[ODFW-News] ODFW announces mule deer and elk management objective meetings

[ODFW News]

For Immediate Release	Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2005
ODFW announces mule deer and elk management objective meetings

SALEM - The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife today announced a
series of town hall meetings to accept public comment on proposals to
update the state's mule deer and elk management objectives. 

Management objectives are used by biologists to help guide harvest
management decisions related to herd health, habitat, and wildlife
damage to property.

The proposals call for changes to reflect improved population
information, long- term or permanent changes in habitat availability,
and changes in the amount of property damage throughout Oregon's 67
Wildlife Management Units.

The management objectives for deer were last updated in 1992. Elk
management objectives were updated in 1994. 

ODFW biologists will explain proposed management objective revisions at
the following meetings scheduled statewide between Feb. 10 and March
10:

LAKEVIEW: Thursday, Feb. 10, 7-9 p.m., Lakeview Senior Center, 11 North
G Street
MEDFORD: Thursday, Feb. 10, 7-9 p.m., OHA Meeting, JJ North's, 1016
North Riverside Avenue
ENTERPRISE: Tuesday, Feb. 15, 4-7 p.m. (open house format), Cloverleaf
Hall, 600 NW First Street
ROSEBURG: Tuesday, Feb. 15, 7-9 p.m., Southwest Region Office, 4192
North Umpqua Highway
JOHN DAY: Wednesday, Feb. 16, 3-7 p.m., (open house format), Grant
County Center for Human Development, Skills Room; 529 E Main
GRANTS PASS; Thursday, Feb. 17, 7-9 p.m., OHA meeting, Wild River Pub,
533 NE F Street
KLAMATH FALLS: Thursday, Feb. 17, 7-9 p.m., Shasta Grange Hall, 5831
Shasta Way
BAKER CITY: Wednesday, Feb. 23, 7-9 p.m., Baker School District, 5J
Administration Bldg., 2090 4th Street
ONTARIO: Wednesday, Feb. 23, 7-9 p.m. (Mountain Time), Malheur County
Extension Office, 710 SW Fifth Street 
REDMOND: Wednesday, Feb. 23, 7-9 p.m., Redmond High School, large
auditorium, 1335 SW Obsidian
BURNS: Thursday, Feb. 24, 7-9 p.m., Harney County Senior Citizens
Center, 17 S Alder
HEPPNER: Thursday, Feb. 24, 7-9 p.m., ODFW Heppner District Office,
54173 Hwy. 74, 2 miles north of Heppner (old Kinzua Mill office)
PENDLETON: Thursday, Feb. 24, 3-7 p.m., (open house format), Pendleton
Convention Center, 1601 Westgate
THE DALLES: Thursday, Feb. 24, 6:30-9 p.m., ODFW Screens Shop, 3561
Klindt Drive
LA GRANDE: Wednesday, March 2, 2005, 7-9 p.m., Eastern Oregon
University, Hoke Hall, Rooms 201 and 202, One (1) University Boulevard
NEWPORT: Wednesday, March 2, 7-9 p.m., Hatfield Marine Science Center,
Rooms 30-32, 2040 SE Marine Science Drive
BANDON: Thursday, March 3, 7-9 p.m., The Barn in Bandon, 1100 West 11th
St. (located in Bandon City Park)
SEASIDE: Monday, March 7, 7- 9 p.m., Seaside Convention Center, Seamist
Room, 415 First Avenue
CLACKAMAS: Wednesday, March 9, 7-9 p.m., Northwest Region Office (in
Clackamas), Bldg#16, 17330 Evelyn Street
SPRINGFIELD: Wednesday, March 9, 7- 9 p.m., Oregon Department of
Forestry Office, 3150 E. Main Street
CORVALLIS: Thursday, March 10, 7- 9 p.m., ODFW, Adair Office, 7118 NE
Vandenberg Avenue

The proposed management objectives will be presented to the Oregon Fish
and Wildlife Commission for approval at the May 13 meeting in
Prineville. 

Interested individuals are invited to offer comments in writing or they
may testify before the Commission at the meeting in Prineville. 

Written comments can be mailed to ODFW Wildlife Division, 3406 Cherry
Ave N.E., Salem OR 97303-4924, or e-mailed to 

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