Adopt Temporary Rules
Roy Elicker, Director
     List of Temporary Rules

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, or please sign up on the sheets provided the day of the special meeting at one of the Listening Post Locations. If you bring written summaries or other materials to the meeting please provide the Contact Person with 10 copies prior to your testimony. The Commission is unable to take action on items brought to their attention in this forum.

• Public Correspondence received as of 03/15/2011
  
  

The Commission will be asked to approve the Access and Habitat (A&H) Board’s January 2011 recommendations for project funding.

Matt Keenan, A&H Program Coordinator
Public Testimony
Approval

Attachments: (pdf's)

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

The Commission will be asked to approve the Restoration and Enhancement (R&E) Board’s February 2011 recommendations for project funding.

Josie Thompson, R&E Program Coordinator
Public Testimony
Approval

Attachments: (pdf's)

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

The Commission will be asked to approve the 2011 regulations for commercial and recreational Pacific sardine and halibut fisheries.

Gway Kirchner, Marine Fisheries Section Manager
Public Testimony
Rulemaking

Attachments: (pdf's)

• Cover
• Agenda Item Summary
• Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Hearing
• Statement of Need and Economic and Fiscal Impact Statement
• Decisions of the Pacific Fishery Management Council November 4-9, 2010
• Draft OARS
• International Pacific Halibut Commission News Release (January 31, 2011)
• Oregon Department ofFish and Wildlife News Release (February 10,2011)
• Public Correspondence

The Commission will be asked to approve the rules to: 1) establish recreational white sturgeon fishery regulations for the mainstem Columbia and/or Willamette Rivers; 2) adopt commercial regulations the Columbia River and Select Areas; and 3) amend regulations for Treaty fisheries.

John North, Columbia River Fishery Manager, Ocean Salmon/Columbia River Program
Public Testimony
Rulemaking

Attachments: (pdf's)

• Cover
• Agenda Item Summary
• Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Hearing
• Statement of Need and Economic and Fiscal Impact Statement
• Draft OARs
• Summary of 2011 Columbia River Regulations Affected
• Public Correspondence

April 22, 2011 - ODFW Headquarters, Salem

• 2011 Ocean Salmon Regulations for Nearshore Waters
• Lower Columbia River White Sturgeon Conservation Plan - Review
• Wildlife Management Plan Five-Year Review Period
• Authority to Take or Harass Wildlife
• Greater Sage-Grouse Conservation Assessment and Strategy for Oregon

May - No meeting scheduled

June 3, 2011 - ODFW Headquarters, Salem

• 2012 Big Game Regulations
• Raffle/Auction Tags – Access and Habitat/Big Game
• Rehabilitation Rules
• Hunting Dog and Falconry Training Rules
• Access and Habitat Projects
• Public Process for Angling Regulations Development - Overview
• Lower Columbia River White Sturgeon Conservation Plan – Approval
• Commercial Fishery Permit Board Appointments

July – No meeting scheduled

August 5, 2011 – ODFW Headquarters, Salem

• 2011-2012 Oregon Game Bird Regulations
• 2012 Oregon Sport Fishing Regulations
• Revised Public Process for Angling Regulations Development - Approval

September 1, 2011 (Thursday) – Seaside (Congressional District 1)

• Access and Habitat Projects

October 7, 2011 – Pendleton (Congressional District 2)

• 2012 Big Game Regulations

November – No meeting scheduled

December 2, 2011 – Portland Area (Congressional Dist. 3)

• Access and Habitat Projects
• Bear Management Plans

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.