Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission

Schedule for March 28-29, 2012

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Agenda

9:00 a.m. — Committee Meetings

• Outreach and Education Committee, Commission Hearing Room
• Regulations Committee, Commission Hearing Room
• Conservation Committee, Commission Hearing Room
• Conservation Committee - Executive Session, Executive Office Conference Room
• Finance Committee, Commission Hearing Room

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Agenda

9:00 a.m. — Commission Meeting

Commission Meeting

Thursday, 9:00 a.m.
March 29, 2012

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Commission Hearing Room
4200 Smith School Road, Austin, TX 78744

Commissioner T. Dan Friedkin, Commission Chair
Carter Smith, Commission Liaison

• Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes
• Acknowledgement of Donations
• Service Awards and Special Recognition
  • Donations to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for Bastrop State Park
    • Donation from Friends of the Lost Pines State Park
    • Donation from Apache Foundation
    • Donation from EnCana
  • Presentation of the 2011 Sport Fish Restoration Outstanding Project Award by the AFS Fisheries Administration Section for TPWD’s Lake Amistad Fizzing Methods Study
  • Joe Kurz Wildlife Manager of the Year Award Presented by the National Wild Turkey Federation to Randy Fugate
  • National Wild Turkey Federation’s (NWTF) National Wildlife Law Enforcement Officer of the Year Award

1. ACTION – Approval of Agenda
2. ACTION - Edwards Aquifer Recovery Implementation Program (RIP) and Designation of a State Scientific Area – Recommended Adoption of Proposed New Rules
   Staff: Cindy Loeffler, Colette Barron Bradsby
3. ACTION - Land Acquisition – Houston County – 0.78 Acres at Mission Tejas State Park
   Staff: Corky Kuhlmann
4. ACTION - Proposed Land Sale – Randall and Armstrong Counties – Sale of Approximately 2,014 Acres at Palo Duro Canyon State Park
   Staff: Ted Hollingsworth
5. ACTION - Request for Utility Easement – Hall County - Caprock Canyon Trailway - TUCO to Wheeler Transmission Line
   Staff: Ted Hollingsworth
6. ACTION - 2012–2013 Statewide Hunting Proclamation – Recommended Adoption of Proposed Changes
   Staff: Scott Vaca, Alan Cain, Robert Perez
7. ACTION - 2012–2013 Statewide Recreational and Commercial Fishing Proclamation - Recommended Adoption of Proposed Changes
   Ken Kurzawski, Robin Riechers