Winter Feeding Advisory Committee to Meet

A meeting of the Southwest Region Big Game Winter Feeding Advisory Committee will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday, December 2, at the Idaho Fish and Game regional office, 3101 S. Powerline Road, Nampa. The meeting is open to the public. Winter feeding advisory committees have been established in each of Fish and Game's seven regions. These five-member committees, made up of local residents, work to define local criteria for designating a big game winter feeding emergency. The committees also assess information on animal condition, and make recommendations to Fish and Game's regional supervisors on the need for winter feeding. The Southwest regional committee will meet with Fish and Game officials to review conditions in relation to emergency criteria, review the department's state of readiness to initiate feeding, get feeding and animal condition updates in years when feeding takes place, and discuss other issues related to big game health and the ability of big game to support themselves on available natural forage. For more information regarding the winter feeding advisory committee meeting, contact the Fish and Game Nampa office at 208-465-8465. Individuals with disabilities may request meeting accommodations by contacting Kim Cox at the Fish and Game Nampa office (465-8465) or through the Idaho Relay Service at 1-800-377-3529 (TDD).