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Nebraska Gam.e and Parks Com.m.ission

2000 Annual RPnort / Nebraska Game and Parks Commission 2200 N. 33rd St./ P.O. Box 30370 / Lincoln, NE 68503-0370 Phone: 402-471-0641 / Fax: 402-471-5528 / www.ngpc.state.ne.us/

Governor Mike Johanns State Capitol PO Box 94848 Lincoln, NE 68509-4848

Dear Governor Johanns:

The year 2000 was a fruitful one for the Commission, and we are pleased to present this Annual Report reflecting the high points of our activities. The report does a good job ofrelating the focus of each work unit, but a basic overview of the year is helpful in providing a more complete and concise picture. Several land additions will benefit Nebraskans and their wildlife for years to come. The 1,900-acre Jacobsen Tract near Chadron with 3 miles of Bordeaux Creek and a prime wintering area for elk was acquired with the help of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. A 582-acre addition to Ponca State Park will provide visitors more access to the Missouri River - something that will be increasingly popular as the anniversary of the Lewis and Clark Expedition nears. The Nebraska Environmental Trust, Department of Roads and Ducks Unlimited partnered with the Commission to purchase a 250-acre addition to Indian Cave State Park. The 218-acre Fred Thomas Wildlife Management Area on the Niobrara River north of Bassett, the Myrtle Hall Wildlife Management Area west of Taylor, and 6 acres at the entrance of Chadron State Park were all acquired by the Nebraska Game and Parks Foundation and passed on to the Commission. The CRP­ MAP Program increased from 122,000 acres in 1999 to over 150,000 acres in 2000 to the delight ofhunters and participating landowners. For its cooperative efforts, the Commission received national recognition from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and National Wild Turkey Federation. Partnerships between the agency, these organizations and others, such as Ducks Unlimited and Pheasants Forever, allow all involved to do more for wildlife than any could do alone. Online permitting development continued with unlimited turkey permits for archery seasons and shotgun season in the Northwest Unit, following a year of successful archery and muzzleloader deer permitting online. Work progressed to move all turkey, deer and antelope permitting to an internet-based system in 2001. Work continued across the state on the Aquatic Habitat Program. Major projects included completion ofrenovations at Wagon Train and Olive Creek lakes. The Urban Fisheries Program completed its first full year of undertakings aimed at improving fishing in and near cities. Nebraska youths age 14 and 15 for the first time were required to pass a Boater Education class before they could operate a personal watercraft. An early teal season and special youth pheasant and youth waterfowl seasons gave additional field opportunities to thousands youngsters. The list of threatened and endangered species added seven plants reptiles, fish and insect species, but four other species were either downlisted from endangered to threatened or removed from the list entirely. A cattle drive to move Texas longhorns from the Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge to Fort Robinson State Park drew national attention to the state in November. These accomplishments were made in the face of increasing threats to land and wildlife resources. We are pleased to share our progress and this annual report with you.

Sincerely, ~~ Rex Amack Director

PURPOSt The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission is charged with managing and controlling the state's wildlife, parks and outdoor recreational resources in the best long-term interest of the pepple. To accomplish that purpose, the Commission strives to plan and implement its policies and programs efficiently and objectively; maintain a rich and diverse environment in Nebraska's lands and waters; provide outdoor recreation opportunities; manage wildlife resources for the maximum benefit of the people, and strive to help Nebraskans appreciate their roles in the natural world Contents Administration ...... 4

Budget and Fiscal ...... 5

Engmeenng ...... 10

Federal Aid ...... 12

Fisheries ...... 13

Information and Education ...... 16 Information Technology ...... 18

Law Enforcement ...... 19

Operations & Construction ...... 21

Outdoor Education ...... 23

Realty & Environmental Services ...... 25

State Parks ...... 27

Wildlife ...... 36

This publication condenses individual division annual reports. A complete version of any division report may be obtained by contacting that division at Nebraska the Game and Parks Commission, 2200 N. 33rd St., P.O. Box 30370, Lincoln, NE 68503-0370.

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PERMANENT PERMANENT EMPLOYEES EMPLOYEES MOTOR MOTOR VEHICLE VEHICLE ACCIDENTS ACCIDENTS

three three tracts tracts of of land- LR295 LR295 for for a a small small turnover. turnover. corded corded in in 1996 . .

allow allow NGPC NGPC to to assume assume possession possession of of garding garding salary, salary, benefits benefits and and personnel personnel proaching proaching the the high high of of 30 30 accidents accidents re­

Three Three legislative legislative resolutions resolutions passed passed answered, answered, as as were were various various surveys surveys re­ from from 1999 1999 (+8.3%) (+8.3%) but but not not yet yet ap­

take take funds funds from from the the Environmental Environmental Trust. Trust. career career information information were were received received and and ed ed in in 26 26 motor motor vehicle vehicle accidents, accidents, up up 2 2

missioner missioner districts, districts, and and various various bills bills to to Numerous Numerous letters letters on on employment employment and and Commission Commission employees employees were were involv­

white white perch; perch; change change makeup makeup and and Com­ 2000 2000 was was 8.9% 8.9% (41 (41 employees). employees). MOTOR MOTOR VEHICLE VEHICLE ACCIDENTS ACCIDENTS

mits mits for for seniors; seniors; require require eradication eradication of of promoted/reclassified. promoted/reclassified. Total Total turnoverfor turnoverfor

tion tion Act; Act; reduce reduce price price of of park park entry entry per­ ployees ployees in in 2000, 2000, and and 43 43 employees employees were were workshops workshops for for employee employee groups. groups.

game game and and Endangered Endangered Species Species Conserva­ The The agency agency hired hired 52 52 permanent permanent em­ training training needs needs are are through through met in-house in-house

from from fur-bearing fur-bearing list; list; weaken weaken the the Non­ ment ment of of Administrative Administrative Services. Services. minars minars and and workshops. workshops. Broad-based Broad-based

NGPC NGPC paths paths and and trails; trails; remove remove raccoons raccoons State State Personnel Personnel divisions divisions of of the the Depart­ enroll enroll in in various various of of short short courses, courses, se­

disabled disabled hunters hunters and and fishers fishers to to drive drive on on liaison liaison to to the the Employee Employee Relations Relations and and specialized specialized needs needs of of staff staff members members who who

and and wild wild turkey turkey permits; permits; authorizing authorizing agency agency employees. employees. Personnel Personnel acts acts as as in-service in-service training training is is designed designed to to meet meet

deer deer permits; permits; establishing establishing premium premium deer deer Council Council (represents (represents approximately approximately 47 47 employees employees for for higher higher responsibility, responsibility,

tion tion of of fee fee for for landowner landowner the the State State Law Law Enforcement Enforcement Bargaining Bargaining To To improve improve performance performance and and prepare prepare

tract tract between between the the State State of of Nebraska Nebraska ,,, ,,, pass pass and and included included - elimina­ approved approved courses. courses.

mental. mental. Bills Bills that that failed failed to to 231 231 agency agency employees. employees. The The Labor Labor Con­ munity munity College. College. The The agency agency pays pays 50% 50% of of

would would have have been been detri­ pal pal Employees Employees represents represents approximately approximately Peru Peru State State College College and and Southeast Southeast Com­

pieces pieces of of legislation legislation that that Federation Federation of of State, State, County County and and Munici­ at at the the University University of of Nebraska-Lincoln, Nebraska-Lincoln,

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able able to to stave stave off off several several of of Public Public Employees, Employees, Local Local 61 61 American American advanced advanced college college courses, courses, taking taking classes classes

of of playing playing defense. defense. The The Commission Commission was was of of Nebraska Nebraska and and Nebraska Nebraska Association Association Seven Seven employees employees took took advantage advantage of of

The The 2000 2000 legislative legislative session session was was one one The The Labor Labor Contract Contract between between the the State State IN-SERVICE IN-SERVICE TRAINING TRAINING

LEGISLATION LEGISLATION personal personal services services portion portion of of the the budget. budget.

personnel personnel records records and and preparation preparation of of the the Largest Largest payroll: payroll: / / 946 Smallest: Smallest: 174 174

There There were were 18 18 claims claims in in 2000. 2000. tion, tion, insurance, insurance, performance performance planning, planning, Average Average of of employees employees per per payroll payroll - 512 512

settling settling claims claims against against the Commission. Commission. the payroll, payroll, retirement, retirement, workers workers compensa­ Gross Gross wages wages paid- $4,791,639.93 $4,791,639.93

assistance assistance to to the the Director's Director's Office Office and and Personnel Personnel includes· includes· administration administration Temporary Temporary of of

ture ture is is a a major major duty, duty, as as is is providing providing PERSONNEL PERSONNEL Monthly Monthly average average of of employees employees - 459 459

Liaison Liaison with with the the Nebraska Nebraska Legisla­ Gross Gross wages wages paid- $15,007,737.78 $15,007,737.78

and and district district staff staff assistants . . Management Management Area Area in in Rock Rock County. County. Permanent Permanent Employees Employees

alcohol alcohol reports, reports, telephone telephone switchboard switchboard to to accept accept the the Fred Fred Thomas Thomas Wildlife Wildlife Total Total of of all all wages: wages: $19,799,377.71 $19,799,377.71

ing, ing, headquarters headquarters maintenance, maintenance, drug drug and and contained contained a a storage storage building, building, and and LR300 LR300 PAYROLLS PAYROLLS

audit, audit, in-service in-service training, training, word word process­ in in Nebraska Nebraska City City near near Arbor Arbor Lodge Lodge that that

divisions divisions through through personnel, personnel, internal internal State State Park; Park; LR296 LR296 a a small small parcel parcel ofland ofland ment ment for for FY FY 2000 2000 totaled totaled $377,088.55. $377,088.55.

This This division division provides provides support support to to all all parcel parcel ofland ofland at at the the entrance entrance of of Chadron Chadron The The Workers Workers Compensation Compensation assess­

AD~INISTRA AD~INISTRA TION TION FINANCIAL STATEMENT January 1, 2000, General Fund Appropriation and Cash on Hand: Cowboy Trail Fund (2328) 142,841.37 BUDCi~T Environmental Trust Fund (2329) 15,268,211 .44 State Game Fund (2332) Includes Lifetime Hunt 1,516,136.75 Includes Lifetime Fish 1,105,486.75 Other 11,303,092.70 13,924,716.20 State Park Cash Revolving Fund (2333) 6,281,209.79 Nebraska Habitat Fund (2334) 4,626,061.05 Non-game & Endangered Species Fund (2335) 372,735.34 Nebraska Snowmobile Trail Cash Fund (2337) 125,699.96 Nebraska Outdoor Recreation Development Cash Fund (2338) 3,207,632.61 Trail Development Assistance Fund (2339) 71,350.56 flSCAL Nebraska Aquatic Habitat Fund (2341) 2,713,867.06 Federal Fund (4332) Bureau of Reclamation (8972) 427,436.93 National Recreation Assistance Trails Fund (4333) 0.00 This division has four sections, Capital Construction Fund (3300) 500,000.00 General Fund (1000) 5,509,434.55 whose duties include: Less Amount Lapsed 1,587.89 5,507,846.66 Total General Fund Appropriation & Cash on hand January 1, 2000 $ 53,169,608.97 1. Permits Section issues big-game General Fund Appropriations & Cash Received during 2000 Cowboy Trail Fund (2328) 16,559.29 permits; consigns hunting, fishing, Environmental Trusf Fund (2329) 9,353,501.99 State Game Fund (2332) park permits and stamps to agents; Includes Lifetime Hunt 220,068.50 to county Includes Lifetime Fish 167,387.50 issues boating certificates Other 16A20,529.15 16,807,985.15 treasurers; receives, receipts, de­ State Park Cash Revolving Fund (2333) 13,753,489.17 Nebraska Habitat Fund (2334) 3,692,279.76 posits and accounts for all monies Non-game & Endangered Species Fund (2335) 121,732.61 Game Law Investigation Fund (2336) 5,101.87 collected. Nebraska Snowmobile Trail Cash Fund (2337) 16,444.56 Nebraska Outdoor Recreation Development Cash Fund (2338) 1,540,905.01 Trail Development Assistance Fund (2339) 209,545.79 2. Accounts Payable and Cost Ac­ Nebraska Aquatic Habitat Fund (2341) 3,208,767.56 Niobrara Council Cash Fund (2342) 90,706.91 counting Section processes pay­ Environmental Endowment Fund (2343) 100.00 Federal Fund (4332) ments of operating expenses, em­ Bureau of Reclamation (8972) 1,102,925.43 National Recreation Assistance Trails Fund (4333) 343,417.39 ployee expense documents; con­ Niobrara Council Federal Fund (4334) 67,000.00 ducts audits; prepares monthly re­ General Fund (1000) 9,878,307.00 Total General Fund Appropriations & Cash ports for Commission review; pre­ Received during 2000 $ 60,208,769.49 Expenditures by Fund Type during 2000 pares all tax forms required by the Cowboy Trail Fund (2328) 857.30 Department ofRevenue; distributes Environmental Trust Fund (2329) 11,781,246.06 State Game Fund (2332) 16,003,017.45 costs to appropriate areas for inter­ State Park Cash Revolving Fund (2333) 13,385,430.25 Nebraska Habitat Fund (2334) 3,829,745.53 nal cost accounting; and maintains Non-game & Endangered Species Fund (2335) 143,924.78 Nebraska Snowmobile Trail Cash Fund (2337) 200.00 financial records for federal grants. Nebraska Outdoor Recreation Development Cash Fund (2338) 798,755.06 Trail Development Assistance Fund (2339) 85,403.78 Nebraska Aquatic Habitat Fund (2341) 2,296,706.83 3. Purchasing and Inventory Section Niobrara Council Fund (2342) 28,416.67 Federal Fund (4332) procures or coordinates procure­ Bureau of Reclamation (8972) 817,763.86 National Recreation Assistance Trails Fund (4333) 316,446.05 ment of materials, supplies, equip­ Niobrara Council Federal Fund (4334) 51,681.36 Capital Construction Fund (3300) 7,194.86 ment and services and maintains an General Fund (1000) 9,362,535.92 inventory system for agency-owned Total Expenditures during 2000 58,909,325.76 End of the Year Fund Balances for 2000: equipment. Cowboy Trail Fund (2328) 158,543.36 Environmental Trust Fund (2329) 12,840,467.37 State Game Fund (2332) 4. Budget Section prepares the bud­ Includes Lifetime Hunt 1,736,205.25 Includes Lifetime Fish 1,272,874.25 get, monitors financial resources, Other 11 }20,604.40 14,729,683.90 State Park Cash Revolving Fund (2333) 6,649,268.71 assesses fiscal impact of proposed Nebraska Habitat Fund (2334) 4,488,595.28 legislation, insures expenditures are Non-game & Endangered Species Fund (2335) 350,543.17 Game Law lnvestigalion Fund (2336) 5,101.87 in accord with the budget and appli­ Nebraska Snowmobile Trail Cash Fund (2337) 141,944.52 Nebraska Outdoor Recreation Development Cash Fund (2338) 3,949,782.56 cable rules and . regulations, and Trail Development Assistance Fund (2339) 195,492.57 Nebraska Aquatic Habitat Fund (2341) 3,625,927.79 maintains financial records of capi­ Niobrara Council Fund (2342) 62,290.24 Environmental Endowment Fund (2343) 100.00 tal projects. Federal Fund (4332) Bureau of Reclamation (8972) 712,598.50 National Recreation Assistance Trails Fund (4333) 26,971 .34 Niobrara Council Federal Fund (4334) 15,318.64 Capital Construction Fund (3300) 492,805.14 General Fund (1000) 6,023,617.74 Total General Fund Appropriation & Cash Balance Remaining on December 31, 2000 $ 54,469,052.70

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20 20 . 6,250 1,153.47 1,153.47 1,274.16 1,274.16 3,822.57 3,822.57 Swanson Swanson

06 06 . 60,095 49 49 . 6,009 36,057.05 36,057.05 18,028.52 18,028.52 Summit Summit

83 83 . 30,389 83 83 . 30,389 Stagecoach Stagecoach

10,250.00 10,250.00 00 00 . 10,250 Sherman Sherman

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40 40 . 12,113 40 40 . 12,113 l l Channe Sandy Sandy

70 70 . 11,875 675.70 675.70 00 00 . 800 , 2 00 00 . 8,400 a a Marin Riverview Riverview

27 27 . 4,264 20 20 . 198 , 3 1,06607 1,06607 ow ow ill W Red Red

55 55 . 82,075 68,068.55 68,068.55 7,003.50 7,003.50 7,003.50 7,003.50 Lake Lake l l be i P

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30 30 . 10,376 61 61 . 1,714 8,661.69 8,661.69 Memphis Memphis

46 46 . 137,243 3,490.00 3,490.00 14,973.57 14,973.57 89 89 . 118,779 Creek Creek Medicine Medicine

560.00 560.00 560.00 560.00 Pine Pine Long Long

750.00 750.00 00 00 . 750 a a l a ll Oga Lake Lake

567,247.14 567,247.14 548.41 548.41 , 271 26 26 . 289,242 456.47 456.47 , 6 Mcconaughy Mcconaughy Lake Lake

00 00 . 4,480 4,480.00 4,480.00 Minatare Minatare Lake Lake

57 57 . 18,246 18,246.57 18,246.57 sville sville i Lou

92,670.66 92,670.66

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3,886.20 3,886.20 20 20 . 3,886 Lake Lake Johnson Johnson

8,398.86 8,398.86 15 15 . 6,299 2,099.71 2,099.71 Enders Enders

823.48 823.48 , 19 15,680.83 15,680.83 65 65 . 4,142 Conestoga Conestoga

51,237.18 51,237.18 63 63 22. 3,5 2,516.15 2,516.15 433.61 433.61 , 34 10,764.79 10,764.79 amus amus l Ca

7,603.15 7,603.15 7,603.15 7,603.15 ll ll Bi o o l Buffa

36 36 . 541,555 67 67 . 177,470 126.84 126.84 , 95 00 00 . 108,957.85 108,957.85 160,000 Oak Oak Branched Branched

42 42 . 2,440 2,440.42 2,440.42 Bluestem Bluestem

68 68 . 73,193 68 68 . 73,193 l l a r e n Ge - Areas Areas Park Park

56 56 . 2,248 2,248.56 2,248.56 SHP SHP Kearny Kearny Fort Fort

11,986.90 11,986.90 11,986.90 11,986.90 Hartsuff Hartsuff Fort Fort

8,458.45 8,458.45 8,458.45 8,458.45 Ranch Ranch Bill Bill o o l Buffa

4,418.40 4,418.40 2,418.40 2,418.40 00 00 . 2,000 e e Lodg Arbor Arbor

83 83 . 4,339 83 83 . 4,339 Falls Falls Smith Smith

51,366.65 51,366.65 24,046.25 24,046.25 40 40 . 27,320 Ponca Ponca

3,362.85 3,362.85 362.85 362.85 , 3 River River Platte Platte

16 16 . 2,180 2,180.16 2,180.16 Cave Cave Indian Indian

155,222.65 155,222.65 86 86 . 7,194 83,795.40 83,795.40 64,232.39 64,232.39 Robinson Robinson Fort Fort

80 80 . 4,467 80 80 . 4,467 Mahoney Mahoney ET ET

34 34 . 8,450 8,450.34 8,450.34 Chadron Chadron

RENOVATIONS RENOVATIONS & & IMPROVEMENTS IMPROVEMENTS

347,604.76 347,604.76 15 15 . 380 , 344 61 61 . 3,224 Lands Lands Habitat Habitat of of Acq Acq

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s s und F ds ds Fun Habitat Habitat Fund Fund h h s Ca Cash Cash Cash Cash Cash Cash Cash Cash

l l ota T il il Tra Rec. Rec. l l era d tic tic Fe a Aqu E E N General General Devel. Devel. Trail Trail NORDA NORDA Park Park Habitat Habitat Game Game Expenditure Expenditure of of Area Area

4333 4333 32 32 43 3300 3300 2339 2339 341 341 2 2338 2338 2334 2334 2332 2332 2333 2333

ES ES NDITUR E P EX CAPITAL CAPITAL 2000 2000 2332 2333 2334 2338 2339 2341 3300 4332 4333 Area of Expenditure Game Park Habitat NORDA Trail Devel. NE Aquatic General Federal Rec. Trail Total Cash Cash Cash Cash Cash Habitat Fund Funds Funds Bluewing 12,402.00 12,402.00 Bordeaux 86,000.00 344,000.00 430,000.00 Bufflehead 8,886.45 8,886.45 Cedar Canyon 4,752.00 4,752.00 Clear Creek 15,012.00 15,012.00 Coot Shallows 8,798.24 8,798.24 Cozad 14,09267 14,092.67 Cottonwood-Steverson 2,572.14 2,572.14 DeFair Lake 54,920.47 54,920.47 Dogwood 8,891 .62 8,891.62 East Gothenburg 9,142.49 9,142.49 Flatsedge 20,983.50 20,983.50 Goose Lake 2,572.15 2,572.15 Grove Lake 3,598.80 3,598.80 Grove Trout 5,323.62 5,323.62 Indian Creek 1,188.00 1,188.00 Jack Sinn Memorial 17,260.41 17,260.41 Kea West 15,705.56 15,705.56 Kirkpatrick Basin North 496.00 496.00 Kissinger Basin 15,266.70 15,266.70 Long Pine 876.41 876.41 Lores Branch 549.94 549.94 Myrtle Hall 1,271.50 1,271.50 North Lake Basin 3,168.00 3,168.00 North Sandlhills 2,035.60 2,035.60 Oak Valley 700.00 700.00 Osage 38,670.00 38,670.00 Parshall Bridge 826.41 826.41 Sacramento-Wilcox 7,199.84 7,199.84 Smith Lake 8,909.97 8,909.97 South Pine 2,572.16 2,572.16 Swan Creek 4,06960 4,069.60 Thomas Creek 1,602.82 1,602.82 Verdel Boat Access 24,850.00 24,850.00 Whitefront 137,486.25 137,486.25 Wilkinson 26,628.00 26,628 .00 Yankee Hill 1,626.94 1,626.94 Central Office 114,470.53 28,642.04 143,112.57 District I 33,371.04 33,371 .04 District IV 120,693.50 120,693.50 District VI 7,087.72 7,087.72 Aquarium 4,870.13 4,870.13 Crystal Cove Fishing 38,939.00 38,939.00 Pier Lake Aeration Systems 9,348.30 9,348 .30 Shoreline Protection 3,451.20 3,451 .20 Urban Fisheries 26,000.00 26,000.00 Valentine Nat'I Wildlife 27,668.23 27,668.23 Refuge Trail Assistance 81,417.00 25,041.05 106,458.05 Cowboy Trail 3,986.78 291,405.00 295,391.78 Political Sub-division 19,472.86 19,472.86 ADA Improvements 74,438.91 74,438.91 TOTAL 1,377,642.52 739,189.68 848,121.40 798,755.06 85,403.78 2,203,573.30 7,194.86 274,905.07 316,446.05 6,651,231 .72

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Income Income Permit Permit Park Park 2000 2000

50,330,462.49 50,330,462.49 $ $ 2000 2000 during during Received Received & & Income Income Federal Federal Cash Cash Total Total

1,513,342.82 1,513,342.82 reimbursements reimbursements without without Funds Funds Federal Federal Total Total

67,000.00 67,000.00 etc. etc. Fund, Fund, Council Council Niobrara Niobrara

39 39 . ,417 343 . . etc Fund, Fund, Trails Trails Recreation Recreation National National

1,102,925.43 1,102,925.43 etc. etc. Reclamation, Reclamation, of of Bureau Bureau

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13,753,489.17 13,753,489.17 Fund Fund Revolving Revolving Cash Cash 100.00 100.00 Park Park State State Total Total Fund Fund Endowment Endowment Environmental Environmental Total Total

71,475.17 71,475.17 100.00 100.00 identals identals c In Gifts Gifts Cash Cash

50,002.28 50,002.28 Vendors Vendors of of Adjustments Adjustments and and Accounts Accounts Liability Liability Income Income Fund Fund Endowment Endowment Environmental Environmental

87,483.05 87,483.05 Property Property s s lu Surp of of e e l Sa

90,706.91 90,706.91 Fund Fund Council Council Niobrara Niobrara Total Total

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1,840 Damage Damage

Property Property and and Liquidated Liquidated

88,959.93 88,959.93

Gifts Gifts Cash Cash

43,442.73 43,442.73

Gifts Gifts

Cash Cash

1,746.98 1,746.98

s s Investment on on Earned Earned Interest Interest

409,762.65 409,762.65 stments stments Inve on on

Earned Earned

Interest Interest

e e Incom Fund Fund Council Council Niobrara Niobrara

159,TT9.92 159,TT9.92 Grants Grants

.33 .33 17,626 67.56 67.56 ,7 3,208 Reimbursements Reimbursements Fund Fund Federal Federal Habitat Habitat Aquatic Aquatic Total Total

275,881.16 275,881.16 Admissions Admissions 644.00 644.00 Incidentals Incidentals

91,814.90 91,814.90 s s Machine Vending Vending 1,535.47 1,535.47 Gifts Gifts Cash Cash

90,185.42 90,185.42 Lease Lease Land Land 188,832.68 188,832.68 ents ents Investm on on Earned Earned Interest Interest

309,452.54 309,452.54 uipment uipment Eq Recreation Recreation Boats/Golf Boats/Golf 1,293,9TT.80 1,293,9TT.80 Grants Grants

292,334.60 292,334.60

Rides Rides Trail Trail 664,TT2.61 664,TT2.61 Reimbursements Reimbursements Federal Federal

235,116.17 235,116.17 Admissions Admissions Pool Pool Swimming Swimming 1,059,005.00 1,059,005.00 Stamp Stamp Aquatic Aquatic

80,053.30 80,053.30 s s ion Concess Fund Fund Habitat Habitat Aquatic Aquatic

65,550.53 65,550.53

Lease Lease Marina Marina

209,545.79 209,545.79 Fund Fund Assistance Assistance Development Development Trail Trail Total Total

3,259,749.15 3,259,749.15

Facilities Facilities and and Lodging Lodging

200,000.00 200,000.00

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Transferred Transferred 2,040,274.32 2,040,274.32

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9,545.79 9,545.79 Investments Investments on on Earned Earned

Interest Interest

442,243.46 442,243.46 ing ing

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Income Income Fund Fund Assistance Assistance

Development Development

Trail Trail 1,484,560.51 1,484,560.51 Service Service Food Food

983,559.38 983,559.38 1,540,905.01 1,540,905.01 Income Income Resale Resale Fund Fund Cash Cash Development Development Rec. Rec. Outdoor Outdoor Nebr. Nebr. Total Total

3,261,301.25 3,261,301.25 Permits Permits Entry Entry Park Park 97 97 . 15 Property Property s s lu Surp of of e e l Sa

Income Income Fund Fund Revolving Revolving Cash Cash Park Park State State 800.00 800.00 Gifts Gifts Cash Cash

218,TT3.27 218,TT3.27 Investments Investments on on Earned Earned Interest Interest 16,807,985.15 16,807,985.15 Fund Fund Game Game State State Total Total

TT TT . 315 , 1,321 Tax Tax Products Products Tobacco Tobacco

Nebraska Nebraska of of on on i Port 66 66 . 8,044

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Fund Fund Cash Cash Development Development Recreation Recreation

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93,425.97 93,425.97 16,444.56 16,444.56 Damage Damage Property Property and and Fund Fund Cash Cash Liquidated Liquidated Trail Trail Snowmobile Snowmobile Nebraska Nebraska Total Total

21,985.80 21,985.80

Gifts Gifts Cash Cash 8,445.46 8,445.46 Investments Investments on on Earned Earned Interest Interest

140,529.87 140,529.87

Income Income eases/Crop eases/Crop l Land Land 7,999.10 7,999.10 fee fee

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337.98 337.98 , 889

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Endangered Endangered Non-Game Non-Game 7,284.89 7,284.89 ls ls a Incident

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815,674.10 815,674.10 Interest Interest 26,326.95 26,326.95 Incidentals Incidentals

8,530,453.00 8,530,453.00

Income Income Transferred Transferred 12,083.96 12,083.96 Property Property Surplus Surplus of of Sale Sale

Fund Fund trust trust Environmental Environmental 61,522.90 61,522.90 Gifts Gifts Cash Cash

71,498.89 71,498.89 Income Income Pasture Pasture 29 29 . and and Crop Crop 16,559 $ $ Fund Fund Trail Trail Cowboy Cowboy Total Total

243.48 243.48 , 273 Investments Investments on on Earned Earned 533.01 533.01 Interest Interest Incidentals Incidentals

210,544.21 210,544.21 Grants Grants 27.12 27.12 Gifts Gifts Cash Cash

1,438,948.37 1,438,948.37 Reimbursements Reimbursements Federal Federal 1,380.00 1,380.00 Income/Easements Income/Easements Leases/Crop Leases/Crop Land Land

210.00 210.00 Stamp Stamp Waterfowl Waterfowl 5,370.14 5,370.14 Fees Fees Trail Trail

1,597,901.00 1,597,901.00 Stamps Stamps Habitat Habitat 9,249.02 9,249.02 Investments Investments on on Earned Earned erest erest Int

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REVENUE REVENUE 2000 2000 2000 DEER/ ANTELOPE/ ELK/ TURKEY/ BIGHORN PERMITS 2000 EXPENDITURES LAND- NON- TOTAL OPERATIONAL COSTS TYPE OF PERMIT OWNER RESIDENT RESIDENT PERMITS INCOME Program 162 - Environmental Trust $11,781,246.06 Archery Antelope 0 29 298 327 $ 9,878.50 Program 330 - Habitat Development State Game Fund 37,674.03 Firearm Antelope 122 0 870 992 20,699.50 Habitat Fund 2,874,542.32 2,912,216.35 Nebraska ~Mt(® Program 336 - Wildlife Conservation T~WMt~~ > -• > @I WM- ? Sub-Program 01 - Enforcement Archery Deer 114 1,359 14,257 15,730 522,322.25 General Fund 494,132.15 Firearm Deer 11,824 4,275 81,104 97,203 2,575,878.00 State Game Fund 2,892,599.45 State Park Cash Revolving 539,561 .97 3,926,293.57 Sub-Program 02 - Information & Education Archery Elk 0 0 0 0 0.00 State Game Fund 1,876,711.36 State Park Cash Revolving 455,698.20 2,332,409.56 Firearm Elk 19 0 39 58 4, Sub-Program 04 - Game Elk Applications ($5.50) 37 0 901 938 State Game Fund 3,427,739.37 Federal 32,650.54 3,460,389.91 .. :·.·:·:::··-·.·•·-·.·,:-:-·-:-:-·:;:;;;;::;;;1;:1:!li]ii]]jij::::::~:::::lill:!i;lilil[ljlj'.;t[l[lililli[il: Sub-Program 05 - Fish Bighorn Sheep O O 0.00 State Game Fund 3,676,639.15 Aquatic Habitat Fund 46,297.83 Bighorn Appl. Fee ($20) 0 0 1,806 1,806 36,120.00 Federal 476,710.05 4,199,647.03 ~ ·-··· @} _•< < - )? ®M\n!{1 Sub-Program 10 - Outdoor Education General Fund 29,992.71 Fall Turkey Archery 14 91 791 896 18,460.75 State Game Fund 902,736.80 Fall Turkey Firearm 365 241 4,836 5,442 97,510.25 State Park Cash Revolving 4,640.21 937,369.72 Archery 19 3,101 3,660 82,338.50 Sub-Program 16 - Non-Game & Endangered Species Spring Turkey 540 General Fund 380,575.53 Spring Turkey Firearm 733 2,118 12,911 15,762 340,914.50 Non-Game & Endangered Species Fund 143,924.78 ,mauur•Rvr <( > MM @@® )tw.@ @:Z® M/i,?M:w Federal 33,230.20 557,730.51 Grand Total 13,247 8,653 120,915 142,815 $3,714,074.85 PROGRAM 336 - SUMMARY Permit Fees : Landowner - Turkey, $8.25; Deer & Antelope, $11; Elk, $22.40; Nonresident- Turkey, General Fund 904,700.39 $56; Deer, $150.00; Antelope, $112; Resident - Turkey, $16.75; Deer & Antelope, $22.25; Elk. $112; State Game Fund 12,776,426.13 Bighorn Sheep, cost of permit covered by applicalion fee. State Park Cash Revolving 999,900.38 Non-Game & Endangered Species Fund 143,924.78 Aquatic Habitat Fund 46,297.83 Federal 542,590.79 15,413,840.30 2000 PERMITS & STAMPS SOLD Program 337 - Agency Administration General Fund 675,048.46 TYPE OF PERMIT NUMBER SOLD* AMOUNT* Cowboy Trail Fund 413.30 State Game Fund 1,738,732.31 Resident Fish 138,309 $ 1,763,439.75 State Park Cash Revolving 800,414.01 Habitat Cash 107,081.81 3-Day Resident Fish 3,391 27,975.75 Aquatic Habitat 29.17 3,321,719.06 Resident Hunt 57,614 547,333.00

Program 338 - Niobrara Council Res. Fish-Hunt Combo 46,122 1,003,153.50 Local Management Council General Fund 19,197.43 Nonresident Hunt 25,132 1,382,260.00 Niobrara Cash Fund 28,416.67 262,535.00 Federal 51,681 .36 99,295.46 Nonres. Annual Fish 7,501 Nonres. Fish 22,101 237,585.75 Program 549 - Park Administration & Operation 3-Day General Fund 5,155,750.10 Aquatic Habitat Stamp 211,470 1,057,350.00 State Park Cash Revolving 8,762,272.93 Cowboy Trail Fund 444.00 Resident Fur Harvest 4,850 81,237.50 Federal 268.00 13,918,735.03 Habitat Stamp 155,614 1,556,140.00 Program 550 - Planning & Trails Coordination General Fund 251,289.97 251,289.97 Annual Park Permit 157,520 2,205,280.00 Program 617 Daily Park Penni! 277,696 694,240.00 - Engineering, Area Maintenance & Snowmobile General Fund 2,356,549.57 Duplicate Park Penni! 49,974 349,818.00 State Game Fund 41,414.34 Jdtal( •• .•·•·- .·. :-·:-:-:"·-:-::::::::: -·.·, r:::::r •••• f;j&,;294 State Park Cash Revolving 2,032,431.80 .. :-:-·- > jJJd$!;iij:i$ Snowmobile Trail Cash Fund 200.00 Aquatic Habitat Fund 46,806.53 4,477,402.24 *2000 calendar year figures based on data available as of March 23, 2001

Program 628 - Credit Card Discount State Game Fund 31,128.12 State Park Cash Revolving 51,221.45 82,349.57

TOTAL OPERATION COSTS - 2000 $ 52,258,094.04

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fl:01:RAL fl:01:RAL AID AID r=1sntR1ts ADMINISTRATION ing, hard points and outlet modifica­ w Developed motorboat access plans w Issued3,413 Master Angler Awards. tion for water level management. for Wildwood Lake, Summit Lake, ~ New state hook-and-line records w Completed construction of 700-foot Defair Lake, Riverview Marina, recorded for smallmouth bass, white jetty on Willow Creek Reservoir, Elwood Reservoir, Lake Maloney, perch, bighead carp, shovelnose stur­ with additional jetties scheduled for Victory Lake, Big Alkali Lake, Cot­ geon and shorthead redhorse; bow construction in 2001. tonwood/Steverson Lake, South Pine and arrow records for shortnose gar w Developed an agreement with the Lake and Goose Lake. and goldfish; underwater powered City of Omaha to cost share the reha­ w Developed a fishing access plan for spearfishing records for striped bass bilitation ofTowl Park Pond. Home Valley Lake. and golden shiner; and surface w Began designing rehabilitation pro­ spearfishing records for grass carp ject at Summit Lake and lowered the MANAGEMENT SECTION and gizzard shad. water level to dry the basin in prepa­ w Assessed fish communities in 108 w Issued the following permits: 248 ration for construction and to crowd reservoirs, lakes and ponds and 18 Disabled Fishing; 248 Bait Vendor; fish and enhance their harvest. coldwater streams. 88 Missouri River Seining; 55 Pri­ w Worked with irrigation districts on w Conducted creel surveys on 12 lakes, vate Aquaculturists; 16 Nonresident maintaining water levels at Enders. two trout streams and one canal. to Fish Dealer; and two Put-and-Take. w Nearly completed design and engi­ w Renovated seven water bodies w Implemented the "REEL in RE­ neering plans for rehabilitation of the remove undesirable fish communities. catches of black bass at W ARDS" program to enhance partic­ Maloney Reservoir holding pond. w Monitored by bass clubs. ipation in fishing by providing do­ tournaments reported w Assisted South Dakota State Univer­ nated prizes as value-added incen­ MOTORBOATACCESSAND NEW sity with bluegill food habit studies tives to purchase annual permits . RESERVOIR CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM on Watts and South Pine lakes. w Completed motorboat access projects w Assisted USFWS assess fish commu­ AQUATIC HABITAT at Calamus Reservoir, nine 1-8 0 lakes nity on Valentine Refuge. REHABILITATION PROGRAM (Bassway Strip, Dogwood, Blue w Conducted special studies to evaluate w Hydraulic dredging to reduce the Hole, Buffiehead, Kea, Coot Shal­ fish feeders; walleye stocking of of fish winter kill com­ lows, Sandy Channel #8, Cozad and likelihood small reservoirs and gizzard shad Smith Lake in Sheridan East Gothenburg), Medicine Creek, pleted at population dynamics; crappie length Red Willow, Swanson and Enders County. limits and a special one-month open Reser­ reservoirs and Hackberry, West Long w Rehabilitation of Olive Creek harvest (no length limit) on two se­ lakes on the Valentine voir, including sediment basins, off­ and Pelican lected lakes; white perch control at Wildlife Refuge. shore breakwaters,jetties, basin con­ National Branched Oak Lake; aeration sys­ and motor­ touring and outlet modification for w Assisted in construction tems; and tag returns from rainbow water level management. boat access project planning for Pow­ trout stocked in Lake Ogallala. w Rehabilitation of Wagon Train Res­ der Creek Lake, Lake W anahoo, w Salvaged fish at Harlan County Res­ ervoir, including sediment/ nutrient Wildwood Lake and Papio-Missouri ervoir stilling basin for dewatering dikes, jetties, islands, basin contour- River NRD Dam Site 6. for mandatory inspection. --

... ~i: Jetties are part of massive aquatic rehabilitation of Wagon Train New rock and crushed concrete windrows protect shoreline at Lake in southeast Nebraska. Ughthouse Point at Lake Minatare in the Panhandle.

13 • 19,810 brown trout for Lake Ogallala. • 97,075 walleye (6-8 in.) to prey on white perch in Branched Oak Reservoir. • 114,144 white bass fingelings for Lake McConaughy. • 293,866 hybrid striped bass (wip­ ers) and 3,454 muskellunge (12- 13 in.). • Assisted with rehabilitation pro­ ject on Mill Pond in Valentine.

Urban Fishing and Youth Fishing programs joined forces to teach the fun of fishing to ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES SECTION youngsters, who might not have other opportunities, through clinics and casting events. w Chaired Missouri River Natural Re­ sources Committee and hosted annual PRIVATE WATERS PROGRAM Is" Provided management assistance to meeting at Niobrara State Park. sr Wrote a program narrative and devel­ owners of private waters via: 131 w Addressed National Research Coun­ oped a budget for this new program. telephone calls and 89 on-site visits. cil committee on Missouri River Eco­ Is" Informed individuals and organiza­ Is" Served on the Water Quality Moni­ system Science on behalf of the tions of program availability through toring Advisory Committee. MRNRC. a variety of presentations, meetings w Helped prepare for the 4th Annual and articles. URBAN FISHERIES PROGRAM Conference on Natural Resources of Is" Applied for an Environmental Trust Is" Helped 24 cities improve fishing in the Missouri River Basin, held in Fund grant for habitat restoration on their city park ponds. Bismarck, N.D. and presented a pa­ Nine Mile Creek in Morrill County. Is" Received the 2000 Benefits Are End­ per on Platte River instream flows. sr Provided management assistance to less Awardfrom the Nebraska Recre­ w Coordinated MRNRC recommenda­ owners of private waters as follows: ation and Park Association. tions for an annual Operating Plan for 35 on-site visits, 11 emails, 13 walk­ Is" Established Community Lakes En­ the Missouri River and U.S. Army ins, 141 letters and 241 phone calls. hancement and Restoration (CLEAR) Corps of Engineers master manual sr Inspected 69 private ponds and lakes program to coordinate efforts to reha­ alternative. to determine the suitability of stock­ bilitate city park ponds with the Ne­ w Helped initiate a pallid sturgeon tag­ ing (59 approved). braska Department ofEnvironmental ging study on the lower Platte River. Is" Issued seven private fish management Quality, University of Nebraska­ w Served on the Platte River Technical authorization permits (for five reno­ Lincoln and other agencies through Committee (monitoring and re­ vations and two salvages); assisted in the Environmental Trust Fund. search), including planning and pro­ two renovations and one salvage. sr Cooperated with Youth Fishing pro tocol development. Is" Developed agreement for public day­ gram on 26 fish clinics and 5 casting w Provided input regarding Missouri time ice fishing from Jan. 1, 2003, events (3,780 participants). River mitigation effort for Water through Mar. 1, 2008, in exchange Is" Ended the fishing tackle loaner pro­ Resources Development legislation. gram to 14 state parks areas and sev­ for stocking fish in a 300-acre private eral Omaha city parks. lake in Cherry County. WATER RESOURCES PROGRAM w Summarized white perch distribution Is" Helped the City of Plattsmouth fund w Helped evaluate possible impacts to information. their city park lake restoration. Threatened and Endangered (T & E) Is" Constructed a new fishing pier at species from a proposed levee im­ PRODUCTION SECTION Crystal Cove in South Sioux City. provement project along the Platte w Produced and stocked approximately Is" Started winter trout stocking program River between the Elkhorn River and 6.4 million fish (20 species) in 234 at Crystal Springs Lake in Fairbury U.S. 6 bridge near Ashland. public and 28 private Nebraska water and Benson Park Lake in Omaha. w Served on a Commission and local bodies,including: Is" Updated Urban program on agency agency task force to review and fund • 18,821 catchable-size channel web page and contributed to various a UNL study of pallid sturgeon and catfish for Urban Fishing program agency publications and other promo­ sturgeon chub in lower Platte River. and Free Fishing Day. tional and communications efforts. w Participated in efforts to maintain and • 60,060 catchable-size rainbow sr Attended North American Lake Man­ restore habitat for threatened and trout for Urban Fishing and Win­ agement conference in Miami. endangered species in the central ter Trout programs.

14 Platte River, including a cooperative "-' Funded a Platte River fisheries man­ hydrology study; a plan to prevent future agement project by UNL to doe!ument depletions of target flows; a plan to re­ sturgeon habitat use and associated regulate surface or ground-water sources species . to augment river flows to meet target .:.- Served on graduate committees for flow levels and improve frequency of six MS students at UNL and one PhD occurrence; and recommendations to the student at SDSU. USFWS Environmental Account man­ ager regarding release of storage water LAKES AND RESERVOIRS PROGRAM from Lake McConaughy to meet target "-' Assisted with collecting 23 0 quarts of flows for T & E species in the central walleye egg at Sherman Reservoir. Platte River. "-' Marked over 2.2 million walleye with i& Represented north-central states on oxytetracycline (OTC) to evaluate the the Instream Flow Council, serving as success of walleye stockings. secretary-treasurer; attended IFC .:.- Examined over 500 otoliths from executive committee meeting and young-of-the-year walleye for OTC Biennial International Conference. marks (indicating stocked as opposed Fisheries technicians tag threatened pallid to naturally-produced fish) and nego­ sturgeon on lower Platte River. MISSOURI RIVER PROGRAM tiated a contract to have future OTC i& Conducted a recreational use survey RESEARCH SECTION analysis performed by Southern Illi­ of Missouri River from Fort Randall i& Coordinated intensive study to mea­ nois University. Dam to Ponca State Park in coopera­ sure various water quality parameters .:.- Analyzed data from Harlan County tion with the South Dakota Depart­ and circulation patterns at Lake Reservoir to determine biotic and ment of Game, Fish and Parks. Ogallala, in cooperation with UNL, abiotic factors affecting walleye re­ 1& Monitored fish populations in a vari­ Central Nebraska Public Power and cruitment. Developed multiple regres­ ety of chute, backwater and main Irrigation, Nebraska Public Power sion model that explained much of channel sites that were restored as and Nebraska DEQ. variability in walleye recruitment was part of the Missouri River Fish and i& Funded an ongoing evaluation of the due to spring outflows from Harlan, Wildlife Bank Stabilization and Nav­ A-jacks offshore breakwaters at and the dynamics of the gizzard shad igation Mitigation Project. Branched Oak, conducted by UNL, to population (due in tum to the severity i& Conducted an creel survey on the determine their value in controlling of winter). No evidence indicated that channelized Missouri River between erosion and creating fringe wetlands wipers have a negative impact on Bellevue and Hamburg Bend, as part within areas they protect from waves. walleye in Harlan or any other reser­ of the mitigation monitoring process. w Funded a bluegill movement study voir in the state. Walleye recruitment 1& Sampled several main channel and using radiotelemetry on Pelican and in Harlan was higher in years when chute sites on the Missouri River for Hackberry Lakes, conducted by walleye were not stocked (indicating a Platte River sturgeon study, con­ South Dakota State University. the sufficient natural reproduction). ducted by UNL. w Developed landuseinventoryproject - Updated fish population sampling 1& Provided materials and assistance to for the Niobrara Basin (including software to use relational databases USFWS for pallid sturgeon tagging Merritt and Box Butte reservoirs), and made the software available to and stocking project in the unchan .. funded by Bureau of Reclamation. state fish & wildlife agencies nation­ nelized Missouri River at Verdel. 1& Completed an outdoor recreation use wide via the Internet. Also incorpor­ i& Issued tags and managed paddlefish mail survey for Enders, Swanson, ated a new standard survey analysis archery and snagging seasons in the Medicine Creek and Red Willow program for use with this program. Missouri River, in cooperation with reservoirs, funded by the BOR and the South Dakota. presented preliminary analyses at i& Conducted a post-construction analy­ public meetings. sis of environmentally friendly dikes i& Used Global Positioning System used to stabilize the bank line at (GPS) to perform reservoir mapping Ponca State Park. projects and acquired a boat, which was then equipped with Hypack GPS system, and performed Nebraska's first lake bathyometric survey at Yankee Hill Reservoir (to produce a depth-contour map).

15 INfOR~ATION & [DUCATIO N There were some major changes for I agencies and the public. Images illus­ The Outdoor Nebraska tabloid, which & E, the agency's information arm. The trated agency, various state and federal carries timely information and news photo library started the process of storing publications, brochures, news releases, features, was included in the January, photo files on the computer. The news slide shows and programs. Approximately April and August-September issues and release program went electronic, deliver­ $1,962 in fees were generated. was distributed through a network of ing the news to the media via e-mail. The Photo supplied personnel with some permit agents and other distributors. mail room was remodeled to provide a 116 rolls of 12-exposure print film, 204 better environment and security for the rolls of 24-exposure print film, 72 rolls of TV&RADIO computer mailing systems. 24-exposure slide film, 149 rolls of 36- The Outdoor Nebraska TV program I&E provides services to other divi­ exposure slide film, 303 rolls of Provia completed its 4th season on Nebraska sions as well as to the public. I&E pub­ film, 17 rolls of Velvia film, 4 rolls of Educational Television in April, and lishes NEBRASKA/and Magazine, Trail Polaroid film, 111 copy slides. More than began its 5th season in October. New Tales, Outdoor Nebraska, the hunting, 650 rolls of film were processed commer­ graphics, segments and other improve­ fishing and boating guides, numerous cially for the agency. ments were implemented. Funding was brochures, pamphlets and other printed again provided in part by the Nebraska materials; produces TV and radio shows NEBRASKAland MAGAZINE Game and Parks Foundation. and news spots, and designs exhibits for NEBRASKA/and Magazine published The show continues to rate as one of Commission areas, State Fair, and sports ten 52-page issues, which included a wide the best in the U.S. and Canada. It ranked & travel shows. variety of articles about wildlife, hunting, fourth among all states and provinces in fishing, outdoor recreation and wildlife the Association for Conservation Infor­ ART PROJECTS management across the state. mation (ACI) 2000 competition. Art staff designed the CRP-MAP Highlights included a two-part turkey Efforts to inform the public are Atlas, featuring county maps of privately­ hunting guide, 10 pages of old photos augmented by periodic video news re­ owned CRP land and state and federal contributed by readers showing the state's leases to stations and by responding to lands open to the public for hunting, the hunting and fishing heritage, an examina­ video requests from the media. TV and annual hunting, fishing and boating tion ofTed Turner's plans for his 200,000 other I&E staff also make live appear­ guides and big game information. Art Nebraska acres, and an in-depth explana­ ances on television and radio. The Out­ also produced the NEBRASK.Aland Cal­ tion of the rise and fall of Nebraska's endar, the popular Trail Tales magazine door Nebraska radio show is a IO-minute pheasant populations. program that airs weekly on 44 stations. for fourth graders and the Outdoor Plan­ The magazine also took readers on ner for Project WILD. The show can also be heard over the three great hikes, a hunt for morel mush­ agency Web site. Staff artists prepared illustrations and rooms, a star-gazing party, winter camp­ exhibits for the State Fair, five out-of state ing and canoe trips and a farm-country NEWS PROGRAM sports shows, three major sport shows and deer hunt. Natural history articles focus­ several smaller shows and mall exhibits A major change was made in the way ed on coyotes, cooperheads, timber rat­ In addition, 18 interpretive news and information is distributed to in Nebraska. tlers, coots and crows. signs ranging from 4 x 5 to 4 x 8 ft. were news media across the state. Rather than Featured anglers included a nine-year­ produced for six Watchable Wildlife sites mailing weekly news packets, news items old catching his first trout, a pro who across the state. are now sent electronically via e-mail. makes a living tournament fishing and a The result is a savings in time as well as retired couple pulling in trout. Hunters PHOTO LIBRARY the cost of paper, printing and postage. stalked snow geese behind "cow boards," Photo Services began transferring its Information can be sent the same day it followed rabbits and squirrels, used black collection of color transparencies to a powder shotguns and shared secrets on happens, making it much more timely. computer-based data system designed for Photos and maps accompanying some large photographic collections. Each low-tech waterfowling and handcrafting hunting bows and arrows. articles are also posted on-line, where photo is coded with a unique ID number they can be downloaded. The outdoor and other features to facilitate rapitl, Features told the remarkable success of the Game and Parks Foundation, the report is distributed in the same manner. pinpoint searches. As of Dec. 31, the This change makes it possible for Ne­ database held 10,891 images. Cedar Point Biological Research Station, braska newspapers, radio and television The library's lending policy was modi­ Audubon's Spring Creek Prairie and the stations, Associated Press, Nebraska Press fied, and new charges adopted to reflect Museum of the Fur Trade. The magazine Association, Game and Parks employees, computer control methods and the current was a showcase for excellent photography several regional and national magazines, marketplace for images. More than 1,400 and showed readers how to make better requests for images were handled, and at pictures in a four-part series. and other outdoor media to receive infor­ least 1,221 loans for a number of users NEBRASKA/and had 36,775 sub­ mation in a timely fashion. were processed, including all divisions, scribers with a renewal rate of 68%. More than 360 news releases and 52 NEBRASKA/and Magazine, Environ­ Newsstand distribution averaged 2,625 weekly outdoor reports were written and mental Trust, various state and federal copies per issue. provided to the media during 2000. Those

16 news releases and outdoor reports are also state. The Omaha Fish and Wildlife Club struction included rifle marksmanship posted on the web site, where they can be again donated contest awards: $200 to the classes at Becoming an Outdoors-Woman read by a worldwide audience. adult winner and $50 to each youth win­ and Outdoor Skills Camps, youth creative GPC News, the employee newsletter, ner: Erik Radowski, Omaha, Primary; arts workshops and the U.S. Fish and updates staff on various aspects of agency Kristen White, Omaha, Junior; Brandon Wildlife Service's Nebraska Junior Duck work. Produced by I&E, most articles are Mares, Falls City, Senior. Stamp judging. written by employees ofvarious divisions. Counter sales at the District 1 office Other news department duties include MAIL & SHIPPING totaled $180,132.90 with big game permit coordinating the Outdoor Alley exhibit at I&E handled 609,979 pieces of out­ sales of $121,485.25. That compares to the Nebraska State Fair and producing the going mail and packages during the year, $189,521.22 in 1999, with big game permit agent newsletter. compared to 670,695 in 1999. Cost for permit sales of$132,168.50. mailing & shipping was $247,675.29 District IV - North Platte compared to $281,013.16 in 1999. Cost The public information officer super­ Pieces Printed -- 2000 averaged 40 .1¢ per piece. vises the staff assistant and provides First class pre-sort resulted in savings support with public information and per­ of $4,235.95 for 169,438 pieces. Total mit sales. Permit sales and other receipts outgoing mail processed: Regular mail, totaled $302,592.17, down $86,688.56 including pre-sort, 336,914 pieces at from 1999 (22.3%). It was the first de­ $160,981.20; bulk, 268,267 pieces at crease in across counter sales in the past $56,737.52. UPS and other package ser­ 10 years. This decrease is attributed to vices accounted for 4,798 packages at access to the Kearney office by constitu­ $29,956.57, compared to 6,312 in 1999 at ents from the eastern portion of the dis­ $26,410.76, a unit increase of 49.3%. trict and online purchases. There were 3,075 general information The District IV PIO contributes 60 or PUBLICATIONS requests compared to 3,644 filled in 1999. more pages to NEBRASKAland Maga­ Printing and publishing manages the Hunting information packets were sent to zine and directs the Cornhusker High production of more than 450 different l 7,277nonresident hunters. School Trap Shoot. The 2000 shoot in brochures and pamphlets, various other May registered 807 shooters, a 31-year agency publications and hundreds of Cost for Packages record. Other activities include weekly forms for a variety of uses. 2000vs 1999 on-location TV features, after the 6 p.m. Publications range from full-color news on KNOP-TV that have aired since brochures to one and two-color pam­ 1986. The PIO is a master hunter educa­ phlets, stationery and short-run technical tion instructor in firearms training. Other publications. I&E staff provides assis­ duties include radio shows, broadcast and tance to other divisions to determine the print interviews, preparing local news best way to produce a project. releases, assisting with Becoming an The agency print shop produced 645 Unit Coat Outdoors-Woman (BOW) and Advanced jobs, up 14½% from the 563 done in BOW. 1999. This included pamphlets, booklets, • 2000 ~ 1999 Omaha Metro Office envelopes, news releases, surveys, cards, This office is open seven days a week park tickets, camping registrations, vari­ REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES March-October and Monday-Friday the ous forms, and numerous other items. Division information officers are rest of the year. Space is shared with the This required 2,245,377 sheets of paper; located at Alliance, North Platte, and Department of Economic Development's 60,700 cards; 323,950 envelopes totaling Omaha to provide information to regional Division of Travel & Tourism in the Info 2,630,027 sheets and 4,132,702 press media, also handling local programs and Center at 1212 Bob Gibson Blvd. impressions. This included 42jobs requir­ area articles and photos for NEBRAS­ An average of 300 people per day ing 2 or 3 colors and ranged from print KA/and Magazine. visited the center. Counter sales totaled runs of200 to 75,000. District I - Alliance $388,958.48, down $28,319.78 (6.8%) I Duties of the Panhandle public infor­ from 1999. Big game permits accounted HABITAT STAMP CONTEST mation officer include assignments for for $238,146.25 a drop of $25,103.25 Armando Villarreal of Imperial won NEBRASKA/and Magazine, local and (9.5%) from 1999. I the adult division of the 23rd annual statewide news releases and media con­ Staff continues statewide and local Habitat Stamp Art Contest with an illus­ tacts with the region's 17 newspapers, 14 public relations efforts, and nearly 30 tration of Canada geese, which is fea­ radio and 2 TV stations. stations carried radio, TV and tured on the 2001 Habitat Stamp. It was Other responsibilities included pro­ media-related programs each week, in­ his the second win. grams, information requests, workshops cluding personal appearances. Metro staff Just under 1,000 students entered the and acting as news director for the Pres­ also coordinated such special events as three categories in the Youth Division. sey High School State Championship the Omaha Bass Show, Omaha Sports Selections of their art are featured in an Si '.houette Shoot and the National Show and provided support for other exhibit displayed at locations across the Cornhusker Trap Shoot. 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Y Y TtCHNOLO(i TION TION INfOR~A INfOR~A L\W t~fORCt~t~T The Law Enforcement Division TRAINING experienced another interesting and The overwhelming majority of the productive year in 2000. Conservation people contacted by conservation officers officers were able to expand their sup­ are cooperative and understanding. How­ port of and involvement in youth educa­ ever, as with any law enforcement entity tional activities on several fronts. that issues warnings and citations and The division provided a contingent of makes arrests, there will always be a 1 officers and 2 office staff to assist at some potentially violent individuals to be the Cornhusker High School Trap Shoot dealt with. Therefore, officers must be at Doniphan in May. Four officers were trained to provide safety for the officer assigned to the youth silhouette shoot at and the public and attempt to limit the Pressey Wildlife Management Area in, As always, the Law Enforcement potential liability of the agency. up from previous representation by one seeks opportunities to improve overall During this past year 8 volunteer or two officers. Many officers also help­ operational effectiveness, and was able conservation officers served as certified ed with youth outdoor camps, youth to begin a limited reorganization in 2000 firearms instructors who watched over pheasant and waterfowl hunts, school geared to this goal. The division training and trained their fellow CO' s as they programs and many other activities and program has grown to a point where completed their biannual firearms train­ ing. The five defensive tactics instructors opportunities for our youth. more staff time needed to be dedicated to were busy this year with each spending a The division has also been involved support it. As a result, a new staff super­ number of days and nights away from in other arenas to enhance communica­ visor position was created. One of the home training officers in alternative tions with our constituents. One major supervisor's primary duties will be force options. effort centers around celebration of the coordinating training for the division. Nebraska Conservation Officer centen­ This dedication of a staff person to train­ OFFICER COMPOSITION nial in 2001. Committees met throughout ing coordination will allow enhancement During 2000, Law Enforcement had the year to develop projects to enhance of C. 0. training particularly in new areas an complement of 59 positions including public awareness about Conservation that have been neglected due to limited 1 division administrator, 1 assistant Officers for the upcoming centennial. available staff resources. Some immedi division administrator, 1 staff supervisor In addition, the Nebraska Conserva­ ate areas of training emphasis will be (as of November), 1 administrative sec­ tion Officers Association along with the youth education and communications as retary, 1 staff assistant, 1 staff conser­ Commission will host the 2001 North well as overall constituent communica­ vation officer, 6 district supervisors and American Wildlife Enforcement Officers tions and cooperation directed at such 4 7 conservation officers. Association meeting in Omaha as a cen­ groups as landowners and, on the other A look at the makeup of the officer terpiece for the centennial observation. end of the constituent spectrum, urban corps shows they average 46 years of th The 20 annual conference will bring as dwellers. Some additional restructuring age with 18 years of service. These fig­ many as 1,000 officers and their families options are being considered to further ures are extremely high when compared from across North America to Nebraska. enhance and streamline operations. to other law enforcement agencies. There are several generalizations that can be made when analyzing the overall effec­ Case Distribution 1996-2000 tiveness and productivity of a work force consisting of such composition. After 18 years of service officers are polished, experienced, tend to make a minimal mistakes, are well established and re­ spected within the community and are dependable and predictable.

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS During the year, officers presented or were primary contributors to 599 expo­ sure such as youths going home and relating their experiences to their par­ ents, siblings and friends after taking

19 informational and educational programs OPERATION GAME THIEF obtaining a reward. In lieu of a reward, that directly reached some 12,000 peo­ Operation Game Thief is a coopera­ some of those reporting violations chose ple. This doesn't even consider the sec­ tive wildlife law enforcement program a subscription to NEBRASKA landMag­ ondary part in one of the outdoor youth sponsored by the Nebraska Game and azine. The OGT Reward Fund supplied camps. During this past year officers Parks Commission and the Nebraska the money for the subscriptions. dedicated a total of 2,415 hours and Wildlife Protectors Association. NWPA drove 26,845 miles in support of educa­ is the civilian board responsible for tional programs. generating reward funds for the Opera­ "' tion Game Thief program. OGT is simi­ 5N CONT ACTS / CASES lar to the well-known Crime Stoppers During this year officers contacted program and offers rewards for informa­ SA 208,525 people during the course of their tion resulting in arrests for game law duties and made a total of 4,125 cases violations. Calls made to OGT during Ml for violations of statutes and regulations. 2000 resulted in 83 investigations, with 5lt Law Enforcement received 5,031 com­ 2lof them leading to 34 cases being plaints during the year, and officers log­ made, while another 20 are in some stage 50t ged 3,730 hours and drove 53,351 miles of investigation or have not yet made it 411 investigating these complaints. through the court system. UM ltH 20N Fines and court costs resulting from Cases by Category these tips totaled $4,477 with $16,675 in Programs Given liquidated damages assessed. Involved in Programs play an important role in gaining Parks 1,238 the completed cases were 15 illegal deer, voluntary compliance with state laws and reg­ Fish & Bullfrogs 1,052 over 40 ducks and geese, as well as over ulations. Before 1998, the number of pro­ 20 fish. Rewards paid during the year grams given by Law Enforcement officers Boating 583 totaled $1,582.00. Most people reporting during a year was not recorded. The chart above compares the number of programs Deer violations do not show great interest in 255 presented from 1998-2000. Migratory Birds 247 Upland & Small Game 136 1998-2000 Officer Contacts Total,: 1998 = 168,661 / 1999 = 196,390 / 2000 = 208,525 State Wildlife Areas 124 Officer Contacts Turkey 55 The chart at right illustrates the increase in the number of 70,000 Miscellaneous 60,000 38 contacts made by conserva­ 50,000 Furbearers 37 tion officers over the last 40,000 three years. During 2000, 30,000 Revocation of Permits 13 20,000 many categories showed in­ 10,000 Non-Game 8 creases in officer contacts 0 compared to previous years. Traffic 7 Hunters. Antelope 7 E] 2000 1111 1000 EJ 100s Misc. Big Game 1

DIVISION HOURS DAYS MILES FTE's Law Enforcement provides wide support to Administration 989 123.62 8,062 .77 other agency programs, including record­ Budget & Fiscal 407 50.87 5,695 .31 keeping for the Hunter Education program, management of the agency two-way radio Fisheries 171.5 21.43 2,397 .13 system, serving as permitting entity and Information & Education 99 12.37 346 .08 liaison (in conjunction with Wildlife Division Outdoor Ed ucation 9,963.75 1,245.46 104,042 7.78 staff), for wildlife rehabilitation groups, assist­ Parks 9,860.5 1,232.56 136,240 7.70 ing Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks to draft statute and regulation, and survey work Personnel 191.75 23.96 5,11 3 .15 among others. Chart at left illustrates the Wildlife 4,168.75 521 .09 74,003 1.80 support provided to other divisions. · Total 25,851.25 3,231.36 335,898 18.72

20 OPtl!ATIO~S & CO~STl!UCTIO~ This is a service division that pro­ artesian well to railroad right-of-way, vides administration, engineering, installed waterline in east campground. construction, maintenance and other Bassett Office District 2 - Con­ related work where special skills and structed cabinet for fax machine and equipment are required. Work includes postage station. repair, renovation and construction of Bluewing WMA - Removed trees buildings, roads, parking lots, lakes and from wetlands to facilitate fencing north underground utilities, and the daily su­ and south boundaries. pervision and maintenance of the un­ Bordeaux Creek WMA - Set up manned recreation areas assigned to the stage for July 22, dedication. Lincoln maintenance district. Wark falls Branched Oak SRA - Completed into six general categories: Phase 2 of Area 1 campground; hauled 1. Recreation Area Maintenance: approximately 2,000 yards of fill dirt to mowing, painting, building repair, finish grade around Wildlife Division's garbage pickup, landscaping and tree shop building; replaced partitions in two planting. Middle Oak Creek shower/latrine build­ 2. Recreation Area Management: ings; built two double-sided, handicap­ collection offees, regulation enforce~ accessible latrines for Area 1 camp­ ment and crowd control. and loaders, to area superintendents for ground; repaired boat ramp in Area 4, 3. Utilities: construction and repair of temporary use to complete numerous and installed 21 electrical pedestals in electric, water and sewer services. projects. Bulk purchases of maintenance Area 4 campground. 4. Heavy Equipment: road mainte­ supplies were delivered to the Lincoln Calamus SRA - Relocated laterals nance, lake dredging, dam building, Operations Shop, inventoried, and trans­ for trailer dump station at Little Yark material and equipment hauling, ported to the major areas of the park Point, hauled and stockpiled riprap from welding and fabricating. system. irrigation canal to Little Yark Pomt, 5. Building and Trades: building con­ Gasoline and diesel fuel were pro­ removed sediment from south effluent struction and repair, cabinet making, vided for agency vehicles from pumps at pond of hatchery, concrete work and roofing. 3001 "Y" St. in Lincoln. During 2000, Central Office-Added cabinets and 6. Purchasing and Contract: specifi­ 26,479 gallons of gasohol, 20,650 gal­ counters in mail room, reinforced base­ cation writing for material and equip­ lons of diesel, 34 quarts of oil and 34 ment floor in front of freight elevator, ment purchase and the letting of gallons of antifreeze were dispensed to constructed and installed literature racks small contracts to compliment force agency vehicles. Average cost per gallon and privacy screens in Parks office. account work. was $1.267 for gasohol and 97.7¢ for Chadron State Park - Installed These categories overlap and inter­ diesel. Equipment repair costs were vinyl flooring and carpet and added twine so that many times clear lines of $103,825.00. The average cost of a sidewalks and patios for cabins 1-16, responsibility are difficult to define, but gallon gasoline increased 35.5¢, while demolished and removed old structures each is extremely important to the work diesel increased 33.3¢ over 1999 costs. and debris from new property at park of the division. entrance. EQUIPMENT PURCHASED Champion Mill SRA - Completed PERSONNEL Four(4) one-ton pickups, one (1) 3/4- three winters' work to remove about The division had budget authority for ton pickup, three (3) self-propelled mow­ 35,000 cubic yards of sediment for reno­ 32 full-time positions. At the end of ers, one (1) vibratory compactor, two (2) vation of Champion Lake, hauled 300 2000 all positions were filled. During 15' rotary cutters, one (1) 40-ton goose­ cubic yards of sand to construct a 75' x 2000, we hired 92 seasonal or temporary neck trailer, three (3) computers, two (2) 7 5' swimming beach and hauled and employees, for which we expended printers, one (1) copier. placed riprap on 900 feet of shoreline. $470,290. 00. Cowboy Trail at Norfolk- Set up PROJECTS COMPLETED IN 2000 stage for June 3 trail dedication in con­ TRANSPORTATION & EQUIPMENT Ak-Sar-Ben Aquarium - Enlarged junction with National Trails Day. Operations and Construction pro­ outdoor shooting area. Deep Well WMA-Disked approxi­ vided a wide variety of equipment, such Alexandria SRA - Installed corru­ mately 20 acres of wetlands to control as air compressors, water pumps, tree gated metal pipe between lakes, installed reed canarygrass. spades, stump cutters, tractors; trucks 700 feet of 8-in. PVC drain line from the NGPC State Fair Area - Routine

21 cleanup and repairs for State Fair prepa­ structed five cabins, erJarged existing Pibel Lake SRA - Installed riprap ration, repaired indoor and outdoor Weigand Marina boat ramp parking lot, for outlet structure protection, elevated aquarium display tanks. and made emergency repairs at marina existing well, poured concrete pad for Fort Robinson State Park - Re­ boat launching area. well, and constructed a gravel-surfaced moved sediment from Soldier Creek, Long Pine SRA - Installed Geoweb 75 ft. x 50 ft. parking lot. resurfaced two parking lots and con­ for slope stabilization at parking lot, Pintail WMA - Disked approxi­ structed and surfaced with crushed rock constructed and surfaced with limestone mately 10 acres of wetlands to control 1.3 miles of road to the Grabel Ponds, chips a 1,250-ft. trail, filled in and cov­ cattails and reed-canarygrass. removed cattails and sediment to deepen ered two concrete structures. J>latte River State Park - Built and Grabel Ponds 1, 2, & 3; repaired or Louisville SRA - Hauled fill and re­ installed steps for above-ground fuel replaced stall doors in Mare Barn. shouldered existing asphalt roads storage tanks. Fred Thomas WMA - Built 650 throughout area. Ponca State Park - Constructed feet of gravel road, a 100 x 50-ft. gravel­ Eugene T. Mahoney State Park - 1,750 feet ofnew gravel-surfaced access surfaced parking lot, and a viewing plat­ Replaced concrete and brick at Activity road and I 00 x 25 ft. gravel-surfaced form overlooking Niobrara River. Center entrance, repaired road near parking lot, provided chlorinator for Gadwall WMA - Disked approxi­ Kiewit Lodge, poured concrete for side­ parks water system. mately l O acres of wetlands to control walks around flagpole, and at entrance to Smith Falls State Park - Installed reed canarygrass. Kiewit Lodge, installed electric meters in modular home for superintendent's resi­ Greenwing WMA - Cleared area Activity Center and selected cabins, dence, including a walkout basement, for wetland habitat restoration, con­ repaired roof and ventilation system on water and electrical service, wood deck structed a dike, installed water-level con­ Little Creek shower building, replaced and concrete patio; shared cost of crush­ trol structure and filled three reuse pits. windows in cabins and residences, com­ ed rock with Cherry County to resurface Kirlpatrick Basin North WMA - pleted four-bedroom Cabin 52. 4 mi. of entrance road. Disked approximately 20 acres of wet­ Medicine Creek SRA- Constructed Spike Rush WMA-Disked approx­ lands to control reed canarygrass. and gravel surfaced ¾-mi. of road from imately 40 acres of wetlands to control Lake McConaughy SRA - Built a Trail 10 to headquarters building. reed-canarygrass. 300 ft. x 200 ft. parking lot at Arthur Meridian WMA - Moved and set 20 Stagecoach SRA - Constructed two Bay; removed blow sand from Cedar ft. x 12 ft. metal storage building from double-sided, handicap-accessible toilets Vue boat ramp and at Martin Bay; re­ Rose Creek WMA. for the new campground. moved trees and improved beach access Mormon Island SRA - Dewatered Two Rivers SRA - Replaced four at Lone Eagle Campground; connected and repaired water main break at east windows in Fawn Meadows shower 21 heat pump wells at visitor center. end of area. building, extended laterals on central Lake Minatare SRA - Shingled North Platte Office District 4 - trailer dump station. Scout shelter and shop building; remod­ Removed asphalt, excavated and re­ Valentine Maintenance District - eled bathroom, replaced windows, and compacted fill for storage building site. Furnished materials for area superinten­ made other minor repairs to superinten­ Pawnee SRA - Constructed two dents to construct three double-sided, dent's residence. double-sided, handicap-accessible la­ handicap-accessible toilets. Lewis and Clark SRA - Con- trines for west and east beach areas.

22 OUTDOOR [DUCATIO~ CONSERVATION ED CONFERENCE • Answering management questions these new teachers make good classroom Outdoor Education sponsored the • Weighing state record and Master use of Project WILD activities, which Conservation Education Conference for Angler fish as needed provide wildlife awareness, knowledge volunteers that assist with the Youth • Issuing deer salvage tags as needed and skills for young learners. Project Fishing, Hunter Education, Project • Assisting with Outdoor Skills Camps WILD is also now a standard training WILD and Boater Education programs, at Halsey and the Eastern Nebraska program for Girl Scouts and correlated and 228 volunteers attended. The confer­ 4-H Centers. with Girl Scout badge requirements. ence is held in even-numbered years to During 2000, Project WILD writing thank and update volunteers. The Youth Fishing Participants conferences were held with teachers and USFWS Federal Aid Division provided curriculum specialists to correlate PW financial support for the conference. 18000 activities with state education standards AK-SAR-BEN AQUARIUM 14000 for science, math, social studies and 12000 OUTDOOR EDUCATION CENTER language arts. This should be powerful 10000 tool and make PW highly usable in meet­ The "Big Blue Catfish" has now been 8000 on display for four years and is still the 6000 ing state standards. focal point for visitors. A good percent­ 4000 Trail Tales, our wildlife education age ask if we still have this fish. There 2000 magazine, is sent to all 4th grade stu­ o~~---~-~~~ dents in the state. It continues are still reports of TV clips being shown 1996 1997 1996 1999 2000 to earn of the fish, giving national recognition. awards for content and educational ex­ Water Works, an annual event for 5th YOUTH FISHING PROGRAM cellence. Each story now correlates with grade students from Douglas & Sarpy The Youth Fishing program had its suggested Project WILD activities, and counties, provides day-long instruction most successful year ever in 2000. Fish­ teachers have greater choices for extend­ about the wise use of water resources. It ing workshops were held statewide with ing wildlife-related topics in their class­ is attended by 1,600 students, who are help from volunteers in connection with es. Trail Tales creates significant expo­ instructed by more than 100 volunteers. schools, scout troops, clubs, churches, sure to wildlife and wildlife habitat The aquarium was the destination of3 l 8 civic organizations, camps, city park and needs. Individual subscriptions grew to field trip groups, accounting for 12,580 rec. programs, and NGPC employees. over 1,300 in 2000. individuals. Most were school groups. A typical workshop included teaching BOATING The school aquatic ed program pro­ b~sic fishing skills or an assisted fishing Boating's major responsibilities are vided 277 different materials for class­ outing for the kids. Aquatic education ( 1) Administration - boat room use by 61 instructors across the supplies are shipped as requested includ­ registration state. An aquatic trunk, developed for K- ing fishing tackle, posters, videos, color­ data entry and monitoring, new legisla­ 12 students for classroom use, has be­ ing books, and educational materials. tion, and general overseeing of the pro­ come so popular, a second trunk has In the year 2000: gram budget; (2) Boating Safety Educa­ been prepared and is ready for use. + 181 fishing workshops were held. tion - certification of instructors, distri­ Various adult workshops were held. + 14,918 Nebraska youth and adults bution of education materials, certifica­ The most popular was an antler scoring attended clinics. tion of students, and certification of workshop. Hunters could bring in their + 524 volunteers participated. education classes, and (3) Boating Law trophies to see if they qualified for any + 6,983 contributed hours from both Enforcement - patrols, accident investi­ awards. Other workshops covered fly certified and non-certified volunteers. gation, and safety exams. tying and fly casting and were cospon­ + 12 instructor certification workshops Administration sored by the Comhusker Fly Fishers. held statewide. Boat registrations have grown gradu­ Comhusker Fly Fishers and Schramm ally from 59,755 in 1991 to 73,638 in PROJECT WILD Park photography club meet monthly at 2000. County treasurers handle boat the aquarium. Volunteer Ruth Green Project WILD, the agency wildlife registrations, reporting to the Commis­ continues to conduct bird banding work­ education program, has undergone some sion as the central repository. dramatic changes in the lastl O shops once a month September-April. years. Personal Watercraft (PWC) registra­ Originally directed to classroom In addition to regular duties aquarium teach­ tions increased from 1,427 in 1991 to ers, it reached personnel also served the agency by: well over 10,000 teachers. 8,041 in 2000. WC registrations average PW now focuses on • Selling 4,407 big game permits pre-service teachers 10% oftotal boat registrations nationally - students majoring in elementary or • All sales totaled over $190,100. and make up 11 % here. Nebraska ranks secondary education • Operating a deer check station for - and reaches every 38th nationally in total registrations. college and university 11 7 days and checking more than in the state. Partnerships with the Department of· Preliminary evaluation 1,095 deer shows that Motor Vehicles and county treasurers

23 expanded in 2000, and in September DMV began storing boat registration Nebraska Boat Registration data, now easily accessible to treasurers. ~ ~ Registrations now resemble those for 80000 motor vehicles. This process speeds up 70000 issuing registrations, and NGPC staff no 60000 longer duplicate registration data entry. 50000 40000 Boating Safety Education 30000 Legislation requires mandatory boat 20000 safety education for all PWC operators 10000 0 under age 16. In 2000, 2,091 students 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 were certified in boating safety, com­ pared to 418 in 1999 and 315 in 1998, El Boats llliii PWC's attributable largely to mandatory PWC operator training. The 226 instructors survived if they had. At least one PWC in firearm and 52 in bow. Of those train­ certified or re-certified in 2000 con­ was involved in 31 of the 59 accidents - ed 3 5 were certified to teach firearm ducted 155 classes. "Burt the Boat," an 52%, down slightly from 54% in 1999. courses, and 24 as bow instructors. They educational aid, helped spread the boat­ The most accidents ( 11) were reported at were added to the list of some 1,000 ing safety message at schools, boat Lake McConaughy, while 8 occurred on active instructors. Student classes were shows, boat safety classes, State Fair and the Missouri River. offered every month of the year. How­ other events. ever, most classes are offered August­ HUNTER EDUCATION Law Enforcement December. There is also a peak in March Hunter Education trained 7,721 stu­ All law enforcement officers can for spring turkey hunting. dents during 2000 - 6,811 firearm and Hunter Education costs the citizens of enforce boating laws, but conservation 910 bow. Volunteer instructors con­ Nebraska absolutely nothing in addi­ officers perform about 98% of boating ducted 486 classes - 91 bow and 395 tional taxes. The $322,663.94 budget enforcement across the state. The boating firearm - donating 17,074 hours. was reimbursed by the return of tax administrator and boat safety officer There were 12 firearm and 1 archery dollars collected on the sale of firearms stepped up enforcement, conducting hunting related accidents reported, in­ and ammunition. extra patrols on selected problem areas cluding 1 fatality, compared to 11 in The Hunter Education program also and assisted accident investigations. 1999, with 1 fatality. Eight accidents assisted with the Cornhusker State Accidents were consistent with 1999, involved shotguns; two, rifles; one, hand­ Trapshoot at Doniphan, the Nebraska but continue to show an upward trend. gun; one, muzzleloader and one, archery. Small Bore Metallic Silhouette Champi­ There were 59 (56 in 1999) accidents Injuries were self-inflicted in three inci­ onship at the Pressey WMA, the youth involving 85 boats (79 in 1999), causing dents, and the victim was shot by some­ skills camps at Gretna and Halsey and 39 personal injuries requiring medical one else in 10 occurrences. As in the the Becoming an Outdoor Woman pro­ assistance (42 in 1999), with 5 fatalities past, major cause of these accidents was gram. The program was also spotlighted (4 in 1999). Three fatalities involved the shooter covering the victim while at State Fair with the .22 caliber shoot­ open motorboats, and two were in ca­ swmgmg on game. ing booth and the DART system, both of noes. None of the five victims was Training classes taught 84 instructors which were huge hits. wearing a life jacket, and might have

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24 Realty & tnvironmental Services ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES nership. The agreement, addresses the with other agencies and individuals) the The role of Environmental Services needs of four threatened and endangered opportunity to evaluate proposed devel­ (ES) is extensive and reaches out to species that use the central Platte River - opments affecting streams and wetlands. federal and state agencies, natural re­ whooping crane, least tern, piping plo­ Recommendations to reduce or eliminate sources districts, counties, municipalities ver, and the pallid sturgeon. adverse effects on fish and wildlife habi­ and private individuals. Staff works tat are sent to the Corps for their consid­ closely with the Natural Heritage Section eration in the permit process. and others to coordinate many project Pallid reviews. Nebraska's Non-game and Sturgeon {. _ .,.,,.,:,:, ,, .-,<·=·:-::·:::::::::=/:t:-::-:c::: ::::: ::,: ~:~:c~s~~; Endangered Species Conservation Act reviews closely resemble the Federal :•:;:;:;,:;.:-:-:-:."•"•' ~~~~I :ra~~- It will lead to the development and Endangered Species Act and the Federal owner want­ implementation of a recovery implemen­ Consultation process. ed to place The division also serves as principal tation program. During the Cooperative several large liaison with other government agencies Agreement, signed in 1997, committees jetties and to coordinate and plan processes associ­ are filling in framework details. To con­ hundreds of feet of riprap on this ated with environmental reviews affect­ tinue after the agreement ends, a final reach of the lower Platte River. These ing fish and wildlife resources. Environ­ phased program will have to be adopted photos illustrate how a site visit and coordinated review by ES and mental Services staff evaluate potential by all three states. USFWS influenced the applicant to impacts of project proposals by the U.S. Regarding the agreement, Environ­ withdraw the application. Army Corps of Engineers, Federal En­ mental Services has been most active on A landowner ergy Regulatory Commission, Natural the New Depletions Committee, Water Action Plan, Land Committee and as wanted to use Resources Conservation Service, Bureau pile of sponsor of a closely rel_ated program a con­ of Reclamation, Department of Natural crete, with re­ callea the Cooperative Hydrology Study Resources, Department ofEnvironmental bar and gar­ Quality, Nebraska Department of Roads, (COHYST). bage to armor local governmental entities, consultants The New Depletions program is de­ the banks and and private individuals. signed to reduce new depletions or future make jetties. consumptive use, while the Water Ac­ Many times such convenient dumping tion Plan seeks to get "new" water into locations for old concrete can lead to the river or adjust the flow of existing requests for unneeded 404 permits water to achieve target flows at times and another move toward a more when such flows may not be available. controlled, unnatural river. The Land Committee is working toward Lower Platte River a "Phase One" goal of acquiring 10,000 Staff participated in the Lower Platte acres of suitable habitat for endangered River Corridor Alliance, an umbrella species from willing participants. organization of state and local agencies Least Tern Lastly, the COHYST program is a that fosters development and implemen­ massive hydrological study designed to tation of local strategies, actions, and identify the location and magnitude of practices to protect and restore the vital­ any interrelation­ ity of the river's resources. It will con­ ship between tinue next year. groundwater, Game and Parks also participates in stream flows, and the Lower Platte River Feasibility Study, target flows of the Platte River. which is designed is to reduce flood 404 Permit Review Program damage, do environmental restorations and identify additional water resource 3-State Cooperative Agreement Section 404 of the Clean Water Act plans/projects that could be used by other Since 1998, staff has been very active regulates the discharge of dredged or fill federal, state and local agencies. Main with the cooperative agreement between material in waters of the U.S. The "404" components include the Plattsmouth Nebraska, Colorado, and Wyoming and Permit Program administered by the U.S. Chute Project, which the Commission the U.S. Department of the Interior in the Army Corps of Engineers offers the Platte River Endangered Species Part- Game and Parks Commission (along may sponsor; Sand Creek Restoration

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to to used used con­ is is and and GIS GIS facilities facilities division, division, the the treatment treatment Within Within wastewater wastewater West­ the the and and Wanahoo), Wanahoo), (Lake (Lake Project Project STAT[ PARKS Parks is responsible for administra­ Park Areas By Class & Area SNOWMOBILE TRAIL FUND tion and operation of Nebraska's sys­ t iJ%i WJWJF GriJ> TJGF In 1981, Snowmobile Land Leasing tem of state park areas. Responsibili­ Aiija; • ij~AfM\ A~ri H\ Mf;;p program was established, using the Ne­ ties involve visitor contacts, day-to-day braska Snowmobile Trail Cash Fund to State Parks 8 101 30,001 30,102 park housekeeping chores, planning provide lands for public snowmobiling Rec. Areas 66 66,863 33,769 100,632 and programming improvements, pro­ to supplement established trails on viding necessary resource protection, Historical 11 0 2,387 2,387 state recreation areas. Parks and enhancement measures to assure The land-leasing program is admin­ quality outdoor recreation experiences Recreation 0 4,121 4,121 istered in cooperation with the Ne­ Trails for park-goers now and in the future. braska State Snowmobile Association The 8 6 state park areas located (NSSA). Affiliated clubs initiate con­ across Nebraska fall into four catego­ tact with landowners for proposed land ries and offer a variety of outdoor PARK PLANNING sites, and application for leases are recreation, with opportunities varying Park planning strives to solve speci­ then reviewed by the Snowmobile Ad­ from area to area. Some areas have fic park design problems through prep­ visory Board. The board presents its modem campgrounds, cabins, swim­ aration of graphic designs, descriptive recommendations to the Commission ming pools and trail rides, while at narratives and preliminary cost esti­ for funding or rejection. others visitors may enjoy the cultural mates for park developments. Private lands are leased from De­ interpretation ofa historic site or struc­ Digital maps usable for handouts, cember I-April 30.Current rates are a ture. Still other opportunities include web maps and planning were com­ maximum of $2 per acre or $100 per boating and fishing at Nebraska's pleted for four areas - Bridgeport, corridor mile of trail 100 feet in width. many lakes, primitive camping in the Calamus, Sherman and Walgren Lake No acres of private land were leased Pine Ridge country and backpacking SRAs. Production of these maps is for the 2000-01 season. along the Missouri River. made possible by aerial photos created from the Digital Ortho Photo Quads HORTICULTURE & TATE PARKS are public use provided online by the Nebraska De­ LANDSCAPE PROGRAM areas ofstatewide significance with S partment of Natural Resources. The agency's horticulture pro­ scenic, scientific and/or historical val­ Planning was done for Box Butte, gram's mission is "to promote planting enough to allow ade­ ues and large Merritt, Mormon Island and Sherman and proper care of trees, shrubs and without infringing quate development SRAs and E.T. Mahoney and Ponca wildflowers in landscapes of the State upon the primary values. state parks. Park System." OECREATION AREAS possess Staff made much progress with .ftresource values primarily associ­ SIGN SHOP tree-trimming and related arboriculture ated with active outdoor recreation Routed and/or silk-screened signs work at Fort Kearny and Arbor Lodge pursuits, day-use activities and camp­ were made for entrance, regulatory and SHPs; Pawnee, Johnson Lake, Medi­ ing. All the state's major water-oriented directional use on a number areas. cine Creek, Two River, Lake McCon­ areas come under this classification. These included a program for aughy, Fremont, Branched Oak, Alex­ campground, beach and bay access andria, Sherman, Mormon Island, ISTORICAL PARKS are sites areas at Lake Mcconaughy; new en­ North Loup and Lewis & Clark SRAs. Hof notable historical significance trance signs at Chadron, Ak-Sar-Ben The aerial lift unit was sent to a to the State of Nebraska. Aquarium, Louisville SRA, Two Riv­ number of park areas and accom­ plished 1,200 hours tree trimming and OECREATION TRAILS are ers SRA, Wildcat Hills SRA/Nature repair work. A number of landscape ftlinear corridors of statewide or Center and Memphis Lake SRA. projects were undertaken at various regional significance, valuable for non­ Signs were created for the building park areas. motorized recreational use. They may renovations at the Commission's area Landscaping was completed at one be equipped with appropriate amenities at the State Fair. The main entrance new cabin and around the new flagpole and support facilities. sign at Indian Cave State Park was Personnel help with maintaining 21 vandalized twice during the year. A at Mahoney State Park. In addition wildlife management areas, walleye new sign with cutout letter and reflec­ there, 125 shade trees were planted egg harvesting, check stations, tours, tive logo will be relocated closer to the next to the golf complex. Twelve acres sports shows and law enforcement. park headquarters. of fescue turf were seeded on park

27 wildlife land to accommodate 10,000 Boy Scouts attending the Mid-America Jamboree at the park. Annual renova­ tion and maintenance of the Geiger Waterway continued. Staff planned and installed renova­ tion landscapes at five cabins at Platte River SP and gave the Backyard Habi­ tat exhibit at the State Fair a facelift, installing a new pond and complement­ ing landscape. A final draft plan for ·1+/1 the landscape at the new visitor center \l~µ/1 at Lake McConaughy was completed. longest rails-to-trails conversion, ex­ areas and one recreation trail. Some The final phase of a two-year grant tending 321 miles covering over 3,800 785 temporary seasonal employees from the American Forest Association acres from Norfolk to Chadron. assist the permanent parks' staff during provided aerial seeding of 600 lbs. of The Cowboy Trail was a gift to the the main recreation season. ponderosa pine on 600 acres of the State of Nebraska under provisions of In addition, several areas use volun­ 1989 burn at Fort Robinson. If Federal Railbanking Statutes, which teer services of local groups, military successful, the project will improve allows for former railroad corridors to units and Campground Hosts. Green only a small area , but can help deter­ be held in trust as future transportation Thumb were used at one area. Lewis & mine if future reforestation seeding corridors. In the interim, these corri­ Clark benefitted from the efforts of an efforts are feasible. Final draft of a dors are designed by law for use as inmate labor crew from a federal mini­ forest fire protection plan for Chadron recreational corridors. mum security installation. State Park was prepared. Many trees and shrubs were pro­ PERSONNEL HAPPENINGS duced at parks nurseries and for agen­ Park's administration, horticulture, ~ Many park areas participated in the cy areas, including 1,300 shade trees landscape and the sign shop have a "Tackle Loaner" program spon­ grown in root control bags; 1,200 staff of 21 permanent and 9 seasonal sored by Urban Fishing. landscape grade shrubs, and 400 shade employees. The 86 park areas are ~ Road work on phase 2 of the South tree seedlings grown in containers. maintained by a permanent staffof 13 6 Shore Campground at Branched people. Distribution of these positions Oak was completed, and construc­ STATE RECREATION TRAILS is shown in the table below. tion begun on the shower building. Recreational trails are linear corri­ There are 53 park and recreation 20 electrical hookups were added at dors established to provide recreational areas staffed by resident personnel Middle Oak Creek camping area, opportunities for hiking, biking, horse­ with 116 permanent field positions. and the shoreline stabilization and back riding and cross country skiing. Staff from these areas also maintain 8 jetty were completed. At present, Nebraska has only one satellite areas. The remaining 20 field ~ The campground at Buffalo Bill state recreational trail, the Cowboy positions are assigned to other recre­ SRA was dedicated on June 3. Recreation and Nature Trail. When ation areas and park maintenance ~ At Calamus SRA, electric hookups completed this trail will be the nation's crews to maintain the 24 unmanned were added at Nunda Shoals; bank stabilization completed at Nunda PARK PERSONNEL BY REGION Shoals and Little York Point, and a r"· . 575-ft. breakwater was installed at REGION 0 J; l~~s 1i~ ~,~~~~ I ~~~~~~~~ •••••••••• ~~!~~11] Buckshot Bay. Northwest Region 18 7 11 21 198 ~ 2.6 acres at the entrance of Chad­ ron State Park, purchased by the Central Reg ion 46 23 23 42 150 NGPC Foundation, were donated to Eastern Region 21 15 6 73 437 the Commission. Debris was re­ Trail s 1 moved and area landscaped...... ·· ij~ ·· 1r ~ Champion Mill pond was dredged. J'QlfA4 lts ···· r 41 13&> ~ Historic purebred Texas longhorns

28 were transferred to the agency by ,AA¥ ij~(t/~1ltjt~ t ¢,rnmm, :::: YAviteim > AV~/pj9.#U ¢~IB!~~~Ri~ J lwi;,;~ •••- PiiYi •:•:•:•:•:-: ••• B~l¥Vii•J~tf P:;©,~lpiii'it the US Fish & Wildlife Service. Alexandria SRA 2,146 2,684 9,548 1.25 3.56 The cattle were trailed 180 miles Arnold SRA 150 356 907 2.37 2.55 from Valentine to Fort Robinson. Atkinson SRA 204 563 1,321 2.76 2.35 1,314 4,360 12,640 3.32 2.90 office completed at Bluestem SRA ~ Visitor center/ Box Butte SRA 854 2,633 5,343 3.08 2.03 Lake McConaughy SRA. Branched Oak SRA 11,283 41 ,710 125,277 3.70 3.00 2.87 2.55 ~ Five cabins opened to public at Bridgeport SRA 979 2,806 7,168 115 387 1,064 3.37 2.75 Lewis & Clark SRA. Building be­ Buffalo Bill SRA Calamus SRA 330 992 2,355 3.01 2.37 gan on four more cabins. Chadron SP 6,160 21,316 56,061 3.46 2.63 ~ Lightning ignited grass fires at Champion Lake 2,816 7,546 18,479 2.68 2.45 131 287 3.74 2.19 Merritt SRA, burning 2,800 acres, Cheyenne SRA 35 Conestoga SRA 163 403 846 2.47 2.10 including 80 acres of trees, plus Cottonwood Lake 1,531 5,109 14,418 3.34 2.82 thousands of surrounding acres. Crystal Lake SRA 60 218 436 3.63 2.00 Dead Timber SRA 382 988 2,359 2.59 2.39 ~ Modern campground and shop area E. T. Mahoney SP 453 1,419 3,371 3.13 2.38 at Pawnee SRA were asphalted. Enders SRA 8,532 25,723 96,822 3.01 3.76 ~ Lake renovation at Summit SRA Fort Kearny SRA 1,502 4,831 15,679 3.22 3.25 required lowering water level 15 Fort Robinson SP 4,890 13,314 32,797 2.72 2.46 Fremont SRA 5,688 9,777 19,552 1.72 2.00 feet below conservation pool. Gallagher Canyon 8,073 29,196 89,435 3.62 3.06 ~ An additional 90 feet of boat ramp Indian Cave SP 289 975 3,512 3.37 3.60 were poured, when irrigation de­ Johnson Lake SRA 6,589 18,761 50,586 2.85 2.70 Keller Park SRA 4,235 12,112 43,248 2.86 3.57 mand lowered Swanson Reservoir Lake Mac (prim) 597 1,865 4,590 3.12 2.46 to within 1 foot of dead pool. Lake Mac SRA 18,392 59,838 185,790 3.25 3.10 Maloney SRA 4,280 7,032 14,116 1.64 2.01 ~ Severe hail damaged buildings at Lake Lake Minatare SRA 2,118 7,194 23,144 3.40 3.22 Victoria Springs SRA, requiring re­ Lake Ogallala SRA 4,696 13,709 24,989 2.92 1.82 roofing 24 structures and siding Lewis & Clark SRA 4,630 12,860 50,010 2.78 3.89 some of them. Long Pine SRA 391 1,325 3,378 3.39 2.55 Louisville SRA 8,843 27,470 60,980 3.11 2.22 -~ 700-ft. rock pier was completed in Medicine Creek 2,300 4,691 10,832 2.04 2.31 beach area at Willow Creek SRA. Memphis SRA 761 2,116 5,237 2.78 2.47 · 12,821 38,186 3.15 2.98 ~ Wagon Train Lake is refilling after Merritt SRA 4,069 SRA 3,224 10,633 23,140 3.30 2.18 renovation project. Boat Mormon Island major Niobrara SP 1,617 4,618 12,175 2.86 2.64 ramp and handicap pier installed. Olive Creek SRA 15 29 59 1.93 2.03 Oliver Reservoir 1,355 3,497 9,528 2.58 2.72 4,244 13,101 38,373 3.09 2.93 IONS Pawnee SRA VISITAT Pelican Point SRA 81 226 476 2.79 2.11 Accurate counts of park visitors are Pibel Lake SRA 80 269 598 3.36 2.22 difficult to achieve. Most areas have Ponca SP 2,381 7,971 21,883 3.35 2.75 14,862 4.50 2.00 multiple accesses and over one-third of Red W illow SRA 1,651 7,431 Rock Creek Lake 498 950 2,571 1.91 2.71 the park and recreation areas are not Rock Creek Station 1,445 2,320 6,085 1.61 2.62 staffed. The 5 3reporting areas contrib­ Rockford Lake SRA 463 1,432 3,667 3.09 2.56 2.42 ute most of the visitor counts. Thirty­ Sherman SRA 1,169 3,907 9,441 3.34 Smith Falls SP 595 2,504 10,039 4.21 4.01 two areas are credited with conserva­ Stagecoach SRA 262 779 1,745 2.97 2.24 tive lump sum visitor estimates. One Summit SRA 672 2,241 5,373 3.33 2.40 area was closed to public access for Sutherland SRA 767 1,224 2,461 1.60 2.01 Swanson SRA 862 2,373 4,746 2.75 2.00 development during this reporting Two Rivers SRA 4,915 22,180 50,413 4.51 2.27 period. Annual lodging table is on p Verdon Lake SRA 31 84 213 2.71 2.54 28, and table on p. 29 shows visita­ Victori a Springs 728 2,020 5,206 2.77 2.58 Wagon Train SRA 284 797 1,971 2.81 2.47 tion by area. Walgren Lake SRA 132 343 762 2.60 2.22 War Axe SRA 41 100 209 2.44 2.09 INCOME W ildcat Hills SRA 64 176 363 2.75 2.06 Willow Creek SRA 2,702 10,073 26,403 3.73 2.62 Camping, lodging, swimming and Windmill SRA 2,317 6,543 15,426 2.82 2.36 trail rides are typical activities for TOTAL 162,445 467,062 1,302,961 3.06 2.79 which fees are charged. Other park

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2.98 2.98 4.92 4.92 307,385 307,385 103,194 103,194

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3.22 3.22 5.10 5.10 4,121 4,121 1,279 1,279 251 251 SRA SRA Clark Clark & & Lewis Lewis

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entertain­ Theater, Theater, Kountze Kountze Lodge, Lodge, cookouts cookouts Restaurants, Restaurants, -- Food Food ./ ./

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fees, fees, Collection Collection -- Miscellaneous Miscellaneous ./ ./ and and restaurant restaurant from from derived derived is is income income . ... Yl§ITATI9J\1~()0() :;. .-;:;:{ MAY •• NAN •• •• f!;Q ••• MAB t••• MB (? ..... -:.::..{ :}:: JQN~ < 994¥< AlJ9t •• §§ff > 99!/ N<>Y •·••c.PE:Q •••· tFORT ATKINSON SHP 290 450 825 1,845 4,450 6,050 6,250 6,820 7,820 7,800 920 150 43,670 FORT HARTSUFF SHP 0 100 500 750 2,800 5,500 5,000 4,000 3,750 950 100 12 23,462 FORT KEARNY SHP 30 500 7,000 3,000 8,200 12,375 15,950 10,400 2,500 500 425 15 60,895 FORT KEARNY SRA 150 1,600 5,100 6,000 12,550 25,450 15,400 33,700 13,800 2,000 250 60 116,060 FORT ROBINSON SP 1,157 1,508 1,803 13,753 33,798 49,394 58,447 49,387 31,573 38,372 58,312 13,304 350,808 FREMONT SRA 9,450 14,300 35,500 36,450 112,500 135,500 143,400 131,060 89,350 60,250 20,100 5,200 793,060 INDIAN CAVE SP 1,855 2,595 6,419 17,423 27,240 23,360 19,985 19,295 30,885 35,000 10,800 300 195,157 JOHNSON LAKE SRA 1,100 1,215 1,474 4,329 37,556 60,558 59,994 49,271 17,379 8,045 500 500 241,921 LAKE MALONEY SRA 1,000 1,200 3,600 3,000 36,000 105,000 24,000 15,000 5,400 3,150 400 0 197,750 LAKE McCONAUGHY SRA 7,117 14,624 13,876 28,661 83,355 93,816 169,343 146,555 93,192 11,808 7,861 4,296 674,504 LAKE MINATARE SRA 196 1,960 2,853 2,340 6,868 9,500 21 ,000 12,000 6,500 0 0 50 63,267 LEWIS & CLARK SRA 1,060 1,976 9,892 14,966 35,403 56,375 39,316 27,627 25,396 13,927 6,443 5,238 237,619 LOUISVILLE SRA 1,500 1,500 3,000 7,500 45,000 72,000 90,000 90,000 33,000 31,500 3,000 900 378,900 MEDICINE CREEK SRA 2,800 2,538 2,712 5,547 10,647 10,024 1,683 12,250 10,500 3,798 4,200 3,255 69,954 MERRITT SRA 2,200 1,500 1,300 1,750 18,750 21 ,500 35,000 20,400 20,500 1,685 4,000 2,000 130,585 MORMON ISLAND SRA 5,000 6,000 6,500 7,000 35,000 60,000 65,000 45,000 25,000 10,000 5,000 1,000 270,500 NIOBRARA SP 3,150 6,750 7,320 17,762 18,655 27,104 26,239 21,070 18,740 9,625 3,841 2,912 163,168 OLIVE CREEK SRA 96 147 234 329 467 489 516 493 268 324 412 385 4,160 OLIVER RES SRA 375 675 680 840 5,495 6,390 7,495 8,600 4,426 1,340 680 525 37,521 PAWNEE SRA 2,625 4,596 15,342 19,134 73,962 77,760 77,037 55,941 27,780 4,611 2,436 2,559 363,783 PLATTE RIVER SP 4,278 6,062 10,185 18,430 30,070 88,270 108,688 79,055 38,130 32,495 19,530 10,912 446,105 PONCA SP 600 2,400 4,000 9,000 57,000 60,000 80,000 60,000 24,000 20,000 3,000 1,800 321,800 RED WILLOW SRA 210 2,275 1,628 5,600 7,788 4,920 19,425 18,800 21,000 600 1,400 0 83,646 ROCK CREEK STATION 875 490 2,625 3,500 6,510 7,000 7,000 5,250 7,000 5,425 1,750 525 47,950 SCHRAMM SRA 1,175 1,402 2,168 3,752 10,001 13,352 14,315 11,760 7,599 4,059 2,183 1,234 73,000 SHERMAN SRA 1,400 1,225 1,225 1,225 42,000 10,500 6,318 1,400 1,505 1,225 1,050 875 69,948 SMITH FALLS SP 20 50 550 2,189 3,829 14,000 25,514 14,553 3,592 1,821 50 20 66,188 STAGECOACH SRA 687 764 826 1,183 2,921 4,537 4,775 5,109 4,970 3,193 1,726 1,189 31 ,880 SUMMIT SRA 1,000 1,000 2,000 4,000 18,000 20,000 18,000 3,000 1,500 1,000 500 300 70,300 SUTHERLAND SRA 600 750 1,500 1,200 9,000 6,000 1,200 700 1,050 900 300 0 23,200 SWANSON SRA 750 1,350 900 1,400 4,800 8,1 00 9,600 6,600 6,000 1,350 960 690 42,500 TWO RIVERS SRA 1,000 2,000 14,200 38,400 78,524 60,200 68,012 40,724 52,548 23,456 5,000 3,000 387,064 VICTORIA SPRINGS SRA 75 200 150 250 2,000 5,000 10,500 7,000 2,000 300 200 75 27,750 WAGON TRAIN SRA 873 927 838 984 1,532 1,486 1,659 1,896 1,918 1,431 987 558 15,089 WILDCAT HILLS SRA 500 700 590 1,200 4,930 5,720 6,420 7,120 3,500 2,500 520 460 34,160 WILLOW CREEK SRA 3,500 6,300 9,450 15,750 31,850 38,500 35,000 28,000 24,500 8,000 5,950 2,625 209,425 WINDMILL SRA 800 1,000 1,000 1,350 6,250 8,400 9,000 8,000 6,500 2,100 1,200 900 46,500 32 UNSTAFFED AREAS 5,152 6,1 44 9,504 16,448 43,840 58, 528 62,752 51,552 33,312 17,792 9, 568 5,408 320,000 TOTALS 157,002 184,979 290,716 509,561 1,356,747 1,795,299 1,937,274 1,587,449 1,030,845 599,755 289,151 159,625 9,898,403

31 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 309 PROJECTS New capital construction authority by program for FY 00/01 for 549 and 617 includes: In addition to capital projects, many park structure renovations are accom­ PARK COWBOY PROGRAM AREA NORDA GENERAL CASH TRAIL plished through the Building Renewal 900 Park Areas - General $140,625 $100,000 Program. Areas and authorized Re­ 901 Deferred Maintenance 200,000 newal Funds (309 Projects) follow: 902 Trail Development 110,000 I AtiI!t<'>RITYTI 960 Land Acquisition 300,000 Buffalo Bill SHP $ 22,500 967 Chadron State Park 100,000 Chadron SP 1,000

967 Eugene T. Mahoney SP 20,000 Enders SRA 7,600 Fort Robinson SP 54,969 967 Fort Robinson SP 53,000 Johnson Lake SRA 8,000 967 Platte River SP 50,000 Red Willow SRA 1,000 967 Ponca SP 300,000 - • Swanson SRA 13,000 967 Smith Falls SP 50,000 5,000 J j g~}Q§~ 968 Fort Kearny SHP 20,000 968 Fort Atkinson SHP 8,500 1999-2000 EXPENDITURES 969 Branched Oak SRA 200,000 Program Program Program Type 969 Enders SRA 5,000 549 550 617 Personal Serv. 969 Fort Kearny SRA 70,000 $3,461,184 $1 18,496 $1,200,974 Permanent 100,000 20,000 969 Johnson Lake SRA Personal Serv. 3,331,875 29,684 609,842 969 Lake Mcconaughy SRA 158,000 Temporary Overtime& 969 Lewis & Clark SRA 50,000 92,118 0 4,821 Other wages 969 Louisville SRA 200,000 80,000 Personal Serv. 1,364,106 30,269 400,920 Benefits 969 Medicine Creek SRA 20,000 Operating Exp. 5,236,664 162,680 1,065,801 972 Administrative Facilities 60,750 & Supplies 972 Emergency Facility Repair 100,000 Travel 17,893 5,924 40,785 Emergency Repairs Cov.A,oy Equipment 656,638 92,094 678,290 972 50,000 Trail Credit Cards 715 0 148 Total l11Q[pqij $$Q;QQQ $14,161,193 $439,147 $4,001,581 ,-QfixW $97'4}3ts• ?ii•4j;asq<> Dlsbursemen1ll OPERATIONS/MAINTENANCE State parks, recreation areas and recreation trails are administered under three separate programs. Program 549 provides funding for administration, operation ilur~ and maintenance of Parks, Historical Parks, Recreation areas offering improved General Fund $ 4 B04187 $415,068 $1,913,061 facilities and resident management and maintenance personnel. Program 550 Appropriation ' ' provides funding for Recreational Trails. Program 617-09 funds park crews to Cash Fund 9,531,450 oI 1,957,965 maintain the system's lesser developed, unmanned areas and the Operations Appropriation Division which plays a supporting role to all park crews when maintenance and Total $14,335,637 I $415,068 I$3,871 ,026 construction projects exceed their capabilities. The Operations Division also receives funding through the Game Fund. See tables at right. \ ~P~l ~\fufijl General Fund $5,007,138 429,950 $ 2,004,692 Appropriation I Cash Fund 9,918,950 oI 2,065,061 Appropriation Total $14,926,oss I s 429,9so I s 4,069,753

32 FY 1999-2000 INCOME AND EXPENDITURES The table on the left summarizes park income and expenses for fiscal year Area 1999-2000. It includes all income Chaci"on SP 311,62 1 303,616 (8,005) 26,580 deposited by area. Park cash income was also generated through Lincoln Fort Robinson SP 1,552,417 1,245,629 (306,788) 108,146 office, district offices, Ak-Sar-Ben Indian Cave SP 339,397 193,232 (146, 165) 1,824 Aquarium, Omaha office, maintenance E.T. Mahoney SP 4,338,857 5,458,679 1,119,822 963 districts and all permit agents. Niobrara SP 415,525 328,015 (87,510) 39,289 Platte River SP 894,901 727,849 (167,052) Column 1 -- Only area name is listed, Ponca SP 329,735 232,091 (97,645) 30,409 but includes satellites managed by that area, i.e. Indian Cave, Brownville & Smith Falls SP (131,967) 196,759 64,792 67 ,621 Verdon; Arbor Lodge SHP 235,385 92,348 (143,037) 12,976 Ashfall SHP* 2,006 15,532 13,526 Column 2 -- Expenses include sala­ Ash Hollow SHP 118,998 11,523 (107,475) ries, benefits, supplies, equipment, Bowring SHP 110,756 4,991 (105,765) mileage, capital expenses; Buffalo Bill Ranch SHP 218,687 41,436 (177,251 ) Column 3 -- Income produced on that Champion Mill SHP 39,818 2,301 (37,517) area(s) from all sources, i.e. lodging, Fort Atkinson SHP 135,023 11,018 (124,005) 268 camping, park entry permits, docks, Fort Hartsuff SHP 151,426 9,793 (141,633) and hunt & fish licenses, etc.; Fort Kearny SHP 228,813 142,295 (86,518) 2,285 Column 4 -- Income less expenditures Rock Creek Station SHP 217,435 42 ,371 (175,064) Calamus SRA 233,122 101,573 (1 31,549) 137,281 202,000 Column 5 -- Includes all Capital ex­ Dead Timber SRA 77,001 6,062 (70 ,939) 5,000 penditures. Enders SRA 129,514 28,319 (101,195) 172,108 Fremont SRA 302,110 295,789 (6,321) Permits reported through agent for calendar year 2000. Johnson Lake SRA 207,223 78,251 (128,972) Lake Mcconaughy SRA 588,545 390,402 (198,143) 259,773 NOTE Lake Minatare SRA 171 ,724 73,245 (98,479) 124,140 This report includes all mcome Lewis & Clark SRA 415,361 299,551 (11 5,810) 497,514 deposited by areas. Park cash income Louisville SRA 190,959 235,341 44,382 56,900 was also generated through Lincoln offic Medicine Creek SRA 157,626 46,191 (111,435) 70,929 e, district offices, Ak-Sar-Ben Aquarium, maintenance areas and all Mormon Island SRA 121,740 67,324 (54,416) 11 ,250 permit agents. Red Willow SRA 88,318 28,502 (59,816) 558 Schramm Park SRA 30,498 (30,498) 405 Sherman SRA 218,517 77,011 (141,507) 4,069 Southwest Res.-- Gen. 42,320 3,338 (38,982) Summit SRA 78,257 15,968 (62,289) 41,228 Swanson SRA 117,672 19,722 (97,950) 86,205 Two Rivers SRA 316,730 305,743 (10,986) 6,615 Victoria Springs SRA 83,098 38,126 (44,972) Wildcat Hills 61,847 27,447 (34,400) Nature Center Willow Creek SRA 119,334 48,641 (70,693) 50,000 Windmill SRA 141,706 52,498 (89,207) Covk>oy Trail Total for Ar.~as

33 2000 Resale Food Lodging & Marina Swimming Trail Boats, Golf Land Vending Admls- Catering Camping Concession Income Summarv Income Service Facilities Lease Pool Rides Rec. EaulP. Lease Machines slons A lexandria SRA 11,333 526 Arbor Lodge SHP 8,430 4,601 63 213 48,486 Arnold SRA 1,043 Ash Hollow SHP 5,759 Atkinson SRA 1,318 Bluestem SRA 6,801 Bowman Lake SRA 235 Bowrinq Ranch SHP 1,910 Box Butte SRA 6,185 Branched Oak SRA 171,055 9,109 540 3,413 Bridgeport SRA 3,711 Brownville SRA 893 Buffalo Bill SHP 10,315 771 7,929 83 133 Buffalo Bill SRA 2,651 Calamus SRA 83,422 Chadron SP 13,325 3,353 39,064 131 ,401 55 14,922 16,314 11 ,352 802 Champion Lake SRA 154 Champion Mill SHP 234 15 Cheyenne SRA 682 Conestoga SRA 16,761 Cottonwood Lake SRA 431 Cowboy Trail Crystal Lake SRA 2,528 Dead Timber SRA 3,966 Ender SRA 13,879 8,870 2,026 E. T. Mahoney SP 570,991 1,199,649 337,339 211,517 1,846,460 7,731 157,126 98,779 199,854 149 26,522 228,106 Ft. Aktinson SHP 3,547 Ft. Hartsuff SHP 3,837 Ft. Kearny SHP 16,316 25 Ft. Kearny SRA 67,671 50 Ft, Robinson SP 121,866 196,105 83,123 54,885 504,606 114 15,853 61,129 51 ,714 1,049 Fremont SRA 166,850 1,289 7,156 Gallagher Canyon SRA 1,643 Indian Cave SP 10,548 105,150 300 1,855 14,438 7,757 2,872 Johnson Lake SRA 65,404 Keller Park SRA 5,996 65 Lake Maloney SRA 20,386 1,555 Lake Mcconaughy SRA 219,130 6,000 28,755 225 15,376 LAKE Minatare SRA 110 24,291 50 240 15,702 210 Lewin & Clark SRA 117,279 89,488 55,694 48,474 1,137 409 8,717 Lincoln Main!. Long Pine SRA 2,489 Louisville SRA 154,100 1,357 4,563 Medicine Creek SRA 28,183 891 2,159 5,083 3 Memphis SRA 4,273 Merritt SRA 23,727 5,335 Mormon Island SRA 41,504 40 Niobrara SP 21,068 223 23,499 199,096 4,088 9,108 15,419 12,356 1,559 2,005 North Platte Main!. Olive Creek SRA 49 Oliver SRA 7,844 Pawnee SRA 69,333 471 Pelican Point SRA 481 Pibel Lake SRA 389 Pioneer SRA 35 Platte River SP 47,800 84,771 21,781 384,961 23,352 53,289 17,740 16 Ponca SP 18,994 358 41 ,129 82,367 14,754 25,038 2,845 Red W illow SRA 15,919 1,509 1,860 3,838 30 Riverview Marina SRA 4,765 Rock Creek Station SHP 2,159 101 2,485 75 Rock Creek Station SRA 13,479 Rockford Lake SRA 2,421 Sherman SRA 6,364 5,978 50,367 876 Smith Falls SP 1,636 22,226 4,587 11,148 5,171 Stagecoach SRA 1,919 Summit SRA 3,891 Sutherland SRA 2,163 Southwest Gen. Swanson SRA 6,885 1,485 4,025 850 Two Rivers SRA 2,084 70,260 35,344 88 1,099 Union Pacific SRA 254 Verdon Lake SRA 147 Victoria Springs SRA 184 10,372 10,950 3,128 Wagon Train SRA 2,714 Walgren Lake SRA 3 War Axe SRA 235 Wildcat Hills Main!. Wildcat Hills SRA 4,004 242 225 510 135 Willow Creek SRA 44,658 61 3 1,501 Windmill SRA 32,718 366 Trails Gen. PARK T OTAL 982,397 •.•J ,484,561 442;2 43 2;039;64:! 3;280;792 ,.,. 57,n4 .·. · ,,.'.',80.,053 • /ii:2:!5;t16 2 92;335 ",.,:,:,:::,,,:::306,848. / 9t ,07Q ./>::C:1lQ,Il31• '\}:278;592 Aquarium Omaha Office District Offices Central Office 1,125 466 1 15 GRANDT OTAL ...... , 983,559 i°:1''484561 ,.442243 i2040274 ., i.'3',260 01 5 ·,,:.65551 .. •.·.·,<' 80053 / iii235116 .'292335 / ,?>i309 '453 i 91.'085 'i>i>lff815. ·,ii.'275·881

34 2000 Fees, Torts, Park Park Game Habitat Aquatlc GRAND Other Misc. Total TOTAL Income Summary Adjustments Income Permits Fund Fund Fund TOTAL Funds Alexandria SRA 11,859 11.859 254 12,114 12,114 Arbor Lodge SHP 2,584 64,375 64,375 17,616 775 70 120 82,956 82,956 Arnold SRA 1,043 1,043 1,043 1,043 Ash Hollow SHP 5,759 5,759 4,458 92 10 10,319 150 10,469 Atkinson SRA 1,318 1,318 1,318 1,318 Bluestem SRA 6,801 6,801 6,801 6,801 Bowman Lake SRA 235 235 235 235 Bowring Ranch SHP 96 2,006 2,006 1,828 159 40 20 4,054 4,054 Box Butte SRA 800 6,985 6,985 6,985 6,965 Branched Oak SRA 160,356 344,472 344,472 51,159 16,972 70 595 413,268 33 413,302 Bridgeport SRA 3,711 3,711 3,711 3,711 Brownville SRA 893 893 893 893 Buffalo Bill SHP 7 1 19,239 19,239 15,544 390 10 25 35,207 11 35,218 Buffalo Bill SRA 2,651 2,651 2,651 2,651 Calamus SRA 83,422 83,422 18,554 2,721 170 940 105,806 202,000 307,806 Chadron SP 99 230,687 230,687 35,413 29,587 2,860 885 299,431 22 299,453 Champion Lake SRA 154 154 154 154 Champion Mill SHP 42 291 291 1,431 162 10 45 1,939 1,939 Cheyenne SRA 682 682 682 682 Conestoga SRA 16,761 16,761 508 17,270 17,270 Cottonwood Lake SRA 431 431 431 15 446 Cowboy Trail 0 89,288 89,288 Crystal Lake SRA 2,528 2,528 2,528 2,528 Dead Timber SRA 10 3,976 3,976 1,896 216 70 65 6,222 6,222 Ender SRA 10 24,784 24,784 2,932 314 3,163 65 31,258 31,258 E. T. Mahoney SP (30,720) 64,789 4,918,292 4,918,292 500,555 10,007 1,278 2,960 5,433,092 9 5,433,101 Ft. Aktinson SHP 3,547 3,547 6,994 795 40 90 11,466 250,090 261 ,555 Ft Hartsuff SHP 3,837 3,837 3,463 1,029 50 40 8,419 8,419 Ft. Kearny SHP 16,341 16,341 366 16,707 284 16,991 Ft. Kearny SRA 67,721 67,721 45, 950 1,055 60 375 115,161 115,161 Ft, Robinson SP 35,131 6,181 1,131,756 1,131,756 63,442 30,811 3,525 1,295 1,230,828 484 1,231,31 2 Fremont SRA 190 11 175,496 175,496 130,236 140 55 305,927 328 306 ,255 Gallagher Canyon SRA 1,643 1,643 1,643 1,643 Indian Cave SP 236 30 143,186 143,186 44,517 975 40 220 188,938 11 188,949 Johnson Lake SRA 1,524 66,928 66,928 23,436 1,367 190 610 92,530 25 92,555 Keller Park SRA 6,061 6,061 1,527 7,588 7,588 Lake Maloney SRA 21,941 21,941 21,941 21,941 Lake Mcconaughy SRA 594 30 270,109 270,109 80,758 17,200 1,300 5,485 374,852 374,852 LAKE Minatare SRA 57 10 40,670 40,670 29,558 3,417 60 930 74,635 74,635 Lewin & Clark SRA 212 70 321,478 321,478 30,966 4,733 150 1,840 359,167 359,167 Lincoln Main!. 0 0 0 150 66 40 15 270 282 552 Long Pine SRA 2,489 2,489 2,489 2,489 Louisville SRA 349 32 160,400 160,400 66,868 6,530 102 2,517 236,416 236,416 Medicine Creek SRA 1 10 36,330 36,330 2,838 4,665 43,833 11 43,844 Memphis SRA 4,273 4,273 4,273 4,273 Merritt SRA 29,062 29,062 525 77 10 30 29,704 20 29,724 Mormon Island SRA 28 41,572 41,572 28,574 895 60 315 71,415 71,415 Niobrara SP 52 288,476 288,476 23,857 2,907 320 670 316,230 18 316,248 North Platte Main!. 0 11 11 Olive Creek SRA 49 49 259 55,143 55,451 55,451 Oliver SRA 26 7,870 7,870 7,870 7,870 Pawnee SRA 376 20 70,201 70,201 33,966 2,527 10 75 106,779 106,779 Pelican Point SRA 481 481 481 481 Pibel Lake SRA 389 389 389 389 Pioneer SRA 35 35 35 35 Platte River SP 1,962 2,893 638,566 638,566 59,615 1,040 260 350 699,830 699,830 Ponca SP 20,419 207 206,111 206,1 11 32,574 2,263 100 640 241 ,688 24 241,712 Red Willow SRA 23,155 23,155 4,778 766 760 210 29,669 29,669 Rive,view Marina SRA 4,765 4,765 4,765 4,765 Rock Creek Station SHP 388 5, 209 5,209 7,891 333 60 75 13,567 9 13,576 Rock Creek Station SRA 13,479 13,479 13,479 13,479 Rockford Lake SRA 10 2,431 2,431 2,431 2,431 Sherman SRA 63,584 63,584 3,346 1,257 2,408 360 70,955 70,955 Smith Falls SP 526 45,294 45,294 13,400 160 10 60 58,924 58,924 Stagecoach SRA 1,919 1,919 389 2,307 2,307 Summit SRA 3,891 3,891 771 232 20 26,333 31,246 31,246 Sutherland SRA 2, 163 2,163 2,163 2,163 Southwest Gen. 1,232 607 105 100 2,044 2,044 Swanson SRA 1 13,246 13,246 1,410 6,044 80 40 20,820 20,820 Two Rivers SRA 624 10 109,509 109,509 80,466 86,336 1,040 11,230 288,580 113 288,693 Union Pacific SRA 0 254 254 254 254 Verdon Lake SRA 147 147 147 147 Victoria Springs SRA 2 24,635 24,635 7,741 2,326 302 682 35,686 13 35,699 Wagon Train SRA 2,714 2,714 776 3,490 3,490 Waloren Lake SRA 3 3 3 3 War Axe SRA 235 235 235 235 Wildcat Hills Main!. 0 167 167 Wildcat Hills SRA 42 265 5,423 5,423 9,972 14,109 850 370 30,723 8 30,731 Willow Creek SRA 146 20 46,938 46,938 1,338 44 30 10 48,359 48,359 Windmill SRA 3 10 33,097 33,097 12,756 1,066 150 310 47,378 47,378 Trails Gen. 0 27,953 27,953 PARKTOTAL :. . . ::::: . :,t96':1°3t 7•1;638 9,912.464 . : 8,912A6:4 .. 1,504;753_ : · 258,462 . 21'.654 116:206: >11;814;5.w :: :::>:571)378 . 12aa5;926 Aquarium 19,795 156,864 8,871 1,970 187,499 18 187,517 Omaha Office 37,953 332,459 27,738 9,805 407,955 407,955 District Offices 13 13 13 95,073 976,067 51,167 14,230 1,136,550 1,991 1,138,541 Central Office 521,511 17 523,134 523,134 1,603,701 15,127,561 3,581 ,662 3,066,557 23,902,615 10,996,656 34,899,271 GRAND:'fOTAL 717642 ':74':668 10-435611' :- 10 435:151.1 ::·3·261 ·'285 -: 16'852·'413 .:::::·3'691'091 ••: 3206768 . :,37,: 449:167' ':'1:1·:570:043 ·-aM :0.19::2.10

35 WILDLlf[ Wildlife focuses on four main areas: natural heritage and threatened and One lottery permit was issued, and a Research and Inventory, Resource Man­ endangered species programs. This full-curl ram was taken. Financial support agement, Habitat Management, and Edu­ includes federal grant dollars for re­ for the bighorn study was also contributed cation in its effort to manage our wildlife search projects. by Safari Club International. resources. Balancing the desires of the > $900,000 for administrative and vehi­ Wdd Turkey-A comprehensive exami­ public with the limitations of the resource cle support services including regula­ nation ofwild turkey management activities is a challenging endeavor. tion and permit coordination. and goals resulted in a new 5-year Nebraska Wild Turkey Management Plan. Production A total of $8.4 million dollars > $900,000 for acquisition ofnew wild­ was expended in 2000. life management areas. was a cooperative effort with the National > $600,000 for capital development on Wild Turkey Federation. Various recom­ mendations have already been WHERE DID THE MONEY wildlife management areas, including implemented, including expanded hunting COME FROM? habitat enhancements, maintenance opportunities in the East Unit and trans­ Wildlife's expenditures came nearly buildings, fencing of areas, parking location of birds to a few isolated woodland equally from the Game Cash Fund lots and access roads. tracts in eastern Nebraska. (46.8%) and the Habitat Cash Fund About 19,400 spring and 6,300 fall ( 44.1 %). The Game Fund comes primar- . RESEARCH, INVENTORY & RESOURCE turkey permits were issued in 2000. These ily from licenses sales and federal aid MANAGEMENT seasons provided about 98,000 person days reimbursements. Habitat Fund revenues Managing both wildlife populations of recreation, and about 10,500 turkeys were come from Habitat Stamp sales and fed­ and their habitats depends on critical up­ harvested. eral aid reimbursements. to-date research and monitoring. Surveys Other funding sources included: 4.5% provide vital information about popula­ ~Qpq i:.>~~rf,j@~~i < from General Fund, primarily for salaries tion sizes and distributions for regulating I harvest of game species and conservation Permits and benefits for nongame, threatened & Season Harvest endangered and heritage staff; 1. 7% from of non game species. Sold the income tax checkoff, and 2.9% from Surveys of public attitudes towards Archery 15,730 4,506 wildlife also affect management. Habitat federal grants. Wildlife projects received assessments identify areas important to Nov. Firearm 68,529 43,205 about $3.2 million in PR-DJ reimburse­ the survival and health of managed spe­ Muzzleloader 17,798 5,821 ments, while the Environmental Trust cies, while targeted studies help identify added $225,000 for CRP MAP. Special\Seasons I 9,842 I 6,222 why certain species are declining and how their populations may be increased L+M~iM••······ ·····>?••• 12•111:i}~il l §Q;lM 2000 Expenditures By Fund or safeguarded. Tracking the incidence In Mllllons of Dollars and spread of diseases contributes to .7• f'iY~tx~a ...ti~¢rtlij&jif tt~$tt1t$ ?•• effective resource management. Muzzle- 4 In many cases, research and inventory Year Rifle Archery 3.5 loader 3 projects are done in collaboration with 2.5 other natural resource-related organiza­ 1996 35,670 4,472 3,585 2 1.5 tions. 1997 1 43,261 4,148 4,104 0.5 Bighorn Sheep - A study initiated 1998 40,276 4,102 4,235 o~- --~-~-~-~ with Colorado State University and the U.S. Forest Service was to assess habitat 1999 39,399 4,504 4,797 use, survival, reproduction, and dispersal 2000 43,205 4,506 5,761 ofbighorn in the Pine Ridge. Plans called WHERE DID THE MONEY GO? for some bighorns to be relocated from Deer - About 112,000 permits for were > $2.4 million for maintaining and Fort Robinson SP to Ponderosa WMA, issued for 2000 seasons, and hunters har­ establishing habitat and public use southeast of Crawford, but capture attempts vested nearly 60,000 deer. Success rates facilities on WMAs. were unsuccessful due to dispersed animals, included: archery 29%; muzzleloader 33%; > $2.1 million for private and other a mild winter and lack of response to bait. regular firearm 61 %, and special seasons public land habitat and access en­ In the fall only about 35 sheep could be 53%. Muzzleloader season was increased hancements. Partnerships were contin­ located, and plans were put on hold. Subse­ from 16 to 30 days, and late firearm seasons ued or established, such as CRP-MAP, quently 54 bighorns were observed on the in designated problem areas were expanded CRP upland habitat initiative, wetland fort, and reports of additional sheep outside to allow permittees to take antlerless deer restoration, county roadside seeding, the fort have increased. Arrangements have with archery or muzzleloader during their and riparian restoration. now been made with Colorado to obtain appropriate seasons (season choice). > $1.5 million for research and resource sheep for transplant to Wildcat Hills, where Muzileloader success did not change in management for game, nongame, the habitat should be as suitable. spite of the expansion. Some 80% of the

36 season-choice haivest was taken with fire­ pintail for a University of Nebraska-Lincoln ceeded in improving pheasant brood habitat, anns in January. Concerns over herd size, graduate student project examining physio­ at least in 2000. Similar research .will be especially in the southeast, landowner dep­ logical condition and food habitats. Harvest conducted over the next few years to fine­ redation complaints and vehicle collision data compiled from a hunter survey indi­ tune the management recommendations for reports led to another year of liberaliz.ed cated that approximately 7,370 hunters CRP-MAP fields. permitting. ( 16% non-residents) haivested an estimated For the first time since 1930, hunters Pronghorn - Based on aerial surveys, 80,000 light geese in the late-winter season could hunt greater prairie chickens east of pronghorn numbers reached objective levels and Conservation Action. U.S. 81. Following five years of prairie in 3 of 4 management units; one was not The effectiveness of motorized duck chicken monitoring in southeast Nebraska, surveyed. Hunter demand consistently ex­ decoys (e.g. Robo-Duck, Mojo Duck) was populations were deemed large enough to ceeds the permits available, which are set to evaluated. Concern over use of such decoys allow limited hunting in the region. The manage populations and reduce depredation has arisen across the U.S. In other areas, 300 free permits issued allowed the haivest problems. About 1,200 hunters took 660 evidence indicates that hunters using "mo­ of two birds. Preliminary returns from pronghorns with success rates of 12% for tion" are haivesting ducks 3: 1 over those permit-holders suggest less than 60 birds archery, 49% for muzzleloader and 65% for who do not use them. The number and sex were taken. Over 90% of haivest occurred firearm. of each species haivested and their physical in Johnson and Pawnee counties. Future A study was initlated with University of measurements were recorded to assess hunting season recommendations will be Nebraska-Omaha, U.S. Forest Service and possible impacts of these decoys on popula­ based on final hunter survey data and trends the Nebraska Bowhunters Association to tion demographics. Data are still being in spring breeding ground counts. investigate habitat use, fawn survival, and compiled and analyzed. Furbearers - The impact of continu­ movements of pronghorns in the Nortli Upland Game - CRP-MAP (Conserva­ ously low fur prices during the 1999-2000 Sioux Unit. Adult does are radio collared, tion Reserve Program-Management Access fur harvest season was balanced by the need while bucks and last year's fawns receive Program) has become one of t11e agency's for depredation control of species such as solar-powered radio ear tags. In the spring, most popular private lands programs with raccoon, beaver and coyote. Harvest num­ newl-born fawns will be captured and mark­ nearly 150,000 acres enrolled in 2000. bers for most species were comparable to ed with radio ear tags. Primary goal of CRP-MAP is to improve the average take in the 1990s. Populations Elk - Nebraska's relatively small elk habitat conditions in enrolled CRP fields for of many ftubearers are perceived as high, herd draws considerable interest from view­ grassland nesting birds, particularly brood­ based on haivest success, observations, and ers and hunt~rs. Nearly 900 persons applied rearing pheasants. In the swnmer, the effect depredation complaints. lncreasedfur-bear­ for the 40 permits authorized in 3 units, and of CRP-MAP habitat improvements on er populations during the past decade can be 19 landowner permits were issued. Hunters insect abundance in eastern Nebraska (a attributed partially to very mild winters that took 24 elk. Those with permits for the key habitat requirement for pheasant chicks) provided low enough temperatures and Boyd Unit are allowed, under an agreement was measured. sufficient food to allow for good body condi­ with South Dakota, to hunt in part of Greg­ In 12 CRP-MAP fields sampled, in-sect tion and high reproductive success. ory County, SD, and 2 elk were taken there. abundance (by weight) averaged 2-3 times A record haivest of over 500 bobcats WaterfowlManagement-Thefirst teal higher in the managed portions of fields may have resulted from an increased bobcat season in Nebraska since 1970 was held in than in the unmanaged portions. This sug­ population and growing interest in the - September. Deemed experimental by tlie gests that light disking and legume inter­ species by fur haivesters. Continuously low U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), teal seeding done as part of CRP-MAP sue- muskrat haivest numbers may be associated hunting was open only in the southern half of Nebraska. Evaluation of the rate of at­ tempt and of take of non-target species Estimated number of furbearers harvested ­ (species other than blue-winged, green 1999/2000 Season winged and cinnamon teal) was required. 140000 -r------~ Some 105 spy blinds were operated to assess the rate hunters shot at or took non-target 120000 species. At the time of writing, USFWS was "C .!l 100000 stilJ compiling data. Cl) QI Work continued witli the USFWS to ~ 80000 better understand the biology and ecology of .s::. migratory birds in the Rainwater Basin ii 60000 E i experimental late-winter region during the ::::, 40000 and Conservation Action light goose sea­ z sons. Infonnation was collected on water­ 20000 fowl abundance and distribution in the Rainwater Basin. Staff assisted the U.S. 0 Geological Survey with a pilot trapping project on northern pintails, and collected snow and white-fronted geese and northern

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coordinator, coordinator, regional regional a a adding adding include include and and assesmient assesmient conservation conservation a a developing developing to to due due dro­ densities densities populations populations low low with with found in the eastern and western parts of provement, etc. Program activities rar:get framework from which to direct wildlife the state, although Lone Star ticks only specific habitat needs and allow for un­ diversity program activities and to deliver occur in the east. To recheck 1999 results proved partnering opportunities with other services and products. and pinpoint areas of infection, 275 more governmental and non-governmental orga­ Fann Bill Efforts - The division con­ samples were collected in 2000 and are nizations. tinues to lead conservation-related informa­ currently being analyzed. 2000 Program Highlights tion and assistance efforts. A full-time staff About 120 tmkeys were collected around • Technical Assistance: Thousands of member shepherds the Farm Bill and other the state during the spring season. The contacts made with landowners for hab­ conservation-related legislation. An Internet UN-L Veterinary Science Department itat assistance. conservation information distribution effort tested for E. coli 0157:H7 and salmonella. • Buffers Partnership: Fosters Continuous was added, the Conservation Legislation Turkeys were also checked for blackhead, CRP sign up for buffers with Pheasants Information Network. It keeps interested fowl cholera, fowl pox and tuberculosis. Forever. Nine positions shared resulted individuals abreast of conservation issues Only one diseased bird was found with E. in over 650 quality acres enrolled and and legislation. It is a very popular web site. coli. Internal organs are being examined for nearly 3,000 landowner contacts. Wetland Restorations on WM:4.s - internal parasites, notably tapeworms. • CRP-MAP: Over 150,000 acres en­ Projects were completed at Greenwing, rolled; 15,000 acres improved. Prairie Wolf, and Wilkinson WMAs, and HABITAT MANAGEMENT • Food I Cover Plot Program: over 400 projects began at Pintail, Sandpiper, and Habitat management involves public bags of seed distributed statewide. Kirkpatrick Basin South. Partners included: and private lands to provide wildlife and • Roadside Seeding Program: Over 400 Rainwater Basin Joint Venture, Nebraska natural communities with necessities for acres and 167 miles of roadsides seeded Environmental Trust, Ducks Unlimited, survival. Efforts are ongoing to improve statewide. Natural Resources Conservation Service, habitat while optimizing recreational access. • Reviewed conservation and program Todd Valley Wetlands Foundation, and the . Next to weather, habitat is the most impor­ plans for several national wildlife ref­ Nebraska Game and Parks Foundation. tant aspect of viable wildlife populations. uges and the Nebraska National Forest. Private Land Wetland Projects - Nebraska encompasses about 49.4 million Improving Partnering Efforts - The NGPC completed 33 private land wetland acres of land and water of which about division continued to improve partnering projects that totaled over 4,000 acres of 97% is privately owned. NGPC administers relationships witl1 other resource agencies wetlands and associated uplands. approximately 170,000 acres as wildlife and organiz.ations. While WILD Nebraska management areas, about 0.33% of the is achieving benefits in this regard, other EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS state's area. activities like providing basic wildlife bio­ Education intertwines division activities. CRP-MAP - Because of demand for logical training to NRCS staff contributes to A well-informed public is basic to support quality places .to hunt and opportunities better equipped professionals in tl1e field. for wildlife and recreational resources. In created by the USDA Conservation Re-serve Partnerships are becoming a way to do cooperation with other divisions and/or Program, NGPC joined with Pheasants business. By sharing resources efficiency is other outside agencies, wildlife staff partici­ Forever and the Nebraska Environmental increased and more ways are found to get pated in various educational efforts: Trust to establish the CRP-Management jobs done. • Waterfowl Youth Hunting Access Program (CRP-MAP). Begun in The division shares to two positions • Dove Youth Hunts 1997, it provides improved habitat on CRP with NRCS that are involved with program • Pheasant Youth Hunts lands offering public access for walk-in and habitat improvement practice imple­ • Spring Migration Guide hunting. While only 19,800 acres were mentation. Positions are also share with • Presented findings and gathered infor­ enrolled the first year, over 150,000 acres Pheasants Forever, U.S. Fish and Wildlife mation at national meetings were signed up in 2000. The program, with Service, National Wild Turkey Federation • Conducted school and public service its atlas of lands enrolled, is quite popular and Ducks Unlimited. presentations with hunters and landowners. CARA Highlights - The division • Staffed fairs, sport shows and ag-days to WILD Nebraska - Habitat Partners coordinated the State Teaming With Wild­ disseminate information section continued to work with existing life Coalition to support the Conservation • Computer homepage development and partners like the NRDs, NRCS, PF, USFWS and Reinvestme~t Ellmlm~ enhancement and others to im­ Act (CARA). This lillD ..ll!!I • Conservation Legislation Information ska prove effective­ federal legislation TEAMING ~!;,!1,.~!~~~f.~ Network ness and deliv- 1 would provide $4 million to • NRCS Wildlife Training ery of numer­ Nebraska annually for the conservation of • Stream Workshops ous offerings. ,t~ fish and wildlife diversity. Congress funded • Outdoor Nebraska 1q~· . A new urn~ part of the requested funding, a one time p,.~ui,q,, 14• 1(!d4Ule '?1¢u...t b r e 1 I a • Wildlife Habitat Evaluation Program appropriation of $570,000 for wildlife con­ (4-H) program called WILD Nebraska is now in servation and wildlife-dependent recreation • Husker Harvest Days place. It addresses many of the functions of and education in Nebraska. previous programs ·like Wildlife Habitat Efforts to secure permanent federal Improvement, Shelterbelts, Food Plots, funding will continue. Development of a Roadside Seeding, CRP-MAP, WIP, Upland strategic plan was initiated to provide a Habitat Initiative, Seasonal Habitat Im-