Nevada Department of Wildlife News

NDOW offers introductory fishing classes. For more information visit the agency's website, www.ndow.org.

Nevada residents who want to have a desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) as a pet will be limited to a single animal beginning May 1, 2013. This new restriction was put into place when the Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners voted to approve Commission General Regulation 426 as a step toward reducing the over breeding of pet desert tortoises. Put forth by the Nevada Department

If you are in the process of applying for big game tags, and with the tag application deadline this Monday you better hurry up, the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) has some insider information...apply for cow elk. "With the numbers we are looking at from our winter surveys, it looks like it will be a good year for Nevada's sportsmen to apply for cow elk tags

Nearly 80,000 new and returning unique visitors each month access ndow.org, the Nevada Department of Wildlife's (NDOW) official website, seeking information on hunting, boating and fishing as well as educational materials about Nevada's wildlife. To make that experience easier and more effective, NDOW has launched a new content management based website to better serve the needs of users. "The Nevada Department of Wildlife was an

The Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) wants to remind sportsmen to get their applications in early for this year's big game draw. Hunters who apply early online will be entered into a drawing to receive a $1,000 gift certificate. System's Consultants, NDOW's contractor for the big game tag draw process, is sponsoring the early application incentive for the 2013 big game tag draw. The

You know that neighbor that seems to draw a tag every year? The one who always seems to have a great time and is almost always successful on his hunt? Chances are he's probably not as "lucky" as you think. It's more likely he figured out that the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) offers quite a bit of valuable information that can

The Nevada Department of Wildlife wants to remind sportsmen that the big game tag application process opens Monday (March 18). Applications must be received, either by mail by 5 p.m. or online at www.huntnevada.com by 11 p.m. on April 15 to be eligible for the drawing. Hunters who applied online in the past should have received a postcard reminding them it is time to apply. Those

Steve Kellers of Reno, Nevada has won the Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioner's 2012 Wayne E. Kirch Conservation award. Kellers' commitment to Nevada's wildlife resources will be recognized during the Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioner's meeting on March 15, 2013 in Reno, Nevada, where he will be presented the award. Kellers was nominated for the award by Nevada Bighorns Unlimited. According to the nomination, in

LICENSE NEWS - The 2013 Nevada fishing and hunting licenses are now available. The license year runs from March 1 until the last day of February. Anglers should make sure they have the new license before venturing outdoors.

A new regulation for Washoe County urban ponds reducing the limit of fish caught from five to three has gone unnoticed by many local anglers report Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) game wardens that are running into several unaware fishermen at the local waters. "People need to be made aware of the change," said Mark Warren, Fisheries Division Chief at NDOW. "We have had