Post by: huntrights on September 27, 2011, 09:07:38 PM
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WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE
NEWS RELEASE
600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98501-1091
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September 23, 2011
Contact: Rocky Beach, (360) 902-2510
Tami Lininger, (360) 902-2267
Susan Galloway, (360) 902-2267
Fish and Wildlife Commission
to discuss wolf management plan
CORRECTION: The public meeting scheduled Oct. 6 on the recommended wolf plan
will start at 9 a.m. as stated below, rather than 10 a.m. as previously reported.
OLYMPIA – The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission will discuss the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s (WDFW) recommended Wolf Conservation and Management Plan during a special meeting Oct. 6 in Olympia.
The special meeting will be followed by a two-day meeting Oct 7-8, when the commission will receive briefings on issues including the status of north coast steelhead stocks and population goals for deer, elk and other ungulates.
The special meeting, the second of three scheduled on the recommended Wolf Conservation and Management Plan and final Environmental Impact Statement, will begin Oct. 6 at 9 a.m. in Room 172 on the first floor of the Natural Resources Building, 1111 Washington St. S.E. The commission will meet at the same location Oct. 7-8, beginning at 8:30 a.m. both days.
The commission, which sets policy for WDFW, will accept public comments at designated times during both meetings. Agendas for those meetings are available on the commission’s website at http://wdfw.wa.gov/commission/meetings.html. (http://wdfw.wa.gov/commission/meetings.html.)
During the special meeting Oct. 6, the commission will resume its discussion on the recommended Wolf Conservation and Management Plan, focusing on wolves’ interaction with livestock and ungulates.
The recommended plan, designed to guide state management as wolves re-establish a sustainable breeding population in the state, was developed after a scientific peer review and extensive public review that drew nearly 65,000 responses.
The plan, posted online at http://wdfw.wa.gov/conservation/gray_wolf/, (http://wdfw.wa.gov/conservation/gray_wolf/,) includes recovery objectives that would allow the state to eventually remove wolves from protection lists. The commission has scheduled the third of three special meetings on WDFW’s recommended plan Nov. 3 in Olympia.
The commission is expected to take action on the plan in December.
News release link:
http://wdfw.wa.gov/news/release.php?id=sep2311a (http://wdfw.wa.gov/news/release.php?id=sep2311a)
October 6th meeting agenda link:
http://wdfw.wa.gov/commission/meetings/2011/10/agenda_oct0611.html (http://wdfw.wa.gov/commission/meetings/2011/10/agenda_oct0611.html)
Post by: huntrights on October 02, 2011, 10:14:59 PM
I will try to make this meeting. In the mean time, I have sent several communications to the Commissioners.
Post by: huntrights on October 04, 2011, 11:08:34 AM
WASHINGTON FISH AND WILDLIFE COMMISSION
SPECIAL MEETING
The Commission has called a special meeting to continue receiving briefings on and discuss various aspects of the Department’s final Environmental Impact Statement/Recommended Wolf Conservation and Management Plan. The Commission will accept in-person public testimony near the end of the day. The agenda and latest information is available for viewing on the Internet at the following webpage:
http://wdfw.wa.gov/commission/meetings.html (http://wdfw.wa.gov/commission/meetings.html)
October 6, 2011
AGENDA
NOTE: LOCATION CHANGE FOR SPECIAL MEETING
General Administration
First Floor, Auditorium
210 - 11th Avenue S W, Olympia Washington 98504-1000
WOLF CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT PLAN REVIEW -- WORK SESSION
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6
Times are approximate and subject to change
7:30 AM
EXECUTIVE SESSION:
Pursuant to RCW 42.30.110(1)(i), the Commission will meet in executive session to discuss with legal counsel representing the agency litigation or potential litigation to which the agency is, or is likely to become, a party.
No action will be taken in executive session, and the public is not permitted to attend the executive session.
60 mins.
9:00 AM
WORK SESSION - WOLF CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT PLAN:
Department staff will brief the Commission on the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)/Recommended Wolf Conservation and Management Plan (Plan) process to date, including activities of the Wolf Working Group, comments received from the public and through scientific peer reviews and the State Environmental Protection Act (SEPA) process. The Commission may consider approval of a final Wolf Conservation and Management Plan later this year.
Staff Report: Nate Pamplin, Assistant Director, Wildlife Program
Rocky Beach, Wildlife Diversity Division Manager, Wildlife Program
Harriet Allen, Endangered Species Section Mgr, Wildlife Program
3 hours
12 NOON
LUNCH BREAK
60 mins.
1:00 PM
WOLF CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT PLAN:
The Commission will continue its discussions with Department staff on the FEIS/Plan, followed by an opportunity for public input.
PUBLIC INPUT (This Item Only)
3 hours
4:00 PM
ADJOURN
Next Meeting: October 7-8, 2011, at Olympia
Post by: bobcat on October 04, 2011, 11:11:52 AM