CAB backs increase in demerit points for trail cameras and thermal devices

Members of the County Advisory Board to Manage Wildlife voted to support a state proposal to increase demerit points for violations involving trail cameras and thermal imaging devices during a workshop item on commission general regulation 5-15. The proposal would raise demerits for use or possession of thermal imaging devices and adjust demerits tied to trail cameras.

Board support was specific to demerit-point changes rather than season-date changes. Board members discussed the effective dates listed in the draft language and noted inconsistencies in the document about season windows (references to July 1, August 1 and December 31 appeared in different places).

A member summarized the proposal as focused on changing only the number of demerits assigned for violations. Another member said they had no problem supporting the demerit-point change. A motion to support the agenda item passed with the chair voting aye and the CAB’s support moved to the commission for its workshop review.

The transcript records that the proposal includes language to change demerits “from 3 to 12” for certain thermal imaging violations and that the related season-date language in the draft is unclear; the board did not adopt season-date changes at the CAB level. The commission workshop referenced in the agenda will consider the proposed amendment to the Nevada Administrative Code as presented; the CAB’s action was a recommendation of support, not a commission-level rule change.