12-22-2024, 05:05 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-22-2024, 05:21 PM by BearLakeFishGuy.)
12/22/2024 - UPDATE TO POST
I spoke with a deputy director from DNR the other day and he answered some questions. If you're interested, then read on. If not, go about your other scrolling.
The Div of LE will begin operation on 1/1/2025. All of the previous 4 division's LE units, that fell under the Dept of Natural Resources are combined. This includes Div. Forest/Fire/State Lands, Div. of Parks, Div. of Wildlife, and Div. of Outdoor Rec. The goal is no duplication off training efforts that existed in the past. The top leadership will slowly be trimmed, due to attrition (i.e. mainly retirements). There won't be a need for as many captains, lieutenants, sergeants. Full encorporation into the new Div of LE will take a few years for jobs to shake down. Some State Park rangers will possibly need to move if they chose to leave the State Parks and move over to Div of LE. Not sure if the Div. of LE will have regional offices or not? Replacement of positions of State Park rangers who left to the Div. of LE will be evaluated for each State Park on whether the State Parks can get by with seasonal positions or full-time, non-LE, rangers.
As far as the AIS program. It will be enforced through the Div. of LE, but each State Park will also be checking AIS boat stickers/bow numbers too. In addition, you will still need to put the annual AIS test sheet on your dashboards of your launch vehicle. I asked about not having to do this since you need to go through this to obtain a sticker in the first place. However, right now, you need both a boat sticker AND the AIS form on your dashboards of your launch vehicle. I personally launched at Willard Bay quite a few times, Rockport 4 times, East Canyon, Bear Lake, and Hyrum state parks. I was never checked for a sticker, bow number, or pass at ANY of the state parks. In fact, in ALL cases, there was NO ONE PRESENT at any of the state park gate houses when I launched or left. I mentioned that at a couple of the parks the rangers I spoke will told me that they were never instructed on what to enforce or not! That surprised the person from DNR that I spoke with. He said that he would bring up this topic in the new Div. of LE meeting they were going to have this week and it would be a perfect cross-training topic for other division under the Dept of Natural Resouces.
There you go...straight from the DNR leadership to me and then to you.
I spoke with a deputy director from DNR the other day and he answered some questions. If you're interested, then read on. If not, go about your other scrolling.
The Div of LE will begin operation on 1/1/2025. All of the previous 4 division's LE units, that fell under the Dept of Natural Resources are combined. This includes Div. Forest/Fire/State Lands, Div. of Parks, Div. of Wildlife, and Div. of Outdoor Rec. The goal is no duplication off training efforts that existed in the past. The top leadership will slowly be trimmed, due to attrition (i.e. mainly retirements). There won't be a need for as many captains, lieutenants, sergeants. Full encorporation into the new Div of LE will take a few years for jobs to shake down. Some State Park rangers will possibly need to move if they chose to leave the State Parks and move over to Div of LE. Not sure if the Div. of LE will have regional offices or not? Replacement of positions of State Park rangers who left to the Div. of LE will be evaluated for each State Park on whether the State Parks can get by with seasonal positions or full-time, non-LE, rangers.
As far as the AIS program. It will be enforced through the Div. of LE, but each State Park will also be checking AIS boat stickers/bow numbers too. In addition, you will still need to put the annual AIS test sheet on your dashboards of your launch vehicle. I asked about not having to do this since you need to go through this to obtain a sticker in the first place. However, right now, you need both a boat sticker AND the AIS form on your dashboards of your launch vehicle. I personally launched at Willard Bay quite a few times, Rockport 4 times, East Canyon, Bear Lake, and Hyrum state parks. I was never checked for a sticker, bow number, or pass at ANY of the state parks. In fact, in ALL cases, there was NO ONE PRESENT at any of the state park gate houses when I launched or left. I mentioned that at a couple of the parks the rangers I spoke will told me that they were never instructed on what to enforce or not! That surprised the person from DNR that I spoke with. He said that he would bring up this topic in the new Div. of LE meeting they were going to have this week and it would be a perfect cross-training topic for other division under the Dept of Natural Resouces.
There you go...straight from the DNR leadership to me and then to you.
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