DIRECTOR'S REPORT

Regional Manager's Reports
Staff: Chris Wheaton, Steve Denney, Clair Kunkel, Bruce Eddy

Spring Chinook Season Wrap-Up
Staff: Steve Williams

Angling Regulation Process Update
Staff: Rhine Messmer

Adopt Temporary Rules
Staff: Roy Elicker

 

COMMISSIONER ITEMS

Expenditure Report
Staff: Roy Elicker

 

EXHIBIT A: COMMISION MINUTES

Approve May 2004 Commission minutes.
Action: Approval

Attachments:
Draft May 2004 Commission minutes PDF

 

Exhibit B: WARM WATER WORKING GROUP

Receive an update on the status of ODFW’s warmwater fish management and activities of the Warmwater Working Group and discuss development, review and implementation of the Warmwater Fish Management Task List.

Staff: Rhine Messmer
Public Testimony
Action: Information

Attachments:
Cover PDF
Attachment 1 PDF
Attachment 2 PDF
Attachment 3 PDF

Exhibit C: 2004-2005 BIG GAME REGULATIONS

Adopt administrative rules for controlled hunt tag numbers for 2004 Oregon big game seasons. Change bag limits from one buck to one deer in certain units in the general archery season. Approve, in concept, the proposed 2005 big game and western gray squirrel season dates, 2005 auction and raffle tags for bighorn sheep and pronghorn hunts, 2005 raffle tags for Rocky Mountain goat, open areas, dates and locations of cooperative travel management areas, and controlled hunts.

Staff: Tom Thornton, Big Game Program Manager
Pete Test, Species Program Coordinator
Don Whittaker, Species Program Coordinator

Public Testimony
Action: Approval

Attachments:
Cover PDF
Attachment 1 PDF
Attachment 2 PDF
Attachment 3 PDF
Attachment 4 PDF
Attachment 5 PDF
Attachment 6 PDF
Attachment 7 PDF
Attachment 8 PDF
Attachment 9 PDF
Attachment 10 PDF
Attachment 11 PDF
Attachment 12 PDF
Attachment 13 PDF
Attachment 14 PDF

 

Exhibit D: ACCESS AND HABITAT PROJECT APPROVAL

Review and approval of the Access and Habitat Board’s April 28, 2004 recommendations for project funding. Approval for Access and Habitat Survey funding.

Staff: Steve Cherry, Interim Coordinator
Public Testimony
Action: Approval

Attachments:
Cover PDF
Attachment 1 PDF
Attachment 2 PDF

 

Exhibit E: PETITION TO CLOSE CLATSOP BEACH RAZOR CLAM SEASON EARLY

Review public petition to close Clatsop Beaches early to sport and commercial razor clamming due to concerns for juvenile clam wastage.

Staff: Patricia Burke, Marine Resources Manager
Public Testimony
Action: Information/Action

Attachments:
Cover PDF
Attachment 1 PDF
Attachment 2 PDF
Attachment 3 PDF
Attachment 4 PDF
Attachment 5 PDF
Attachment 6 PDF
Attachment 7 PDF
Attachment 8 PDF
Attachment 9 PDF

 

UNSCHEDULED TESTIMONY

 

OTHER BUSINESS

 

FUTURE PROPOSED COMMISSION TOPICS

July - Salem

• Approval of 2005-07 Agency Request Budget
• Sturgeon Update
• Salmon and Trout Enhancement Program Annual Report
• Troll Salmon Permit Lottery Suspension
• Stock Status Review
• Black/Blue Rockfish Permits Lottery Update
• Furbearing and Unprotected Mammal Regulations
• Access and Habitat Auction and Raffle Updates for 2005
• Turkey Plan Briefing

August - Gresham

• 2004-2005 Upland Game Bird and Waterfowl Regulations
• 2005 Sportfishing Regulations
• Turkey Plan Adoption

8:00 a.m.

Depart on tour from Best Western Sunridge Inn, Baker City

8:00 – 9:00 a.m.

Travel to Richland

9:00 – 10:00 a.m.

Briefings at Hewitt County Park:

• Jeff Zakel – Brownlee warmwater fisheries
• Bruce Eddy – Report to the 72 nd Oregon Legislative Assembly on Hells Canyon recreational access
• Mike Nelson – Friends of Brownlee

10:00 – 10:45 a.m.

Travel to Copperfield Park (Oxbow Dam)

10:45 – 11:45 a.m.

Briefings at Copperfield Park (Oxbow Dam)

• Craig Jones – Idaho Power Company Hells Canyon Project Relicensing
• Colleen Fagan – Oregon relicensing participation
• Jeff Zakel –Salmon and Steelhead reintroduction

11:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Lunch at Copperfield Park (Oxbow Dam)

12:30 – 1:15 p.m.

Travel to Hells Canyon Dam

1:15 – 1:45 p.m.

Briefings at Hells Canyon Dam:

• George Keister/Vic Coggins – Reintroduction of bighorn sheep and mountain goats to Hells Canyon
• Brad Smith – Hells Canyon fall chinook

1:45 – 4:00 p.m.

Return to Baker

OREGON FISH AND WILDLIFE COMMISSION RECEPTION

The Commission and ODFW staff invite the public to attend a reception on June 10, 2004 at 7:00 p.m. Both the Commission and staff will be available for questions pertaining to fish and wildlife at the reception. Refreshments will be served.