Good afternoon.  Following is the Director’s update for September.  I hope everyone is looking forward to the Labor Day weekend. The budget situation Despite what seems to be a bottoming out of the recession in some parts of the U.S., the Nevada economy still appears to be in the doldrums.  Gaming and sales taxes, and [...]

NOTE: This was sent to DCNR employees today. Good afternoon to everyone in DCNR. Here in Carson City the weather is mild, the birds are singing and, best of all, the legislature has adjourned for another 18 months! As we begin to decompress and return to normal operations, this Director’s report will focus heavily on [...]

Good morning to everyone in DCNR. The Nevada Legislature is now at the halfway point (assuming no special sessions). I thought you would appreciate a quick update on the first 60 days. Budgets As previously reported, budget hearings began in January, even before the official start of the session. Since that first high-level overview hearing, [...]

[NOTE: This was sent to DCNR employees last week.] Good afternoon to everyone in DCNR. I hope you are having a great late winter. Budget Update We have now gone through three sets of hearings where we presented our division budgets in detail and fielded a number of questions. One outcome of those hearings has [...]

[NOTE: This was sent to DCNR employees yesterday afternoon.] Good afternoon to everyone in DCNR. The legislature has begun! For many of us the next four months will be a busy time. It is also the time of year my wife complains because she has to help me iron my dress shirts! This promises to [...]

[NOTE: This was sent to DCNR employees today.] Good afternoon to everyone in DCNR. The following is my November report on activities within the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Budget update As you have undoubtedly seen on television or in the newspapers, state tax revenues continue to decline and are not meeting revised expectations. [...]

Good morning to everyone in the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. I hope you all had a great summer. I know I am looking forward to those magnificent Nevada fall days. After months of preparation, DCNR’s biennial budget (it begins July 1, 2009 and ends June 30, 2011) has been submitted to the budget [...]

Good morning to everyone in the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. I hope you all had a great summer. I know I am looking forward to those magnificent Nevada fall days. After months of preparation, DCNR’s biennial budget (it begins July 1, 2009 and ends June 30, 2011) has been submitted to the budget [...]

Good afternoon to everyone in the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Following is the Director’s Office update for August. I hope you are having a great summer. Sand Harbor’s heroic lifeguards Three of State Park’s seasonal lifeguards had their training tested in late July. Samuel Lawrence, Alisa Johansson and Dennis Sanders rescued two people [...]

Newsletter for DCNR employees Good afternoon to everyone in the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. In my almost four years as the Department’s Director, I have come to appreciate the extent and diversity of our natural resource mission. We have responsibilities for the protection of our land, air and water, the operation of state [...]