GAME AND PARKS COMMISSION
Description
PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES CAN APPLY FOR A PERMIT TO HUNT AND FISH FROM A VEHICLE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. INDIVIDUALS UNABLE BY REASON OF PHYSICAL INFIRMITIES TO HUNT AND FISH IN A NORMAL MANNER MAY BE ISSUED A SPECIAL PERMIT. ANY PERSON WHO IS AGE 70 OR OVER, AND A RESIDENT OF NEBRASKA, OR A VETERAN AGED 65 OR OVER SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM THE PAYMENT OF ANY FEES FOR FISHING. PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES WHO WISH TO HUNT ARCHERY DEER, ANTELOPE OR TURKEY WITH A CROSSBOW, MUST ATTEST THE LOSS OF USE OF AN ARM THROUGH AMPUTATION OR LACK OF USE OF AN ARM THROUGH PERMANENT IMPAIRMENT WHICH RENDERS THE INDIVIDUAL INCAPABLE OF DRAWING A LONG BOW.
Contact Information
Address:
2201 NORTH 13TH
Norfolk
NE
68701-2267
Hours of Operation:
8:00 TO 5:00 MONDAY-FRIDAY
Website:
www.outdoornebraska.org/locations
Main Phone:
Phone
402-370-3374
Other Phone(s):
Fax
402-370-3256
Main Contact(s):
LAUNA ECKMANN
Other Contact(s):
Main Email:
taran.gingery@nebraska.gov
Other Email(s):
launa.eckmann@ngpc.ne.gov
General Information
Agency ID: 155
List of Provided Services:
Recreation: Recreation
Counties Served: Boone, Burt, Cedar, Colfax, Cuming, Dakota, Dixon, Dodge, Greeley, Knox, Madison, Nance, Pierce, Platte, Stanton, Thurston, Washington, Wayne, Wheeler, Antelope
Written material: BROCHURES.
Eligibility: A FORM MUST BE FILLED AND SENT TO THE LINCOLN OFFICE FOR APPROVAL AND ISSUANCE. FOR THE CROSSBOW PERMIT, THE INDIVIDUAL MUST HAVE LOST THE USE OF AN ARM THROUGH AMPUTATION OR LACKS USE OF AN ARM THROUGH PERMANENT IMPAIRMENT WHICH RENDERS HIM INCAPABLE OF DRAWING A LONG BOW. PERMIT TO HUNT AND FISH FROM VEHICLE IF YOU CANNOT FISH IN A NORMAL MANNER. VETERANS-FREE HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSE. A COPY OF A PHYSICIAN'S STATEMENT MUST BE SUBMITTED EACH TIME.
Ages Served: Ages 16 and Up
Disabilities Served: BIMI (Behavioral Impairment/Mental Illness), Brain Injury/Head Injury, DD (Developmental Disability including ID), Hearing Impairment, LD (Learning Disability), OHI - Other Health Impairment, Orthopedic, Speech Disability, Visual Disability
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Fees: VARIED
Sliding fee schedule: Yes
How to appeal a decision: CONTACT LINCOLN OFFICE, PERMITS DIVISION.
Languages with interpreters on staff: