Field Reports

Staff: Craig Ely, Chip Dale, Chris Wheaton, Russ Stauff, Tony Nigro, Walt Markee, Roger Fuhrman

Expenditure Report

Staff: Tom Ruddiman, Deputy Director for Administration

Adopt Temporary Rules

Staff: Roy Elicker Director

Note: This part of the agenda is for comments on topics not scheduled elsewhere on the agenda. Please contact the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Office of the Director at least 24 hours prior to the meeting to be included in the public forum. If you bring written summaries or other materials to the meeting please provide the Commission Assistant with 20 copies prior to your testimony. The Commission is unable to take action on items brought to their attention in this forum.

Approve April 17, 2009 Commission meeting minutes

Action: Approval

• April 17 , 2009 Minutes for Commision (pdf)

The Commission will be asked to review the draft Diamond Lake Management Plan and provide comment to staff.

Staff: Laura Jackson, Umpqua District Fish Biologist
Public Testimony
Action: Informational

• Cover (pdf)
• Agenda Item Summary (pdf)
• ODFW Letter dated July 2, 2004 from Director Lindsay Ball to James Caplan, Forest Supervisor Umpqua National Forest (pdf)
• 2009 Diamond Lake Management Draft Plan (pdf)
• Proposed Oregon Administrative Rules (pdf)
• Public Correspondence as of May 1, 2009 (pdf)
• Public Correspondence as of May 15, 2009 (pdf)

The Commission will be asked to review and adopt the rules establishing the regulations for sport and commercial salmon seasons in the Pacific Ocean and the Columbia River.

Staff: Ron Boyce, Ocean Salmon and Columbia River Program Manager
Public Testimony
Action: Adopt

• Cover (pdf)
• Agenda Item Summary (pdf)
• Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Hearing and Statement of Need (pdf)
• Pacific Fishery Management Council Aprli Agenda (pdf)
• Salmon Technical Team Preseasion Report III (pdf)
• Draft Oregon Administrative Rules (pdf)
• Public Comment (pdf)

Exhibit D has been deferred to the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission’s meeting on June 5, 2009 in Salem, Oregon

The Commission will be asked to review and amend the goals and objectives of the Wildlife Area Management Plan for the Fern Ridge Wildlife Area, and to amend and adopt OAR Chapter 635, Division 008.

Staff: Nancy Breuner, Habitat Biologist
Public Testimony
Action: Approval

• Exhibit D has been deferred to June 5, 2009 (pdf)

The Commission will be asked to review and initiate contested case proceedings to revoke commercial fishing licenses of persons convicted to three or more fishing violations in three years, and to appoint a License Revocation Board consisting of three commercial crabbers on the Commercial Fishery Permit Board to advise the Commission in these cases.

Staff: Deanna Erickson, Licenses Services Manager
Action: Approval

• Cover (pdf)
• Agenda Item Summary (pdf)
• Oregon Revised Statue 508.485 thru 490 and Oregon Administrative Rule 635-006-0235 (pdf)
• Judgment of Convictions for Dennis Sturgell (pdf)
• Proposed Notice of Intent to Revoke Licenses of Dennis Sturgell (pdf)
• Judgement of Convictions for Perry Kanury (pdf)
• Proposed Notice of Intent to Revoke Licenses of Perry Kanury (pdf)

June 5, 2009 – ODFW HQ, Salem

• Pride and Liscia Awards
• 2010 Big Game Regulations
• Big Game Raffle/Auction Tags
• Access and Habitat Projects
• Wildlife Area Planning Update: Sauvie Island Wildlife Area Plan
• Cervid Disease Surveillance List
• 2009 Coastal Fall Chinook and Coho Regulations for Terminal Fisheries
• Fish Screen Task Force Member Appointment
• Wildlife Area Management Plan: Fern Ridge Wildlife Area

July 17, 2009 – Baker City

• Restoration and Enhancement Project Approvals
• 2010 Commission Schedule

August 7, 2009 – ODFW HQ, Salem

• Wind Energy Update
• 2009-2010 Oregon Game Bird Regulations
• STEP Annual Report
• Diamond Lake Management Plan Approval
• Preliminary Sport Fishing Regulations
• Regulation Setting for Commercial Harvest of Anchovies as Bait

September 4, 2009 – Grants Pass

• Access and Habitat Projects

October 2, 2009 – ODFW HQ, Salem

• 2010 Big Game Regulations
• Restoration and Enhancement Project Approvals

November 13, 2009 – Portland Airport

December 11, 2009 – ODFW HQ, Salem

• Access and Habitat Projects
• Wildlife Area Plan Adoption; Sauvie Island Wildlife Area

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 https://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. 

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 receive 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.

PUBLIC FORUM

If you wish to give testimony on any item not scheduled elsewhere on the agenda, please contact the Director's Office, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, 503-947-6044, at least 24 hours prior to the meeting. You will be called to testify by the Commission Chair immediately following the Commissioner Items portion of the agenda. Please provide 20 sets of written summaries or other materials to the Commission Assistant prior to your testimony. The Commission is unable to take action on items brought to thier attention in this forum.

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.