The Commission will be briefed on the goals and objectives of the Sauvie Island Wildlife Area Management Plan.

Nancy Breuner, Habitat Biologist
Mark Nebeker, Wildlife Area Manager
Public Testimony
Informational

Attachments: (pdf's)

• Cover
• Agenda Item Summary
• Staff Summary
• Summary of Draft Wildlife Area Management Plan Revisions
• Revised Draft Sauvie Island Wildlife Area Management Plan
• Summary of Public Comments to Date
• Public Correspondence

The Commission will be asked to review and approve the Access and Habitat (A&H) Board’s April 2010 recommendations for project funding.

Matt Keenan, A&H Habitat Program Coordinator
Public Testimony
Approval

Attachments: (pdf's)

• Cover
• Agenda Item Summary
• Projects for Recommended for Funding
• Project Summary Table
• Project Map
• Public Correspondence

The Commission will be brief on the recommendations of the Goose Task Force.

Ron Anglin, Wildlife Division Administrator
Senator Betsy Johnson, Legislative Member, Goose Task Force
Representative Mike Schaufler, Legislative Member, Goose Task Force
Public Testimony
Approval

Attachments: (pdf's)

• Cover
• Agenda Item Summary
• Senate Bill 622
• Public Correspondence

The Commission will be asked to appoint one member to the Fish Screening Task Force to represent agricultural interests.

Alan Ritchey, Statewide Fish Screening Coordinator
Public Testimony
Approval

Attachments: (pdf's)

• Cover
• Agenda Item Summary
• Current Fish Screening Task Force Member List
• Candidate Summary
• ORS 496.085 and OAR 635-001-0020
• Applications Submitted (2)
• Public Correspondence

The Commission will be asked to approve a fish passage waiver for the City of Portland’s Bull Run Water Supply Habitat Conservation Plan.

Greg Apke, Statewide Fish Passage Program Coordinator
Public Testimony
Approval

Attachments: (pdf's)

• Cover
• Agenda Item Summary
• City's Fish Passage Waiver Application
• ODFW Net Benefit Analysis
• Draft Fish Passage Waiver Agreement
• Public Correspondence

The Commission will be asked to approve an exemption request for one grass carp application for an exemption to size of stocking location.

Laura Tesler, Restoration & Enhancement Program Coordinator
Public Testimony
Approval

Attachments: (pdf's)

• Cover
• Agenda Item Summary
• Current Grass Carp Rules
• Grass Carp Fact Sheet
• Lakeside Enterprises, Inc. Application
• ODFW Engineering Memo
• Public Correspondence

The Commission will be asked to review a Limited Entry Anchovy Petition by Richard Wood.

Gway Kirchner, Marine Fisheries Section Manager
Public Testimony
Rulemaking

Attachments: (pdf's)

• Cover
• Agenda Item Summary
• Petition to Adopt a New Rule
• Petitioner Withdrawal Letter
• Public Correspondence
• Supplemental Public Correspondence

Field Reports
Craig Ely, Chip Dale, Steve Denney, Chris Wheaton, Roger Fuhrman, Tony Nigro, Lt. Mike Dingeman, Holly Michael

Expenditure Report
Debbie Colbert, Deputy Director for Administration

• Financial Report (pdf)

Adopt Temporary Rules
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 March 12 and April 23, 2010 Commission meeting minutes.

Approval

Attachments: (pdf's)

• March 12, 2010 Commission meeting minutes
• April 23, 2010 Commission meeting minutes

The Commission will be asked to review and adopt the proposed administrative rules for the controlled hunt tag numbers for 2010 Oregon big game seasons; and will be asked to approve, in concept, the proposed 2011 Big Game and Western Gray Squirrel season dates, open areas, dates and locations of cooperative travel management areas, and controlled hunts. Staff will also brief the Commission and seek input on whether to move forward with formal rulemaking regarding mandatory Hunter Orange.

Tom Thornton, Game Program Manager, Wildlife Division
Don Whittaker, Ungulate Coordinator, Wildlife Division
Chris Willard, Education Manager, Information & Education Division
Public Testimony
Rulemaking/Informational

Attachments: (pdf's)

• Cover
• Agenda Item Summary
• Hearing Notice, Statement of Need & Economic Impact Statement
• Staff Proposals
• Hunter Orange Report to the Commission
• Rocky Mountain Goat Re-introduction and Monitoring Plan; Mt. Jefferson and the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon
• Oregon Administrative Rules
• Public Correspondence Part 1 Big Game
• Public Correspondence Part 2 Hunter Orange

The Commission will be asked to review and provide direction on the content of the draft Lower Columbia River Conservation and Recovery Plan for Oregon.

Kevin Goodson, Conservation Plan Coordinator
Tom Stahl, Conservation and Recovery Assistant Program Manager
Public Testimony
Informational

Attachments: (pdf's)

• Cover
• Agenda Item Summary
• Oregon LCR Plan (4/19/10 Public Review Draft)
• Oregon LCR Plan Executive Summary (4/19/10 Public Review Draft)
• Summary of Stakeholder Team Process
• Oregon LCR Plan Outreach Brochure
• Oregon LCR Plan Frequently Asked Questions Flyer
• Public Correspondence
• Supplemental Public Correspondence

The Commission will be asked to review and adopt the proposed administrative rules for the 2010 Coastal Fall Chinook and Coho Salmon Regulations. will be asked to review and adopt the sport and commercial salmon seasons in the Pacific Ocean.

Ron Boyce, Technical Resources Program Manager
Mike Gray, Coos, Coquille and Tenmile District Fish Biologist
Public Testimony
Rulemaking

Attachments: (pdf's)

• Cover
• Agenda Item Summary
• Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Hearing and Statement of Need for Sport and Commercial Fisheries
• Proposed Administrative Rules
• Restoration and Enhancement Proposals for Conducting Wild Coho Creels in the Nehalem, Yaquina, Coos, and Coquille Rivers
• Public Meeting Notes
• Public Correspondence
• Supplemental Public Correspondence

The Commission will be asked to review and approve the proposed administrative rules establishing regulations for the 2010 Summer and Fall Sport Salmon seasons in the Columbia River.

John North, Fisheries Management Program Manager
Public Testimony
Rulemaking

Attachments: (pdf's)

• Cover
• Agenda Item Summary
• Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Hearing and Statement of Need
• Proposed Administrative Rules
• Public Correspondence

The Commission will be asked to review and approve the recommendations of the Access and Habitat (A&H) Board and Department staff for the 2011 auction and raffle tag allocations.

Don Whittaker, Ungulate Coordinator
Matt Keenan, A&H Program Coordinator
No Public Testimony Allowed
Approval

Attachments: (pdf's)

• Cover
• Agenda Item Summary
• Auction and Raffle Program Information
• Proposed 2011 Raffle Hunts
• Proposed 2011 Auction Hunts

The Commission will be asked to review and approve the proposed administrative rules to set the Furbearer Regulations for July 2010 through June 2012.

Tom Thornton, Game Program Manager
Public Testimony
Rulemaking

Attachments: (pdf's)

• Cover
• Agenda Item Summary
• Hearing Notice, Statement of Need & Economic Impact Statement
• Regulation Proposals
• Oregon Administrative Rilles
• Public Correspondence

July 16, 2010 – ODFW HQ, Salem

• 2011-2013 Agency Requested Budget

August 6, 2010) – ODFW HQ, Salem

• Shikar Safari International Award
• Pride Awards
• 2010-2011 Oregon Game Bird Regulations
• Amend Rules related to Wildlife Taxonomy and Wildlife Integrity Rules
• 2011 Oregon Sport Fishing Regulations
• Restoration and Enhancement Project Approvals
• Surplus Eggs and Fish in ODFW Hatchery Programs
• Public Access to ODFW Fish Hatcheries
• Oregon Lower Columbia Conservation and Recovery Plan Regulations

September 2, 2010 (Thursday) – (Dist. 1- Location to be determined)

• Clackamas River Bull Trout
• Access and Habitat Projects

October 1, 2010 – Bend (Dist. 2)

• 2011 Big Game Regulations
• Hunter Orange

November – No meeting scheduled

December 3, 2010 – Portland Area (Dist. 3)

• Access and Habitat Projects

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.