Next Game and Fish Commission meeting is Dec. 4-5

Commission to consider elk and pronghorn hunt orders on Dec. 5

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 The Arizona Game and Fish Commission’s next regularly scheduled meeting is Friday and Saturday, Dec. 4-5 at the Game and Fish Department headquarters at 5000 W. Carefree Highway in Phoenix (1.5 miles west of I-17).

The public can view the meeting any of three ways: (1) attending the meeting in person in Phoenix; (2) viewing it via video stream at the Game and Fish regional offices; or, (3) viewing it over the Web at www.azgfd.gov/commissioncam.

The Friday, Dec. 4 portion of the meeting begins with an executive session at 8 a.m., followed by the public meeting. Some of the agenda items include:

• Updates on legislative issues, information/education/watchable wildlife activities, and state and federal lands issues.
• A briefing on the status of the department’s e-commerce activities regarding online watercraft registration renewals, license sales and big game applications.
• A presentation describing how the bonus point round of the draw operates and some possible solutions to address the issue of when an applicant is denied a first choice permit and leftover tags for the same hunt exist.
• Update on the status of the draft master Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the U.S. Forest Service (Southwest Regional Office) and the State of Arizona (Arizona Game and Fish Commission).
• Hearings on license revocations for violations of Game and Fish codes and civil assessments for the illegal taking and/or possession of wildlife (time certain at 2 p.m.).

The Saturday, Dec. 5 portion of the meeting begins at 9 a.m. Agenda items include:

• Presentation  on the proposed Commission Orders 3 (pronghorn antelope), 4 (elk), and 26 (population management) establishing seasons and season dates, bag and possession limits, permit numbers or authorized limits, and open areas for the respective 2010 fall hunting season.
• Updates on the department’s statewide shooting range development and shooting program activities.
• A briefing on the proposed Northern Arizona Shooting Range, including the status of the Willard Springs Land Exchange and the archeological survey results of alternate sites.
• A presentation on the proposed hunt-permit tag application schedule for fall 2010 antelope and elk hunts.
• A presentation on alternative approaches for two on-the-road Commission events in 2010.

Those wishing to submit “blue slips” to present oral comment during the meeting must do so either at the Phoenix meeting or at the regional Game and Fish offices. For office addresses, visit www.azgfd.gov/offices.

The commission may vote to take action or provide the department with direction on the agenda items. For a complete agenda, visit www.azgfd.gov/commission and click on the commission agenda link.

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