Idaho Fish and Game Commission
Quarterly Meeting Agenda
July 5-7, 2016
Idaho Department of Fish and Game
July 5-7, 2016
Idaho Department of Fish and Game
Magic Valley Regional Office
324 S. 417 East, Suite #1
Jerome, Idaho 83338
(208) 324-4359
324 S. 417 East, Suite #1
Jerome, Idaho 83338
(208) 324-4359
Note: Times on the agenda are approximate and subject to change.
| JULY 5 | |
| TIME | AGENDA ITEM |
| 6:30 p.m. | Social Gathering |
| JULY 6 | |
| TIME | AGENDA ITEM |
| 7:30 a.m. | Desert Jarbidge Area Field Tour |
| 6:00 p.m. | Dinner |
| 7:00 p.m. | Public Hearing & Location: Idaho Department of Fish and Game - Magic Valley Regional Office, 324 S. 417 East, Suite #1, Jerome, Idaho 83338, (208) 324-4359 |
| Note: Meetings of the Commission during field trips/tours and catered meals (lunches/dinners) are open to public attendance, but additional arrangements may be involved for those who wish to attend. For more information on such arrangements, please contact Mary Boyer at (208) 334-3771. During field trips and catered meals, the Commission may engage in brainstorming activities and informal discussions of regional and general interest, but the Commission will not take up any item for action. | |
| JULY 7 | ||
| TIME | NO. | AGENDA ITEM |
| 8:00 a.m. | 1. | Opening Comments – Will Naillon, Commission Chairman |
| 8:05 a.m. | 2. | Agenda Changes – Will Naillon, Commission Chairman |
| 8:10 a.m. | 3. | Review of Public Comment – Will Naillon, Commission Chairman |
| 8:35 a.m. | 4. | Consent Calendar (Action Requested by Department)
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| TIME | NO. 5 | Action Items for Commission Approval (Actions Requested by Department) |
| 8:40 a.m. | a. Direction for Animal Damage Control Board – Brad Compton, Assistant Chief, Wildlife | |
| 8:50 a.m. | b. Release of Bighorn Sheep Auction and Lottery Tags - Lottery Revenue History – Jon Rachael, State Wildlife Manager | |
| 9:00 a.m. | c. Nonresident Deer/Elk Tag Quotas – Jon Rachael, State Wildlife Manager | |
| 9:10 a.m. | d. Outfitter Set Aside Quota – Jon Rachael, State Wildlife Manager | |
| 9:20 a.m. | e. Discounting Nonresident Second Elk and Deer Tags – Ed Schriever, Deputy Director | |
| 9:35 a.m. | f. Revise Rule for Bear Bait Distance From Roads (Action or Discussion) - History of Bear Baiting Distance – Sharon Kiefer, Deputy Director | |
| 9:50 a.m. | g. Mandatory Trapper Education – Sharon Kiefer, Deputy Director | |
| 10:05 a.m. | h. Youth Hunt Eligibility – Sharon Kiefer, Deputy Director | |
| 10:15 A.M. - BREAK | ||
| 10:30 a.m. | i. Revise Rule for Controlled Hunt Wait-Out Period (Action or Discussion) – Ed Schriever, Deputy Director | |
| 10:45 a.m. | j. Season Setting: Fall Chinook Salmon - 2016 Chinook Salmon Fact Sheet – Jim Fredericks, Chief, Fisheries | |
| 11:00 a.m. | k. Disposal of Hayden Lake Lots – Gregg Servheen, Wildlife Program Coordinator | |
| 11:15 a.m. | l. 2017 Legislative Proposals – Sharon Kiefer, Deputy Director | |
| 11:30 a.m. | 6. | Nonbiological Rules Update: Big Game Hunting Grizzly Bears – Jeff Gould, Chief, Wildlife |
| 11:45 a.m. | 7. | Restricting Use of Trail Cameras During Hunting Season – Sharon Kiefer, Deputy Director |
| 12:00 NOON - LUNCH | ||
| 1:00 p.m. | 8. | Report on Current Mule Deer Hunting Seasons in Middle Fork Units 20A, 26 and 27 – Jessie Shallow, Regional Wildlife Biologist |
| 1:30 p.m. | 9. | Sage-grouse Season and Population Update – Ann Moser, Staff Biologist |
| 1:45 p.m. | 10. | California Bighorn Sheep Report – Jake Powell, Wildlife Regional Biologist |
| 2:15 p.m. | 11. | Director’s Report – Virgil Moore, Director |
| 2:45 PM - BREAK | ||
| 3:00 p.m. | 12. | Commission Reports –Will Naillon, Commission Chairman |
| 3:45 p.m. | 13. | Planning for Next Meeting – Will Naillon, Commission Chairman |
| 4:00 p.m. | 14. | Executive Session I.C. 74-206(1) (b) (c) (f) |