Field Reports – in written form only

Expenditure Report

Staff: Bill Herber, Deputy Director for Administration

Adopt Temporary Rules

Curt Melcher, Director

Alternative Funding Task Force Recommendations

A presentation will be provided to the Commission on final recommendations of Alternative Funding Task Force. Briefing.

Presenters: Mark Labhart and Jim Owens

Public Survey Briefing

Presentation to Commission on results of public opinion survey conducted for Alternative Funding Task Force.

Staff: Roger Fuhrman

Attachments: (pdf)

• January 20, 2017 Field Report
• Placeholder - Financial Report
• HB 2402 Transmittal and Executive Summary
• OR 2016 Legislative Survey Report Presentation Excerpts 2017 01 19
• OR Commission Pres 2017 Jan20
• Jim Owen Task Force Presentation - FW Commission 1.20.17
  

The Commission will be asked to approve draft November 9 and December 2, 2016 Commission meeting minutes.

Attachments: (pdf)

• Minutes Nov. 9. 2016 draft
• Minutes Dec. 2 under draft
  
  

The Commission will be asked to adopt staff recommendations for Protected Wildlife, Holding and Propagating Rules.

Staff: Colin Gillin
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 Enclosure and Caging Standards for Holding Wildlife
• Attachment 5 Summary of Proposed Changes Division 44
• Attachment 6 Public Correspondence
• Presentation_Protected Wildlife Holding and Propagating Rules 1-20-17
• Supplemental Public Correspondence 1-20-17
• Public Testimony Received at Meeting 1-20-17
  
  

The Commission will be asked to adopt the schedule of damages used in assessing commercial fishing violations during 2017.

Staff: Aaron Jenkins, Economist
Public Testimony
Rulemaking

Attachments: (pdf)

• Cover
• Attachment 1 Agenda Item Summary
• Attachment 2 Notice-Need-FIS
• Attachment 3 Draft OAR's
• Attachment 4 ORS 506 720
• Attachment 5 Public Correspondence
• Presentation Schedule of Damages
  
  

The Commission will be asked to adopt staff recommendations on Columbia River Fisheries Reform for 2017 and beyond.

Staff: Ed Bowles, Fish Division Administrator
Chris Kern, Deputy Fish Division Administrator
Tucker Jones, Ocean Salmon and Columbia River Program Manager
John North, Columbia River Fishery Manager
Aaron Jenkins, Economist
Public Testimony
Rulemaking

Attachments: (pdf)

• Cover Draft Updated 1-12-17
• Attachment 1 Agenda Item Summary DRAFT Updated 1-12-17
• Attachment 2 Notice-Need-FIS Col Rvr Harvest Reform OFWC 1-20-17
• Attachment 3 Draft OAR's
• Attachment 4 SB830 Oregon Revised Statutes 508.796 and 508.980
• Attachment 5 Col R Fisheries Mgmt- 2013 Beyond- Final 1-5-17
• Attachment 6 Model Option Outputs
• Attachment 7 Public Correspondence 1-9-17
• Attachment 8 Errata Agenda Item Summary 1-12-17
• Supplemental Public Correspondence 1-13-17
• Supplemental Public Correspondence 1-18-17
• Revised Attachment 3_Draft OAR's 1-19-17
• Presentation CR Fisheries Reform
• Supplemental Public Correspondence Received as of 1-19-17
• Addendum Attachment 6 Model Option Outputs
• Revised Table 36 from Page 50 in Attachment 1 1-19-17
• Letter from Senator Girod
• Letter from kitzhaber
  

The Executive Session is held pursuant to ORS 192.660 (2)(e), (2)(f) 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, to consider information or records that are exempt by law from public inspection, and to consult with legal counsel with respect to litigation filed against the Commission.

* Written public comments for future Commission Topics can be submitted in writing prior to the meeting date at ODFW.Commission@odfw.oregon.gov or mailed to 4034 Fairview Industrial Drive SE Salem, OR 97302

February 9, 2017 Portland Expo Center
Reception at the Pacific Northwest Sportsman Show

February 10, 2017 – Tigard  
*Written public comment period will open December 15, 2016

• Access & Habitat Program Biennium Report – Informational
• Update Columbia River Treaty Fishery Rules – Rulemaking
• Director’s Performance Evaluation – Executive Session
• Resolution Supporting National Blue Ribbon Panel Funding Recommendations – Approval
• Lower Columbia River Sturgeon Population Status Update - Informational

March 17, 2017 – TBD
*Written public comment period will open January 15, 2017

• Restoration & Enhancement Project Approval – Approval
• 2017 Ocean Salmon Fisheries Informational Briefing – Informational
• Access & Habitat Projects – Approval
• DRAFT Wolf Plan – Informational
• Threatened and Endangered Species List Update - Rulemaking

April 21, 2017 – TBD
*Written public comment period will open February 15, 2017

• 2017-18 Game Bird Regulations – Rulemaking
• 2017 Ocean Salmon Regulations for State Waters – Rulemaking
• 2017 Sport Pacific Halibut and Commercial Pacific Regulations - Rulemaking

May 2017 – No meeting scheduled

June 9, 2017 – Salem
*Written public comment period will open April 15, 2017

• Access & Habitat Auction and Raffle Tag Allocations – Approval
• Access & Habitat Project Funding - Approval
• Commercial Coastal Pelagic Species (CPS) Fisheries – Rulemaking
• Restoration & Enhancement Project Approvals - Approval

July 2017 – No meeting scheduled

August 4, 2017 – Salem
*Written public comment period will open June 15, 2017

• Pride Awards Recognition
• Oregon Sport Fishing Regulations – Rulemaking
• Restoration & Enhancement Project Approvals, R&E Board Appointment, and STEP Annual Report – Approval
• Coastal Coho Fisheries Regulations – Rulemaking
• DRAFT Cougar Plan - Informational

September 15, 2017 – TBD
*Written public comment period will open July 15, 2017

• Access & Habitat Project Funding - Approval
• Big Game Regulations – Rulemaking

October 13, 2017 – TBD
*Written public comment period will open August 15, 2017

• Cougar Management Plan Review – Rulemaking

November, 2017 – No meeting scheduled

December 8, 2017 – Salem
*Written public comment period will open October 15, 2017

• Restoration & Enhancement Project Approval and R&E Board Appointment – Approval
• Regulations for Groundfish Fisheries and Nearshore Logbook Report - Rulemaking
• Access & Habitat Project Funding – Approval
  
  

PLEASE NOTE

AGENDA

The Commission meeting will begin at 8:00 a.m. January 20, 2017, 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.

A recess will be taken at 12:00 Noon, when the Commission will have lunch and may discuss matters of general interest. The Commission will meet in executive session during the lunch break. Representatives of the news media and designated staff will be allowed to attend the executive session. Representatives of the news media are specifically directed not to report on any of the deliberation during executive session, except to state the general subject of the session. No decision may be made in executive session.

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 three (3) 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.

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 Dr. SE, Salem, OR 97302, 503.947.6044.

PARKING

Parking 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.