Attachments: (pdf)

• Commission Tour Sept 2023 Overview
• Deschutes_Tour Agenda_091423 mt
• StopOneDirections
  
  

Registration to provide VIRTUAL testimony on exhibits and public forum at the September 15, 2023, Commission meeting CLOSED Wednesday, September 13, 2023, at 8:00 AM.

In-Person Comment: Parties interested in providing in-person verbal public comment shall fill out a "Witness Registration" form available at the meeting.

Written Comments can be sent to: ODFW.Commission@odfw.oregon.gov; or mailed to 4034 Fairview Industrial Dr SE Salem, OR 97302.

Field Reports – in written form only

Attachments: (pdf)

• Field Report September
  
  

Ken Loffink, Administrative Services Division Administrator

Attachments: (pdf)

• Commission Financial Report September 2023
  
  

Oregon Spotted Frog Conservation
Kaly Adkins, East Region Conservation Wildlife Biologist

Attachments: (pdf)

• Adapting to Climate and Ocean Change Report
  
  

Chandra Ferrari, Habitat Division Deputy Administrator
Crystal Grinnell, Integrated Water Resources Strategy Specialist (IWRS); Oregon Water Resources Department

Attachments: (pdf)

• Integrated Water Resources Strategy Update Process
  
  

Curt Melcher, Director

Attachments: (pdf)

• 09-2023 Temporary Memo (pdf)

1. 635-065-0635, 635-065-0760
   Amend Rules to Modify Controlled Hunt Permit Numbers for 2023 Oregon Sage-Grouse Hunting
   Adopted: August 8, 2023 – Effective Dates:  August 8, 2023 through February 1, 2024
   Oregon Administrative Rules establishing seasons and permit numbers for 2023 controlled sage-grouse hunts were adopted by the Commission on April 21, 2023 as described on page 14 of Attachment 3 in Exhibit B. Permit numbers adopted at that time did not account for on-going sage-grouse population surveys that were not yet complete. This rule amendment is necessary to adjust permit numbers in two sage-grouse hunt areas to account for unanticipated changes to sage-grouse population estimates resulting from data collected in the surveys completed after permit numbers were
   adopted.
   
   
2. 635-017-0090
   Close Mainstem McKenzie River
   Adopted 8/16/2023: effective 8/16/2023 through 12/31/2023.
   This amended rule closes the mainstem McKenzie River from the mouth of Trout Creek to the Leaburg Dam to all salmon angling.
   
   
3. 635-014-0090, 635-016-0090
   2023 Fall Wild Coastal Coho Seasons
   Adopted 8/18/2023: effective 8/18/2023 through 12/7/2023.
   This amended rule sets recreational wild coho seasons in specified Oregon coastal rivers during the fall season from September 9 through November 30.
   
   
4. 635-041-0075
   Set Treaty Commercial Fall Gillnet Fisheries
   Adopted 8/18/2023: effective 8/18/2023 through 12/31/2023.
   These amended rules authorize the sales of fish caught in Zone 6 treaty gillnet fisheries to include open periods from August 21 through August 31.
   
   
5. 635-013-0003
   Adopt Chinook Retention Regulations for Nearshore Marine Waters Adjacent to the Tillamook and Nehalem Rivers
   Adopted 8/24/2023: effective 9/1/2023 through 10/31/2023.
   These amended rules establish Chinook salmon retention regulations for nearshore marine waters adjacent to the Nehalem and Tillamook rivers that match the temporary regulations adopted for those systems during fall 2023. Adopting concurrent regulations deters anglers from fishing immediately outside these tributaries under more liberal ocean salmon regulations than exist inside the tributaries.
   
   
6. 635-013-0003
   Adopt Chinook Retention Regulations for Nearshore Marine Waters Adjacent to the Tillamook and Nehalem Rivers
   Adopted 8/25/2023: effective 9/1/2023 through 10/31/2023.
   These amended rules establish Chinook salmon retention regulations for nearshore marine waters adjacent to the Nehalem and Tillamook rivers that match the temporary regulations adopted for those systems during fall 2023. Adopting concurrent regulations deters anglers from fishing immediately outside these tributaries under more liberal ocean salmon regulations than exist inside the tributaries.
   
   
7. 635-039-0080
   Federal Actions and Management Measures Implemented for Recreational Groundfish Fisheries
   Adopted 8/28/2023: effective 8/28/2023 through 12/31/2023.
   These amended rules adopt in-season actions previously adopted by the federal government for the 2023-2024 Pacific Coast recreational groundfish fishery which increase the bag limit for the longleader gear recreational fishery from 10 to 15 fish.
   
   
8. 635-039-0090
   Federal Actions and Management Measures Implemented for Recreational Groundfish Fisheries
   Adopted 8/28/2023: effective 8/28/2023 through 9/4/2023.
   These amended rules adopt in-season actions previously adopted by the federal government for the 2023-2024 Pacific Coast recreational groundfish fishery which increase the bag limit for the longleader gear recreational fishery from 10 to 15 fish.
   
   
9. 635-041-0075
   Set Treaty Commercial Fall Gillnet Fisheries
   Adopted 8/31/2023: effective 8/31/2023 through 12/31/2023.
   These amended rules authorize the sales of fish caught in Zone 6 treaty gillnet fisheries to include a one-day extension to the on-going period and an additional period from September 4 through September 8.
   
   
10. 635-019-0090
    Open Grande Ronde River Coho Salmon Fishery
    Adopted 9/1/2023: effective 9/1/2023 through 12/31/2023.
    This amended rule opens a recreational coho fishery on the Grande Ronde River from September 1 through November 30.
    
    
11. 635-023-0130
    Allow Recreational Chinook Salmon Retention in the Buoy 10 Fishery
    Adopted 9/7/2023: effective 9/8/2023 through 12/31/2023.
    This amended rule expands retention regulations in the Buoy 10 recreational salmonid fishery to include Chinook salmon from September 8 through December 31.
    
    
12. 635-041-0075
    Set Treaty Commercial Fall Gillnet Fisheries
    Adopted 9/8/2023: effective 9/11/2023 through 12/31/2023.
    These amended rules authorize the sales of fish caught in Zone 6 treaty gillnet fisheries to include additional periods from September 11 through September 15 and September 18 through September 22.
    
    
13. 635-042-0032
    Set Columbia River Non-Treaty Late Fall Commercial Tangle Net Salmon Fishery
    Adopted 9/8/2023: effective 9/18/2023 through 12/31/2023.
    This rule authorizes 28 late fall non-Treaty commercial tangle net periods in Zones 1-3 of the lower Columbia River.
    
    
14. 635-023-0130
    Modify Lower Columbia River Recreational Chinook Salmon Fishery
    Adopted 9/14/2023: effective 9/15/2023 through 12/31/2023.
    This amended rule adds retention days in the Columbia River recreational salmonid fishery from the west Puget Island line to the Warrior Rock/Bachelor Island line from September 15 through September 17. It also extends the Chinook and hatchery coho retention period from the Warrior Rock/Bachelor Island line to Bonneville Dam through September 21.
    
    
15. 635-042-0060
    Authorize Mainstem Columbia River Non-Treaty Commercial Fisheries
    Adopted 9/14/2023: effective 9/15/2023 through 12/31/2023.
    This rule authorizes one commercial non-treaty gillnet fishing period in the mainstem Columbia River commerical Zones 4-5 for September 17 through September 18 and one period in Oregon waters only of commercial Zones 4-5 for September 19 through September 20.
    
    

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The Commission will be asked to approve the 2024 Commission meeting dates.

Attachments: (pdf)

Winchester Dam Repair Project

Kirk Blaine
Dax Messett
Charles Gehr
Richard Chasm
Nate Humphrey
Jenny O’Brian
Alex Worth

North Umpqua River

Rich Zellman, Steelhead Water Guide Service
Jake Crawford, Fly Water Travel & Far Bank Enterprises

ODFW Marine Reserve Program

Michael Gaskill, Coast Range Association
Angela Whitlock, Marine Program Coordinator; North Coast Land Conservancy
Paul Engelmeyer
Joe Liebezeit
Charlie Plybon

Hatchery Science and Management

David Moskowitz, The Conservation Angler

Attachments: (pdf)

• Winchester Dam Public Comment
• 9.15.23 Public forum_Chams

• North Umpqua_PublicForum 9.15.23
  
  

The Commission will be asked to approve draft Commission meeting minutes from June 16, 2023, and August 4, 2023.

Attachments (pdf)

• June 2023 Minutes DRAFT
• Aug 2023 Minutes DRAFT
  
  

The Commission will be asked to approve the Access and Habitat Board recommendations for project funding.

Brian Wolfer, Wildlife Division Deputy Administrator
Travis Schultz, Access & Habitat Coordinator

Public Testimony: 48-hour Advance REGISTER required for virtual participation.

Approval

Attachments (pdf)

• Cover
• Attachment 1 Agenda Item Summary
• Attachment 3 No Public Correspondence
• Presentation_Access and Habitat
  
  

The Commission will be asked to adopt an annual catch limit for the commercial fishery for intertidal cockle clams in Tillamook Bay.

Mitch Vance, Shellfish Project Leader
Scott Groth, Resource Assessment & Management Section Manager

Public Testimony: 48-hour Advance REGISTER required for virtual participation.

Rulemaking

Attachments (pdf)

• Cover
• Attachment 1 Agenda Item Summary
• Attachment 2 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
• Attachment 3 Draft Oregon Administrative Rules
• Attachment 4 No Public Correspondence
• Presentation Tillamook Cockle Quota
  

The Commission will be asked to adopt terminal commercial and sport salmon seasons in nearshore waters of the Pacific Ocean.

John North, Fish Division Deputy Administrator
Public Testimony: 48-hour Advance REGISTER required for virtual participation.  

Rulemaking

Attachments (pdf)

• Cover
• Attachment 1 Agenda Item Summary
• Attachment 2 Notice and FIS Ocean Terminal Salmon Fisheries
• Attachment 3 Draft Oregon Administrative Rules
• Attachment 4 No Public Correspondence
• Supplemental Correspondence thru 09-11
• Supplemental Correspondence thru 09-12
• Presentation Ocean Terminal Area Salmon Fisheries
• witness registration form
  
  

The Commission will be asked to amend administrative rules to prohibit taking unprotected mammals native to Oregon as part of a contest.

Brian Wolfer, Wildlife Division Deputy Administrator
Public Testimony: 48-hour Advance REGISTER required for virtual participation.

Public testimony for this agenda item will be limited to two minutes with potential to be reduced to one minute depending on the volume of public that registers to testify.

Rulemaking

Exhibit begins at 1:00 pm

Attachments (pdf)

• Cover
• Attachment 1 Agenda Item Summary
• Attachment 2 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Hearing and FIS_Filed 7-21-23
• Attachment 3 Draft Oregon Administrative Rules
• Attachment 4 Public Correspondence
• Part 1_Supplemental Public Correspondence_9-11-23
• Part 2_Supplemental Public Correspondence_9-11-23
• Presentation_Contest Prohibition for Taking Unprotected Mammals
• Supplemental Public Correspondence Received as of 9-15-23
• witness registration form

The Commission will be asked to adopt rules for the Salmon and Trout Enhancement Program (STEP) Advisory Committee (STAC).

Marty Olson, R&E and STAC Program Coordinator
Gary Vonderohe, Assistant District Fish Biologist
Public Testimony: 48-hour Advance REGISTER required for virtual participation.

Rulemaking

Attachments (pdf)

• Cover
• Attachment 1 Agenda Item Summary
• Attachment 2 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
• Attachment 3 Draft Oregon Administrative Rules
• Attachment 3 Amended Draft Oregon Administrative Rules
• Attachment 4 Summary of Proposed Rule Changes
• Attachment 5 Public Correspondence
• Supplemental Correspondence thru 09-12
• Supplemental Corresspondance thru 09-13
• Presentation Step Rules
• witness registration form
  
  

The Commission will be asked to approve Big Game tag numbers, seasons, and regulations for 2024.

Brian Wolfer, Wildlife Division Deputy Administrator
Derek Broman, Game Program Manager
Dr. Don Whitaker, Ungulate Species Coordinator
Holly Tuers-Lance, Acting Carnivore/Furbearer Coordinator  

Public Testimony: 48-hour Advance REGISTER required for virtual participation.

Rulemaking

Attachments (pdf)

• Cover
• Attachment 1 Agenda Item Summary
• Att 2 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Hearing
• Att 3 2024 Staff Proposals-Big Game Regulations
• Att 4 Draft Oregon Administrative Rules
• Attachment 5 Public Correspondence
• Supplemental Public Correspondence_9-11-23
• Addendum 1_Attachment 3_Big Game Regulations_9-11-23
• Presentation_2024 Big Game Regulations
• PC recieved at meeting 9.15.23
• witness registration form
  
  

The Commission will be asked to direct the Department to move to closing on the second phase of the Minam River Wildlife Area acquiring 10,964 acres.

Jon Paustian, Grande Ronde Habitat Biologist
Bill Richardson, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation 

Public Testimony: 48-hour Advance REGISTER required for virtual participation.

Approval

Rulemaking

Attachments (pdf)

• Cover
• Att 1 Agenda Item Summary
• Attachment 2_Minam River_Project Summary Flyer and Map
• Attachment 3_Public Correspondence
• Presentation_Phase 2 Minam Acquisition
• witness registration form
  

This Executive Session is held pursuant to ORS 192.660 (2)(f) to consider information or records that are exempt by law from public inspection, as well as to consult with legal counsel concerning legal rights and duties of a public body with regard to current litigation or litigation likely to be filed as authorized by ORS 192.660 (2)(h).

• 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.  

October 13, 2023 – No Meeting Scheduled

November 17, 2023 – HOLD – No Meeting Scheduled

December 15, 2023 - McMinnville

*Written public comment period will open October 15, 2023

• Access and Habitat Project Funding- Approval
  
  

HOW TO REGISTER TO SPEAK AT THE COMMISSION MEETING

Public Comment and Public Hearing Testimony: Regular Commission meetings allow for in-person, virtual, or written public comment. When registering to testify please provide first and last name, topic, a valid email address, and phone number.

Comment and testimony are limited to three minutes. All parties interested in providing public comment or testifying as part of a public hearing shall participate using one of the following methods:

• In-Person Comment: Parties interested in providing in-person verbal public comment shall fill out a "Witness Registration" form available at the meeting.

• Video or Audio Conference Call: If you wish to give virtual testimony on Exhibits scheduled on the Friday, September 15 agenda, YOU MUST REGISTER (Registration) BEFORE 8:00 AM WEDNESDAY, September 13, 2023; a minimum of 48 hour prior to the meeting. Staff will collect contact information and provide information on how to access the meeting to provide comment.

• Written Comment: Send to ODFW.Commission@odfw.oregon.gov or 4034 Fairview Industrial Drive SE, Salem, Oregon, 97302. Materials delivered to the Director's Office sufficiently in advance of the meeting will be distributed to the Commission prior to the meeting day; any correspondence or materials received less than 72 hours prior to the meeting will be provided to the Commissioners the day of the meeting.

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, or ODFW.Commission@odfw.oregon.gov. YOU MUST REGISTER BEFORE 8:00AM WEDNESDAY, September 13, 2023; a minimum of 48 hours prior to the meeting. Please provide written summaries or other materials to the Commission Assistant prior to your testimony. The Commission is unable to act on items brought to their attention in this forum.

THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO PRESENT YOUR VIEWS

If you have questions regarding this agenda, please contact Michelle Tate, Director's Office, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, 4034 Fairview Industrial Drive SE, Salem, Oregon, 97302, or call 503- 947-6033.

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 connect to 503-947-6044.