Field Reports

Bruce Eddy, Chip Dale, Larry Cooper, Rick Klumph, Roger Fuhrman, Holly Michael, Caren Braby, Captain Jeff Samuels

Expenditure and Budget Report

Debbie Colbert, Deputy Director for Administration

Headquarters Update

Debbie Colbert, Deputy Director for Administration
Greg Parker, Special Projects Manager

Adopt Temporary Rules

Roy Elicker, Director

Attachments: (pdf)

• Field Report
• Expenditure and Budget Report

1. 635-005-0465
Season Opening for the Ocean Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery Delayed
Adopted December 11, 2012: effective December 12, 2012 through June 9, 2013.
This amended rule delays the opening of the 2012-2013 commercial ocean Dungeness crab fishing season from December 16, 2012 until December 31, 2012 in-accordance-with the Tri- State Memorandum-Of-Understanding and Preseason Testing Protocol.

2. 635-023-0095
Bonneville Dam Reservoir Recreational White Sturgeon Fishery
Adopted December 18, 2012: effective January 1, 2013 through February 28, 2013.
This amended rule sets the season for recreational harvest of white sturgeon in the Bonneville Pool and tributaries effective January 1 through Sunday, February 10, 2013. These modifications are consistent with action taken December 18, 2012 by the Columbia River Compact agencies of Oregon and Washington.

3. 635-019-0090
Morgan Lake in the NE Zone Closed to All Angling
Adopted December 20, 2012: effective January 1, 2013 through April 30, 2013.
This amended rule closes Morgan Lake, in the NE Zone near La Grande, to all angling from January 1 through April 26, 2013. Closing the lake during this period will assist the City of La Grande, owner and operator of the lake, to resolve issues posed by the inadvertent removal of Special Regulations for Morgan Lake from the 2013 Oregon Sport Fishing Regulations synopsis.

4. 635-095-0125
Habitat Conservation Stamp
Other Provisions
Adopted December 31, 2012; effective December 31, 2012 through June 28, 2013.
The original rule states that excess stamps from the current year shall be shredded after auditing of sales takes place. This will amend the rule to allow retention of the Habitat Conservation Stamps with numbers corresponding with the prints that are signed by the Governor and the artist. These stamps will be distributed with the sale of the corresponding Governor Edition print.

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.

Meredith Cocks                   Cascade Locks Nestle Water Project
Portland, Oregon          

Olivia Schmidt                     Cascade Locks Nestle Water Project
Portland, Oregon

Mike Babcock                     Commercial Buying on Dock Hoists
Coos Bay, Oregon

Attachments: (pdf)

• Public Forum Public Correspondence as of 01/10/13

The Commission will be asked to approve the draft December 7, 2012 Commission minutes.

Attachments: (pdf)

• Minutes under draft
  
  

The Commission will be asked to approve the administrative rules to amend the Schedule of Damages for Commercial Fishing Violations.

Aaron Jenkins, Economist
Public Testimony
Rulemaking

Attachments: (pdf)

• Cover
• Attachment 1 Agenda Item Summary
• Attachment 2 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Hearing & FEIS
• Attachment 3 Draft OARs
• Attachment 4 ORS 506 720
• Attachment 5 Public Correspondence as of 122612
  
  

The Commission will be asked to approve the conservation plan for Rogue fall Chinook.

Todd Confer, Southwest District Fish Biologist
Public Testimony
Rulemaking

Attachments: (pdf)

• Cover
• Attachment 1 Agenda Item Summary
• Attachment 2 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Hearing & FEIS
• Attachment 3 Executive Summary of Draft Plan
• Attachment 4 Conservation Plan Final Draft
• Attachment 4 Part 2 Conservation Plan Appendix
• Attachment 5 Draft Oregon Administrative Rules
• Attachment 6 Technical Reviews_Comments & Responses
• Attachment 7 Public Comments on Draft Plan
• Attachment 8 Public Correspondence as of 122612
  
  

The Commission will be asked to approve the administrative rules to amend the 2013 Big Game Regulations.

Tom Thornton, Game Program Manager
Public Testimony
Rulemaking

Attachments: (pdf)

• Cover
• Attachment 1 Agenda Item Summary
• Attachment 2 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Hearing & FEIS
• Attachment 3 Draft Oregon Administrative Rules
• Attachment 4 Public Correspondence as of 122612
  
  

The Commission will be asked to approve the administrative rule to add the agent fee for controlled game bird applications.

Tom Thornton, Game Program Manager
Public Testimony
Rulemaking

Attachments: (pdf)

• Cover
• Attachment 1 Agenda Item Summary
• Attachment 2 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Hearing & FEIS
• Attachment 3 Draft Oregon Administrative Rules
• Attachment 4 Public Correspondence as of 122612
  
  

The Commission will be asked to approve the Coyote Creek and Flights End property acquisitions.

Laura Tesler, Willamette Wildlife Mitigation Biologist
Bernadette Graham-Hudson, Willamette Fish and Wildlife Policy Coordinator
Public Testimony
Approval

Attachments: (pdf)

• Cover
• Attachment 1 Agenda Item Summary
• Attachment 2 Aerial Photos and Maps
• Attachment 3 Property Fact Sheets
• Attachment 4 Public Correspondence as of 122612
  
  

Executive Session
The Executive Session is held pursuant to ORS 192.660 (2)(e) and (2)(h), which allows the Commission to meet in executive session to conduct deliberations with persons designated by the governing body to negotiate real property transactions; and to consult with legal counsel with respect to litigation filed against the Commission.

February 8, 2013 – Salem

• Fish Passage Barrier Prioritization List
• Upland Artwork Selection

April 26, 2013 – Salem

May 2013 – No meeting scheduled

June 6-7, 2013 – To be determined (Congressional District 1)

• 2013 Big Game Regulations
• 2014 Auction and Raffle Tag Allocations
• Access and Habitat Projects
• Conservation Stamp Art Contest

July 12, 2013 – No meeting scheduled; but please reserve this date

August 2, 2013 – Eugene (Congressional District 4)

• 2013-2014 Oregon Game Bird Regulations
• Land Acquisition and Exchange Rules

September 6, 2013 – Salem

• Access and Habitat Projects
• Auction and Raffle Tag Allocations

October 4, 2013 – Newport

• 2014 Big Game Regulations

November 2013 – No meeting scheduled

December 6, 2013 – Portland (Congressional District 3)

• Access and Habitat Projects
  
  

AGENDA

The Commission meeting will begin at 8:00 AM on Friday, January 11, 2012. 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.

A recess will be taken at 12:00 Noon, when the Commission will have 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 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.

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 their 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.

PARKING

Parking at the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, 3406 Cherry Ave NE, Salem, OR 97303, 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.