Illinois
The Commission:
- Name: Illinois Natural Resources Advisory Board
- Regulatory or advisory: Advisory
- Number of voting members: 13
- Term length: 6 years
- How selected: Appointed by Governor
- Selection criteria per statute:
“An Advisory Board to the Department of Natural Resources, composed of 13 persons, one of whom shall be a senior citizen age 60 or over.”
- From the Commission’s website:
“The Advisory Board is statutorily created to advise the agency on long-range policies to assist in guiding the protection and conservation of renewable resources of the state and recommend changes in hunting and trapping seasons and bag or possession limits. ”
The Agency:
- Name: Division of Wildlife Resources
- Type: Subagency within Department of Natural Resources
- Title of Agency Director: Director
- Selection process: Appointed by Governor
- Mission statement from agency website:
“To provide leadership with the restoration, management and protection of wildlife populations and their habitats, in accordance with the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation.”
Revenues:
† Other: Interagency receipts
†† Minor Other (no single source ≥10%): Rental Income, Donations/Other
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