Videos tagged with Nevada Department of Wildlife

This video explains how excise taxes, paid by firearm and ammunition manufacturers, benefit hunter education programs and shooting facilities like the Clark County Shooting Complex. It highlights the Pittman-Robertson Act and the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration program, emphasizing the partnership between manufacturers, sportsmen, state agencies, and the USFWS in funding wildlife conservation and shooting range infrastructure. The "Partner with a Payer" initiative is also featured, aiming to strengthen these vital connections.

Joe Bennett, a game biologist with the Nevada Department of Wildlife, discusses the management of big game species, including bighorn sheep. He highlights challenges like water availability and bacterial pneumonia. The video emphasizes that conservation efforts, such as bighorn sheep captures and wildlife management, are largely funded by excise taxes generated through the Pittman-Robertson Act, which has been crucial for wildlife population recovery since 1937.