8:00 a.m. Depart Riverside Inn

8:30 – 9:15 a.m. Savage Rapids Dam

• Removal project status by Dan Vandyke, ODFW Rogue Fish District Biologist
• Project overview by Bob Hunter, Water Watch

10:00 – 11:00 a.m. Gold Ray Dam

• Dam removal project overview with John Vial, Jackson County Roads and Parks
• Additional background information by Dan Vandyke
• Visit fish viewing window with Dan Vandyke and Renee Pellisier, ODFW Rogue District Fish Counter

11:30 – 1:15 p.m. Lunch at Robert and Phyllis Mace Memorial Watchable Wildlife Pavilion

• Background on Bob Mace, the Mace Watchable Wildlife Foundation, and the Pavilion with Bill Leavens and Linda Marr, Fund Advisory Committee Members

2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Wildlife Images Rehabilitation and Education Center

• Wildlife Images tour with Dave Siddon, Executive Director

4:15 p.m. Arrive back at Riverside Inn

Field Reports

Staff: Craig Ely, Chip Dale, Russ Stauff, Chris Wheaton, Rick Hargrave, Steve Williams

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 August 7, 2009 Commission meeting minutes

Action: Approval

Attachments:

• August 7, 2009 Minutes for Commision (pdf)

The Commission will be asked to review and adopt the Diamond Lake Management Plan.

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

Attachments:

• Cover (pdf)
• Agenda Item Summary (pdf)
• Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Hearing and Statement of Need and Fiscal Impact Statement (pdf)
• Draft 2009 Diamond Lake Management Plan (pdf)
• Proposed Administrative Rules (pdf)
• Public Correspondence (pdf)

The Commission will be asked to review and approve the Restoration and Enhancement (R&E) Board’s August 7, 2009 recommendations for project funding.

Staff: Laura Tesler, R&E Program Coordinator
Public Testimony
Action: Approval

Attachments:

• Cover (pdf)
• Agenda Item Summary (pdf)
• Summary of Projects and Board Discussion (pdf)
• Summary of Projects Recommended by the R&E Board (pdf)
• Public Correspondence (pdf)

The Commission will be asked to review and approve the Access and Habitat (A&H) Boards July 2009 recommendations for project funding.

Staff: Matt Keenan, A&H Program Coordinator
Public Testimony
Action: Approval

Attachments:

• Cover (pdf)
• Agenda Item Summary (pdf)
• Summary of Projects for Approval (pdf)
• Project Summary Table (pdf)
• Project Maps (pdf)
• Public Correspondence (pdf)

The Commission will be asked to review and adopt the changes to administrative rules that will update the taxonomy standards, as well as common and scientific names, and adopt changes and clarifications for administrative rules relating to the Sensitive Species List.

Staff: Peg Boulay, Sensitive Species Coordinator
Public Testimony
Action: Rulemaking

Attachments:

• Cover (pdf)
• Agenda Item Summary (pdf)
• Hearing Notice, Statement of Need, and Fiscal Impact Statement (pdf)
• Staff Summary (pdf)
• Draft Oregon Administrative Rules (pdf)
• Public Correspondence (pdf)

The Commission will be asked to consider a motion for reconsideration in a Commercial Fishing License Case.

Staff: Bill Cook, Senior Assistant Attorney General
Action: Approval or Denial

Attachments:

• Cover (pdf)
• Agenda Item Summary (pdf)
• Notice of Intent to Revoke Commercial Fishing Licenses and Certificate of Mailing dated May 18, 2009 (pdf)
• Request for a Hearing and Certificate of Service dated July 29,2009 (pdf)
• Final Order to Revoke Commercial Fishing Licenses and Celiificate of Mailing dated August 4, 2009 (pdf)
• Petition for Hearing for Determination of Applicability of the 60-Day Period to Request a Hearing of the Department's Notice of Intent to Revoke Commercial Fishing Licenses and Certificate of Service dated August 13,2009 (pdf)

cont. Attachments:

• Amended Petition for Hearing and for Determination of Applicability of the 60-Day Period to Request a Hearing of the Department's Notice of Intent to Revoke Commercial Fishing Licenses and Certificate of Service dated August 21, 2009 (pdf)
• Declaration of Dennis Sturgell in support of Amended Petition for Hearing and for Determination of Applicability of the 60-Day Period to Request a Hearing of the Department's Notice of Intent to Revoke Commercial Fishing Licenses and Certificate of Service dated August 24,2009 (pdf)
• Declaration of Thane W. Tienson in support of Amended Petition for Hearing and for Detennination of Applicability of the 60-Day Period to Request a Hearing of the Department's Notice of Intent to Revoke Commercial Fishing Licenses and Celiificate of Service dated August 21,2009 (pdf)
• Declaration of Kelly Smith in support of Amended Petition for Hearing and for Detennination of Applicability of the 60-Day Period to Request a Hearing of the Department's Notice of Intent to Revoke Connnercial Fishing Licenses and Certificate of Service dated August 21, 2009 (pdf)

2010 Commission Dates

October 2, 2009 – ODFW HQ, Salem

• 2010 Big Game Regulations
• Update License Fees OARs
• Evaluation of Cougar Removal on Human Safety Concerns, Livestock Damage Complaints, and Elk Cow/Calf Ratios
• Temporary Suspension of the Developmental Fisheries Program - Informational
• Marine Reserves Briefing
• Commercial Ocean Dungeness Crab Fishery

November 13, 2009 – Portland Airport

December 11, 2009 – ODFW HQ, Salem

• Access and Habitat Projects
• Access and Habitat Program Rules
• Wildlife Area Plan Adoption; Sauvie Island Wildlife Area
• Oregon Falconry Rules; Authorizing the take of Peregrine Falcons for 2010
• Disposal of Wildlife Parts
• Groundfish Fisheries Rulemaking
• Marine Reserves Rulemaking
• Temporary Suspension of the Developmental Fisheries Program and Annual Review
• North Canal Dam Fish Passage Waiver
• Criminal History Background Checks
• Master Hunter Violations

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.