Nevada Revised Statutes (Last Updated: December 24, 2014) |
TITLE47 FORESTRY; FOREST PRODUCTS AND FLORA |
CHAPTER527. Protection and Preservation of Timbered Lands, Trees and Flora |
USE OF MECHANICAL DEVICES FOR HARVESTING PINE NUTS OR CONES FROM PINON TREES |
NRS527.240. Declaration of state policy.
Latest version.
- It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State of Nevada to protect the tree known as the single-leaf pinon (Pinus monophylla), which is the official state tree of the State of Nevada, which has from time immemorial been a staple food of the Indians of Nevada, and which may be threatened with extinction in the State if mechanical harvesting of its seed, the pine nut, is permitted.
(Added to NRS by 1961, 8)