Powers
The Board has power to:
- Appoint the Director of the Department,
- Acquire lands and waters in the Commonwealth,
- Establish buildings, structures, dams, lakes, ponds, public landings, wharves, or docks,
- Regulate or prohibit drilling, dredging or other operations on VDGIF property,
- Conduct operations for the preservation and propagation of game birds, game animals, fish and other wildlife,
- Introduce new species of game birds, game animals or fish to Virginia,
- Publish and distribute educational matter pertaining to wildlife,
- Collect user fees for admittance, parking, and hunting,
- Delegate power to the Director of Game and Inland Fisheries, and
- Regulate hunting, taking, capture, killing, possession, sale, purchase and transportation of wild birds, wild animals, and inland water fish.
Read more about this topic: Virginia Board Of Game And Inland Fisheries
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