State wildlife laws handbook : Center for Wildlife Law at the Institute of Public Law, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico ; Ruth S. Musgrave and Mary Anne Stein ; with contributions from Karen Cantrell, Sara Parker, and Miriam Wolok.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Musgrave, Ruth S. (Ruth Shippen)
Corporate Author: University of New Mexico. Center for Wildlife Law
Other Authors: Stein, Mary Anne
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Rockville, Md. : Government Institutes, 1993.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Overview of wildlife laws and issues
  • How to use this handbook
  • Topics excluded from state summaries
  • Overview of wildlife law
  • History of wildlife laws
  • Modern wildlife laws
  • International wildlife laws
  • Federal laws relevant to state wildlife management
  • State wildlife laws
  • Wildlife poaching in the U.S.
  • Scope of the problem
  • Poaching problem in the U.S.
  • State laws
  • Federal laws
  • Enforcement of existing laws
  • Solutions and recommendations
  • Priorities
  • State wildlife laws
  • State summaries.
  • State laws compared
  • Tables comparing state wildlife laws
  • Discussion and recommendations
  • Sample statutes
  • Director of agency: appointment and qualifications
  • Commissioner: appointments and qualifications
  • Commission members: appointments and qualifications
  • Agency funding sources
  • State advisory boards
  • Hunter education courses
  • Trapper education courses
  • Restitution, spotlighting and waste statutes
  • Permission to hunt on private land
  • Permission to trap on private land
  • Statutory regulation of selected hunting business.
  • Animal damage control
  • License revocation and suspension table
  • States with criminal felony provisions for various violations
  • Statutory prohibitions against hunting while intoxicated
  • Rewards for assisting with enforcement against violators
  • Status of hunter harassment statutes
  • Native American provisions
  • State fish and wildlife agencies
  • State legislative sessions: legal provisions.