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NRS 504.143 - Creation and maintenance by Commission; power to permit access to and use of area; regulations.

NV Rev Stat § 504.143 (2019) (N/A)
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1. To effectuate a coordinated and balanced program resulting in the maximum revival of wildlife in the State and in the maximum recreational advantages to the people of the State, the Commission has created and maintains state-owned wildlife management areas, and, in cooperation with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Department of Interior and other federal agencies, has created and maintains other cooperative wildlife management areas.

2. The Commission may permit hunting, fishing or trapping on or within, or access to, occupancy and use of, areas so created and maintained.

3. The Commission may by regulation:

(a) Establish, extend, shorten or abolish open seasons and closed seasons within such areas.

(b) Establish, change or abolish bag and creel limits and possession limits in such areas.

(c) Prescribe the manner and the means of taking wildlife in such areas.

(d) Establish, change or abolish restrictions in such areas based upon sex, maturity or other physical distinctions.

(Added to NRS by 1959, 87; A 1969, 1368)

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