Current through Bulletin 2024-18, September 15, 2024
(1)
(a)
Distribution of conservation permits will be based on a sequential selection
process where each eligible conservation organization is assigned a position or
positions in the selection order among the other participating organizations
and awarded credits with which to purchase permits at an assigned
value.
(b) Conservation
organizations may not consult or coordinate with other conservation
organizations regarding which conservation permits they intend to acquire
before the permit selection process.
(2) Permits will be awarded to eligible
conservation organizations for no more than three years.
(3) The division will determine the number of
permits available.
(a) Season types for area
conservation permits for elk on any given hunt unit will be designated and
assigned in the following order:
(i) first
permit -- multi-season;
(ii) second
permit -- hunter's choice of season;
(iii) third permit -- any-weapon, late
season;
(iv) fourth permit --
archery;
(v) fifth permit --
any-weapon, mid season;
(vi) sixth
permit -- muzzleloader;
(vii)
seventh permit -- multi-season; and
(viii) eighth permit -- hunter's choice of
season.
(b) Season types
for area conservation permits for deer on any given hunt unit will be
designated and assigned in the following order:
(i) first permit -- multi-season;
(ii) second permit -- hunter's choice of
season;
(iii) third permit --
muzzleloader;
(iv) fourth permit --
archery;
(v) fifth permit --
multi-season;
(vi) sixth permit --
hunter's choice of season;
(vii)
seventh permit -- muzzleloader; and
(viii) eighth permit -- archery.
(c) If a unit is missing any of
the season types listed in Subsection (3)(a) or (3)(b), that season type will
be skipped and the next available season type will be assigned to the
permit.
(d) Notwithstanding the
availability of multiple seasons, an any-weapon permit opportunity offered in
Subsections (3)(a) and (3)(b) is restricted to a single season, which the
recipient of the permit must designate before receiving the permit.
(4) The division will assign a
credit amount for each permit based on the average return for the permit during
the previous three-year period. If a history is not available, the value will
be estimated.
(5) The division will
calculate the market total for the permit draft by summing all credit amounts
from available conservation permits.
(6)
(a) The
division will calculate a market share for each eligible conservation
organization applying for permits.
(b) Market share will be calculated and
determined based on:
(i) the conservation
organization's previous three years performance;
(ii) all conservation permits issued to a
conservation organization; and
(iii) the percent of conservation permit
revenue raised by a conservation organization during the three-year period
relative to all conservation permit revenue raised during the same period by
all conservation organizations applying for conservation permits.
(7) The division will
determine the credits available to spend by each group in the selection process
based on their market share multiplied by the market total.
(8)
(a) If
substantial changes to a hunt boundary or season date of a conservation permit
occur during its three-year term, the division may cancel the permit for the
remainder of the three-year term and assign an average sales price using prices
from prior years within its three-year term.
(b) If minor changes to a hunt boundary or
season date of a conservation permit occur during its three-year term, the
division may:
(i) cancel the permit for the
remainder of the three-year term and assign a sales price under Subsection
(8)(a); or
(ii) allow the
conservation organization to sell the permit for the remainder of the
three-year term.
(9) The division will establish a selection
order for the participating conservation organizations based on the relative
value of each groups market share as follows:
(a) groups will be ordered based on their
percent of market share;
(b) each
selection position will cost a group 10% of the total market share except the
last selection by a group will cost whatever percent a group has
remaining;
(c) no group can have
more than three positions in the selection order; and
(d) the selection order will be established
as follows:
(i) the group with the highest
market share will be assigned the first position and 10% will be subtracted
from their total market share;
(ii)
the group with the highest remaining market share will be assigned the second
position and 10% will be subtracted from their market share; and
(iii) this procedure will continue until all
groups have three positions or their market share is exhausted.
(10) At least one week
before the permit selection meeting, the division will provide each
conservation organization applying for permits the following items:
(a) a list of permits available with assigned
value;
(b) documentation of the
calculation of market share;
(c)
credits available to each conservation group to use in the selection
process;
(d) the selection order;
and
(e) date, time and location of
the selection meeting.
(11) At the selection meeting, conservation
organizations will select permits from the available pool according to their
respective positions in the selection order. For each permit selected, the
value of that permit will be deducted from the conservation organization's
available credits. The selection order will repeat itself until all available
credits are used or all available permits are selected.
(12) Conservation organizations may continue
to select a single permit each time their turn comes up in the selection order
until all available credits are used or all available permits are
selected.
(13) A conservation
organization may not exceed its available credits, except a group may select
their last permit for up to 10% of the permit credit amount above their
remaining credits.
(14)
Conservation organizations may not trade or transfer permits.
(15) The division will notify the Wildlife
Board as to the results of the conservation permit distribution.
(16) Conservation organizations failing to
comply with the reporting requirements in any given year during the period may
lose the conservation permits for the balance of the award period.
(17) If a conservation organization cannot
complete the terms of auctioning or otherwise selling assigned permits, the
permits will be returned to the regular public drawing process for the duration
of the allocation period.
