Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission

Schedule for November 2-3, 2011

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

9:00 a.m. — Committee Meetings

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

Thursday, November 3, 2011

9:00 am — Commission Meeting

Commission Meeting

Thursday, 9:00 a.m.
November 3, 2011

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
  • Special Recognition – Firefighting Contributions to Bastrop State Park
  • Special Recognition – Charlie Wilson
  • Shikar-Safari International Wildlife Officer of the Year Award

1. ACTION – Approval of Agenda
2. ACTION: Election of New Vice-Chair
3. BRIEFING: Taking Care of Texas
   Staff: Carter Smith (Katharine Armstrong, Tina Buford)
4. BRIEFING: September 2011 Bastrop Complex Wildfires
   Staff: Brent Leisure, Jeff Sparks, Greg Creacy
5. BRIEFING: License Buyback Program
   Staff: Robin Riechers
6. BRIEFING: Development of Best Watershed Management Practices for Conservation of Texas Aquatic Ecosystems
   Staff: Tim Birdsong
7. ACTION: Implementation of Legislation during the 82nd Texas Legislative Session – House Bill 3722 Relating to Fees for the Boater Education Program of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department – Recommended Adoption of Proposed Change
   Staff: Nancy Herron, Tim Spice
8. ACTION: Acceptance of Land Donation – Orange County – 111 Acres at the Tony Houseman WMA
   Staff: Ted Hollingsworth
9. ACTION: Acceptance of Land Donation – Orange County – 218 Acres at the Tony Houseman WMA
   Staff: Ted Hollingsworth
10. ACTION: Request for Easement – Ward and Winkler Counties – Water Distribution Pipeline Easement at Monahans Sandhills State Park
    Staff: Ted Hollingsworth
11. ACTION: Contested Case Hearing – Application of Joe B. Long and Mark L. Stephenson for a Sand and Gravel Permit (SOAH Docket No. 802-09-4552)
    Staff: Ann Bright