Commission to set big game seasons

Friday, Jan. 28, 2005 | 9:35 a.m.

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Setting of 2005-06 and 2006-07 big game hunting seasons and wild horse management will be discussed by the Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners during a meeting at the Clark County Government Center on Feb. 4-5 at 500 Grand Central Parkway.

The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. Feb. 4, with commissioners considering the approval of correspondence to the Secretary of the Interior and Nevada's congressional delegation regarding the Bureau of Land Management's authority for the sale of wild horses. The commission also will consider potential litigation regarding wild horse and burro management in Nevada.

Other items on the agenda include reports on proposed legislation during the 2005 Nevada legislative session, litigation involving the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW), the Governor's Sage Grouse Team and elk and deer species management plans. On Feb. 5 commissioners will meet at 8 a.m. to set the 2005 and 2006 seasons and regulations for the take of raptors for falconry and the noncommercial collection of reptiles. Commissioners also are scheduled to discuss repealing a provision that permits the sale of non-edible parts of wildlife that have been legally taken.

The meeting is open to the public and public comment periods will be held both days.