Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - GAME AND PARKS COMMISSION › Title 163 - Nebraska Game and Parks Commission › Chapter 5 - State Parks Regulations › Section 163-5-010 - Regulation's governing public hunting at Fort Atkinson, Ash Hollow and Rock Creek Station State Historical Parks

Current through June 17, 2024
Under the authority of, and in compliance with Sections
				  37-301
				  through
				  37-314,
				  and
				  37-344,
				  the following regulations are prescribed by the Game and Parks Commission of
				  the State of Nebraska, and are effective following enactment by the Game and
				  Parks Commission, approval by the Attorney General and Governor, and when five
				  days have elapsed since filing with the Secretary of State.
010.01 Hunting may be permitted on Fort
				Atkinson, Ash Hollow and Rock Creek Station State Historical Parks in accord
				with established hunting seasons and permit requirements and shall be subject
				to the following terms and conditions:
010.01A Commission staff will prepare an
				annual recommendation for Commission review and approval. The recommendation
				will designate which game species may be hunted, open hunting periods, the
				areas at each park open for hunting and any other special area restrictions or
				limitations.
010.01B No person
				shall hunt within the confines of these State Parks without first obtaining
				permission to hunt therein. Any person desiring to hunt within the confines of
				these State Parks must first register to hunt in person at the park
				headquarters and obtain written evidence of such registration. Such written
				evidence of registration shall be prima facia evidence of permission to hunt
				within the confines of these state historical parks mentioned in Section 010.01
				above. Any person hunting within the confines of these state historical parks
				shall show their certificate of registration to any law enforcement officer or
				Game and Parks Commission employee upon demand. Any person hunting within the
				confines of these state historical parks who does not possess on their person
				or who fails to show upon demand written permission to hunt therein shall be
				deemed to not have permission to hunt within the confines of these state
				historical parks.
010.01C By
				enactment of these regulations, it is the intent of the Game and Parks
				Commission to provide for the optimum recreational use of these historical
				parks by the using public. Public hunting at these state historical parks is,
				therefore, recognized as a sound and proper use of these state historical
				parks, when such hunting is compatible with public safety, fire and property
				protection, and sound management of the wildlife species found within the
				confines of these state historical parks. Because the circumstances involving
				public safety, fire and property protection, and sound wildlife management may
				change from day to day within the confines of these state historical parks, the
				Game and Parks Commission herewith delegates to the Division of State Parks
				authority to limit the number of registrants, or refuse registrations to hunt,
				or may limit such registrations to specific game species or to any portion of
				these State Parks as the primary considerations of public safety, fire and
				property protection, and sound wildlife management dictate. Registrations shall
				be accepted on the basis of a public drawing if there are more registrants than
				area permits available and remaining permits will be issued on an impartial
				first-come, first-served basis. This delegation to control public hunting at
				these state historical parks shall also include authority to provide flexible
				safety zones around buildings or other portions of these state historical
				parks, in which safety zones no permission shall be granted for public
				hunting.
010.01D To further provide
				for public safety, fire and property protection and sound wildlife management,
				authority is herewith delegated by the Game and Parks Commission to the
				Division of State Parks to divide these state historical parks into reasonable
				areas to which one or more hunters may be assigned. Such assigned hunters shall
				have permission to hunt only their assigned area, and shall not be deemed to
				have permission to hunt these state historical parks outside of their assigned
				areas. Such area assignments shall be indicated in the aforementioned written
				evidence of registration.
010.01E
				Be it further provided that in the performance of hunting at these state
				historical parks, individual registrations may be granted by the park authority
				for a valid period of one or more days.