Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission

Schedule for March 21-22, 2018

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

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Wednesday, March 21, 2017

9:00 a.m. — Work Session

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

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Thursday, March 22, 2018

9:00 am — Commission Meeting

Commission Meeting

Thursday, March 22, 2018
9:00 a.m.

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

Ralph H. Duggins, Commission Chair
Carter Smith, Executive Director

Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes

• Acknowledgement of Donations
• Consideration of Contracts
• Special Recognitions
  • National Wild Turkey Federation Officer of the Year - Carlos Maldonado
• Retirement and Service Award Presentations

1. ACTION - Mule Deer Advisory Committee Formation Rules - Recommended Adoption of Proposed Changes - Ann Bright (Comment on this proposal)
2. ACTION - 2018-2019 Statewide Recreational and Commercial Fishing Proclamations - Recommended Adoption of Proposed Changes - Ken Kurzawski, Dakus Geeslin (Comment on this proposal - freshwater) (Comment on this proposal - saltwater)
3. ACTION - 2018-2019 Statewide Hunting, Migratory Game Bird, and Furbearing Animal Proclamations - Recommended Adoption of Proposed Changes - Alan Cain, Shawn Gray, Shaun Oldenburger, Ellis Powell (Comment on this proposal)
4. ACTION - Chronic Wasting Disease Containment Zone Delineation in Hartley County Rules - Movement of Deer - Recommended Adoption of Proposed Changes - Mitch Lockwood (Comment on this proposal)
5. ACTION - Local Park Grant Funding - Dana Lagarde
• Urban Outdoor Recreation Grants
• Non-Urban Outdoor Recreation Grants
• Small Community Recreation Grants
6. ACTION - Acquisition of Land - Aransas County - Approximately 214 Acres at Newcomb Point Coastal Management Area - Stan David (Comment on this proposal)
7. ACTION - Grant of Easement - Jefferson County - Approximately 9 Acres at the J.D. Murphree Wildlife Management Area - Stan David (Comment on this proposal)
8. ACTION - Acquisition of Land - Harris County - Approximately 23 Acres at the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site - Trey Vick (Comment on this proposal)
9. BRIEFING - Bighorn Sheep Restoration and Management - Justin Dreibelbis, Froylan Hernandez
10. BRIEFING - Texas Abandoned Crab Trap Removal Program - Dakus Geeslin
11. BRIEFING - Control of Cormorants in Texas - Craig Bonds