| Marh
16, 2007 (meeting start
time:
8:00am) |
| DIRECTORS REPORT |
Field Reports
Staff:
Craig Ely, Chip Dale, Chris
Wheaton, Steve Denney, Tony
Nigro, Jeff Samuels, Holly
Michael
Adopt Temporary Rules
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
February 2007 Commission
minutes
Action: Approval |
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| Exhibit
B: ACCESS & HABITAT PROGRAM
PROJECT APPROVAL AND BOARD
MEMBER APPOINTMENT |
Staff
will request the Commission
to review and approve the
A & H Board's January 2007
recommendations for project
funding. Staff will also
request the Commission
to appoint a new A&H Board
member. Commission
to appoint a new A&H Board
member.
Staff: Greg
Jackle, Interim Access
and Habitat Coordinator Eric
Rickerson, Wildlife Habitat
Program Manager
Public
Testimony
Action: Approval
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| Exhibit
C: FISH RESTORATION AND
ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM PROJECT
APPROVAL |
Staff
will request the Commission
to review and approve the
R&E projects recommended
by the R&E Board at their
February 2, 2007 meeting.
Staff: Laura
Tesler, R&E Program Coordinator
Public
Testimony
Action: Approval
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| Exhibit
D: ODOT FISH PASSAGE EXEMPTION
REQUESTS FOR GREASEWOOD
CREEK AND DRY CREEK |
Staff
will request Commission
to decide whether to grant
fish passage exemptions
for culverts on Greasewood
Creek (Umatilla Sub-Basin)
and Dry Creek (Walla Walla
Sub-Basin).
Staff: Tom
Stahl, Fish Passage Coordinator
Public
Testimony
Action: Grant/Deny
exemption |
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| Exhibit
E: 2007 PFMC OCEAN SALMON
REGULATIONS FOR PACIFIC
OCEAN, NEARSHORE WATERS,
ESTUARY AND COLUMBIA RIVER
AREAS |
Staff
will brief the Commission
and seek input on the range
of options for sport and
commercial salmon seasons
in the Pacific Ocean, the
Columbia River and some
tributaries for 2007.
Staff: Ron
Boyce, Ocean Salmon Columbia
River Program Manager
Public
Testimony
Action: Informational |
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| Exhibit
F: COASTAL COHO CONSERVATION
PLAN |
Staff
will request the Commission
to approve rules related
to the Oregon Coast Coho
Conservation Plan
Staff: Kevin
Goodson,
Conservation Coordinator
Public
Testimony
Action: Rulemaking |
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| Exhibit
G: SALMON
AND TROUT ENHANCEMENT
PROGRAM (STEP) AND SALMON
AND TROUT ADVISORY COMMITTE
(STAC) ANNUAL REPORT |
Staff
will present the
STAC Annual Progress Report
and statewide 2006 STEP
accomplishments to the
Commission.
Staff: Laura
Tesler, Interim
STEP Coordinator
Richard
Heap,
STAC
Vice
Chair
Public
Testimony
Action: Informational |
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H: ELKHORN WILDLIFE AREA
DAMAGE PLAN |
PLEASE
NOTE: This
agenda item has been
rescheduled to a future
Oregon Fish and Wildlife
Commission meeting --
Date and Time to be determined.
Staff
will request the commission
review and repeal Division
300, wildlife damage
plans involving Elkhorn
Wildlife Area Management
Plan.
Staff: Nancy
Breuner, Habitat Biologist
Public
Testimony
Action: Approval |
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| LUNCH
- 2007 UPLAND STAMP ARTWORK
SELECTION |
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| EXECUTIVE
SESSION: |
The
Commission will hold an
executive session "to
review and evaluate" the
job performance of a chief
executive officer, other
officers, employees and/or
staff pursuant to ORS
192.660(2)(i). |
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| FUTURE
PROPOSED COMMISSION MEETINGS
& TOPICS |
APRIL
13,
2007– Salem
- 2007
Salmon Regulation for
Ocean Nearshore Waters
and Columbia River Areas
- Rulemaking
- Wildlife
Area Plan Proposed
Adoption (Fern Ridge,
Jewell Meadows and
Wenaha Wildlife Areas)
- Commercial
Dungeness Crab Fishery
Rules
- Peregrine
Falcon Delisting
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MAY
11,
2007 – Eugene
- Briefing
on 2006 Black & Blue Rockfish
Fishery Logbook Program
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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 will discuss
2007 Upland Stamp Artwork
Selection. 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,
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. |
