Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission

Schedule for November 2-3, 2011

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

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

9:00 a.m. — Committee Meetings


Thursday, November 3, 2011

Archived Audio

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

  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