from
the
division
of
heritage
to
the
through
the
nevada
division
of
forestry,
which
has
regulatory
authority
to
list
the
species.
And
so
that's
they
are
the
scientific
underpinning
for
what
would
be
a
division,
forestry
regulatory
mechanism
to
list
the
new
species.
A
Thank
you,
senator
gloykichia.
F
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
Mr
wasley.
I've
just
got
a
if
you
could
touch
on
it.
At
least
you
know
I
can
understand
the
line
in
you
know
in
las
vegas
and
the
need
for
wildlife
to
move
in
and
remove
that
animal.
But
typically,
when
you
get
a
coyote
call,
it
was
referenced
like
by
assemblywoman
carlton,
coyote
sticking
his
head
through
the
dog
door
or
actually
taking
you
know
a
pat
off
the
doorstep,
and
it
happens
all
the
time.
F
What's
your
relationship
between
wildlife
and
I'll
go
to
the
ag
agency
animal
damage
control,
I
you
know
in
the
past,
I've
had
constituents.
Call
me
from
southern
nevada,
have
an
issue.
You
know
a
coyote
came
and
took
the
pet
out
of
the
yard.
F
H
Yeah
absolutely
thank
you
for
the
question
senator
so
the
the
entity
that
the
senators
is
asking
about
is
a
federal
entity
formerly
known
as
animal
damage,
control
presently
known
as
wildlife
services
or
under
the
united
states
department
of
agriculture,
animal
plant,
health
inspection
services,
wildlife,
wildlife
services
and
they
have
capacity,
expertise
and
skills
that
the
department
of
wildlife
and
many
state
wildlife
agencies
don't
readily
have
available.
So
as
we
as
we
have
some
of
these
urban
wildlife
challenges,
we
will
often
rely
upon
their
skill,
sets
and
know-how.
H
We
in
most
instances
we're
billed
we're,
invoiced
and-
and
you
know,
pay
for
their
time
and
and
expertise
to
to
go
in
and
and
surgically
or
strategically
address
those
challenges.
I
I'll
share
that
there
was
a
an
issue
here.
Just
oh,
I
don't
know
a
year
and
a
half
or
so
ago
there
was
a
a
firefighting
crew
on
their
way
from
I
don't
know,
oregon
to
arizona,
to
fight
fire
and
stopped
somewhere
in
the
lake
mead
national
wreck
area
and
threw
their
bed
rolls
on
the
ground.
H
And
during
the
night
one
of
the
firefighters
was
approached
and
and
bit
in
the
face
by
a
coyote
turned
out.
H
There
were
multiple
coyotes
in
the
area
that
were
were
being
fed,
either
directly
or
indirectly,
by
raiding
trash
cans,
and
we
had
a
significant
issue
with
a
local
density
of
animals
that
were
unafraid
and
of
humans,
and
so
we
reached
out
to
wildlife
services
who
came
in
and
spent
a
few
nights
in
there
and
did
a
very
professional
and
strategic
and
surgical
removal
of
that
localized
density,
and
we
simply
don't
have
the
the
know-how,
the
ability,
the
equipment
to
to
perform
those
kinds
of
activities
each
each
and
every
instance
is
kind
of
unique
into
itself.
H
We
look
at
at
the
offending
animal,
perhaps
the
age
gender
you
know.
Is
it
a
one-time
occurrence?
Was
that
animal
you
know
being
fed
was
it
encouraged?
Is
it
is
it
you
know,
we
don't
jump
quickly
to
you
know,
let's
just
kill
it
and
get
out
of
there.
We
look
at
again
the
ultimate
cause,
not
just
some.
You
know
proximate
solution,
but
wildlife
services
is
a
is
a
very
valued
partner
and
has
a
unique
and
necessary
skill
set.
Thank
you.
Senator.
F
Well,
if
I
may
just
follow
up
on
that,
chairman
watch
this
quick,
but
so
if
there
is
an
issue
or
a
problem
in
a
neighborhood
or
you
are
being
you're,
you
have
an
issue
with
with
say
a
predatory
working.
Your
neighborhood,
I'm
just
gonna,
make
it
as
clean
as
I
can
then.
Typically
that
constituent
would
reach
out
to
you
or
to
end
out,
and
then
you
would
in
fact
relay
that
on
to
wildlife
services.
H
Yes,
that
that's
correct,
that's
that's
how
it's
and
I'm
sure
every
state
has
a
different
model.
Presently
in
the
state
of
nevada,
it's
and-
and
I
believe,
wildlife
services
prefers
it.
This
way,
understanding
that
those
animals
are
under.
You
know
the
statutory
charge,
they're
part
of
nevada's.
H
You
know
public
trust,
and
they
would
much
rather
do
that
under
the
direction
of
the
state
of
nevada
than
unilaterally,
and
so
they
will
in
some
instances,
if
they're
contacted
directly
turn
those
you
know,
calls
or
individuals
over
to
us
or
direct
those
individuals.
Back
to
us,
we
work
with
our
law
enforcement
with
our
wildlife
health
staff,
as
as
pertinent
as
relevant
determine
the
best
course
of
action,
and
if
the
best
course
of
action
is
to
reach
back
out
to
wildlife
services,
ask
for
their
assistance
and
and
have
them.
You
know
invoice
us
accordingly.
F
A
Senator
members,
any
other
questions
for
the
director
in
the
department
seeing
none.
I
do
have
one
so
director
wasly,
you
spoke
a
little
bit
about
the
ongoing
implementation
of
the
recent
legislation.
I
believe
it's
211
around.
You
know
housing
developments
and
and
wildlife
impacts.
A
Could
you
speak
at
a
little
bit
broader
level
around
both
at
the
federal
level
and
at
the
state
level?
The
involvement
consultation
with
the
department
to
determine
the
potential
wildlife
impacts
related
to
various
permitting
decisions.
H
Excellent
thank
you
chair.
I
appreciate
that
this
is.
This
is
something
that
is
not
widely
or
or
well
understood
in
terms
of
the
specific
roles
and
responsibilities
of
state
wildlife
agencies,
as
it
pertains
to
the
national
environmental
policy
act,
and
so
the
the
state
wildlife
agencies
in
all
states
are
the
entities
that
oversee
that
public
trust
responsibility.
H
Wildlife
wildlife
are
viewed
as
belonging
to
the
citizens
of
the
state
and,
as
such,
those
state
legislatures
empower
the
direct
the
executive
branch
agencies
to
represent
that
public
trust
and
and
as
such,
the
federal
government
is
required
through
nepa
to
solicit
specific
input
from
those
state
wildlife
agencies
pertaining
to
any
project
that
is
conducted
on
federal
land
or
with
federal
funds.
Any
federal
nexus
requires.
H
You
know
that
nepa
analysis
and
through
that
nepa
analysis,
state
wildlife
agencies
in
representing
the
public's
trust
in
those
species
is
valued
is,
is
considered
a
valuable
partner,
cooperating
agency
and
is
you
know,
essential
input
to
to
those
analyses
when
it's
conducted
when
those
activities
occur
on
private
lands?
It's
it's
vastly
different.
H
Unless
a
body
like
you
all
takes
steps
or
measures,
as
as
you
have,
for
example,
with
with
211
or
or
in
other
instances
like
through
this
rush
ecosystem
council,
or
you
know
where
sometimes
that
land
ownership
is,
is
no
longer
you're
not
exempt
from
some
of
those
requirements
if
the
state
adopts
and
enacts
certain
provisions
or
requirements.
So
I
don't
know
if
that
gets
to
your
question
or
if
there's
more,
that
I
can
try
to
answer
there.
I'd
be
happy
to
chair.
A
Thank
you
that
that
gets
us
quite
a
bit
of
the
way
there.
I
think
the
the
other
piece
is
that
we
do
have
well,
while
many
decisions
are
under
the
purview
of
the
federal
government,
the
state
does
have
regulatory
authority
over
another
public
trust
that
we
have
water
and
allocation
of
water
rights.
You
know
we
have
a
role
in
the
permitting
of
mine
activities,
various
air
and
water
quality
discharges,
and
so
I
was
just
wondering
if
you
could
speak
to
kind
of
the
extent
to
which
the
department
is.
A
H
Thank
you
for
the
question.
That's
a
little
bit
more
challenging
one
to
answer.
You're
correct
that
the
by
statute,
the
director
of
the
state
wildlife
agency,
has
a
seat
on
the
state
environmental
commission.
So
I've
served
in
that
role
for
nearly
nine
years
now.
It's
it's
always
been
incredibly
informative
to
to
get
some
insight
to
a
lot
of
the
activities
and
the
division
of
environmental
protection.
H
There
there's
a
little
bit
more
of
a
role
in
responsibility
because
of
the
the
management
of
aquatic
organisms,
and
we
do
as
an
agency,
have
significant
data
on
water
quality
parameters,
temperature
turbidity,
you
know
flows,
and
we
also
have
some
some
data
on
contaminants
in
in
organisms
and
and
not
too
long
ago.
We
were
were
challenged
with
this
with
the
issue
where
the
department
of
wildlife
provided
a
permit
for
somebody
to
harvest.
You
know
fish
from
a
certain
body
of
water.
Those
fish
had
a
certain
level
of
mercury.
H
Depending
on
whether
you
looked
at
epa
or
department
health,
you
know
that
who
had
different
thresholds.
H
It
was
kind
of
a
conundrum
in
terms
of
jurisdictional
authorities
where
the
state
department
of
ag
had
authority
of
exportation
of
foods.
The
department
of
wildlife
had
authority
for
the
take
permit,
but
didn't
have
any
authority
over
food.
The
state
division
of
environmental
protection
in
coordination
with
you
know,
epa
had
concerns
over
consumption,
but
the
state
division
of
health
you
know
had
to
had
to
give
their
opinion
to
the
department
of
ag,
which
then
wrote
a
letter
in
support
to
the
department
of
wildlife.
H
It
was
all
brought
to
the
attention
to
our
attention
by
a
division
of
environmental
protection,
and
so
there
is
definitely
some
overlapping
areas
of
jurisdiction
and
authority
that
that
create
sometimes
create
some
challenges,
but
I
think
we're
we
all
we're
all
essentially
on
the
same
page
and
it's
just
figuring
out
how
to
work
through
that
process
under
our
given
authorities
to
to
get
to
to
the
best
end.
H
A
You
director,
I
appreciate
that,
and
you
know
I
think
even
that
example
is
just
helpful
to
understand
some
of
the
ways
that
sometimes
there's
you
know,
even
if
we
eventually
reach
coordination,
sometimes
there's
a
a
lot
of
steps
because
of
the
different
responsibilities
or
jurisdictions
that
different
bodies
have,
and
you
know
I
think
it's
just
something
that
you
know
we
probably
will
see
some
other
instances
where
some
things
kind
of
fall
into
an
area
where
they
kind
of
straddle
multiple
lines
and
also
just
want
to
make
sure
that
you
know,
given
our
scarce
water
resources
that
you
know
the
permitting
decisions
that
can
impact,
you
know
spring
flow
or
or
other
things
that
would
have
a
direct
impact
on
wildlife
that
we're
making
sure
we
get
those.
A
You
know
some
information
and
analysis
incorporated
on
the
front
end
of
of
those
decision
making
processes.
So
thanks
for
that
summer,
woman
hanson
did
you
have
a
an
additional
question.
D
Yes,
I'm
sorry.
This
discussion
brought
to
mind
something
real
quick.
I
wanted
to
ask
director
crowl
and
director
wesley,
perhaps
if
they
heard
of
this
report
or
seen
it
back
from
secretary
udall
in
the
1960s,
about
a
lot
of
the
study
and
mapping
of
almost
a
thousand
years
of
mapping
from
tree
rings
and
different
methods
on
the
colorado
river
and
lake
mead.
D
Since
you
know
we're
we're,
of
course,
going
to
talk
about
water
and
rye
patch
was
mentioned,
and
that's
in
my
district,
and
it
was
overflowing
two
years
ago
and
then
here
we
are
with
a
different
situation,
just
curious
that
that
report
had
shown
on
the
colorado
river.
And
now
it's
lake
mead,
that
you
know.
In
the
course
of
this
thousand
years
there
were
sometimes
several
instances
of
50
years
worth
of
drought,
a
drought
period
that
lasted
over
several
centuries
in
different
periods.
D
So
I
was
just
curious
if
some
of
your
studies
includes
that
report,
I
actually
have
a
copy
of
it
if
it
might
be
for
the
edification
of
the
committee
and
for
the
chair
for
us
to
I
could.
I
could
share
that
and
but
just
curious
if,
if
you're
familiar
with,
because
that's
a
pretty
intensive
amount
of
time
to
have
on
something
as
vital
as
the
colorado
river
just
curious.
If
you
are
aware
of
that.
E
And
I'm
happy
to
you
know:
I'm
vaguely
familiar
with
it.
There's
been
multiple
reports
by
multiple
udolls.
In
fact,
over
time-
and
you
know,
brad
udall
in
colorado
is
right.
Now
is
someone
who
looks
at
the
colorado
river
very
closely
just
for
clarification
in
terms
of
managing
the
state's
water
resources
within
the
purview
of
the
department.
E
It
falls
within
the
state
engineer's
office,
who
has
a
purview
for
all
ground
and
service
water
in
the
state,
with
the
exception
of
the
colorado
river,
so
that
is
managed
by
the
colorado
river
commission
and
the
southern
nevada
water
authority
and
as
everyone
I
think
on
here
knows
you
know,
90
of
the
population
in
nevada
is
served
by
the
colorado
river
in
in.
E
In
you
know,
in
clark
county
there
is
some
grounded
surface
water
in
addition
to
the
colorado
that's
used
in
clark
county
as
well,
but
the
you
know
whether
you
call
it
climate
change
or
look
at
historical
records
or
not.
We
are
the
driest
most
arid
state
in
the
nation.
When
there's
instances
of
drought,
it
strains
those
resources
even
more,
but
what
is
in
contemporary
times
right
now,
really
straightening.
E
Our
water
resources
is
population
growth
and
lack
of
efficiency
in
the
ag
sector,
and
you
know
we've
done
great
things
on
conservation
by
our
municipal
water
providers,
like
southern
nevada,
water
authority,
getting
helping
get
rid
of
non-functional
turf
return
flows.
E
Things
like
that
to
help
sustain
water
delivery
for
homes
and
businesses
as
we
grow
as
a
state
ag
in
nevada
is
caught
in
a
tough
spot,
because
there
is
no
incentive
right
now
under
nevada
statutes
for
agricultural
water
right
holders
to
implement
water
saving
and
efficiency
efforts,
because
if
they
use
less
water
under
our
bedrock
water
laws,
they
then
are
subject
to
use
it
or
lose
it
and
beneficial
use
laws
in
nevada.
And
so
you
don't
want
to
punish
them
for
being
better
at
conserving
water.
E
And
so
this
is
something
that
we
tried
to
move
last
session,
and
I
hope
we
discussed
in
this
interim
with
this
committee
and
look
and
really
make
progress
on
next
session.
But
we've
got
to
provide
some
incentives
for
agricultural
producers
to
conserve
water
without
being
penalized
for
doing
so
and
help
them
cover.
The
cost
of
implementing
those
technologies
ag
represents
over
50
percent
of
our
total
water
use
of
the
state.
So
we
really
need
to
pay
attention
to
it,
but
in
doing
so
in
a
fair,
balanced
way,.
A
Thank
you
very
much
for
that
director
appreciate
that.
Thank
you
assemblywoman
for
the
question
yeah.
I
think
that
you
hit
the
nail
on
the
head
in
terms
of
figuring
out
how
to
make
this
work
and
also
how
to
fund
some
of
those
initiatives
as
well
as
we
know
that
the
agricultural
industry
has
been
struggling.
A
You
know
quite
a
bit
and
needs
assistance
in
in
making
some
of
those
those
upgrades,
as
well
as
legal
framework,
to
do
so
and
appreciate
the
the
the
distinction
about
kind
of
the
management
of
the
most
of
the
state's
water
resources
and
the
colorado
river,
which
is
navigated,
be
a
compact
between
seven
states,
which
has
oversight
by
the
federal
government
and
also
involves
treaties
with
the
nation
of
mexico.
A
And,
and
you
know,
some
of
the
latest
research
by
brad
udall
shows
potentially
devastating
declines
to
the
the
river
system
and
lake
mead
levels,
and
you
know
within
the
next
five
to
ten
years,
and
so
those
are.
Those
are
things
that
we're
hoping
to
address
through
strong
conservation
policy
and
providing
the
support
that's
needed
to
to
conserve
here
in
nevada
and
across
the
region.
So
members
any
other
questions.
A
All
right,
seeing
none
thank
you
again
both
to
director
kroll
and
director
wasley,
for
your
presentations
to
the
committee
today.
You
know
we
will
look
forward
to
following
up
with
you
if
anything
else
comes
up
and
and
particularly
to
dc,
and
our
look
forward
to
hearing
from
some
of
your
divisions
throughout
the
remainder
of
the
interim.
A
A
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C
C
Hello
for
the
record,
russell
coleman,
r-u-s-s-e-l-l-k-u-h-l-m-a-n.
C
C
Governor
syslax
signed
the
habitat
conservation
framework
executive
order
and
ab211
that
director
wisely
mentioned
in
his
presentation
and
endow,
has
also
implemented
the
department
of
interior
secretarial
order
3362
into
their
action
plan,
which
focuses
on
conserving,
enhancing,
restoring
and
improving
the
condition
of
priority
big
game,
winter
range
and
migration
corridor
habitat
as
these
orders
and
laws
take
effect.
I
would
like
to
ask
this
committee
to
focus
on
identifying
funding
sources
for
these
issues,
especially
wildlife
crossings
and
solutions
that
better
consider
wildlife
and
habitat
impacts
on
the
front
end
of
state
permitting
decisions.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
for
your
comments,
mr
coleman
and
I'll
just
take
a
brief
moment
to
note
that
that
isn't
yet
another
area
where
there
is
a
dedicated
pool
of
infrastructure
funding.
So
just
for
all
members
awareness,
another
thing
to
add
to
the
list
to
to
look
out
for
and
see
how
we
can
utilize
and
maximize
that
broadcast
production
services.
Can
we
go
on
to
the
next
caller.
C
C
Ant
resources
are
being
applied
toward
humane
birth
control
methods.
If
the
guesstimated
numbers
are
even
accurate,
a
large
number
of
wild
horses
have
been
brutally
rounded
up,
expensively,
imprisoned
in
substandard
conditions
for
committing
no
crime,
but
originally
existing
through
human
neglect
and
are
often
sold
off
for
slaughter
elsewhere.
C
C
Is
it
just
about
endow
selling
more
licenses?
Each
wildlife
species
has
a
place
in
the
ecosystem,
be
they
predators
or
not.
Humans
did
not
create
the
ecosystem
and
should
not
try
to
play
god
with
it,
as
they
foolishly
claim
to
manage
the
incredibly
powerful
forces
of
nature.
Killing
is
not
conservation,
it
is
permanent
destruction.
C
Regarding
urban
wildlife
interfaces,
it
seems
one
of
the
solutions
is
for
county
health
departments
to
work
with
state
agencies
and
encouraging
the
human
population
not
to
leave
food
outside
for
wildlife
and
to
protect
their
domestic
pets.
From
peril,
pets
cannot
be
left
outside,
even
in
a
fenced
yard,
without
risk
to
their
safety.
Thank
you,
and
I
would
ask
that
these
comments
be
added
verbatim
to
the
record.
E
A
All
right,
thank
you
very
much.
Well
members.
That
concludes
our
meeting
for
today.
The
next
meeting
of
our
joint
interim
standing
committee
will
be
on
monday
february
28th.
Thank
you
all
for
your
time
and
attention.
This
meeting
is
adjourned.