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| October 6 , 2006 |
| DIRECTORS REPORT |
Field Reports
Staff: Craig Ely, Chip Dale, Chris Wheaton, Steve Denney, Tony Nigro, Walt Markee
Adopt Temporary Rules
Staff: Virgil Moore, Director
Request for Commission to Delegate to Director the Authority to Adopt Rule Allowing Hunting Within Coos Bay
Staff: Ron Anglin, Wildlife Division Administrator
Steve Denney, SW Region Manager
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| COMISSIONER ITEMS |
Expenditure Report
Staff: Roxie Burns, Interim Deputy Director for Administration
Marilyn Wachal, Administrative Services Administrator
Action: Approval
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| Exhibit A: COMMISSION MINUTES |
Approve September 2006 Commission Minutes
Action: Approval |
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| Exhibit B: WILDLIFE AREA PLAN PROPOSED ADOPTION - DENMAN, SCHNEIDER, ELKHORN |
Staff: Nancy Breuner, Habitat Biologist, High Desert Region
Public Testimony
Action: Rulemaking |
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| Exhibit C: 2007 BIG GAME REGULATIONS |
Staff: Thomas Thornton, Game Program Manager
Don Whittaker, Big Game Staff Assistant
Pete Test, Big Game Staff Assistant
Public Testimony
Action: Rulemaking |
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| Exhibit D: WILDLIFE CONTROL OPERATORS |
Staff: Peg Boulay, Sensitive Species Biologist
Public Testimony
Action: Rulemaking |
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| Exhibit E: FISH RESTORATION AND ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM PROJECT APPROVAL AND BOARD APPOINTMENTS |
Staff will ask the Commission for review and approval of R&E Projects recommended by the R&E Board at their August 11, 2006 meeting and appoint two R&E Board members to fill the vacant Sportfishing and Gillnetting positions.
Staff: Laura Tesler, R&E Program Coordinator
Public Testimony
Action: Approval |
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| Exhibit F: GRASS CARP EXEMPTION |
Staff will ask the Commission for review and approval/denial of an exemption request for one grass carp application for an exemption to annual removal of fish from a floodplain location.
Staff: Laura Tesler, Grass Carp Coordinator
Public Testimony
Action: Rulemaking |
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| UNSCHEDULED TESTIMONY |
Al Elkins
Chuck Woosley |
| OTHER BUSINESS |
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| FUTURE PROPOSED COMMISSION MEETINGS & TOPICS |
November 3, 2006 – Portland
• Columbia River Update
• Developmental Fisheries Update
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December 8, 2006 – The Commission will not be holding a December 2006 meeting. All topics have been reset for the January 2007 or later meetings.
January 12, 2007 – Salem
• Access and Habitat Emergency Seeding
• Amend Private Hunting Preserve Rules
• Coastal Coho Conservation Plan Briefing
• Fish Passage Priority Enforcement List
• 2007 Pacific Halibut Management Measures
• 2007 Groundfish Fishery Harvest Levels and Management Measures
• Schedule of Damages for Commercial Fish Violations (Harry Upton, Economist) this item needed for the annual update of OAR 635-006-0232, Schedule of Damages for Commercial Fishing Violations.
• R&E Project Approvals
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| PLEASE NOTE |
AGENDA
The Commission meeting will begin at 8:00 AM, and proceed chronologically through the agenda. If you wish to receive written materials prepared for any of the agenda items, please contact the Director’s Office in Salem at 503.947.6044 to request a packet for those items which interest you or see the agency’s Web site at www.dfw.state.or.us/agency/commission/minutes/.
A recess will be taken at 12:00 Noon, when the Commission will have lunch and may discuss matters of general interest. The public is welcome to attend, and an announcement will be made of the location of the lunch. At 1:00 PM, members of the public may bring unscheduled items before the Commission. The Commission will take this testimony for approximately 30 minutes. A time period of five (5) minutes will be allowed for each individual. Please notify the Director’s Office at 503.947.6044 if you wish to testify.
PUBLIC TESTIMONY
If you wish to give testimony on any item scheduled on this agenda, please sign up on the sheets provided the day of the meeting. You will be called to testify by the Commission Chair. The Commission places great value on information received from the public, and wants to avoid arbitrary limits on the time or attention allocated to each witness. Therefore, persons desiring to testify or otherwise present information to the Commission are encouraged to:
(1) Provide written summaries of information to the Commission twenty (20 sets);
(2) Limit testimony to five (5) minutes, recognizing that substance, not length, determines the value of testimony or written information;
(3) Endorse rather than repeat testimony of other witnesses; and
(4) Groups or organizations wishing to testify should designate one spokesperson whenever possible.
Thank you for taking the time to present your views.
Materials delivered to the Director’s Office sufficiently in advance of the meeting can be copied and distributed to the Commission. If you bring written materials to the hearing, please provide twenty (20) copies. If you have questions regarding this Agenda, please contact the Director’s Office, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, 3406 Cherry Avenue, NE, Salem, OR 97303, 503.947.6044.
PARKING
Parking is available to anyone who attends the Commission meeting.
REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION OF DISABILITIES
Reasonable accommodation, such as assistive hearing devices, sign language interpreters, and materials in large print or audiotape, will be provided as needed. In order to ensure availability, please contact the Director’s Office at 503.947.6044 at least 72 hours prior to the meeting to make your request. TTY users can reach ODFW by using the Oregon Telecommunications Relay Service. Please dial 711 and ask to be connected to 503-947-6044.
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