ATTENDANCE:
Commission	Public
Jerry Gutzwiler, Chair	Congressman Norm dicks
Miranda Wecker, Vice Chair	Deborah Feinstein, OFM
Ken Chew (Aug. 20 only)	Craig Olson, OFM
Gary Douvia	Sandi Triggs, OFM
Conrad Mahnken	Nona Snell, House of Representatives
George Orr	Bill Frymire, AGO
Chuck Perry	Sally Guynn, Management Assistant Team
Shirley Solomon (Aug. 20 only)	Jim Tuggle, Puget Sound Anglers
	Jack Havens
Commission Staff:	Barbara Cairns, Long Live the Kings
Susan Yeager	Mark Cedergreen, Westport Charterboat Assn.
	David Trout, Nisqually Tribe
	Emmett O'Connell, NW Indian Fisheries Commission
Department	Sue Texeira, Hood Canal Coordinating Council
Jeff Koenings, Director	Lars Mobrand, Hatchery Scientific Review Group
Phil Anderson, Deputy Director - Resource Policy	John Barr, HSRG
Joe Stohr, Deputy Director - Operations	Bruce Crawford
Ron McQueen	Lee Blankenship
Dave Brittell	Pete Bergman
Lew Atkins	Eli Asher, SPSSEG
Jo Wadsworth	Chester Allen, The Olympian
Lenore Miller	Frank Haw
Steve Pozzanghera	Carl Burke, NSIA/FNW
Margaret Ainscough	Tony Floor, NW Marine Trade Assn.
Jim Scott	Jeffrey P. Mayor, The News Tribune
Don Bartlett	David Knutsen
Bill Jarmon	Michael Kern, Triangle Associates
Peter Birch	Mary McBride, U.S. Senator Murray's Office
Tom Davis	Mike Grossman, AGO
Heather Bartlett	Kirstan Arestad, Senate Ways & Means
Paul Seidel	Kim Johnson, SCS
Greg Haw	Rob Kavanaugh
Sara LaBorde	Pete Modaff
Anne Marshall	Lloyd Moody, GSRO
James Dixon
Steve Thiesfeld
Pat Pattillo
Other Department staff

MONDAY, AUGUST 20:

CALL TO ORDER:

Chair Gutzwiler called the work session to order at 8:45 a.m.

COMMISSION WORK SESSION - MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE TEAM TRAINING:
Sally Guynn, Executive Director of the National Conservation Leadership Institute, of the Management Assistance Team (MAT) facilitated a training session on roles and responsibilities for Fish and Wildlife Commissioners.

2008 SUPPLEMENTAL OPERATING AND SUPPLEMENTAL CAPITOL BUDGET REQUESTS - DECISION:
Ron McQueen and Deborah Feinstein (Office of Financial Management) briefed the Commission on the Department's 2008 Supplemental Operating and Supplemental Capital Budget Requests.

Commissioner Wecker moved, seconded by Commissioner Solomon, to approve the Department's 2008 Supplemental Operating and Supplemental Capitol Budget Requests.

Commissioner Wecker moved, seconded by Commissioner Orr, to amend the motion: change the title to "Funds for Agricultural Damage"; add two FTEs (one for Spokane; one for Southeast Washington); and update costs (Goal IV/Ob.38). The motion to amend the motion carried.

Commissioner Solomon moved, seconded by Commissioner Perry, to change the last bullet under "Funds for Agricultural Damage" to read: "Provides $50,000 for contract services to experimentally quantify and define agricultural damage." The motion to amend the motion carried unanimously.

The motion, as amended, carried unanimously.

The Commission agreed that the independent peer review of the Department's grazing initiatives does not need to be provided by Washington State University since a project of this dollar amount has to follow State procurement laws and go through the bid process.

CAPITAL PROGRAM ACTION PLAN - UPDATE:
Lenore Miller updated the Commission on the Capital Program Action Plan, and Commissioners provided feedback to the Department on the work plan for improving the capital Program element of the Department's Asset Management Program.

GENERAL DISCUSSION:
The Commission and available Department staff discussed recent changes in senior management, recent activities, and other related items of interest.

Commissioners, senior staff, and Sally Guynn (MAT training facilitator) met informally for dinner.

Chair Gutzwiler recessed the work session at 6:30 p.m.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 21:

Chair Gutzwiler called the work session back to order at 8:40 a.m.

COMMISSION WORK SESSION - MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE TEAM TRAINING:
The Management Assistance Team continued a training session on roles and responsibilities of Fish and Wildlife Commissioners (continued from August 20.)

MOVING FORWARD ON SALMON RECOVERY: THE NEED FOR AN ALL "H" STRATEGY:
The Commission and Congressman Norm Dicks, 6th District, Washington State, discussed the need for a salmon recovery strategy that integrates four major factors: Habitat, Hydropower, Harvest, and Hatcheries.

IMPLEMENTING HATCHERY REFORM:
Dr. Lars Mobrand, John Barr, and Lee Blankenship provided an overview of the Hatchery Scientific Review Group and its efforts evaluating hatchery reform as part of the Puget Sound and Coastal Washington Hatchery Reform Project.

COMMISSION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS - DISCUSSION:
The Commission discussed hatchery reform with the presenters.

Chair Gutzwiler adjourned the work session at 5:00 p.m.

Commissioners in Attendance:
Jerry Gutzwiler, Chair
Miranda Wecker, Vice Chair
Ken Chew
Gary Douvia
Conrad Mahnken
George Orr
Chuck Perry
Shirley Solomon

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