Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 38, September 20, 2024
A. The Arizona
Livestock Loss Board (Board), in its sole discretion, may make funds available
to landowners, lessees, or livestock operators who implement livestock
management techniques or nonlethal wolf deterrence techniques designed to
prevent wolf and livestock interactions and reduce wolf depredations, which may
include but is not limited to:
1.
Fencing,
2. Guard dogs,
3. Range riders,
4. Reduction in livestock production,
and
5. Transportation costs to
relocate livestock.
B.
The Board shall consider compensation applications in the order received,
except that preference shall be given to applicants who:
1. Employ range rider strategies or other
non-lethal conflict avoidance measures,
2. Projects on ranches that have experienced
depredation or depredations, and
3.
Projects on ranches where wolf packs are known to be present.
C. An applicant seeking funding
shall submit to the Board an Application for Mexican Wolf Depredation
Prevention Compensation Form (application form) no less than seven days prior
to its next regularly scheduled meeting. The claimant shall mail the form to
the State of Arizona Livestock Loss Board at, P.O. BOX 74975, Phoenix, AZ,
85087. An applicant who is applying for multiple projects shall submit a
separate application for each project. The applicant shall provide all of the
information on the application form, including:
1. The applicant's:
a. Name;
b. Mailing address;
c. Telephone number;
d. Fax number, if available;
e. Email address, if available;
2. Primary Contact's:
a. Name;
b. Mailing address;
c. Telephone number;
d. Fax number, if available; and
e. Email address, if available; and
3. Description of the project area
shall be a map or a description of the project area to include the Township,
Section, Range, and the Allotment Name, if available;
4. Livestock information:
a. Types of livestock being protected by the
project;
b. Number of livestock
owners within the project area;
c.
Estimated number of livestock covered by the project;
5. A detailed description of the proposed
depredation prevention measure or measures;
6. An itemized cost report showing how the
applicant intends to use compensation funds (e.g. fencing, range riders,
alternative ranges, guard dogs etc.).
7. Previous funded projects completed by the
applicant that reduced wolf and livestock interactions, if applicable:
a. Compensation funds received for each
project;
b. Total funding for each
project;
c. Project start and end
dates;
d. For a project exceeding
one year, indicate the period estimated to complete the project;
e. For an existing project, provide the year
the project began;
8.
Total compensation funds requested;
9. Total matching funds, to include the total
cash and non-cash match;
10.
Affirmation that the information provided on the application is true and
accurate; and
11. Signature and
date. The person signing the application form shall have the authority to enter
into agreements, accept funding, and fulfill the terms of the agreement on
behalf of the applicant.
D. Submission of an application does not
guarantee the Board will award compensation. The Board shall award compensation
funding based upon available funds and whether the proposed project will
effectively prevent wolf and livestock interactions and reduce wolf
depredations.
1. The Board shall review each
application for completeness, accuracy, and consistency with this
Section.
2. Incomplete applications
may be returned for correction or completion.
3. Applications not meeting the standards
established in these rules may be denied.
E. The awarding of funding is within the
Board's sole discretion and is based on the Board's determination of the
proposed measures effectiveness at preventing wolf depredation. After reviewing
all applications, the Board may make any one of the following decisions:
1. Approve funding for the full amount
requested;
2. Approve funding of
partial amount requested. In this instance, the Board may elect to fund a
portion of the requested amount;
3.
Defer request for further consideration based upon submission of additional
information;
4. Deny
request.
F. An applicant
awarded compensation funding shall:
1. Provide
an Arizona State W-9 to NFWF, or other Board-approved payment agent, before any
funds may be dispersed, unless the person already has a W-9 on file with
NFWF.
2. Provide approved
dollar-for-dollar match in the form of cash, in-kind contributions, or
third-party contributions on behalf of the applicant.
3. Surrender any unexpended livestock
compensation funds to the Board.
G. The Applicant assumes all liabilities for
actions implemented by the Livestock Depredation Prevention Compensation
Funding.
H. The Board is not
responsible for any injuries, taxes, fees, or other costs, resulting from a
Livestock Depredation Compensation Funding.
