[ODFW-News] Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission sets two-day meeting to consider wolf plan, sport fishing regulations

[ODFW News]

For immediate release	Monday, Aug. 30, 2004

Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission sets two-day meeting to consider
wolf plan, sport fishing regulations

SALEM - The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission will hold a two-day
meeting in Salem Thursday, Sept. 9, and Friday, Sept. 10. The Thursday
session will begin at 1 p.m., with the meeting resuming at 8 a.m.
Friday. The special two-day session is being held to allow time for
several lengthy agenda items.

At the Thursday session the Commission will receive a briefing from the
Wolf Advisory Committee on its recommended draft of the Wolf
Conservation and Management Plan. This is an informational session only,
with no action scheduled.

The following agenda items are scheduled for Friday:
* Director's report on regional ODFW activities, the permanent
disabilities permit, and temporary rules;
* Agency revenue and expenditure report;
* Request from the City of West Linn for a fish passage waiver for a
culvert on Barlow Creek in exchange for providing passage at a culvert
on Trillium Creek;
* Review and approval of Restoration and Enhancement (R&E) projects
approved by the R&E Board at its July 30, 2004, meeting;
* Update on the cervid importation ban;
* Review and approval of the Access and Habitat Board's recommendations
concerning funding of proposed projects; 
* Adoption of rules establishing regulations for commercial and
recreational fisheries for groundfish during 2005 and 2006; and
* Amendment of rules to adopt sport fishing regulations for finfish,
shellfish and marine invertebrates for 2005.

The Commission is the policy-making body for fish and wildlife issues
in the state. The seven-member panel meets monthly. The meeting will
occur in the Commission Room of the ODFW headquarters building located
at 3406 Cherry Ave. N.E. in Salem.
 
Agenda item exhibits may be requested by calling the ODFW Director's
Office at 800-720-6339 or 503-947-6044. Agenda items also can be found
on ODFW's Web site at www.dfw.state.or.us/Comm/schedule.htm.

Sign-up sheets will be available in the hallway outside the Commission
Room the day of the meeting for persons who want to testify on scheduled
agenda items. 

Persons who want to testify on issues not on the formal agenda may call
the ODFW Director's Office at 503-947-6044 at least 24 hours in advance
of the meeting to request time to speak. Testimony on non-agenda items
will begin at approximately 1 p.m. Friday and is limited to no more than
six people for up to five minutes each.

Reasonable accommodations will be provided as needed for individuals
requesting assistive hearing devices, sign language interpreters or
large-print materials. Individuals needing these types of accommodations
are requested to call the ODFW Director's Office at 800-720-6339 or
503-947-6044 at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting.


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Information and Education Division
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
(503) 947-6002