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Conservation Partner Lands
• Conservation partners, including Ducks Unlimited (DU),
Nebraska Cooperative Republican Platte Enhancement
Project (NCORPE), and Platte River Basin Environments
(PRBE) have acquired or control specific, high conservation
value properties. These partners have allowed inclusion of
specific properties in this Atlas.
• These properties have area-specific regulations for public
use related to hunting, fishing, trapping and other activities.
• Specifically, Ducks Unlimited properties that provide
roundout acres to another adjoining agency's property, take
on the regulations of that adjoining agency's property.
• Information on these lands can be found by viewing the
following:
DU -- Ducks.org/Nebraska: Nebraska Resources
NCORPE -- NCORPE.org
PRBE -- Nebwild.org: "Wildlife Habitat lands"
Recreation Liability Act
Questions about potential liability for injury sometimes make
landowners apprehensive about allowing public access to their
property. Knowledge of Nebraska's Recreation Liability Act
should relieve some anxieties and encourage landowners to allow
recreational use of their land. Statutes 37-729 through 37-736
of the Nebraska Game Laws state that unless users are charged
a fee for access to the property, landowners are not responsible
for ensuring the premises are safe for recreational use.
The acts specify:
• A landowner who gives permission to use property
for recreation is not extending any assurance that
the property is safe, and no liability for injury or
property damage can be sought from the landowner.
• Payment to landowners from a government body,
such as the arrangement that occurs through Open
Fields and Waters, has been treated the same as if no
payment were made.
• If dangerous conditions are known to exist on the land,
landowners are obligated to guard or warn users.
• Recreational users of private lands are responsible for
their own actions unless they pay the landowner for
such use.
Regulations, Orders and Statutes – It's Your Job to Be
Informed
Sportsmen are responsible for knowing the regulations,
orders and statutes before hunting, trapping, or fishing in
Nebraska. To read them, visit:
For Regulations and Orders: OutdoorNebraska.org
and search "Regulations"
For Statutes:http://law.justia.com/nebraska/codes/
s37index/s37index.html
For summaries of Nebraska's hunting, trapping
and fishing regulations go to OutdoorNebraska.org
and in the search menu type one of the following:
Nebraska Hunting Guide
Nebraska Big Game Guide
Nebraska Early Teal Guide
Nebraska Waterfowl Guide
Nebraska Turkey Guide
Nebraska Fishing Guide and Public Waters
