Nevada’s Department of Wildlife needs more oversight, says state Sen. Pete Goicoechea, who is sponsoring legislation to add two members to the Wildlife Commission. But environmentalists and animal activists say the measure would tilt the board even more in favor of hunting, trapping and fishing interests. The Wildlife Commission is the “the least democratic of all state boards […]
Department of Wildlife kills more bears than hunters do, says critic Nevada’s black bears are under attack by state regulators, according to some Lake Tahoe residents who allege they are also being targeted for trying to prevent what they contend is the needless slaughter of the animals. “There’s a long history of the Nevada Department […]
In 2018, the nation’s fish and wildlife agencies in conjunction with their own polling agency and a couple of universities conducted a national survey of public attitudes regarding a variety of wildlife management issues and values. Nearly 44,000 citizens were queried as to their preferences. The respondents were grouped into four categories: Traditionalist, Mutualist, Pluralist and Indifferent. […]
I’m a mom with two kids and we live in the Tahoe Basin, but don’t ask me where dad is today, maybe over at Taylor Creek checking out the kokanee salmon. We lead a simple life, there being about 450 of us trying to eke out a living here, though it’s getting more and more […]
As ordered by the Legislature, Nevada wildlife officials today are poised to review the state’s controversial hunting season for black bears. A committee of the Nevada Wildlife Commission is scheduled to discuss what is described as a “top-to-bottom” review of the bear hunt, which ended its third season Dec. 31. The full commission is scheduled […]
Nevada’s Department of Wildlife and its oversight commission claim “sound” science and management buttress gratuitous, serial killing of wildlife species. The facts speak differently. NDOW’s 15-year bear specialist recently testified about a statistically vague population between 400 and 700. This uncertain range has been used to justify three annual hunts for controlling a fictitious population […]
While reading recent bear events, I found the comment about anthropomorphizing wildlife Mr. Healy made interesting. I’m not sure why some biologists express concern about attributing “human-like” emotions to wildlife. Denying animals, especially ones with high cognitive ability, have emotions is unrealistic. Nevada bear data listed captured bears by name until 2003. Yellowstone wolves are […]
A bill that originally banned bear hunting, now calls for a three-year scientific study of bear hunting to be conducted by the Nevada Department of Wildlife . Senate Bill 82, by Sen. Mark Manendo, D-Las Vegas, originally declared black bears a protected animal and prohibited the Wildlife Commission from designating a hunting season for them. […]
CARSON CITY, Nevada — A Senate committee cleared four bills Thursday addressing a plethora of animal-related issues including trapping laws, bear hunting, exotic pet ownership and feeding wild animals in the Silver State. The Senate Committee on Natural Resources passed bills on all four topics just a day before the deadline for bills to clear […]
By Ashley Hennefer ashleyh@newsreview.com This article was published on 02.21.13. On Tribal Day—Feb. 11—a crowd of Native Americans from throughout California and Nevada gathered in Carson City on Monday morning to protest the hunting of black bears. “We must stand up for bear nation because they have no voice,” said Raquel Arthur, of the Pyramid […]
