| June 8 ,
2007 (meeting start time:
8:00am) |
| DIRECTORS REPORT |
Field Reports
Staff: Craig Ely, Chip Dale, Chris Wheaton, Steve Denney,
Patty Burke, Walt Markee, Holly Michael
Adopt Temporary Rules
Staff: Virgil Moore, Director
Pride Award Presentation (before lunch)
Staff: Virgil Moore, Director |
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| COMISSIONER ITEMS |
Expenditure Report
Staff: Laurie Byerly, Deputy Director for Administration
Action: Approval |
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| Exhibit A: COMMISSION MINUTES |
Approve May 2007 Commission minutes
Action: Approval
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| Exhibit
B: 2007 – 2008 BIG GAME REGULATIONS |
Staff will ask the Commission to adopt administrative rules for controlled
hunt tag numbers for 2007 Oregon big game seasons. Staff will also ask
the Commission to approve, in concept, the proposed 2008 big game and
western gray squirrel season dates, open areas, dates and locations of cooperative travel management areas and controlled hunts.
Staff: Thomas Thornton, Game Program Manager
Don Whittaker, Big Game Species Coordinator
Pete Test, Big Game Species Coordinator
Public Testimony
Action: Rulemaking |
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| Exhibit
C: RAFFLE/AUCTION TAGS – A&H BIG GAME |
Staff will ask the Commission to review and adopt recommendations of the
Access and Habitat Board and ODFW staff for 2008 auction and raffle tag allocations.
Staff: Don Whittaker, Big Game Species Coordinator
Eric Rickerson, Wildlife Habitat Program Manager
Public Testimony
Action: Approval |
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| Exhibit
D: ACCESS AND HABITAT PROJECTS |
Staff will ask the Commission to review and approve the Access and Habitat
Board’s April 24, 2007 recommendations for project funding.
Staff: Eric Rickerson, Wildlife Habitat Program Manager
Public Testimony
Action: Approva |
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| Exhibit E: BOW HUNTER EDUCATION (ITEM DEFERRED – DATE TO BE DETERMINED) |
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F: YOUTH HUNTER MENTORING PROGRAM |
Staff will brief the Commission on Youth Hunter Mentoring Program legislation.
Staff: Roger Fuhrman, Information and Education Administrator
Public Testimony
Action: Informational |
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G: RESTORATION AND ENHANCEMENT PROJECT APPROVALS |
Staff will ask the Commission to review and approve the R&E projects recommended by the R&E Board at their April 6, 2007 meeting.
Staff: Laura Tesler, R&E Program Coordinator
Public Testimony
Action: Approval |
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| Exhibit H
: COMMERCIAL DUNGENESS CRAB FISHERY TEMPORARY RULES TO PERMANENT |
Staff will ask the Commission to adopt rules to regulate the commercial
Dungeness crab fishery from shore to 200 miles off Oregon and to authorize the Director to issue replacement buoy tags.
Staff: Patty Burke, Marine Resource Program Manager
Public Testimony
Action: Approval
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| UNSCHEDULED TESTIMONY |
| Tom Doman Furbearer License |
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| FUTURE
PROPOSED COMMISSION MEETINGS
& TOPICS |
JULY 13, 2007 - Lincoln City
- Ocean Commercial Salmon Troll Limited Entry Permit Lotter
- Razor Clam Fishery
- Trawl Individual Quotas
- Wildlife Area Plan Draft Review – Summer Lake, Ladd Marsh and White River
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AUGUST 3, 2007 – Salem
- 2007-2008 Oregon Game Bird Regulations
- 2008 Oregon Sportfishing Regulations
- Fish Screening Task Force Member Appointments
- Rogue Spring Chinook Conservation Plan Adoption - Tentative
- Shikar-Safari Award Presentation
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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
website at http://www.dfw.state.or.us/Comm/schedule.htm.
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.
PARKING
Parking
is available to anyone who attends
the Commission meeting.
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 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, pleas 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. |
