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Carson City Advisory Board to Manage Wildlife Meeting - January 22, 2026

Board of SupervisorsThursday, January 22, 2026
BodyCarson City, Nevada
SessionBoard of Supervisors
DateThursday, January 22, 2026
StatusFILED
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10:21

Meeting order.

10:23

This is the meeting of the Carson City Consolidated Municipality Carson City Advisory Board to Manage Wildlife.

10:35

And we're calling the meeting to order at 5 31 PM.

10:40

So just a real quick notice to the public.

10:47

Members of the public who wish to view the meeting may watch the live stream of the Carson City Advisory Board at WWW Carson City.

10:58

I'm sorry, WWW dot Carson City.gov forward slash Gren.

11:06

I can't read that.

11:08

I apologize.

11:08

Is it Granny Cranius?

11:12

Is there a C in there?

11:14

I apologize, you guys.

11:15

I didn't bring my glasses.

11:17

I'm so sorry.

11:18

And uh clicking on in progress, and then you can view the meeting uh live if you want to.

11:26

Okay.

11:27

Um you may you as the public may provide public comment in advance of this meeting or any meeting that we have for the Carson City Wildlife or Advisory Board to Manage Wildlife.

11:40

Um or make written submissions to the to our email address, um, which is through the clerk's office.

11:48

Uh Miss Brianna Munoz is who we have on here, but we may be switching that to Zach at one point in time, right?

11:57

So until that happens and we uh agendize that, um, you can the email that we can use is B Munios at Carson City.gov uh for any inclusion or uh reference in any minutes of the meeting, your public comment must include your full name and uh be submitted via email by no later than 3 p.m.

12:23

Uh the day before the meeting.

12:25

Public comment during a meeting is limited to three minutes uh for each speaker unless the chair allows for more.

12:33

Um but we we tend to stick pretty close to that unless you are of an agency, then we allow you a little bit more time.

12:41

So I'd like to call the meeting to order and ask Zach if you will conduct roll call, please.

12:47

Chair Beamer.

12:48

Uh present.

12:49

Vice Chair Thompson, member Dimmitt.

12:53

Member Fleming.

12:55

Member Stewart.

12:56

Here.

12:56

We have a quorum.

12:57

Thank you, Zach.

12:58

And was the meeting properly noticed and posted?

13:01

Yes, sir.

13:01

Thank you, sir.

13:02

Um, so at this time, we would like to ask if we can all if everybody would oblige us by standing up and citing the Pledge of Allegiance.

13:11

And we would ask Mr.

13:12

Corbett to uh join or to lead that lead us in that, please.

13:16

Pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic, what's it stand?

13:23

One nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

13:28

Thank you.

13:36

Um the public is invited uh at this time to provide comment on any topic that relates to the matter over which um the Carson City Advisory Board to Manage Wildlife has supervision control jurisdiction or advisory power, um, including any such matter that is not specifically included on this agenda as an agenda as an action item.

14:03

No action may be taken on a matter raised during this uh period for public comment.

14:09

Uh so keep that in mind.

14:11

Um so if there's something that you want to discuss, by all means let us know that.

14:16

And if we feel like it's um something that's gonna be outside of our consent or that we feel value in cons uh discussing, please let us know and we will uh consider that.

14:26

So is there any public comment at this time?

14:31

Step on up to the mic if you and cite your name for the record if you would, please.

14:49

Good to have you here, Jake.

14:51

Thank you.

14:52

Um yeah, I basically just wanted to come and introduce myself to everybody.

14:55

Um basically, Carson City is one of my county advisory boards at this point in time.

15:00

I oversee Mineral, Churchill, Lyon, Carson City, Douglas, a portion of Lander County.

15:07

And I do all the fisheries resources within those counties.

15:11

And so just wanted to come by and introduce myself to everybody.

15:14

And yeah.

15:16

Can I ask you?

15:19

Are you responsible for the Walker River survey?

15:22

Yes.

15:23

You are.

15:24

Yes.

15:24

Okay.

15:24

So when you guys do that next year, I would absolutely like to be.

15:30

Sounds good.

15:30

I'll bring it up to Travis.

15:32

Yeah, no, that the survey.

15:33

Travis knows quite quite well.

15:35

Travis knows.

15:36

The drive uh the uh survey went really, really well this year.

15:39

Sure did.

15:39

Yeah, my first time um conducting it.

15:41

Chris Erhart was the biologist before me.

15:44

Yeah.

15:44

And so he's taken a promotion within the agency.

15:46

He's now our staff specialist over our hatcheries, which is awesome for the agency.

15:50

Um and so this was a promotional opportunity for me.

15:53

I come from the wildlife management area background.

15:55

Um I managed Carson Lake Wildlife Management Area before this position.

15:59

So oh yeah.

16:01

Talk to you about swans.

16:03

Yeah.

16:04

Yep.

16:06

Well, appreciate you being here.

16:08

Uh certainly you're welcome to stay for the rest of the meeting, but we appreciate you coming and introducing yourself to us.

16:13

We will absolutely be calling on you when uh times come where we do our season setting if we have any questions, especially as it pertains to the Marlette watershed and of course Hobart Reservoir.

16:25

Um, those are kind of right in our backyard, and we'll kind of pay particular attention to that those waterways.

16:32

So those so those are managed by Sam Sidio out of Reno, um, that side of the watershed at least.

16:38

And but yeah, I'll be more than happy to answer any questions that I can and I can put you in contact with him as well.

16:42

Awesome.

16:43

Um, and then yeah, any sort of East Walker, Topaz, Carson River, Lahaunten, anything like that, that'll all be in Mason Valley.

16:50

So that's all perfect.

16:51

Yep.

16:51

All right.

16:52

Well, thank you, sir.

16:52

We appreciate you.

16:53

Yep.

16:54

Glad you're here.

16:54

Thank you.

16:55

Any other further public comment?

16:57

Yeah.

16:58

Come up and state your your name for the record if you could.

17:04

Good evening, Robin Olof here.

17:06

And if someone could keep track of my time, I have trouble keeping it.

17:10

We do it for you.

17:11

Yeah, you do it for um.

17:12

So I wanted to talk about, I believe, 9D uh informational administrative procedures regulations policy committee report.

17:20

And there was a meeting on the 20th by the committee that discussed um the regulations.

17:27

And my concern, and I've expressed it to the commission before, is that this is the only public body I know of that does not include public comments in your agenda.

17:38

You do hear Carson City includes public comments in every single agenda for every single meeting.

17:44

I go to several state meetings, and they all include public comments that are written, they're included in the agenda.

17:49

We can all read them, even the um interim legislature includes them.

17:55

You can send in comments written the day of, the day after, they'll include them.

17:59

The commission does not do that.

18:02

And my concern is if you guys are discussing the 241 um 241 NRS 241.

18:10

Uh it seems it seems to me that that should be included.

18:14

241010 talks about transparency and how our public bodies conduct our business and it should be as transparent as possible.

18:22

Um 241.015 defines supporting material as material that's provided to at least a quorum of the members of the public body that the public would reasonably rely on to deliberate or take action on a matter.

18:38

And I would hope that public comments come in to you.

18:41

You read, you consider, I believe you do.

18:44

You might not agree, but when you deliberate personally and then in public and act, I hope you will take the public's feelings in consideration.

18:53

Um I think that it should be transparent if we're conducting our business transparently.

18:59

241020 number seven and number 11 say that once the public body receives a public comment that it should be put on the agenda um for the public to read.

19:13

And then 2410209 says it Reno, or it says a population of over 52,000 is required by mandate if you when you get public comment to put it on the agenda if it goes to the public body.

19:29

So I guess the problem is what's the definition of um supporting documents.

19:33

I'm sorry, it's not public comment.

19:35

I'm I'm getting confused.

19:37

I'm saying that the public comment should be considered supporting document by the definition by 2401 241010.

19:45

Um, because uh it seems that what we send in to you, you do consider sometimes our public comments do contain photos or videos, some of mine have to the city, and that's um included in supporting documents, the definition of supporting documents.

20:01

So anyway, it's just kind of a uh an issue.

20:05

And I'm thinking at the least uh in the agendas when they it says who we write to for public comment, they might include if any of the public wants to read the public comment, you can you can contact um the commission.

20:20

So anyway, you get the gist.

20:22

I do, I do, but I just want clarification.

20:25

Are you stating that you have submitted or somebody has submitted public comment to this body and we haven't discussed it?

20:34

Absolutely not.

20:34

This is just want to get clarification on that.

20:36

The city's great, and you don't have to discuss.

20:38

But you're talking about when you say 90, you're talking about the administrative procedures regulation and policy or ARP uh APRP committee.

20:51

There you're saying they didn't provide public comment as well.

20:54

No, they're discussing um what should be included in proper agendizing and procedures, and they're going to be presenting it to the commission and making recommendations.

21:04

And so that just so you just so we're all on the same page here.

21:08

That at that meeting, I mean, I'm sorry, at the commission meeting, uh, there'll be a member from the attorney general's office, which has purview over S241, right?

21:19

They're the ones who wrote it and enforce it.

21:21

And so um, so I mean, anything that they come up with that is within the scope of 241, as far as public comment, supporting material, all those things.

21:32

I mean, they're the ones who develop the rel regulation and enforce it.

21:37

So I would just, you know, let's see what they come up with.

21:41

Yeah, and I'll try to if we ever get public comment, I can assure you that uh the city provides that to us.

21:49

They absolutely do.

21:49

Or if you reach out to me directly, which has happened a few times, right?

21:53

Right, uh, then I forward that to the city clerk's office usually, and then they go ahead and make sure that the uh city attorney is uh CC'd on that.

22:04

Absolutely.

22:05

Sometime I don't know, Corbett.

22:06

When you were chair, did did the city attorney ever reach out to you and talk to you about public comment and issue and give you counsel on that?

22:14

So that has happened with me as well.

22:16

And so um the I think this is the what fifth time I've been the chair of this of this body, but yeah, I'm citing you as an example, a good example.

22:25

Oh the uh the city is a good example, and all the other state right.

22:29

But if there's something that's happening at the state level that you're not seeing that, I will this public body wants to know that.

22:38

Like I will bring that up to the commission and say, hey, we got this report.

22:42

Can you look into it?

22:43

That would be great.

22:44

That's all I'm asking because they are considering it in this particular agenda item.

22:50

Um, and you guys are great.

22:52

Yeah.

22:52

But for some city, city clerk's office and attorney does a great job of making sure that we're great, right?

22:59

They do.

22:59

They do, they do, and we appreciate that.

23:02

Okay, great.

23:03

Thank you so much.

23:04

Any other further public comment?

23:06

Please state your name for the record if you could thank you, Chair.

23:14

Yeah.

23:15

Uh hi, my name is Elise Monroy, and I'm uh here with Carson City Health and Human Services.

23:20

And I'm actually here tonight to talk to you all.

23:23

Uh, the commission as uh invested and and engaged members of the Carson City community.

23:30

Carson City Health and Human Services is leading a needs assessment of the social services system across the city.

23:36

The assessment is designed to identify gaps and strengths in the following social service areas: housing, food, healthcare, behavioral health, workforce development, and clothing.

23:45

Information for this assessment will be collected through surveys and focus groups.

23:49

Um the survey launched this week um and it runs through February 6th.

23:54

And we're reaching out to community agencies and community groups and organizations to share information about the survey and encourage participation.

24:03

So the people in my life who love me the most would call me a government nerd.

24:08

I think of myself as a passionate policy, public health policy person, and I know the importance, and I'm sure you do too, of people who sit on a committee like this of understanding the community need.

24:22

And we are trying to um make sure that our elected officials and our state agencies have as much information they need um and can get about community need relating to our social services system.

24:36

So I have survey information for you, and as residents of Carson City, we would really value your opinion.

24:42

Uh, whether or not you you use social services, it would still be great for the city survey to be informed by um residents who live here and care greatly about the community, which I know you do because you volunteer to be here.

25:00

I'm gonna hang out for a little bit and listen to some of your conversation, but I would be happy to provide you with flyers or with our QR code if you'd like to take our survey.

25:07

And I really appreciate the time to talk about this project.

25:10

Perfect.

25:10

So if you want to leave that up here, we can go ahead and let everybody take it if they want to.

25:15

I'd be happy to.

25:16

Yeah, that'd be great.

25:16

Thank you for that.

25:17

I actually learned how to fish this year, so I'm excited to listen to the conversation.

25:21

Oh, that's good.

25:22

There you go.

25:23

Do you have children, Elise?

25:25

Okay.

25:25

Well, I do.

25:26

They don't have to.

25:27

Okay.

25:29

Good deal.

25:30

Well, thank you.

25:31

All right.

25:32

See no further public comment.

25:33

We'll go ahead and carry on on the agenda.

25:36

Uh, we're gonna go to agenda item number five, which is a possible action item for the approval of minutes for our September 22nd, 2025 minutes.

25:46

All of you have uh been provided a copy of those, and hopefully you've reviewed those.

25:51

Uh any discussion or comment on the meeting minutes.

26:00

Did you say that on the record?

26:02

Did I not?

26:03

Yeah, I'm just going to abstain from this vote since I wasn't present at the September 22nd, 2025 meeting.

26:09

That was Corbett Fleming.

26:12

Okay.

26:14

Um any questions, discussion on the meeting minutes.

26:17

If not, I'd entertain a motion.

26:19

I'll make a motion to approve the September minutes.

26:24

Motion made by Kirk Stewart.

26:26

Do I have a second?

26:29

I think I have to stand to the second last year.

26:32

You weren't.

26:34

Okay.

26:34

Doris is abstaining as well.

26:37

Uh with that, I will um actually.

26:42

Um so we're not going to be able to take vote on the meeting minutes, Zach.

26:48

We'll have to.

26:48

We don't have a quorum to be able to pass that.

26:51

So this is what I want you to do is will you go back to the clerk's office and just make sure that these minutes and the minutes for this meeting come up on our next meeting agenda, please, and we'll take action on that if we can establish quorum.

27:07

Okay.

27:08

Thank you.

27:09

Uh so no action was taken with um agenda item number five.

27:16

Defer two next.

27:33

All right, we'll go on to agenda item number six, which is also a public or possible action item where we engage in some discussion and possible action to elect a chair and vice chair for the Carson City Advisory Board to Manage Wildlife for the 2026 calendar year.

27:51

This is something that we do every single year.

27:54

Excuse me.

27:55

And so um I would open up uh I would open it up for any nominations at this time.

28:04

I I would nominate Rob Beamer once again as chairman.

28:08

He's done a great job so far.

28:12

You Doris, you don't want to be chair?

28:15

I'm happy to nominate you.

28:22

I'm done before if you don't want to do it again.

28:24

If you're on your site, you go.

28:26

What's that?

28:28

Yeah, this will be my second year.

28:29

I could I can change my thought and nominate Corbett for chair.

28:36

Yeah.

28:41

Although this is my this is my first time.

28:44

I took it from you.

28:45

Okay.

28:46

Yeah.

28:46

Don't remember me.

28:47

I'll be chair or not.

28:48

I I'm good either way, but we're gonna have to do a vice chair too.

28:52

Then I'll nominate Rob Beamer as the vice chairman.

28:55

Okay.

28:55

So Corbett, are you good?

28:57

Like, are you gonna be able to make the meetings and stuff?

29:00

Okay.

29:01

I just want to make sure because I felt like I was the chair two years in a row.

29:09

I'm just messing with you.

29:10

Anyway, um, okay, that sounds great.

29:13

Uh I accept that nomination.

29:15

So uh let's go ahead and and um take it out for a for a vote then.

29:22

Um wait, we need a second, right?

29:25

Yeah, so we have a motion by Kirk Stewart.

29:30

Okay, and what about chair?

29:34

Okay, great.

29:35

So did you get all those, Zach?

29:37

Kind of mess that up a little bit.

29:39

Sorry.

29:40

So we have a motion and a second for chair and vice chair.

29:44

All those in favor signify by saying aye.

29:46

I okay, motion carries.

29:49

Do you want to take over the meeting?

29:50

Or do you want me to?

29:52

Okay.

29:53

Okay.

29:54

Sounds good.

29:55

All right.

30:00

So going on from agenda item number six, we'll open up agenda item number seven, which is a discussion only item update from attendees of the September 26th and 27th, uh 2025 and November 7th and 8th 2025.

30:20

Uh Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners meetings.

30:24

Um I know Doris and I attended the September meetings, right?

30:30

Or no, which ones did we attend?

30:31

The November meetings.

30:34

What about the September 26th and 27?

30:36

Do we know where those were at?

30:37

I don't even remember.

30:38

Why do we have them on there?

30:40

I think we already took got a report from September.

30:44

So let's go to November.

30:45

Okay.

30:46

Uh so anything you wanted to mention, Doris, about uh our November meeting.

30:56

Go ahead and hit your buttons so we can you would ask me to pay particular attention to item number 24B, which was a discussion about the coyote hunting contract contests.

31:09

And um this item came up and it actually passed six to three on the um the vote, and it was a very lively discussion.

31:19

There was a lot of people who came forth and just and expressed their opinion.

31:25

I took a lot of notes.

31:27

There were several that were actually um for express their opinion for.

31:33

There was a group of gentlemen there that were from a group that was called the um, oh gosh, there was like five of them.

31:42

They were from one group together, they were all sitting together, and they were predator hunter group, predator hunter group.

31:51

They were all the ones that were expressing the four.

31:54

And um, they presented some very good arguments about how many coyotes, how much how cost effective the hunts were as opposed to how many coyotes they could take down in one hunt as opposed to having to take them down one at a time through tracking.

32:12

Yes, yes.

32:13

Um there were also several several people, individual people who were um against it um citing um the uh humane and you know inhumane hunting and and um all kinds of uh mass murder and there was there was things brought up about how the five states around us previously had these contests and they have all gone back and removed them.

32:43

They no longer do them anymore.

32:46

Um so it was very it it it took quite a bit of time, took up quite a bit of time, and um, but it it I have this was my first meeting and the my first real discussion with this, but it sounds like this has been going on for quite a while, and there's been a lot of discussion about this over a couple of years, it sounded like and so it was really kind of I think the decision was already made before anybody even got up and discussed it.

33:14

So it did pass six to three, and that was really and that was what passed was the regulation that we created.

33:22

Created to allow for to allow for a a it was it's like a permit system.

33:27

It's a permit system, yeah.

33:29

And uh the one thing I wanted to ask that didn't come up that I I maybe you can answer me is is this how does how does um is this something that's just done on private land?

33:39

It can be either or so it can be done on BLM property, or they could say, hey, listen, you can hunt anywhere that's legal to hunt, right?

33:48

And you report your harvests uh for the purpose of the contest, right?

33:55

Now one of the things that's interesting is we don't have out of all 19 counties, if you will, right, including Carson City, consolidated, right?

34:05

Uh we do not have any like regulation that like limits the number of coyotes that can be harvested in a given year, right?

34:15

And the reason for that is because the carrying capacity for coyotes in the state of Nevada is so far off the charts, right?

34:24

The only thing that's worse than that is wild horses.

34:28

So I mean, the carrying capacity for that will never ever be within that within that range.

34:34

So and the cool thing is is that the the uh department actually does monitor that, but as part of the annual predation plan that they have, like we literally spend over a million dollars or more every year trying paying somebody to go out and harvest these coyotes because they're affecting other ecosystems within the state, right?

34:58

Horses, uh all kinds, right?

35:00

Everything uh unbelievable.

35:03

And so um, you know, these are just I think that the appetite that I think that the the board members that my understanding is the appetite that the board members and all the county advisory boards had for this wasn't centered around so much you know the harvesting of coyotes, right?

35:22

But more so of trying to manage the ecosystem and trying to do it as cheap as we possibly can, not spending millions of dollars of taxpayer dollars to be able to do that, right?

35:35

If you've got a group of people that are interested in it, then and willing to go out and do that.

35:40

Why are we not capitalizing on that resource, right?

35:43

Right.

35:43

So if somebody just wants to do this out on BLM land, they just have to apply for a permit.

35:49

They don't even have to apply for a permit if it's not part of the contest.

35:53

Okay, okay.

35:53

It's only if it's part of the contest.

35:55

Are we going to regulate it?

35:57

And I think rightfully so from a transparency standpoint, right?

36:01

Like I agree with that from a transparent.

36:03

We've all had discussions about this, right?

36:05

Um I think that it's great that at least we're looking at this so that you know nobody's everybody's on their best behavior, that we're being ethical to wildlife, right?

36:16

All those things kind of came into the moral aspect of it for me.

36:20

I'm just speaking as one board member here, but um, and I think that seemed to resonate across all the county advisor boards over the last year and a half that we've been or two years that we've been.

36:30

Yeah, it really seemed to me like this was beating a dead horse because it was really it sounded like this had been going on for a long time.

36:37

Yeah, these discussions, and um one question you did mention public and private.

36:44

Did they talk about private?

36:45

Is it required to have one on a private no?

36:48

I that was just my question.

36:50

If it's a if it's a coyote coyote contest, right, harvesting contest, and and I hate the fact that they label it coyote killing contest, right?

37:00

Because really we're harvesting these coyotes.

37:03

Now granted the the meat, the actual carcass of the coyote is for some people isn't consumed and they don't have to consume it, but there's others that do.

37:15

There's others that do actually take the carcass off.

37:18

I know it probably sounds nasty to everybody, but I will tell you there's a lot plenty of people that will use that.

37:25

They'll actually feed their animals, you know, like uh dogs and and also like pigs and stuff, right?

37:32

Um, and so hey, I'm all for it if that's if it's staple for somebody for an animal or something like that, right?

37:39

Like, but they do take a lot of these guys that will go ahead and skin that skin that out.

37:44

Ladies too.

37:45

I we've had multiple women participate in these, which surprised me a little bit, but uh it was pretty pretty amazing to see how many ladies participate in this, and when you talk to them, I think it was interesting to see that their viewpoint on it was from a conservation wildlife conservation viewpoint, right?

38:05

And I thought I can get behind that, like personally, I can get behind that, right?

38:09

And so um, so yeah, that you're absolutely right.

38:14

Even on private ground, you would and you were gonna hold an actual contest, you have to register the contest with the state, and it requires a permit, not only for the contest, but for all the participants participating in the contest as well, my understanding.

38:30

So, which again, I think it brings in some revenue for the state, it also allows us to regulate it and have transparency, right?

38:40

And be able to monitor those those harvest rates and that sort of thing.

38:44

Not to say that again, we're ever gonna even get close to what we what the carrying capacity is for any region, but it allows us to do that.

38:54

Does that help a little bit?

38:55

Yeah.

38:56

Is there anything else, Doris?

38:57

That was the other one that you would ask me to um pay particular attention to was 24A, and this was just the um what was this one commissioner's general regulation 52A motor restrictions and revisions related to fisheries?

39:27

Um I think this had to do with it uh had northern pike the northern pike in uh the ice hole restriction size for larger size holes with sphere fishing.

39:44

Are you familiar with that, Jake?

39:47

This was just one okay.

40:00

And it was really just there was just some minor corrections made in the okay.

40:04

So they did make the corrections that's what we pointed out as cabs, is that there needed to be some corrections in there.

40:12

So for clarification purposes.

40:14

But the motor restriction you said was for the for Battleborne Lake over in Reno.

40:22

Yeah.

40:22

Yeah, that was I'm trying to remember off the top of my head.

40:25

I don't remember exactly now.

40:26

Been a few months.

40:27

Um, but Battleborne Pond, which is one of our new it's technically a wildlife management area um in the Spanish Springs area.

40:35

And so I don't remember exactly if they were allowing for motors.

40:42

Waterway.

40:50

Yes.

40:51

Yep, yep.

40:52

Okay.

40:52

Yep.

40:53

And that was because it's in a residential area.

40:55

Gotcha.

40:55

Gotcha.

40:56

Okay.

40:56

So those are the only two I really took a lot of votes on.

40:59

Great.

41:00

Great.

41:01

And then the first day, I will tell you thank you.

41:03

Yeah.

41:03

Uh the first day was pretty uneventful.

41:06

I think we got a lot of reports and stuff.

41:09

Uh which I think some of the reports are really good.

41:12

I I I came late.

41:14

Thank goodness Doris was there, and I believe was Gene Green there as well.

41:18

Yeah, member of our used to be a member of our our board.

41:23

Um and so um, but yeah, those that second day was really the day where everything that we discussed um as a as a board that we wanted to bring up or hear about from the from the commission.

41:39

So all right, with that, uh, I don't see any more information unless you have any more, Doris.

41:44

Okay.

41:45

So we'll we'll go ahead and close that item out.

41:48

Uh next agenda item there's agenda item number eight, where we receive an update and an activity report on the Carson City Urban Wildlife Committee.

41:58

Um I will jump in and just kind of give a few things that have been has been being done here in our city, which is great.

42:08

Um so we have had a group of youth that have um uh are part of the Western Nevada Keystones Group, which is a club here in Carson City that's like a homestead um agro junior livestock agricultural club.

42:26

So very similar to, I guess you would say like a 4-H would be something similar to it, or FFA um Grange.

42:34

This is actually a spin-off of Grange.

42:37

They no longer have Grange Nevada, it they wanted to group our group in or the Keystones now, in with Grange California, and we were not gonna have that.

42:50

And so because they wanted us to pay all our dues to California, so we actually created our own group.

42:56

Um when I say we members of that that group created their own group, of which, for the spirit of full disclosure, I am my family is a member of that group.

43:06

Um, and so we have what's called a Pee-Wee uh club, which is kids age nine and under.

43:14

Um, and so we have some leaders, my wife being one of them, who actually go they go on nature hikes.

43:21

Um, and this year or this between the last meeting and this meeting, uh the kids all took a trek up to Chickadee Ridge, uh, which was a lot of fun for everybody, and they got to feed the birds and um, and we actually brought like black safflower, which is what they recommend that we bring up there, and so um, and then we also did a birding event in the um Riverview area, um, where we got to show the kids different uh species of ducks, both diver ducks and dabbler ducks.

43:54

We got to help them understand the difference between puddle ducks and whistling ducks, which was kind of cool.

44:00

Um so we got to see like pintails and wigeon and and uh we actually saw some like cinnamon teal, which was super late for cinnamon teal.

44:10

Um, but they got to check those out, and all the kids uh some of them jumped in the pond and got wet, and so that kind of ended the whole the whole thing because everybody was cold, and so anyway, but they got to see that so report on the urban wildlife uh committee.

44:28

I will say that um I had just had a conversation with Mr.

44:32

Zach Campbell, who is the um I think he's the administrator for Western Region Conservation Education, I believe.

44:41

I always get your guys' titles wrong.

44:43

And so um we are in the process, uh we had been reaching out to him to uh be able to do an annual urban wildlife uh report to the board of supervisors.

44:54

Uh they are finished with their report from 2025, and so um we're ready to go.

45:00

And so um we're ready to go.

45:02

I'll let Mayor Bagwell know uh when we will provide that and just would invite any of the board members that want to be participate in that to uh be present at that meeting.

45:13

It is during the day, unfortunately, usually in the mornings.

45:16

Um, you know, I'll let everybody know when that's gonna be, and then if you guys want to come down and be part of that, well, I'll definitely recognize you when we give that report.

45:28

Okay.

45:28

So that's that.

45:30

Going on to agenda item number nine.

45:32

One second.

45:33

You say Keystone Club.

45:35

Uh it's called the Keystone Agrocake Agricultural Society.

45:40

So uh Western Keystone, so they call it Cask, Key Keystone Agricultural Society.

45:46

That's the state organization.

45:48

And then we have a local organization that's a one of the subsidiaries of that called the Western Nevada Keystones.

45:58

That's what ours is here.

45:59

And then they have another one like out in Fallon area uh called um Salt Wells Keystones, I think is what they call it.

46:09

And so there's a whole bunch all over the state uh clubs, but they're they have separate clubs within that club.

46:16

So like we have a at Western Nevada Keystones, we have a junior livestock or junior agricultural club.

46:24

We have a homesteading club, and that's really promoted as a family type club.

46:29

So we have both adults and kids that that participate in that.

46:34

And then we have an outdoor skills club, um, which I chair that, and um we have a trap skeet and sporting clays uh youth shooting team uh that we now have, I think two teams.

46:50

Uh little report on that, I guess, since you brought it up, is that uh we have a varsity and a junior varsity team, and they participate in the statewide trap after school, uh youth after school trap league that they have twice a year.

47:09

And in the fall, uh our teams took uh first and second place, and then in the uh I'm sorry, in the in the spring, we took first and first.

47:22

I take that back.

47:23

We took first place and we didn't place the junior varsity didn't place.

47:28

In the fall, we took first place varsity and junior varsity took second.

47:34

And so um it's kind of cool.

47:38

This upcoming season, it looks like we're gonna have close to three teams because we've had multiple youth come and want to participate.

47:45

And so it's been quite fun.

47:47

We uh we go and shoot on the first and third Thursday of every month at the Capitolity Gun Club.

47:54

So if you guys know anybody who wants to participate, have them come out.

47:57

We usually start around three, and uh the youth will get them, we'll get them out shooting and uh teach them us.

48:03

We put them through like a safety course first, and um, and then we get them out shooting and stuff.

48:08

So okay.

48:09

Go out, go out and just watch them.

48:10

These the kids are pretty pretty amazing to watch shoot.

48:15

They got some shooters out there.

48:17

They're pretty good.

48:18

Yeah, yeah.

48:18

There's some I got lucky and was out there when when the kids were out there one afternoon.

48:22

I was shooting sporting clays and watching those kids.

48:25

They were that was it was really cool.

48:27

It was it was neat to see the youth getting back into where they should be.

48:31

Yeah, we have two shooters that come out and beat adult, most adults.

48:37

They shoot like 25 straight.

48:39

So it's like a perfect round of like trap and stuff.

48:41

Like we've got a pretty good culture here in the parts of the yeah.

48:44

Actually, you'd be surprised.

48:46

It has been really hard to get people to have some interest in it.

48:50

And now that kids are doing it, right?

48:53

We're seeing more and more kids say, Oh, I want to try that, you know.

48:57

And and a cool thing is a lot of females, so a lot of young ladies are coming out, which they tend to be the best shooters because A, they don't have to compete with their buddies, right?

49:07

And they don't they don't have that kind of an attitude, right?

49:10

They're just like, oh, if they hit it, I hit it, you know.

49:12

So they're a lot easier going.

49:14

They're a lot more trainable than young men are, to be honest with you.

49:18

And so uh it's been quite a quite fun to see these kids blossom.

49:23

And uh uh, and then we also have like a music club.

49:26

So anybody that's into music and playing music, we have a club for that.

49:30

We have a book club.

49:31

So if anybody's interested in reading books, they do a lot of books like on self-reliance and homesteading and uh things like that, and more like what do they call it?

49:42

You guys probably know this acropathy or where you use like real natural remedies, like essential oils and what do they call them?

49:53

It's not that, it's called acropothy or something like that.

49:57

I I forget how to print it.

50:00

My wife would probably just totally smack me right now.

50:02

She's like, you should know that.

50:04

Um so they do that, and they have like they do book book read books that are self self-help books, right?

50:11

That are things like that, and then anybody can recommend a book, um, that sort of thing.

50:16

So a lot of different clubs within the club, and you just pick and choose what you want.

50:20

Super super inexpensive, like 40 a year for the whole family, right?

50:25

Like, so it's a it's a pretty pretty affordable club to be part of.

50:29

But anyway, that's a little bit about Keystones.

50:32

All right.

50:32

Going on to agenda item number nine.

50:35

Um this is a discussion only um item.

50:39

These are reports that are informational reports.

50:42

Um, I went through and looked at what's going to be discussed or what was on the agenda for all these subcommittees.

50:50

I didn't really see anything in there that would be something that I would be concerned about.

50:55

We did have a member of the public that talked about 9D as in dog.

51:00

Um, and um I think what we're gonna need to do is see what they come back with as far as language, because there wasn't any supporting material that I saw that you know, is any proposals going forward or anything like that.

51:15

So the commission meeting will kind of develop will develop that out of the commission meeting likely, uh, and they'll probably get direction on on if they the commission wants them to go forward.

51:26

They have to report all these subcommittees have to report to the commission on what they want to do, and then the commission is responsible for saying, Oh, yes, we would like you to go forward in doing that, or no, we want you to not worry about that because we're not interested in that.

51:42

So keep that in mind.

51:43

Okay.

51:44

So is there anything in 9A through I that any of the um the board members would like to poll for discussion?

51:56

Further public comment, anything like that.

52:04

Did you see what was gonna be in the emerging technology one?

52:07

I didn't get that far into it.

52:10

So talking about the scopes and oh yeah.

52:14

So it's mainly the it's mainly the um thermal imaging, uh scopes, uh range finding scopes, um, all those things.

52:27

And there is some proposed uh regulation language that the law enforcement division is apparently push putting forward.

52:36

Um whether or not the commission has a has a appetite for it or not, I'm not sure.

52:43

But again, something that we would get out of the commission meeting.

52:47

So keep that in mind.

52:49

Anything else?

52:51

Sure.

52:52

All right, seeing none, we'll go ahead and move on to agenda item number 10.

52:57

Okay.

52:58

Agenda item number 10 is our um consent agenda, uh, starts our consent agenda.

53:04

Now, any item on the consent agenda can be polled for discussion.

53:09

Um and even it's the chair's just discretion to allow for public comment.

53:17

Um, is there any items on the consent agenda that any of you would like to pull before I before I tell you mine?

53:31

You want to pull anything for discussion.

53:41

I have nothing.

53:42

I I read through most of it, and I'm and I'm good with most of it.

53:45

So perfect.

53:46

So I would like to pull.

53:49

Um I would like to pull uh agenda item number 10 C as in Charlie.

53:59

This is a petition uh a petition that uh from Joe Crathwall.

54:09

Uh I just want to pull it mainly to make sure everybody's aware of what this is and and what he's trying to accomplish here, right?

54:20

Um, I still haven't received a lot of information on this.

54:24

So I just if anybody that goes to the commission meeting uh this week, um, you know, I would just ask that you take note of that and be able to report back if that's possible.

54:37

Uh and then I'd like to pull agenda item number 10 D as in dog, uh, which is the CR2507, um, and the 2627, 2526 and 2627 big game seasons, which is where we set our seasons.

55:00

So this will be something that now Corbett, um, they do all these season settings and quotas on a online uh platform.

55:11

Okay.

55:11

So the chair is responsible for making that happen.

55:15

Uh, you have to go in.

55:16

If you want me to do it, I will.

55:18

Um, but you have to go in and actually uh register and then go ahead and um voice what our position is on that, whether we support it or not.

55:29

So reminder about all that.

55:32

Did he send it?

55:33

Did you get it?

55:34

Yeah, it should have been from the emerging technologies department.

55:38

Yeah.

55:39

So yeah, give me a call and we can go through that.

55:44

So I'd like to poll 10D.

55:46

I'd also like to poll uh 10k as in kite, uh commission regulation 2607, which is the 2026 Black Bear seasons and I believe that's it.

56:11

Okay.

56:12

So I'd like to pull 10.

56:18

10 o'clock and Oscar?

56:20

L is in Larry.

56:21

Oh, L is in Larry, yeah.

56:23

Uh Mount Licey.

56:24

I'm glad you said that because I have that as well.

56:27

So let's pull 10 L.

56:30

Thank you for being here.

56:32

Thank you very much.

56:35

10 L 10K, 10 uh C D Okay.

56:50

10 C, 10 D, 10K, and 10 L.

56:54

Is that anybody else?

56:58

Okay, so then can I get a motion to support uh a motion of approval to support 10A, 10B, 10E through 10 J and 10 M as in Mary?

57:16

I'll second.

57:18

Okay, so have a motion on the floor and a second.

57:21

Any further discussion on the item?

57:24

Seeing none, all those in favor signify by saying aye.

57:28

Aye.

57:28

Any opposed?

57:29

Uh motion carries unanimously for those agenda items that we did not poll.

57:35

Okay, so let's start off with 10 C as in Charlie.

57:42

And let me get my paperwork here in order.

57:48

This is a petition.

57:50

Um, that this gentleman is um asking the commission to modify our regulation, which is NAC, the Nevada Administrative Code, right?

58:03

Um, on on how we how we issue rehabilitation permits and the rehabilit rehabilitation permit law to allow more lives to be saved by endow licensed rehabilitators.

58:18

Um, and so again, there wasn't a lot of information on that this guy presented.

58:25

Um, I'm hoping that he's at the commission meeting so that he can expand on you know what's outside the scope of what our current regulation is that would be something that would be beneficial to the state and to wildlife, right?

58:40

I'm all 100% for rehabilitation of wildlife, if it's possible, right?

58:46

But a lot of times what we find is that most animals, a lot of animals need to be euthanized because they're not going to have a quality of life, right?

58:56

That we have to live in captivity, and I have a feeling that's what we're talking about here, is that it would allow more animals to be put in zoos and that sort of thing for the public to make profit off of.

59:10

And so for that purpose, I don't know that the commission's going to have an appetite for that.

59:17

Um I'm kind of neutral on it, you know what I mean?

59:20

If it saves a life of a mountain line or something, the the public can get can get uh uh benefit out of learning about the animal, that sort of thing, as long as they're being cared for properly.

59:33

I don't really, I mean, I'm kind of neutral when it comes to that, you know, but the fact that we would be making money off uh or a private entity would potentially be making revenue off of a wild animal from the state.

59:46

Some people look at that differently, right?

59:49

And so I just wanted to make sure you guys were all aware of this.

1:00:00

Um, that if you do hear about it, um, or those of you that may be attending the commission meeting, which we'll talk about here in a little bit, um, that we probably want to know a little bit more about that to be able to take a position on it, unless you guys want anybody wants to take a position on it now.

1:00:12

At this point, I think we probably should stay neutral because it really isn't enough information to go on.

1:00:18

Doris or Corbett, you guys feel in that same way or okay, perfect.

1:00:22

So with that, um I would ask for a motion to uh that we that this that the county at the Carson City County Advisory Board Um at this time uh provide a neutral position on this petition until we hear more information.

1:00:44

Can I get a motion on that?

1:00:46

Thank you.

1:00:48

Doris uh motioned.

1:00:49

Do we have a second?

1:00:52

Okay, Corbett will second.

1:00:54

Um any further discussion?

1:00:56

See none.

1:00:57

All those in favor favor signify by saying aye.

1:01:00

All right.

1:01:00

I motion carries unanimously.

1:01:02

Going on to 10 D as a dog.

1:01:04

This is commission regulation 2507.

1:01:08

Uh this is um the are what the game division, Sean Espinoza, who's the administrator for the game division, is proposing for um the big game seasons for 252 2526 and 2627.

1:01:36

So um this year and uh next year.

1:01:42

And um this is done in two-year increments.

1:01:47

Um hopefully you guys got a chance to take a look at that.

1:01:50

He is recommending some changes to the antelope season.

1:01:55

Um so they're they're gonna add an additional split season structure for hunt units groups 141, 143, 151 through 156 of the any legal weapon hunt, uh, which occurs August 15th through August 26th, and then also on August 27th through September 7th, the late season, um, for both residents and non-resident seasons.

1:02:23

Uh, this is proposed to help alleviate hunter crowding and pressure in high quota unit and in a in a high quota unit group.

1:02:32

Um, the next item that he is proposing is changing the muzzloder season for the hunt unit 141, 143, 151 through 156 from August 15th to 20 to August 21st, which is what it is now, to September 24th through October 4th to accommodate these proposed changes in the any legal weapon season structure that I just aforementioned.

1:02:59

Okay.

1:03:00

Um, and then going on, uh they're providing more opportunity to junior hunters by proposing seven additional hunt unit groups uh to the resident junior antelope, horns shorter than ears, uh any legal weapon hunt, including uh all of the units that they have listed here, which is 065, 142, 144A, 066, 076 through 091, uh 101 through 104, 108, 109, and 144b, and then 11 through 114, 115, and 181 through 184, which is in our backyard over here in the sweet waters.

1:03:43

Um for desert bighorn sheep, um they modified hunt unit uh description and season for hunt unit 173 north, uh any RAM, any legal weapon to reflect all of Hunt Unit 173.

1:04:02

Um, they also changed the season dates to September 1 through January 1.

1:04:08

So that's kind of a big change, something we have not seen in the past, right?

1:04:13

Um, and they separated this unit out, I believe, because of the pneumonia virus that are trying to segregate herds um and manage those herds separately, I believe.

1:04:24

If I recall that, it was such a long time ago.

1:04:27

Uh, but I think I recollect that.

1:04:29

And so um, and then they're closing the non-resident any RAM uh hunt, any legal weapon uh hunt for hunt unit 213 due to disease concerns.

1:04:44

Uh they're establishing a management ram hunt for unit uh 164 to depopulate the herd and reduce the potential of disease risks in this potential in this portion of Nevada.

1:04:57

Uh an early and late hunt is being proposed.

1:05:01

So that's more to come on that.

1:05:04

Um and then there will be they'll be closing the management ram hunt for hunt unit 173 north because they combined it, right?

1:05:14

And so uh, and then also they'll be closing the resident any ram archery hunt for hunt unit 213 due to disease concerns as well.

1:05:24

So um then on California Bighorn Sheep, they re-established any RAM season for units 111 through 113, which is awesome to see, right?

1:05:36

We had huge problems with pneumonia in these units.

1:05:40

They closed it down uh because of it uh under the Rockies uh mountain, and then they also um I'm sorry, for the for the California bighorn sheep, and then they also um uh they're gonna make the season date for that September 1 to November 10th, which is a pretty lengthy season date, which is kind of cool.

1:06:06

Uh add they added hunt unit one, I'm sorry, 014 and two to 012 to account for movement of big horns between the two hunt units, uh, which we're seeing a lot of uh pass through into different units.

1:06:21

And so just so that nobody is, you know, help out hunters that are drawing those tags that they're staying legal.

1:06:29

Uh they felt like it was a good idea to make that happen, which I like.

1:06:33

I like the fact that we're not you know creating a potential problem from a legal standpoint for hunters, right?

1:06:40

Uh that wait sometimes their whole entire life to draw one of these tags, right?

1:06:45

And they do something silly that they weren't aware of or something like that because of uh situation like this, and then they end up getting their RAM taken away and you know it's a it just not good for anybody.

1:06:58

And so um they also established an early uh and late season for 068 to reduce hunter congestion.

1:07:08

Um and then established a management ram hunt, hunt hunt number 8172 for hunt unit 066 to assist with depopulation efforts uh within the snowstorm mountains.

1:07:24

Uh, an early and late hunt is being proposed from September 1 to October 15 and from October 16th to November 30th.

1:07:33

Um and then for Rocky Mountain Bighorns, they're re-establishing a season for hunt unit 091, which has been closed.

1:07:40

And this is an interstate hunt with Utah, excuse me.

1:07:45

Um they're proposing the season for that as September 1 through November 30th.

1:07:50

Then moving on to elk.

1:07:52

Uh, they are recommending four changes there, eliminating the antlered depredation hunt and hunt unit 251.

1:08:00

They've achieved the totals uh that they we that the management plan had for the depredation hunt, which is great.

1:08:07

We want to see that, right?

1:08:08

Um, and so um since 2022, that season, only two bulls have been harvested during this hunt.

1:08:17

Uh 25 tags in totals is what they have stated.

1:08:21

Uh they've introduced a early season spike hunt and unit, a hunt unit uh group 161 through 164 for October 1st through October 20th to redistribute hunters from the existing late season hunts.

1:08:40

Uh they're adding two seasons, December 1 through December 31st and January 1 through January 31st to the antlerless depredation hunt in hunt units 114 and 115 to alleviate elk damage to agricultural crops occurring after the existing hunt ends on November 30th, which is a big issue with some of the ranchers down there.

1:09:05

They're saying, yeah, it's all great fine and well that you guys have increased tag quota for these units, right?

1:09:13

But we're really where we're seeing the most damage is during in after the season's over.

1:09:20

And so they're saying that the bull to cow ratio is way offset during those times.

1:09:27

And it's a lot of cows are moving in.

1:09:29

It's wintering range, right?

1:09:30

So a lot of cows are moving in uh from that from other units uh to winter there, and of course, it's just destroying some of the pivots that are out in those areas.

1:09:41

And so this is a request from ranchers and now people have agriculture out there.

1:09:48

Um, I think it's a good idea.

1:09:49

I think they're gonna be able to get uh some some real control on that for some of our agricultural folks.

1:09:57

No changes to moose and no changes to mule deer.

1:10:00

So that's it in a nutshell.

1:10:04

Hopefully, you guys all got a chance to kind of review that.

1:10:07

I wanted to make sure so we didn't have to go through in all the tables and stuff.

1:10:11

So hopefully that was a good review of that.

1:10:14

Any questions, concerns?

1:10:16

How are you guys feeling about that?

1:10:18

Do you feel like you want to support these or do you have any concerns about?

1:10:22

It's cool to see it all come around, right?

1:10:24

Because we went to that last reno one, or I went to last reading one, and it was a very passionate conversation from the biologists, especially down over for the Nelsons on how he was so disappointed to see that healthy herd start to trend in the wrong direction.

1:10:39

And at one point, I think, not to direct quote them, he's like, I've I see this now as my career as a failure kind of thing.

1:10:46

So it's cool to see that other are coming back given similar disease, right?

1:10:52

And it gives optimism for those down there.

1:10:54

I think that was Mike Scott that said that.

1:10:56

Yeah.

1:10:58

So that's good.

1:11:00

Um I agree with that 100%.

1:11:02

I think it's great.

1:11:03

So any concerns, any questions, any further discussion on this?

1:11:09

Yeah.

1:11:09

So with that, if there's no further discussion, I would entertain a motion to to uh to um support the proposed regular uh season changes uh and quota changes being made by the department.

1:11:25

I would motion.

1:11:26

I'll second.

1:11:27

We have a motion from Corbett Um Fleming, a second by Kirk Stewart.

1:11:33

Any further discussion?

1:11:35

Seeing none, all in favor signify by saying aye.

1:11:38

Aye.

1:11:38

Motion carries unanimously.

1:11:41

All right.

1:11:42

Going on to agenda item number.

1:11:49

Uh 10 K is in kite, which is our black bear uh our black bear.

1:12:03

Ah I printed one extra one here, sorry.

1:12:09

I will just say that let's see here.

1:12:30

Is this in here?

1:12:33

Bear with me, you guys.

1:12:34

Sorry.

1:12:42

I printed some extra stuff here.

1:12:43

I didn't need to print.

1:12:45

All right.

1:12:46

I did.

1:12:49

Here we go.

1:12:49

Okay.

1:12:50

So I would say that um, so this is a um a CR commission regulation that uh 2607, which is the 2026 black bear seasons.

1:13:04

Uh the department recommends no changes to the 2026 black bear seasons.

1:13:09

Opening and closing dates remain the same as the 2025 season.

1:13:14

Unit uh hunt unit groups and boundaries just uh boundary and descriptions remain the same as the 2025 season dates of in the indoctrinal course prior to the 2026 season have been updated, and hunting hours remain the same for the 2025 season as well.

1:13:34

Any questions, concerns, anything like that that we should be bringing up to the commission on the black bear season that anybody sees.

1:13:43

They're not making any changes, but staying the same as far as I wanted to make sure since we have a new committee uh board member that if you had any anything that you were concerned about that we gave the opportunity to talk about that.

1:13:56

So remind you Robin when do we normally get the biologist in to discuss the black bear?

1:14:04

Because we usually have the biologists like once a year, right?

1:14:07

Come in and we have a big discussion on the black bear.

1:14:09

I mean, it just depends.

1:14:11

I mean, if they're making changes and we're getting a bunch of public comment, then any time we would ask a biologist to come in to provide some further direction to the to the uh to the board, right?

1:14:24

And so it's kind of as needed, if you will.

1:14:27

Um sometimes they just automatically come because they know that other cabs have already voiced uh issues with you know members of the public, and they say, hey, let's get ahead of this.

1:14:39

Let's usually they'll reach out to the chair and say, Hey, I was planning on attending your meeting.

1:14:44

What time and day is it?

1:14:45

And uh, even though it's published on the website.

1:14:48

But we've had previous comments on these.

1:14:51

On the black bear hunts, without a doubt, we have, right?

1:14:55

Because we're the only, we're the only county, really, one of the only counties, Douglas County as well, but and part of Lion.

1:15:03

And so, but really everybody comes to the Carson City cab meeting.

1:15:07

I will say Douglas County gets their fair share of uh folks because so many people from California have moved down in Douglas County, uh, that anything you have say anything about black bears, and that there's even a season on them, right?

1:15:22

People are starting to realize that hey, we really need to have this to manage to manage our bear population, right?

1:15:30

And and manage it successfully, right?

1:15:32

Like, I don't know about you guys, but I love seeing bears where we live, man.

1:15:37

And we need to do a better job at I think helping educate the public, right?

1:15:43

On how to be bear aware, right?

1:15:45

And I think the department, their marketing campaign to do that has been spot on and has worked for a lot of a lot of areas.

1:15:53

I know, like if you go up into the Lakeview area or timberline area, you talk, you say bear aware, everybody has received gobs of information and guidance on that, right?

1:16:04

And for the most part, I would say that most people do a pretty good job at securing their trash, securing their homes, you know what I mean, not making it just an easy invitation for bears to break into your vehicles or to trash cans or uh that sort of thing.

1:16:23

That being said, there's always those people that you know like to leave all the apples out so that the bears come in their yard uh and the deer come in their yard, and and they don't realize what it does to their neighbors, right?

1:16:38

And how it affects their neighbors potentially.

1:16:41

And so again, we try to be use our best judgment when we communicate and guide people on that.

1:16:49

Uh we're really fortunate here because we're the only county advisory board that has an urban, an urban wildlife subcommittee, right?

1:16:57

And so uh we we have in the past given a lot of guidance on this, and we have it posted on the Carson City website.

1:17:06

We link to resources on the state website, all those things, right?

1:17:10

So the amount of people in disdain of the black bear season, I think has gone way down and by the wayside because they realize A, it's not gonna go away because we have to have it, right?

1:17:23

It's it's it'd be irresponsible not to do it, right?

1:17:26

Um, and so I think people have just said, hey, it is what it is, it's the way it's gonna be, even though I don't agree with it, right?

1:17:33

Um, but for the most part, people that have been affected by black bears in a negative way, they're all for, you know, I've had multiple people say, Oh, I at first I didn't want to have anything to do with a black bear season until they broke into my house and I felt like it was something like I did everything to prevent that, and and it was pointed out to me, and I was a very good lesson learned that I didn't do enough, right?

1:17:58

Yeah, so now they're all for regulated hunting, as probably probably the best way of managing uh our black bears.

1:18:06

And just the black bears continue to to escalate above numbers that we increase every single year.

1:18:13

That's kind of where I was getting at.

1:18:15

So previous years, right?

1:18:16

We have suggested increasing quota, right?

1:18:20

Yeah.

1:18:21

Unfortunately, I was hoping that the biologists would be here so that we could have those numbers to help support.

1:18:25

I don't know that we'll see that.

1:18:27

Um I asked about it for this season, and I was told, yeah, the leadership of Nevada Department of Wildlife is not wanting to entertain it.

1:18:38

And so and it's one of those ones, just having the biologists, I thought it would be nice to have the that information again to help support the decision.

1:18:45

But then also looking at it just in previous conversations that we've had, right?

1:18:49

That we don't really ever touch the limits that would affect this the species in the ecosystem right around here, and then also the fact of I believe this was correct that more are killed with car accidents and by hunters in the state of Nevada.

1:19:03

Still to this day.

1:19:04

And it's still every year.

1:19:06

Every year it's that way.

1:19:12

Still supporting it if that's something that we've supported.

1:19:14

But given that we don't have the biologists and I do not have the numbers, I don't have a number that I would like to put out there.

1:19:19

So I'm okay with that's it's I just want to go on the record.

1:19:23

Yeah, I still think, given the stats, numbers and everything with everything else that we say, let's let the numbers and biologists talk.

1:19:29

It seems like this one continues to be we'll let them do that, except for this one.

1:19:34

Yeah, I agree.

1:19:36

All right, so with that, I would entertain a motion, unless there's any further discussion.

1:19:42

Uh I'd entertain a motion to support commission regulation 2607, the 2026 black bear seasons as proposed.

1:19:56

Okay, move uh motion by Doris.

1:20:00

Second by Corbett.

1:20:01

Uh any further discussion?

1:20:03

See none.

1:20:04

All those in favor signify by saying aye.

1:20:06

All right.

1:20:06

Aye.

1:20:07

Motion carries unanimously.

1:20:08

Going on to agendum item number 10i as an igloo.

1:20:13

Um Kirk, did you want to introduce this one or do you want me to?

1:20:16

Oh, you can.

1:20:17

Okay, perfect.

1:20:18

So this is uh CR2608, which is the established mountain lion seasons and harvest limits.

1:20:26

Um the department is making no changes to the open units or the closed units, and no changes to the statewide harvest limit, which is still at 247.

1:20:40

This not this year, but the year before was the closest in history that we've even come close to 247, and we were still like so far off it was unreal, right?

1:20:52

And so um, so I see why they're keeping it that way.

1:20:58

Um it was meaning that we didn't even come close to the harvest limit.

1:21:04

Yeah, we've never come close to the harvest limit.

1:21:06

In fact, most years are in the double digits, never in the triple digits.

1:21:13

It's because normally the best way to to hunt lions is when there's snow and with dogs, right?

1:21:22

And when and when there's no snow and you're still hunting them with dogs, it's still it's even more challenging than if there's snow because it is really difficult to hunt them.

1:21:33

And so um that being said, we still offer um lion tags, kind of unlimited lion tags, uh, to the public.

1:21:43

The anybody can buy them.

1:21:45

Can you buy two?

1:21:46

Yep.

1:21:48

You could buy two?

1:21:49

Yeah, you can buy two tags.

1:21:50

Two tags?

1:21:51

Yeah, a lot of the time.

1:21:52

Huh?

1:21:54

One at a time.

1:21:55

Yeah, that's what I'm saying.

1:21:56

You have to harvest first.

1:21:57

Yeah, then you can go back if there's quota and purchase a second one, right?

1:22:01

Same thing with like swans too, right?

1:22:03

Um, so it used to be that we didn't even come close to the swan issuing the number of tags for swan tags.

1:22:11

They allot for 750.

1:22:13

This last year was the first year that we had to turn people away for swan tags ever in history.

1:22:19

So we had something like I think it was like 18 or 1900 applicants, something like that.

1:22:25

And so a lot of people didn't receive, there was a lot of people that applied for swan tags that didn't receive them, which I think is great because that means that more people are interested in going out and I don't know if you've ever seen a swan as they come into a marsh or fly over and listen to them.

1:22:46

It's the most beautiful thing you've ever seen in your life, right?

1:22:49

Yeah, and and uh they call, I will just tell you like the comment was made to can you eat a swan.

1:22:56

Um a lot of people refer to them as the ribeye in the sky because they are they are so good, right?

1:23:04

That they're a real pink meat and um not like regular geese, if you will.

1:23:10

Um so they're compared to like sandhill cranes, which is the true ribeye in the sky, right?

1:23:16

And so um, yes, they are really, really, really good.

1:23:19

Um, some people take the neck because there's so much flesh on the neck and make um swan neck soup out of it, and uh it's something that is kind of a delicacy in a lot of regions, and so um interesting.

1:23:34

I've never done it, but um so with the lion seasons, there's no changes.

1:23:40

I did want to point out, I thought it was important to point out that the harvest limit of 247 was going to remain the same.

1:23:48

Um, which kind of defeats which kind of defeats the argument that we hear every year with regard to mountain lions, is that you know there's not a enough to sustain um us just having an unlimited amount of tags that we can issue.

1:24:06

And the fact is is that we go back to the harvest data, and it we don't ever even come close.

1:24:12

I think not this year, but last year was or the year before last was the first year that we actually got into the triple digits, but we didn't even come close to 247.

1:24:24

Like it was we we harvested more lines two years ago than we ever have seen ever.

1:24:32

Yeah.

1:24:32

Is that something maybe because everyone from out of state's coming in with the talk of the it is absolutely that app there was a huge influx of out-of-state hunters um because some like California completely banned hunting mountain lions, right?

1:24:47

Um, and they got probably the worst problem out of any state in the entire United States with mountain lions.

1:25:00

And so what it's happened in California, unfortunately, is that uh residents just take it into their own hands and just don't tell anybody about it when they kill one in if it's a nuisance or something or killing their livestock or their animals, that sort of thing.

1:25:10

I'm glad Nevada hasn't got hasn't done that because then it we don't want people doing that, right?

1:25:17

We want to make sure it's regulated.

1:25:18

We want to be the ones who's in charge of that.

1:25:21

Let again, the science tells us that, right?

1:25:23

And so um, so yeah, so anyway, no changes.

1:25:27

Any further discussion on this item.

1:25:31

No, I just really wanted to bring it up, just giving it for the comment because that table can almost be a little confusing when you see two forty-seven and splung.

1:25:40

Some brains probably look at it and go, oh, each one's two forty-seven, so we got a thousand here, but it like you said, it's just two forty-seven for the state.

1:25:46

That's exactly right.

1:25:47

Yep, that's exactly right.

1:25:49

So um, great appreciate you bringing that up.

1:25:52

So with that, I would entertain a motion to support this regulation uh made by the by Sean Espinoza, the game division administrator, uh, as written.

1:26:05

I'll make a motion to that.

1:26:11

So a motion on the floor by Kirk Stewart, uh seconded by Corbett Fleming.

1:26:16

Uh, any further discussion?

1:26:18

Seeing none, all in favor signify by saying aye.

1:26:21

Aye.

1:26:22

Motion carries unanimously.

1:26:24

That closes out.

1:26:25

Agenda item number 10, and we move on to agenda item number 11, which is for a discussion item.

1:26:32

Uh, the county Carson City Advisory Board to Manage Wildlife.

1:26:36

Uh needs to we need to discuss members' commitments to the meetings on tomorrow, January 23rd and 24th on Saturday in Reno and March 13th and 14th in Boulder City.

1:26:51

Um, the Reno one, uh, I was planning on attending that.

1:26:58

Unfortunately, I got asked to teach duck calling at the sheep show for the youth outdoor experience exhibit.

1:27:07

And so I'm gonna be doing that between noon and three, and I have meetings in the morning with my real job at the state.

1:27:16

Uh so there's no way that I can make that happen.

1:27:19

So if one of you guys might be available to attend the Reno meeting, that would be fantastic.

1:27:25

Not really important, but I would want to be the highly confirmed volunteer for the okay.

1:27:39

Perfect, yeah.

1:27:40

Well, I will we'll put Corbett down for Boulder City.

1:27:45

And um, so that is pending him his confirmation for the record.

1:28:01

Is there is anybody available tomorrow and Saturday?

1:28:07

That's where we're gonna see the bulk of everything here.

1:28:10

So if you can go Saturday, Doris.

1:28:13

It is so exactly where we went the last time.

1:28:16

Yeah.

1:28:17

Kirk, you good?

1:28:18

I am OGT trailer on Friday.

1:28:21

Oh, you are doing it.

1:28:22

Yeah.

1:28:23

Oh, so I'll see you there.

1:28:24

That's great.

1:28:24

Yeah.

1:28:25

All right, cool.

1:28:25

I I'll only be there until about 1230.

1:28:28

Okay, I'll be there.

1:28:28

Cool, man.

1:28:29

That's awesome.

1:28:30

Yeah.

1:28:30

All right.

1:28:31

So that's great.

1:28:32

We at least have coverage.

1:28:34

So again, just when you guys go, make sure that you take the opportunity at the beginning of the meeting to announce that you are your name and that you're representing the Carson City County Advisory Board.

1:28:46

Okay.

1:28:47

Perfect.

1:28:48

All right.

1:28:49

Um agenda item number 12 is a discussion item.

1:28:53

Any future agenda items anybody wants to propose that so we can give that to our friends at Carson City Clerk's office and anything.

1:29:02

See none.

1:29:03

We'll go on to agenda item number 13 is our second public comment period.

1:29:08

Um the public is invited at this time to provide comment public comment.

1:29:12

Any public comment here in Carson City.

1:29:16

See none.

1:29:17

We'll go ahead and close out public comment.

1:29:20

And I would make a motion uh to adjourn the meeting at 650 p.m.

1:29:28

Perfect.

1:29:29

Motion uh by myself and seconded by Corbett Fleming.

1:29:33

All is in favor signify by saying I.

1:29:36

Aye.

1:29:37

Motion carries, meeting adjourned.

1:29:39

Thank you.

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Summary of Proceedings

Carson City Advisory Board to Manage Wildlife Meeting - January 22, 2026

The Carson City Advisory Board to Manage Wildlife met on January 22, 2026, at 5:31 PM. Chair Rob Beamer presided, with Vice Chair Thompson and members Dimmitt, Fleming, and Stewart present (quorum achieved). The meeting included public comments, election of 2026 officers, updates from state wildlife commission meetings, and discussion and approval of several season regulations.

Public Comments & Testimony

  • Jake (new NDOW fisheries biologist) introduced himself as the biologist overseeing fisheries in several counties including Carson City. He noted he managed Carson Lake WMA previously and offered to answer questions about the Walker River survey and other waterways.
  • Robin Olof raised concerns about the lack of public comments included in agendas, citing NRS 241.010 and 241.020. She argued that written public comments should be considered supporting documents. Chair Beamer acknowledged the city's practice and assured that comments are forwarded to the city clerk and attorney.
  • Elise Monroy (Carson City Health and Human Services) announced a community needs assessment survey covering housing, food, healthcare, behavioral health, workforce development, and clothing. The survey runs through February 6, 2026, and she encouraged board members to participate.

Discussion Items

  • Election of 2026 Chair and Vice Chair (Item 6): Corbett Fleming was nominated and elected as Chair, and Rob Beamer as Vice Chair. Motion carried unanimously.
  • Update from State Wildlife Commission Meetings (Item 7): Member Doris reported on the November 2025 meeting. Key item 24B (coyote hunting contests) passed 6-3, creating a permit system. Discussion noted that coyote populations are well above carrying capacity and that the state spends over $1 million annually on predation control. Item 24A (motor restrictions and fisheries revisions) was also approved with minor corrections.
  • Urban Wildlife Committee Report (Item 8): Chair Beamer reported on youth activities, including nature hikes, birding events, and the Keystone Agricultural Society's trap shooting teams. The annual urban wildlife report to the Board of Supervisors is upcoming.
  • Subcommittee Reports (Item 9): No action taken; reports to be discussed at the upcoming commission meeting.
  • Item 10C – Petition for Rehabilitation Permits (Joe Crathwall): Board took a neutral position due to insufficient information, pending further discussion at the commission meeting.
  • Item 10D – Big Game Seasons 2025-2027 (CR2507): Discussed changes including split seasons for antelope, modified bighorn sheep seasons, and new elk depredation seasons. Board voted to support the proposed seasons and quotas.
  • Item 10K – Black Bear Seasons 2026 (CR2607): No changes recommended. Board supported the proposal, noting that vehicle collisions kill more bears than hunting and that the population remains healthy.
  • Item 10L – Mountain Lion Seasons and Harvest Limits (CR2608): No changes to open/closed units or statewide harvest limit of 247. Board supported the regulation, noting that harvest has never approached the limit.
  • Future Meeting Attendance (Item 11): Members volunteered for upcoming meetings: Doris and Kirk Stewart for Reno (Jan 23-24), Corbett Fleming for Boulder City (March 13-14).

Key Outcomes

  • Minutes from Sept 22, 2025 (Item 5): No action taken due to lack of quorum; deferred to next meeting.
  • 2026 Officers elected: Corbett Fleming (Chair), Rob Beamer (Vice Chair).
  • Consent agenda items not pulled: Approved unanimously.
  • Item 10C (rehabilitation permits): Board adopted neutral position.
  • Item 10D (big game seasons): Motion to support passed unanimously.
  • Item 10K (black bear seasons): Motion to support passed unanimously.
  • Item 10L (mountain lion seasons): Motion to support passed unanimously.
  • Meeting adjourned at 6:50 PM.

Meeting Transcript

Meeting order. This is the meeting of the Carson City Consolidated Municipality Carson City Advisory Board to Manage Wildlife. And we're calling the meeting to order at 5 31 PM. So just a real quick notice to the public. Members of the public who wish to view the meeting may watch the live stream of the Carson City Advisory Board at WWW Carson City. I'm sorry, WWW dot Carson City.gov forward slash Gren. I can't read that. I apologize. Is it Granny Cranius? Is there a C in there? I apologize, you guys. I didn't bring my glasses. I'm so sorry. And uh clicking on in progress, and then you can view the meeting uh live if you want to. Okay. Um you may you as the public may provide public comment in advance of this meeting or any meeting that we have for the Carson City Wildlife or Advisory Board to Manage Wildlife. Um or make written submissions to the to our email address, um, which is through the clerk's office. Uh Miss Brianna Munoz is who we have on here, but we may be switching that to Zach at one point in time, right? So until that happens and we uh agendize that, um, you can the email that we can use is B Munios at Carson City.gov uh for any inclusion or uh reference in any minutes of the meeting, your public comment must include your full name and uh be submitted via email by no later than 3 p.m. Uh the day before the meeting. Public comment during a meeting is limited to three minutes uh for each speaker unless the chair allows for more. Um but we we tend to stick pretty close to that unless you are of an agency, then we allow you a little bit more time. So I'd like to call the meeting to order and ask Zach if you will conduct roll call, please. Chair Beamer. Uh present. Vice Chair Thompson, member Dimmitt. Member Fleming. Member Stewart. Here. We have a quorum. Thank you, Zach. And was the meeting properly noticed and posted? Yes, sir. Thank you, sir. Um, so at this time, we would like to ask if we can all if everybody would oblige us by standing up and citing the Pledge of Allegiance. And we would ask Mr. Corbett to uh join or to lead that lead us in that, please. Pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic, what's it stand? One nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Um the public is invited uh at this time to provide comment on any topic that relates to the matter over which um the Carson City Advisory Board to Manage Wildlife has supervision control jurisdiction or advisory power, um, including any such matter that is not specifically included on this agenda as an agenda as an action item. No action may be taken on a matter raised during this uh period for public comment. Uh so keep that in mind. Um so if there's something that you want to discuss, by all means let us know that. And if we feel like it's um something that's gonna be outside of our consent or that we feel value in cons uh discussing, please let us know and we will uh consider that. So is there any public comment at this time? Step on up to the mic if you and cite your name for the record if you would, please. Good to have you here, Jake. Thank you. Um yeah, I basically just wanted to come and introduce myself to everybody.

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