Nevada Director of Conservation and Natural Resources
| Nevada Director of Conservation and Natural Resources | |
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| General information | |
| Office Type: | Nonpartisan |
| Office website: | Official Link |
| Compensation: | $145,217 |
| 2025 FY Budget: | $215,131,286 |
| Term limits: | None |
| Structure | |
| Length of term: | Serves at the pleasure of the governor |
| Authority: | Nevada Revised Statutes, Section 232.030 |
| Selection Method: | Appointed by the governor |
| Current Officeholder(s) | |
Nevada Director of Conservation and Natural Resources
James A. Settelmeyer | |
| Other Nevada Executive Offices | |
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The Nevada Director of Conservation and Natural Resources is an appointed state executive position in the Nevada state government.
The director oversees the Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources who, "conserves, protects, manages, and enhances the state’s natural resources in order to provide the highest quality of life for Nevada’s citizens and visitors."[1]
Current officeholder
The current Nevada Director of Conservation and Natural Resources is James A. Settelmeyer (nonpartisan). Settelmeyer assumed office in 2023.
Authority
The director of the department of conservation and natural resources is established in Section 232.030 of the Nevada Revised Statutes.[2]
Qualifications
Per the Nevada Revised Statutes, the director must meet the following qualifications:[3]
- 1. "The Director shall be selected with special reference to his or her training, experience, capacity and interest in conservation or natural resources, or both."
- 2. The Director shall have the demonstrated ability to administer a major public agency in the field of conservation and natural resources having diverse functional divisions with related goals.
Appointments
The director of conservation and natural resources is appointed by and is responsible to the governor.[2]
Vacancies
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Duties
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The Nevada Revised Statutes outlines the following duties of the director:[4]
- Establish departmental goals, objectives and priorities.
- Approve divisional goals, objectives and priorities.
- Approve divisional and departmental budgets, legislative proposals, contracts, agreements and applications for federal assistance.
- Coordinate divisional programs within the Department and coordinate departmental and divisional programs with other departments and with other levels of government.
- Appoint the executive head of each division within the Department.
- Delegate to the executive heads of the divisions such authorities and responsibilities as the Director deems necessary for the efficient conduct of the business of the Department.
- Establish new administrative units or programs which may be necessary for the efficient operation of the Department, and alter departmental organization and reassign responsibilities as the Director deems appropriate.
- From time to time adopt, amend and rescind such regulations as the Director deems necessary for the administration of the Department.
- Consider input from members of the public, industries and representatives of organizations, associations, groups or other entities concerned with matters of conservation and natural resources on the following:
- (1) Matters relating to the establishment and maintenance of an adequate policy of forest and watershed protection;
- (2) Matters relating to the park and recreational policy of the State;
- (3) The use of land within this State which is under the jurisdiction of the Federal Government;
- (4) The effect of state and federal agencies’ programs and regulations on the users of land under the jurisdiction of the Federal Government, and on the problems of those users of land; and
- (5) The preservation, protection and use of this State’s natural resources.
Divisions
The Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources consists of the following divisions, commissions and programs:[5]
- Division of Environmental Protection
- Division of Forestry
- Division of Natural Heritage
- Division of Outdoor Recreation
- Division of State Lands
- Division of State Parks
- Division of Water Resources
- State Historic Preservation Office
- Sagebrush Ecosystem Program
- Conservation Districts Program
- Nevada Off Highway Vehicles Program
- Nevada Recycling Program
- State Environmental Commission
- Board for Financing Water Projects
- Well Driller's Advisory Board
- Board to Review Petroleum Claims
- State Land Use Planning Advisory Council
- Comstock Historic District Commission
- Commission for Cultural Centers and Historic Preservation
- Nevada Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Board
- Nevada Drought Forum
State budget
- See also: Nevada state budget and finances
The Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources' budget for Fiscal Year 2025 was $215,131,286.[6]
Compensation
- See also: Compensation of state executive officers
2023
In 2023, the officer's salary was $145,217, according to the Council of State Governments.[7]
2022
In 2022, the officer's salary was $143,779, according to the Council of State Governments.[8]
2021
In 2021, the director received a salary of $143,779, according to the Council of State Governments.[9]
2020
In 2020, the director received a salary of $128,998, according to the Council of State Governments.[10]
2019
In 2019, the director received a salary of $128,998, according to the Council of State Governments.[11]
2018
In 2018, the director received a salary of $128,998, according to the Council of State Governments.[12]
2017
In 2017, the director received a salary of $128,998, according to the Council of State Governments.[13]
2016
In 2018, the director received a salary of $128,998, according to the Council of State Governments.[14]
2015
In 2018, the director received a salary of $127,721, according to the Council of State Governments.[15]
2014
In 2014, the director received a salary of $127,721, according to the Council of State Governments.[16]
2013
In 2013, the director was paid an estimated $124,528.[17]
2009
In 2009, the director was paid an estimated $127,721, according to the Council of State Governments.[18]
Historical officeholders
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Contact information
Phone: 775-684-2710
Email: ldrozdoff@dcnr.nv.gov
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, "About Us," accessed January 28, 2021
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Nevada Revised Statutes, "NRS 232.030 Director: Creation of position," accessed January 28, 2021
- ↑ Nevada Revised Statutes, "NRS 232.040 Director: Selection; qualifications," accessed January 28, 2021
- ↑ Nevada Revised Statutes, "NRS 232.070 Director: Powers and duties," accessed January 28, 2021
- ↑ Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, "Divisions & Boards," accessed January 28, 2021
- ↑ Governor's Finance Office, "Executive Budget | 2023-2025," accessed December 11, 2023
- ↑ Council of State Governments, "Book of the States 2023 Table 4.11: Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries," accessed January 21, 2025
- ↑ Council of State Governments, "Book of the States 2022 Table 4.11: Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries," provided to Ballotpedia by CSG personnel
- ↑ Issuu, "The Book of the States 2021," accessed September 22, 2022
- ↑ Council of State Governments, "Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries, 2020," accessed January 26, 2021
- ↑ Council of State Governments, "Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries, 2019," accessed January 26, 2021
- ↑ Council of State Governments, "Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries, 2018," accessed January 26, 2021
- ↑ Council of State Governments, "Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries, 2017," accessed January 26, 2021
- ↑ Council of State Governments, "Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries, 2018," accessed January 26, 2021
- ↑ Council of State Governments, "Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries, 2018," accessed January 26, 2021
- ↑ Council of State Governments, "Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries," accessed December 3, 2014
- ↑ Council of State Governments, "Table 4.11 Selected State Administrative Officials: Annual Salaries," accessed January 31, 2014
- ↑ The Council of State Governments, "The Book of States 2010 Table 4.11," accessed June 22, 2011
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