§ 15a. Fees for the Use of Fish and Wildlife Department Lands and Facilities
1.0 Authority.
1.1 This rule is adopted pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 4132(e) that requires the Commissioner of the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department to adopt and publish regulations for reasonable fees for the use of Department lands.
1.2 In accordance with 10 V.S.A. § 4132(e), all fees or charges collected for the use of fish and wildlife lands and properties shall be deposited in the Fish and Wildlife Fund.
2.0 Purpose.
2.1 In accordance 10 V.S.A. § 4132(e), this rule is designed to set fees for the use of Vermont of Fish and Wildlife Department lands, roads, buildings, other property including Wildlife Management Areas, Fishing Access Areas, and other Department lands and sets tuition for the Green Mountain Conservation Camps.
2.2 The activities for which fees shall be charged under this rule shall be consistent with the Rule Governing Public Use of Fish and Wildlife Department Lands.
3.0 Definitions.
3.1 “Partnering organizations” means any government entity or non-governmental organization with whom the Department has a memorialized partnership and whose purposes, and proposed activity, are consistent with the mission of the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department.
3.2 “Private entity” means a person or group whose proposed activity is unaffiliated with the mission of the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department.
3.3 “License” a written instrument that authorizes a certain activity on Department property but does not vest the licensee with any property rights.
3.4 “Special Use Permit” means a formal written authorization for short-term, low impact use by individuals or groups.
3.5 “Department” means the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department.
3.6 “Edward F. Kehoe Education Center” means the main floor of the Educational Center and surrounding buildings, lawns.
3.7 “Buck Lake Conservation Camp” means the dining hall, restrooms, tent erection areas and Wightman building.
4.0 Fees.
4.1 Edward F. Kehoe Education Center
(a) Partnering Organizations and Municipalities
(b) Private Entity
4.2 Buck Lake Conservation Camp
5.0 Waivers.
5.1 Department Employees working in their official capacity, and participants of Department sponsored events, are exempt from fees subject to the approval of the Commissioner or the Commissioner’s designee.
5.2 Partnering organizations paying fees for an activity under 4.1 of this rule shall be waived of any additional fees for use of Department lands associated with that activity. (Added 2013, Fish and Wildlife Board Reg. eff. July 1, 2013.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Title 10 Appendix - Conservation and Development
App § 1. Wild animals generally
App § 2b. Wildlife Management Units
App § 3. Rabbit, squirrel; sale
App § 4. Bow and arrow hunting
App § 5. Bow and arrow standards
App § 9. Wildlife rehabilitation
App § 10. Vermont endangered and threatened species rule
App § 12. Leashed tracking dogs
App § 13. Regulations for operating regulated shooting grounds
App § 14. Posting against hunting, fishing or trapping
App § 15. Rule governing public use of Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department Lands
App § 15a. Fees for the Use of Fish and Wildlife Department Lands and Facilities
App § 15b. Rule Governing Public Use of Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department Shooting Ranges
App § 16. Suspension of licenses: Enforcement of child support orders, 15 V.S.A. § 798
App § 18. Governing the importation and possession of wild animals, excluding fish
App § 19. Rule governing the importation and possession of animals for taking by hunting
App § 22a. Taking of turkey doing damage
App § 23. Methods of taking, possessing and transporting migratory game birds
App § 23a. Spring Snow Goose Conservation Order
App § 23b. Waterfowl Boundary Rule
App § 25. Nongame wildlife species
App § 32. Trapping, hare and rabbits
App § 33. Moose Management Rule
App § 35. Taking of moose doing damage to fencing, tubing, or Christmas trees