Minutes and audio/video recordings
Natural Resources Building
1111 Washington Street SE
Olympia WA 98501 – Room 172
- Committee Meetings
Hybrid Participation:
If you are interested in providing verbal public comment either online or in-person during a hybrid meeting, please register online. The following registration deadlines are in effect:
- Registration for those wishing to provide comments in-person closes at 8 a.m. each morning the Commission is meeting, or when the day’s meeting begins. Open Public Input is intended for comments on matters not found elsewhere on the agenda with separate public comment periods.
- Registrants will be called upon and typically have three minutes to speak. They can check their registration status by contacting the Commission office.
- If you are unable to participate you can submit your comments on the Commission contact page.
8:00- 9:30 AM – Big Tent Committee – Commissioners Baker, Lehmkuhl, Parker, Smith
Agenda topics:
- Draft Conservation Policy discussion
- Communications and Public Engagement (C.A.P.E.) overview
- General discussion – current events and next meeting agenda
10:00 - 11:30 AM – Wildlife Committee – Commissioners Smith, Anderson, Rowland, Myers
Agenda topics:
- Game Management Plan (GMP) timeline update and 3- Year Season Setting discussion
- Addressing Bear & Cougar Management Questions within a Science-Policy Framework
- Avian Flu update
- General discussion – current events and next meeting agenda
1:00 - 2:30 PM – Fish Committee – Commissioners Anderson, Parker, Ragen, Linville
Agenda topics:
- Co-Manager Hatchery Policy
- OP Steelhead Federal Listing status update
- Willapa Bay Draft Policy (see agenda #13 materials for reference)
- Blue Sheet: Overview of a new Management Strategy Evaluation approach for salmonids in WA State
- General discussion – current events and next meeting agenda
3:00 - 4:30 PM – Habitat Committee – Commissioners Linville, Lehmkuhl, Ragen, Myers
Agenda topics:
- Fish Passage and Screening Rulemaking update
- General discussion – current events and next meeting agenda
- Regular Meeting
Hybrid Participation:
If you are interested in providing verbal public comment either online or in-person during a hybrid meeting, please register online. The following registration deadlines are in effect:
- Registration for those wishing to provide comments in-person closes at 8 a.m. each morning the Commission is meeting, or when the day’s meeting begins. Open Public Input is intended for comments on matters not found elsewhere on the agenda with separate public comment periods.
- Registrants will be called upon and typically have three minutes to speak. They can check their registration status by contacting the Commission office.
- If you are unable to participate you can submit your comments on the Commission contact page.
8:00 - 8:45 AM – 1. Call to Order
Meeting Minutes Approval
Committee Reports
8:45 - 10:15 AM – 2. Open Public Input
The Commission is a direct link between the citizens of Washington and the Department of Fish and Wildlife. Comments on Department programs and topics of concern are welcome during this portion of the meeting. NOTE: During this portion of the meeting, the public is encouraged to comment on issues that do not already have public input time on the agenda.
10:15 - 10:30 AM – Break (15 minutes)
10:30 - 11:00 AM – 3. Director's Report
The Director will brief the Commission on various items.
11:00 - 11:25 AM – 4. Land Transactions - Briefing, Public Comment and Decision
The Commission will consider approval of land transactions recommended by the Department.
Staff Report: Karen Edwards, Real Estate Manager
11:25 - 11:40 AM – 5. 2024 Agency Request Legislation – Decision
- Summary Sheet
- Presentation
Staff Report: Tom McBride, Legislative Director
11:40 AM - 12:10 PM – 6. 2024 Operating and Capital Budget Request – Decision
Staff will ask the Commission for a decision on the maintenance and performance level portions of the 2023-25 budget for the 2024 legislative session.
Staff Report: Morgan Stinson, Chief Financial Officer, and Kristin Kuykendall, CAMP Program Director
12:10 - 12:55 PM – Lunch
12:55 - 2:25 PM – 7. Blue Sheet: North American Model of Wildlife Conservation
A guest presenter will provide an overview of the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation.
Guest Presenter: John Organ, Ph.D. and Staff Report: Nate Pamplin, Director of External Affairs
2:25 - 3:10 PM – 8. Forage Fish Management Policy C-3012 – Briefing, Public Comment, Decision
Staff will present the draft Forage Fish policy to the Commission and provide written public comment received. The draft is a housekeeping revision to include forage fish within freshwater ecosystems.
Staff Report: Phillip Dionne, Statewide Forage Fish Research and Management
3:10 - 3:25 PM – 9. Petition: Spring Bear 2024 Recreational Hunting – Briefing, Decision
The Commission will consider a petition to “begin Rule Making for the 2024 recreational Spring bear hunting season.”
Staff Report: Anis Aoude, Game Division Manager, Game Division
3:25 - 4:55 – 10. Blue Sheet: Social Science – Briefing
Staff will provide the Commission with a briefing on social science and its application to fish and wildlife conservation.
Staff Report: Nate Pamplin, Director of External Affairs; Dr. David Trimbach, Conservation Social Scientist, and Dr. Braeden Van Deynze, Natural Resource Economist
4:55 PM – Recess
- Regular Meeting
Hybrid Participation:
If you are interested in providing verbal public comment either online or in-person during a hybrid meeting, please register online. The following registration deadlines are in effect:
- Registration for those wishing to provide comments in-person closes at 8 a.m. each morning the Commission is meeting, or when the day’s meeting begins. Open Public Input is intended for comments on matters not found elsewhere on the agenda with separate public comment periods.
- Registrants will be called upon and typically have three minutes to speak. They can check their registration status by contacting the Commission office.
- If you are unable to participate you can submit your comments on the Commission contact page.
8:00 - 10:00 AM – 11. Open Public Input
10:00 - 10:15 AM – Break (15 minutes)
10: 15 - 11:15 AM – 12. Co-Manager Hatchery Policy Update – Briefing, Public Comment
Staff will provide the Commission with written public comment received.
- Commission Policy development page
- Summary Sheet
- WDFW Response to SEPA Public Comments – Co-Manager’s Hatchery Policy
- Presentation
Staff Report: Dr. Ken Warheit, Fish Health and Molecular Genetics Lab Manager Director, Eric Kinne, Hatchery Division Manager
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM – 13. Willapa Bay Salmon Management Draft Policy Review – Briefing, Public Comment
Staff will brief the Commission on public comment received on the Draft Willapa Bay Salmon Management Policy.
Staff Report: Marlene Wagner, South Coast Policy Lead, and Dr. Ken Warheit, Fish Health and Molecular Genetics Lab Manager and Kelly Cunningham, Director of Fish Program and Chad Herring, Anadromous Resource Policy Analyst
12:15 - 1:15 PM – 14. Meeting Debrief and Future Meeting Planning
The Commission will discuss items that arise immediately before, during, or after the meeting and consider future agenda planning.