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COMMISSION AGENDA: Friday August 2, 2019

Meeting:

Friday, August 2, 2019 – 8:00 AM
Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife
Commission Room
4034 Fairview Industrial DR SE
Salem, OR 97302.

Printable Agenda (pdf)

 

View this Commission meeting on YouTube:
Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3

Friday, August 2, 2019
DIRECTOR’S REPORT

Field Reports – in written form only

Expenditure Report

Erica Kleiner, Deputy Director of Administration

Legislatively Approved Budget Update

Mat Oeder, Management Resources Division Administrator

Western Oregon Research

Staff: DeWaine Jackson, West Region Wildlife Research Lead


Attachments: (pdf)

PUBLIC FORUM

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 48 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.

Partnering for Wildlife in Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife

Dave Wiley, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
Bill Richardson, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation



Attachments: (pdf)

ADOPT TEMPORARY RULES

Curt Melcher, Director

EXHIBIT A: COMMISSION MINUTES

The Commission will be asked to approve draft June 6 and 7, 2019 Commission meeting minutes.

Attachments: (pdf)

EXHIBIT B: PREFERENCE POINT RESET FOR RESIDENT DISABLED VETERANS LICENSE HOLDERS

The Commission will be asked to amend Modified Preference Point System rules to give an additional point to Resident Disabled Veterans license holders who are at least 65 years of age, in the same process as Resident Pioneer License holders.                           

Staff: Kevin Blakely, Deputy Wildlife Division Administrator
Public Testimony
Rulemaking

Attachments: (pdf)

EXHIBIT C: RESTORATION AND ENHANCEMENT PROJECT APPROVALS, MEMBER APPOINTMENT AND STEP ANNUAL REPORT

The Commission will be asked to approve Restoration & Enhancement (R&E) Board recommendations from May 10, 2019 meeting (cycle 19-2); Appoint Sport and Commercial Representatives to R&E Board; and will be provided a presentation on 2017-18 STEP Annual Report.

Staff: Kevin Herkamp, STEP/R&E Coordinator;
Steve Janego, STAC Chair
Public Testimony
Approval and Appointment

Attachments: (pdf)

EXHIBIT D: 2020 SPORTFISHING REGULATIONS

The Commission will be asked to adopt the 2020 Oregon Sport Fishing Regulations

Staff: Michael Gauvin, Recreational Fisheries Manager
Public Testimony
Rulemaking



 

Attachments: (pdf)

ANNUAL PRIDE AWARDS RECOGNITION

Curt Melcher, Director

Award Presentation begins at 11:00 AM

 



OTHER BUSINESS

Proposed meeting dates for 2020

 

ADJOURN
 
FUTURE PROPOSED COMMISSION TOPICS

September 13, 2019 – Tour  Gold Beach
September 13, 2019 – Gold Beach

*Written public comment period will open July 15, 2019

  • A & H Project Funding – Approval
  • Big Game Regulations; 2020 Tags and Season Dates – Rulemaking
  • Status of Abalone- Directors Report
  • Commercial & Recreational Crab Regulations- Rulemaking
  • Humboldt Marten - Rulemaking

October 10, 2019 – Tour – Ontario
October 11, 2019 – Ontario

*Written public comment period will open August 15, 2019

  • Disposition of Wildlife Taken on Damage  - Rulemaking
  • Eastern Oregon Wildlife Research Overview – Directors Report
  • Sturgeon Angling Sanctuaries Upstream of Bonneville Dam - Rulemaking

November 2019 – No meeting scheduled

December 6, 2019 – Salem

*Written public comment period will open October 15, 2019

  • A & H Project Funding – Approval
  • Groundfisheries and Nearshore Logbook Report – Rulemaking
  • R&E Project Approval- Approval
  • Salvage of Road Struck Deer & Elk –Rulemaking



PLEASE NOTE

AGENDA

The Commission meeting will begin at 8:00 a.m. August 2, 2019, 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/Comm/schedule.htm.

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. Lunch will not be provided to the public.

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.

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 48 hours prior to the meeting. The Commission Chair immediately following the Director’s report portion of the agenda will call you. Please provide twenty (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 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.
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