Commission to Meet January 20, 21

The Idaho Fish and Game Commission will meet at department headquarters, 600 S. Walnut in Boise, on January 20 and 21. The meeting will begin at 8:00 a.m. both days. A public hearing will be held at the same location beginning at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday January 19. Note: this public hearing is beginning 30 minutes earlier than usual. Agenda items include a report on the draft Owyhee Sage Grouse Conservation Plan; a review of the "Utah Predator Plan" and its possible application in Idaho; an update on brucellosis in Idaho wildlife; a report on preliminary 1999 big game harvest figures; and consideration of proposals to liberalize the nonresident hound hunter permit process. Fisheries staff and others will make a presentation on the status of salmon and salmon recovery. Fish pathologist Keith Johnson will make a report on whirling disease.