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NE Code § 37-624 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-624 - Commission; powers; use of federal personnel.

37-624.  Commission; powers; use of federal personnel.(1) The commission may enter into a memorandum of agreement for cooperative law enforcement with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.(2) Special agents and refuge officers of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service who are certified as federal law enforcement officers may be credentialed as conservation officers of the commission. The secretary, under the direction of the commission acting in official session, may credential such officers. Training requirements under section 81-1414 shall not apply to an officer credentialed under this subsection.(3) Nothing in this section shall authorize special agents and refuge officers of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service who are credentialed as conservation officers pursuant to subsection (2) of this section to enforce any other laws of the State of Nebraska while exercising the authority specified in such subsection, nor shall any evidence discovered in the course of such agents' or officers' duties in enforcement of the Game Law or rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the commission, which is evidence of a violation of any other laws of the State of Nebraska, be admissible in a subsequent prosecution for such violation.Source   Laws 1992, LB 339, § 1;   R.S.1943, (1996), § 81-805.04;   Laws 1998, LB 922, § 314;  Laws 2001, LB 130, § 6.
NE Code § 37-701 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-701 - Reserves, refuges, and sanctuaries; how established; acquisition of land.

37-701.  Reserves, refuges, and sanctuaries; how established; acquisition of land.When a notice is posted on each corner and on all roads leading thereinto, indicating that such property is a reserve, refuge, or sanctuary, every school section and other tract of educational land within the state, title to which is vested in the State of Nebraska, all that portion of the State of Nebraska embraced within the boundaries of the Niobrara and Bessey divisions of the Nebraska National Forest, and every state-owned lake, pond, or marsh, except lakes and marshes state owned because meandered, is hereby declared to be a game reserve, bird refuge, and wild fowl sanctuary. Other game reserves, bird refuges, wild fowl sanctuaries, or reservations may be established by the commission in any county where deemed necessary for the protection and propagation of game, or as a refuge or sanctuary for song and insectivorous birds or wild fowl. The commission with the approval of the Governor may acquire land for such purposes, either by purchase, lease, gift, or other devise.Source   Laws 1929, c. 112, IV, § 1, p. 420;   C.S.1929, § 37-401;   R.S.1943, § 37-401;   Laws 1957, c. 145, § 1, p. 481;   R.S.1943, (1993), § 37-401;   Laws 1998, LB 922, § 315.
NE Code § 37-702 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-702 - Sanctuaries on rivers; how established; discontinuance; procedure.

37-702.  Sanctuaries on rivers; how established; discontinuance; procedure.When the owners in freehold of both banks of any river in Nebraska for a distance of five miles or more along the river sign a petition to the commission requesting that such river along their lands and on lands adjacent to the river and within one-half mile thereof be made a game and wild fowl sanctuary, the commission upon receiving the promises in writing of such owners to refrain from all shooting or molesting of game upon such proposed sanctuary and further, to the best of their ability, to prevent others from shooting or molesting game thereon may accept such area as a game and wild fowl sanctuary and cause the same to be plainly posted as such and to be protected from violators. The commission may further expend reasonable sums to feed wild fowl upon such sanctuaries. A sanctuary so established may not, without the consent of the commission, be withdrawn by the owners for a period of five years after it is established, and unless the owners of more than one-half of the river banks on both sides of the river running through any such sanctuary sign a petition for vacating the same and file such petition with the commission during the first half of the fifth year of such sanctuary or thereafter in the first half of the fifth year of any added five-year period, such sanctuary shall continue as such unless terminated for good cause by the commission.Source   Laws 1929, c. 112, IV, § 2, p. 421;   C.S.1929, § 37-402;   R.S.1943, § 37-402;   Laws 1989, LB 34, § 19;   R.S.1943, (1993), § 37-402;   Laws 1998, LB 922, § 316.
NE Code § 37-703 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-703 - Reserves, refuges, and sanctuaries; signs; form; where placed; defacing prohibited; penalty.

37-703.  Reserves, refuges, and sanctuaries; signs; form; where placed; defacing prohibited; penalty.At each section corner and in full sight of the traveled highway at each game reserve, bird refuge, or wild fowl sanctuary, there shall be placed by the commission a conspicuous, permanent sign as follows: State of Nebraska Game and Bird Sanctuary Hunting or Molesting Game or Bird Life Prohibited and Punished Nebraska Game and Parks Commission or with such other notice as the commission may deem advisable. Anyone removing or defacing any such sign shall be deemed guilty  of a Class III misdemeanor. Source   Laws 1929, c. 112, IV, § 3, p. 421;   C.S.1929, § 37-403;   R.S.1943, § 37-403;   Laws 1989, LB 34, § 20;   R.S.1943, (1993), § 37-403;   Laws 1998, LB 922, § 317.
NE Code § 37-704 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-704 - Sanctuaries; rules and regulations; Missouri River sanctuaries; power of commission.

37-704.  Sanctuaries; rules and regulations; Missouri River sanctuaries; power of commission.The commission may adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations for the protection of game or wild fowl sanctuaries as it may find necessary to protect game, wild fowl, or song birds thereon or to make effective rules and regulations in conjunction with other states over the Missouri River for the protection of wild fowl thereon and fish therein. Such rules and regulations shall be adopted and promulgated pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act.Source   Laws 1929, c. 112, IV, § 4, p. 421;   C.S.1929, § 37-404;   R.S.1943, § 37-404;   Laws 1989, LB 34, § 21;   R.S.1943, (1993), § 37-404;   Laws 1998, LB 922, § 318.  Cross References  Administrative Procedure Act, see section 84-920.
NE Code § 37-705 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-705 - Reserves, sanctuaries, and closed waters; prohibited acts; penalty; exceptions.

37-705.  Reserves, sanctuaries, and closed waters; prohibited acts; penalty; exceptions.(1) Anyone who takes any fish from waters closed by the commission as provided in the Game Law, who takes any game upon any reserve or sanctuary, who goes thereon with a gun or dog, who permits a dog to run thereon, who otherwise intentionally disturbs game or birds thereon and causes them to depart from such reserve or sanctuary, who goes upon any wild fowl sanctuary to fish or for any other purpose during the open season on wild fowl, or who violates any provision of sections 37-701 to 37-704 or any rule or regulation of the commission relating to game reserves or sanctuaries adopted and promulgated by authority of law shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor.(2) Nothing in this section shall (a) render unlawful the keeping at farm homes, located on the reserves or sanctuaries provided for in the Game Law, such dogs as ordinarily are kept on farms, (b) render unlawful the possession of firearms by residents on such reserves or sanctuaries when such firearms are not used to disturb or molest wild fowl or game thereon or prevent such residents from destroying predators as provided in section 37-559 thereon, (c) prevent members, officers, or employees of the commission from going upon sanctuaries at any time to enforce the Game Law, to obtain evidence to enforce it, or otherwise to protect game and fish thereon, or (d) make it unlawful to retrieve lawfully killed game birds from any such reserve or sanctuary.Source   Laws 1929, c. 112, IV, § 10, p. 425;   C.S.1929, § 37-410;   Laws 1943, c. 94, § 9, p. 328;   R.S.1943, § 37-410;   Laws 1977, LB 40, § 185;   Laws 1989, LB 34, § 23;   Laws 1989, LB 168, § 1;   R.S.1943, (1993), § 37-410;   Laws 1998, LB 922, § 319.
NE Code § 37-706 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-706 - Game refuges; establishment; description.

37-706.  Game refuges; establishment; description.(1) For the better protection of birds and the establishment of breeding places therefor, the following area within the State of Nebraska is hereby set aside, designated, and established as a state game refuge: All that portion of the State of Nebraska on the North Platte River and for one hundred ten yards back of the banks of said stream on the land side in Garden County, Nebraska.(2) For the better protection of birds and the establishment of breeding and resting places therefor, the following areas within the State of Nebraska are hereby set aside, designated, and established as state game refuges: (a) All that portion of the State of Nebraska on the Platte River and for one hundred ten yards on each side of the banks of said stream from the west line of Dodge County and Saunders County east and southeast to the bridge across said Platte River, west of Venice, Nebraska, on U.S. Route No. 30A and State Route No. 92; (b) all that portion of the State of Nebraska embracing the channel or channels of the Niobrara River and for one hundred ten yards back from the banks of such stream on the land side in Boyd and Holt Counties, extending from the west line of Boyd and Holt Counties on the west to State Highway No. 11 on the east; and (c) all that portion of the State of Nebraska on the North Platte River, and for one hundred ten yards on each side of the banks of the stream in sections twenty-one, twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, thirty-four, thirty-five, and thirty-six, township fourteen north, range thirty, west of the sixth principal meridian, Lincoln County, Nebraska.(3) For purposes of sections 37-701 to 37-708, the banks of said stream means the banks of the river which are the elevation of ground which confines the water at a level not exceeding flood stage.Source   Laws 1925, c. 107, § 1, p. 295;   C.S.1929, § 37-412;   R.S.1943, § 37-412;   Laws 1947, c. 135, § 1, p. 379;   Laws 1965, c. 200, § 1, p. 603;   R.S.1943, (1993), § 37-412;   Laws 1998, LB 922, § 320;  Laws 1999, LB 176, § 94;  Laws 2004, LB 826, § 3.  Annotations  This section neither includes nor excludes man-made waterways from the "banks of the river." Instead, the Department of Natural Resources has the responsibility to determine whether any particular waterway should be considered part of the banks of the river. Scofield v. State, 276 Neb. 215, 753 N.W.2d 345 (2008). Game Refuge Act was sustained as constitutional against contention that it was special law for protection of game and fish. Bauer v. State Game, Forestation and Parks Com., 138 Neb. 436, 293 N.W. 282 (1940).
NE Code § 37-706.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-706.01 - Legislative intent.

37-706.01.  Legislative intent.It is the intent of the Legislature to preserve the state game refuges described in section 37-706.Source Laws 2004, LB 826, § 2.
NE Code § 37-707 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-707 - Game refuges; boundaries; marking; Department of Natural Resources; duties; access to property; when.

37-707.  Game refuges; boundaries; marking; Department of Natural Resources; duties; access to property; when.(1) The commission is directed to place suitable signs showing the boundaries of the refuges, as designated in section 37-706, using the map adopted by the Department of Natural Resources pursuant to this section, on all roads leading into such refuges.(2)(a) The Department of Natural Resources shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations determining the boundaries of the state game refuges. The department's determination shall be based on the definitions in sections 37-701 to 37-708 and shall include maps showing such boundaries.(b) The department shall make the initial boundary determinations for the state game refuge in Garden County by March 1, 2005. The department shall make the initial boundary determinations for the remaining state game refuges by January 1, 2006.(c) Until the initial determinations are made pursuant to subdivision (a) of this subsection, the boundaries that have been determined and maintained by the commission shall remain in effect.(d) The department shall update any boundary determination required by subdivision (a) of this subsection whenever it determines that there has been a substantial change in the location of the banks of said stream used for locating such boundary.(e) To the extent necessary to fulfill their obligations under sections 37-701 to 37-708 and pursuant to notice as provided in subdivision (f) of this subsection, the department and the commission shall have access at all reasonable times to all properties to which access is needed to fulfill such obligations. Entry upon such properties for the purposes set forth in such sections shall not be considered trespass.(f) Notice of intent to enter upon property for the purposes of subdivision (2)(e) of this section shall be satisfied by publishing such notice at least once each week for three consecutive weeks in a legal newspaper published or of general circulation in the county or counties in which such property and such game refuge are located.Source   Laws 1939, c. 43, § 2, p. 202;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 37-429;   R.S.1943, § 37-419;   Laws 1947, c. 135, § 3, p. 380;   R.S.1943, (1993), § 37-419;   Laws 1998, LB 922, § 321;  Laws 2004, LB 826, § 4.  Annotations Game Refuge Act was sustained as constitutional against contention that it was special law for protection of game and fish. Bauer v. State Game, Forestation and Parks Com., 138 Neb. 436, 293 N.W. 282 (1940).
NE Code § 37-708 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-708 - Game refuges; prohibited acts; exceptions.

37-708.  Game refuges; prohibited acts; exceptions.(1) It shall be unlawful within the boundaries of the state game refuges designated in section 37-706 for any person (a) to hunt or chase with dogs any game birds, game animals, or other birds or animals of any kind or description whatever, (b) to carry firearms of any kind, or (c) from October 15 through January 15 each year to operate a motorboat as defined in section 37-1204.(2) This section shall not prevent highway or railroad transport of firearms or dogs across the refuge, retrieval of game birds lawfully killed from such refuge, or the taking of fur-bearing animals by the use of traps during lawful open seasons on the refuge.(3) This section shall not prevent the commission from issuing such permits as may be necessary for the killing of animal or bird predators that may endanger game birds or game animals or the domestic property of adjacent landowners or from issuing permits as provided in sections 37-447 to 37-452 for the taking of deer from such refuges whenever the number of deer on such refuges is deemed detrimental to habitat conditions on the refuges or to adjacent privately owned real or personal property.(4) This section shall not prevent the owners of land or dwellings or their relatives or invitees from operating any motorboat within the boundaries of the refuge for purposes of access by the most direct route to and from such land or dwellings.Source   Laws 1939, c. 43, § 3, p. 202;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 37-430;   R.S.1943, § 37-420;   Laws 1947, c. 135, § 4, p. 380;   Laws 1965, c. 202, § 1, p. 605;   Laws 1993, LB 235, § 20;   R.S.1943, (1993), § 37-420;   Laws 1998, LB 922, § 322.  Annotations Game Refuge Act was sustained as constitutional against contention that it was special law for protection of game and fish. Bauer v. State Game, Forestation and Parks Com., 138 Neb. 436, 293 N.W. 282 (1940).
NE Code § 37-708.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-708.01 - Rule or regulation; validity; review of other orders or acts; procedure.

37-708.01.  Rule or regulation; validity; review of other orders or acts; procedure.(1) The validity of any rule or regulation adopted by the Department of Natural Resources pursuant to sections 37-701 to 37-708 may be determined pursuant to section 84-911.(2) Any person aggrieved by any other order or act of the department or commission pursuant to its authority under sections 37-701 to 37-708 may, within thirty days after notice thereof, file a petition in the district court of the county in which the aggrieved person resides or, if the aggrieved person is not a resident of Nebraska, in the district court of Lancaster County, for review. The court shall summarily hear the petition as a case in equity without a jury and may order only declaratory or prospective injunctive relief with regard to such order or act.(3) Except as provided in subsection (1) of this section, the appeal procedures described in the Administrative Procedure Act shall not apply to actions taken pursuant to sections 37-701 to 37-708.(4) The appeal procedures described in sections 61-206 and 61-207 do not apply to actions taken pursuant to sections 37-701 to 37-708.Source Laws 2004, LB 826, § 5. Cross References  Administrative Procedure Act, see section 84-920.
NE Code § 37-709 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-709 - Game refuges; violation; penalty.

37-709.  Game refuges; violation; penalty.Any person who violates any of the provisions of section 37-708 shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor.Source   Laws 1939, c. 43, § 4, p. 202;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 37-431;   R.S.1943, § 37-421;   Laws 1947, c. 135, § 5, p. 380;   Laws 1977, LB 40, § 187;   Laws 1993, LB 235, § 21;   R.S.1943, (1993), § 37-421;   Laws 1998, LB 922, § 323.
NE Code § 37-710 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-710 - State Wild Game Preserve; creation; extent; location; acquisition; purpose.

37-710.  State Wild Game Preserve; creation; extent; location; acquisition; purpose.The commission is hereby authorized to create within Scotts Bluff, Banner, and Morrill Counties, Nebraska, or any one or more of such counties, a state wild game preserve to be known as the State Wild Game Preserve, to be composed of a tract of land of not less than four thousand acres nor more than ten thousand acres which shall have been procured by the state within the boundaries of any one or more of such counties. Any land so selected and procured shall be chiefly rough in its topography and shall include an ample amount of natural shelter as provided by canyons and timber, water supply, and native grasses such as are characteristic of the Wildcat Hills in such counties. The commission is authorized to acquire such premises and, when so procured, shall enclose such tract with a good and sufficient fence and shall keep and maintain the fence in a good and sufficient state of repair.Source   Laws 1927, c. 30, § 1, p. 146;   C.S.1929, § 37-415;   R.S.1943, § 37-415;   R.S.1943, (1993), § 37-415;   Laws 1998, LB 922, § 324.
NE Code § 37-711 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-711 - State Wild Game Preserve; typical specimens of wild game animals and birds; collection, preservation, and distribution.

37-711.  State Wild Game Preserve; typical specimens of wild game animals and birds; collection, preservation, and distribution.After enclosing the State Wild Game Preserve with a fence, it shall be the duty of the commission to collect, maintain, and perpetuate typical specimens of wild game animals and birds indigenous to the State of Nebraska in its pioneer history, to place the same in charge of a capable caretaker, and to maintain such animals in its discretion as to number, kind, and species, and as to quality of care, to the end that the intentions of section 37-710 may be carried out. The commission shall furnish wild game to public parks of the state whenever the commission has the same on hand available for distribution.Source   Laws 1927, c. 30, § 2, p. 146;   C.S.1929, § 37-416;   R.S.1943, § 37-416;   R.S.1943, (1993), § 37-416;   Laws 1998, LB 922, § 325.
NE Code § 37-712 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-712 - State Wild Game Preserve; firearms, hunting, and fishing prohibited.

37-712.  State Wild Game Preserve; firearms, hunting, and fishing prohibited.Except as provided in section 37-713, it shall be unlawful for any person to carry firearms, hunt, or fish within the limits of the State Wild Game Preserve.Source   Laws 1927, c. 30, § 3, p. 147;   C.S.1929, § 37-417;   R.S.1943, § 37-417;   Laws 1961, c. 169, § 4, p. 503;   R.S.1943, (1993), § 37-417;   Laws 1998, LB 922, § 326.
NE Code § 37-713 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-713 - State Wild Game Preserve; special permits for taking surplus wild game animals; issuance.

37-713.  State Wild Game Preserve; special permits for taking surplus wild game animals; issuance.Whenever the number of wild game animals on the State Wild Game Preserve increases beyond the practical carrying capacity of the land involved, and no disposal of such animals to the public parks of the State of Nebraska is practical, the commission is hereby authorized to issue special permits for the taking of such surplus animals and to provide by regulation fees for such special permits and regulate methods and conditions of taking. Such special permits shall be distributed by an impartial manner, by lot.Source   Laws 1959, c. 150, § 10, p. 575;   R.S.1943, (1993), § 37-401.01;   Laws 1998, LB 922, § 327.
NE Code § 37-714 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-714 - Terms, defined.

37-714.  Terms, defined.For purposes of sections 37-714 to 37-721:(1) Natural area means an area of land or water, whether publicly or privately owned, which retains to some degree its primeval character, though it need not be completely natural and undisturbed, or has natural flora, fauna, or ecological features of scientific or educational interest;(2) Participating cooperators means any nonprofit conservation organizations or public agencies which enter into agreements pursuant to section 37-718; and(3) Register means the Nebraska Natural Areas Register created pursuant to section 37-716.Source   Laws 1989, LB 251, § 3;   R.S.1943, (1993), § 37-1402;   Laws 1998, LB 922, § 328.
NE Code § 37-715 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 37 - Game and Parks|37-715 - Legislative findings.

37-715.  Legislative findings.The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the protection of natural diversity promotes the quality of life for Nebraska residents and their descendents and the protection of natural areas maintains species and their genetic diversity for economic development and human benefit. The Legislature further finds and declares that specific knowledge of the status and location of natural heritage resources and their recognition can prevent needless conflict with economic development and voluntary cooperation of landowners is an effective and cost-efficient means to protect significant natural resources.Source   Laws 1989, LB 251, § 2;   R.S.1943, (1993), § 37-1401;   Laws 1998, LB 922, § 329.