Field Reports

In written form only

Adopt Temporary Rules

Roy Elicker, Director

Attachments: (pdf)

• Field Reports
  

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.

The Commission June and August minutes have been deferred to October.

The Commission will be asked to take final action on a petition to classify Barramundi as a Controlled Species; to reclassify Crayfish as a Controlled Species and Brush Tailed Bettong as a Noncontrolled Species; and amend criteria to include consideration of the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species for classification requests.

Rick Boatner, Invasive Species Wildlife Integrity Coordinator
Public Testimony
Rulemaking

Attachments: (pdf)

• Cover
• Attachment 1 Agenda Item Summary
• Attachment 2 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Hearing and FIS
• Attachment 3 Draft Oregon Administrative Rules
• Attachment 4 Public Correspondence as of August 21, 2014
  
  

The Commission will be asked to approve The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Fish and Wildlife Management Plan, and approve a rule authorizing harvest of specified wildlife and delegating management authority for fish and wildlife to the Tribes on tribal Reservation and Trust lands.

Steven Marx, Acting West Region Manager
Jeff Boechler, North Willamette Watershed District Manager
Public Testimony
Rulemaking

Attachments: (pdf)

• Cover
• Attachment 1 Agenda Item Summary
• Attachment 2 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Hearing and FIS
• Attachment 3 2007 Proclamation
• Attachment 4 Resolution
• Attachment 5 Grand Ronde Tribe Wildlife Management Plan
• Attachment 6 Draft OARs
• Attachment 7 Public Correspondence as of August 21, 2014
  

October 9-10, 2014 – Central Point

• October 9: Joint Workshop with California Fish and Game Commission
• October 10: Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission Public Meeting
  • 2015 Big Game Regulations
  • Wolf Update
  • Fish Passage Policy Update
  • ODOT Culvert Repair Fish Passage Pilot Programmatic Agreement
  • Forage Fish Policy Update

November 2014 – No meeting scheduled

December 5, 2014 – Teleconference Meeting Salem Headquarters

• Restoration and Enhancement Projects
• Access and Habitat Projects

PLEASE NOTE

AGENDA

The Commission meeting will begin at 8:00 AM on Friday, September 5, 2014. 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/.

On September 5 a recess will be taken at 11:00 a.m., 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, 4034 Fairview Industrial Drive SE, Salem, OR 97302, 503.947.6044.

PARKING

Parking at the Joseph Community Center, 102 E. First Street, Joseph, Oregon 97846, is scattered around the block; there is no parking lot at the Joseph Community Center.

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.