Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission

Schedule for May 20-21, 2015

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

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Wednesday, May 20, 2015

9:00 a.m. — Work Session

• Work Session, Commission Hearing Room
• Executive Session, Executive Office Conference Room

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Thursday, May 21, 2015

9:00 am — Commission Meeting

Commission Meeting

Thursday, May 21, 2015
9:00 a.m.

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

Dan Allen Hughes, Jr., Commission Chair
Carter Smith, Executive Director

Approval of Previous Commission Meeting Minutes held March 26, 2015

• Acknowledgement of Donations
• Consideration of Contracts
• Special Recognitions
  • National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA) – Texas - Boating Safety Officer of the Year – Game Warden Braxton Harris
  • Donation from Battleship Texas Foundation to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for the Battleship Texas
  • Naming of the south unit of the Devils River State Natural Area
• Retirement and Service Award Presentations

1. ACTION – Approval of Agenda
2. BRIEFING - Monarch Butterfly Update – Ben Hutchins
3. ACTION - 2015-2016 Statewide Recreational and Commercial Fishing Proclamation – Recommended Adoption of Proposed Changes - Jeremy Leitz
4. ACTION - Public Hunting Program – Establishment of an Open Season on Public Hunting Lands and Approval of Public Hunting Activities on State Parks – Justin Dreibelbis
5. ACTION - Commercial Oyster Regulations –– Recommended Adoption of Proposed Changes - Jeremy Leitz
6. ACTION - Commercial Shrimping Regulations – Recommended Adoption of Proposed Changes - Mark Lingo
7. ACTION - Recreational Trail Grant Funding – Recommended Approval of Trail Construction, Renovation and Acquisition projects – Tim Hogsett
8. ACTION - Land Acquisition - Bastrop County – Five Tracts totaling Approximately 220 Acres at Bastrop State Park - Corky Kuhlmann
9. ACTION - Land Acquisition- Limestone County – Approximately 2.3 Acres at Fort Parker State Park – Corky Kuhlmann
10. ACTION - Land Acquisition – Cochran County – Approximately 357.5 Acres as an addition to Yoakum Dunes Preserve – Corky Kuhlmann
11. ACTION - Acceptance of Conservation Easement - Nueces County – Approximately 100 Acres at Mustang Island State Park – Ted Hollingsworth
12. ACTION - Pipeline Easement Expansion – Armstrong County – Approximately 0.24 Acres at Palo Duro Canyon State Park – Ted Hollingsworth