The department is hereby authorized and empowered to:
1.Expend, as authorized by the general assembly under section 456A.19, any and all
moneys accruing to the fish and game protection fund from any and all sources in carrying
outthepurposesofthischapter; anyAct,orActs,notconsistentwiththisprovisionarehereby
repealed so far as they may apply to the fish and game protection fund.
2.Acquire by purchase, condemnation, lease, agreement, gift, and devise lands or waters
suitable for the purposes enumerated in this subsection, and rights-of-way to those lands and
waters, and to maintain the lands and waters for the following purposes:
a.Public hunting, fishing, and trapping grounds and waters to provide areas in which any
person may hunt, fish, or trap in accordance with the law and the rules
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The department is hereby authorized and empowered to:
1. Expend, as authorized by the general assembly under section 456A.19, any and all
moneys accruing to the fish and game protection fund from any and all sources in carrying
outthepurposesofthischapter; anyAct,orActs,notconsistentwiththisprovisionarehereby
repealed so far as they may apply to the fish and game protection fund.
2. Acquire by purchase, condemnation, lease, agreement, gift, and devise lands or waters
suitable for the purposes enumerated in this subsection, and rights-of-way to those lands and
waters, and to maintain the lands and waters for the following purposes:
a. Public hunting, fishing, and trapping grounds and waters to provide areas in which any
person may hunt, fish, or trap in accordance with the law and the rules of the department.
b. Fish hatcheries, fish nurseries, game farms, and wild mammal, fish, bird, reptile, and
amphibian refuges.
3. Extend and consolidate lands or waters suitable for the purposes enumerated in
subsection 2 by exchange for other lands or waters and to purchase, erect, and maintain
buildings necessary to the work of the department.
4. Capture, propagate, buy, sell, or exchange any species of wild mammal, fish, bird,
reptile, and amphibian needed for stocking the lands or waters of the state, and to feed,
provide for, and care for them.
5. The department is hereby authorized to adopt and enforce such departmental rules
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governing procedure as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter; also to
carry out any other laws the enforcement of which is vested in the department.
6. The department is hereby further authorized to adopt, publish, and enforce such
administrative orders as are authorized in section 481A.38.
7. Pay the salaries, wages, compensation, traveling, and other necessary expenses of the
commissioners, director, officers, and other employees of the department; expend money for
necessary supplies and equipment; and make such other expenditures as may be necessary
for the carrying into effect the purposes of this chapter.
8. Controlbyshootingortrappinganywildmammal, fish, bird, reptile, andamphibianfor
the purpose of preventing the destruction of or damage to private or public property, but shall
not go upon private property for that purpose without the consent of the owner or occupant.
9. Provide for the protection against fire and other destructive agencies on state and
privately owned forests, parks, wildlife areas, and other property under its jurisdiction, and
cooperate with federal and other state agencies in protection programs approved by the
department, and with the consent of the owner, on privately owned areas.
10. Provide conservation employees, when on duty, suitable uniforms, equipment, arms,
and supplies.
11. Establish a program governing the harvesting and sale of American ginseng subject
to the convention on international trade in endangered species of wild fauna and flora and
adopt rules providing for the time and conditions for harvesting the ginseng, the registration
of dealers and exporters, the records kept by dealers and exporters, and the certification of
legal taking. The time for harvesting of wild ginseng shall not begin before September 1
or extend beyond November 1. A person violating this subsection or rules adopted by the
department pursuant to this subsection is subject to a scheduled fine pursuant to section
805.8B, subsection 4.
12. Adopt rules authorizing officers and employees of the department who are peace
officers to issue warning citations for violations of this chapter and chapters 321G, 321I,
350, 456B, 457A, 461A, 461B, 461C, 462A, 462B, 464A, 465A, 465B, 465C, 481A, 481B, 482,
483A, 484A, and 484B.
13. Apply to any appropriate agency or officer of the United States government to
participate in or receive aid from any federal program relating to forests or forestry
management. The department may enter into contracts and agreements with the United
States government or an appropriate agency of the United States government as necessary
to secure funding for the acquisition, development, improvement, and management of
forests and forestry resources and to provide funds or assistance to local governments or
private citizens involved in forestry management. In connection with obtaining the benefits
of a forestry program, the director shall coordinate the department’s activities with and
represent the interests of all state agencies and the political subdivisions of the state having
interests in forests or forestry management.
14. Enter into an interstate wildlife violators compact with one or more states to enforce
state laws and rules relating to the protection and conservation of wildlife subject to the
requirements of section 28E.9. The commission may adopt rules as necessary for the
implementation of the compact.