Fish and Game Commission to Meet in Lewiston

The Idaho Fish and Game Commission will meet November 5 and 6 at the Clearwater regional office in Lewiston. The meeting starts with a commission tour of the Potlatch River from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, November 5. A public hearing will start at 7 p.m. that evening in the Clearwater regional office, at 3316 16th St., Lewiston. Regular commission business gets under way at 8 a.m. Thursday, November 6. Commissioners are expected to adopt a hunter orange policy that essentially reflects current practice. And they will hear a presentation on a proposed revenue increase. After lunch, commissioners will hear reports on wolf monitoring techniques and wolf management and research. They also will hear a report on nonresident deer and elk tag and outfitter set-aside quotas. Commissioners also will consider a white sturgeon management plan. Later in the day, commissioners will consider a change in Super Hunt fees. The proposed change would do away with packages of tickets. Instead, the first ticket a hunter buys for a particular species would cost $6; additional tickets for that species purchased at the same time would cost $4 each. The Super Hunt Combo would go to $20 for the first ticket, and $16 for each additional ticket purchased. Commissioners also will elect a chairman and vice chairman, set a meeting calendar for next year, and appoint a commission representative to Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.