Elko CAB recommends statewide thermal‑imaging restriction window after enforcement concerns

Mar 9, 2026

After hearing guide and warden concerns about enforcement and impacts on trophy hunts, the CAB amended NDOW’s proposed thermal‑imaging regulation to a statewide July 15–Dec. 4 restricted window and forwarded that amended recommendation to the Commission.

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NDOW presented a proposed regulation narrowing where and when thermal‑imaging equipment could be used to take wildlife. Public commenters, guides and law enforcement raised enforcement concerns, penalty adequacy and the potential for guide‑client abuse.

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