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State permit policies & procedures
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Nevada
Website
Nevada Department of Wildlife
http://www.ndow.org/
Permits
http://www.ndow.org/about/license/special.shtm
Contact
Nevada Department of Wildlife
License Office & Scientific Collection
4600 Kietzke Ln D135
Reno, NV 89502
Is a permit needed for banding?Yes, per regulation:
NAC 503.094 Scientific permit for collection or shipping of wildlife:
Application; contents; term of permit; reporting requirement;
conditions and restrictions.
1. The Department may issue a scientific permit pursuant to NRS 503.650
which authorizes the taking, killing, possessing or banding of any
species of wildlife, or the collecting of the nest or eggs thereof, for
strictly scientific or educational purposes.
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Terms of permit: PERMIT REQUIREMENT: Upon the written permit of the
Department, any person may take, kill, possess or band any species of
wildlife, or collect the nests or eggs thereof, for strictly scientific
or educational purposes,
the number and species of wildlife to be limited by the Department
Permit application forms
- Renewal - same form
- Threatened and Endangered
- same form
- Salvage - same form
State landsTo be determined
Prior noticeCheck
permit conditions. Even if not expressly required to do so, you should
always contact the manager of that particular state land unit or with
the owner of private land before your arrival. You want to be aware of
the hunting seasons, and, of course want to be sure that your
activities will not interfere with the activities of that park,
wildlife management area, or other state land unit, and that your
activities will not adversely affect public use of the land or with the
activities of private landowners.
Policies
NAC
503.094 Scientific permit for collection or shipping of wildlife:
Application; contents; term of permit; reporting requirement;
conditions and restrictions.
1. The Department may issue a scientific permit pursuant to NRS 503.650
which authorizes the taking, killing, possessing or banding of any
species of wildlife, or the collecting of the nest or eggs thereof, for
strictly scientific or educational purposes.
2. An applicant for a scientific permit must include on his application:
(a) The name of the applicant;
(b) The name of the company or institution that the applicant is representing;
(c) The physical or mailing addresses of the applicant's residence and place of employment;
(d) The telephone numbers of the applicant's residence and place of employment;
(e) The driver's license number of the applicant, if he has been issued a driver's license;
(f) The name of each person or group of persons who will collect
wildlife under the authority of the scientific permit and at the
direction of the applicant;
(g) The common and scientific name and the number of each species of
wildlife, or nests or eggs thereof, to be collected, possessed, marked
or banded;
(h) The manner and means by which each specimen of wildlife will be collected or captured;
(i) The locations at which and the dates when the specimens of wildlife are to be collected;
(j) A brief synopsis, not to exceed five pages, of the purpose and
justification for the collection and possession of the specimens of
wildlife;
(k) The location where the specimens of wildlife will be transferred or held once collected; and
(l) The signature of the applicant and the date on which the application was signed.
3. A scientific permit must be valid for not more than 2 years. Upon
its evaluation of the application, the Department will issue the
scientific permit based on a calendar year or a fiscal year.
4. Not later than 30 days after the date on which the permit expires,
the holder of a scientific permit shall submit to the Department a
complete report which details the species of wildlife collected, the
number of each species of wildlife collected at each location, the date
on which each species of wildlife was collected and any other
information which the Department requires.
5. Based on its evaluation of the application, the Department may make
such stipulations and conditions on the use and scope of a scientific
permit as the Department determines appropriate. A violation of a
stipulation or condition is cause for the cancellation of the permit.
6. A scientific permit issued by the Department for the collection or possession of:
(a) A migratory bird that is protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, as amended, 16 U.S.C. Sec. 703 et seq.; or
(b) A species of wildlife that is listed as threatened or endangered by
the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, is not valid for the
collection or possession of the migratory bird or the threatened or
endangered species until the Department receives a copy of the federal
permit issued by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to the
applicant for the collection or possession of the bird or species.
NAC 503.055 Unprotected birds.
1. Are all species of birds which are
not classified as game, protected, threatened or endangered birds.
2. Include:
Common Name Scientific Name
House Sparrow........ Passer domesticus
Starling ................... Sturnus vulgaris
NAC 503.050 Protected, endangered and sensitive birds.
1. Are all species of wild birds
protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, as amended, 16 U.S.C. Sec.
703 et seq., and listed in 50 C.F.R. Sec. 10.13, unless such wild birds
are migratory game birds as described in subsection 2 of NAC 503.045.
2. Include the following species which are further classified as endangered:
Common Name
Scientific Name
(a) Eagle Bald.......................................... Haliaeetus leucocephalus
(b) Falcon, Peregrine............................... Falco peregrinus
(c) Rail, Yuma Clapper........................... Rallus longirostris yumanensis
(d) Flycatcher, Southwestern Willow...... Empidonax traillii extimus
3. Include the following species which are further classified as sensitive:
Common Name
Scientific Name
(a) Goshawk, Northern.................................... Accipiter gentilis
(b) Cuckoo, Yellow-billed.............................. Coccyzus americanus
(c) Shrike, Loggerhead................................... Lanius ludovicianus
(d) Thrasher, Sage.......................................... Oreoscoptes montanus
(e) Sparrow, Brewer’s.................................... Spizella breweri
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