[ODFW-News] Fish and Wildlife Commission to meet Oct. 10-11

[ODFW News]

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife =09
Contact: 	Anne Pressentin Young (503) 872-5264 x5356=09
Internet: www.dfw.state.or.us  Fax: (503) 872-5700
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For Immediate Release	Monday, September 30, 2002

Fish and Wildlife Commission to meet Oct. 10-11

PORTLAND - The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission will meet in open =
session on Thursday, Oct. 10 and Friday, Oct. 11 to discuss wolf biology =
and to consider the adoption of rules for mechanical decoy use, big game =
hunting and nearshore ocean fisheries.

The seven-member Commission meets monthly to establish administrative =
rules and policies for implementation by the Oregon Department of Fish and =
Wildlife.

On Oct. 10, the Commission will tour Willamette Falls and associated =
hydroelectric plant and fish passage facilities. The tour is scheduled =
from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. At 1 p.m., the Commission will hear from several =
experts on wolf biology. The session, expected to last until 6 p.m., is =
the third in a series of educational workshops the Commission has held on =
wolves. It will be held in Portland at the ODFW headquarters building at =
2501 S.W. First Avenue.

The Commission will hold its regularly scheduled monthly meeting starting =
at 8 a.m., Oct. 11, at the Mt. Hood National Forest Headquarters, 16400 =
Champion Way in Sandy. The following items are on the agenda:
=B7	Director's briefing (informational);
=B7	Marmot Dam fish passage proposal (approval);
=B7	Access and Habitat grant awards for fire rehabilitation (approval);=

=B7	2003 big game hunting rules (rule making);
=B7	Mechanical decoy rules (rule making);
=B7	Native Fish Conservation Policy (informational);
=B7	Commercial fishing in Oregon bays and near jetties (informational);=

=B7	Nearshore ocean fishing moratorium (rule making);
=B7	Developmental fisheries permits, board appointments, and rule =
changes; and
=B7	Columbia River sturgeon fishery (informational).

Previous public notices announced that the Commission would consider a =
permanent rule on the importation of live elk and deer into Oregon. The =
issue will be considered at the Nov. 8 meeting in Portland.=20

Public testimony will be taken on each agenda item. More information can =
be found on ODFW's Web site http://www.dfw.state.or.us/ODFWhtml/meeting_sch=
edule/october/october11.htm .


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