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Zoom Meeting - fwp.mt.gov - Helena, MT
AUGUST 13, 2020
Times May Vary As Much As One Hour - Earlier or Later

08:28 AM – AGENDA

  • AGENDA      Cover Sheet
  • YouTube Video PT 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlmOUOCNmkg      
  • YouTube Video PT 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyEe3_fLL-E      

08:29 AM – Call to Order — Meeting streamed live through YouTube and Zoom

  • Due to Governor's orders regarding distancing and gathering of groups, this meeting will streamed live on our website. To make public comment, you can dial into the meeting from your phone.      
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  • Phone number: +1 646 558 8656      
  • Webinar ID: 956 8176 5208     
  • Meeting password: 363550     
  • Thank you for helping us make this virtual meeting successful.      

08:30 AM – Call to Order and Administrative Items

  • Commission Reports     
      

  • Director's Report     

09:00 AM – Petitions

  • Shields River Cover Sheet      Cover Sheet
      

  • **Shields Letter/Photo      Cover Sheet
  • Shields River Petition by Jeff Welch- 15 minutes      Cover Sheet
      

  • Madison Coversheet FOAM August 2020      Cover Sheet
      

  • **June 2020 Petition Letter FOAM      Cover Sheet
  • Madison River Petition by F.O.A.M. - 15 minutes      Cover Sheet
  • Madison Coversheet GGTU August 2020      Cover Sheet
      

      

  • Madison River Petition by GGC of Trout Unlimited, Skyline Sportsmen Association, and The Anaconda Sportsmen Association- 15 minutes      Cover Sheet
  • **2020 FWP Madison Petition      Cover Sheet
  • **2019 Scoping Results      Cover Sheet

10:00 AM – Fisheries Division

  • Nixon Bridge Gallatin River Temporary Closure      Cover Sheet
  • **Gallatin Temporary Closure Doc      Cover Sheet
  • MDT Clark Fork River Temporary Closure Rule       Cover Sheet
  • **Clark Fork Conley Avenue Bridge      Cover Sheet
  • **Area photo_aerial      Cover Sheet
  • Future Fisheries Improvement Program Summer Funding Panel Recommendations      Cover Sheet
  • **2020 Summer FWP Recommendations to Commission      Cover Sheet
  • **Project Ranking FFIP Summer 2020 Document      Cover Sheet
  • Jim Stone Recognition of Service     
      

  • 2021 Fishing Regulations      Cover Sheet
      

  • **2021 Fishing Regs Proposals Document      Cover Sheet
  • Yellowstone Islands FAS      Cover Sheet
      

  • **Yellowstone Islands FAS Map     
  • Cornell Park FAS      Cover Sheet
  • **Cornell Park Map      Cover Sheet

11:00 AM – License Bureau

  • Selection of Organizations to Auction 2021 Moose, Sheep, Goat, Mule Deer and Elk Licenses.      Cover Sheet
      

  • ? Wild Sheep Foundation      Cover Sheet
  • ? Grand Slam Club      Cover Sheet
  • ? Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation      Cover Sheet
  • ? The Safari Club International ? Great Falls Chapter      Cover Sheet
  • ? Montana Ducks Unlimited      Cover Sheet
  • ? Mule Deer Foundation      Cover Sheet

12:00 PM – Lunch Break

01:00 PM – Wildlife Division Continued

  • Approval of Marten Translocation to Little Belt Mountains       Cover Sheet
      

  • **Marten Reintroduction EA Decision Notice 8-2020      Cover Sheet
  • **Marten Translocation Plan      Cover Sheet
  • 2020/2021 Furbearer Seasons And 2020 Quotas      Cover Sheet
      

      

  • **Activity and Proposed Timeline to Address Trapping Setbacks      Cover Sheet
  • **2019 Furbearer Final      Cover Sheet
  • **Trapping Comments 1      Cover Sheet
  • **Trapping Comments 2      Cover Sheet
  • Approval of Bighorn Sheep Translocation to Little Belt Mountains      Cover Sheet
      

  • **Little Belt Mountain Bighorn Sheep Reintroduction Proposal      Cover Sheet
  • **Little Belt Mountain Reintroduction Decision Notice      Cover Sheet
  • Bighorn Sheep Restoration in the Tendoy Mountains      Cover Sheet
      

  • **Tendoy Decision Notice      Cover Sheet
  • Annual Review and New Annual Work Plans for Elk Management Guidelines in Areas with Brucellosis      Cover Sheet
      

  • **Brucellosis Work Plan- Draft      Cover Sheet
  • Shoulder Season Harvest Evaluation       Cover Sheet
      

  • **2016-2019 SS Harvest Criteria Tables for Commission      Cover Sheet
  • **Final Elk Season Guidelines ADOPTED 10-08-2015      Cover Sheet
  • 2020 Land Projects:     
  • ? Bad Rock Canyon WMA Acquisition (R1)      Cover Sheet
      

  • **Bad Rock Canyon Proposal      Cover Sheet
  • **Bad Rock Canyon Map      Cover Sheet
  • ? Kootenai Forestlands Phase II CE (R1)       Cover Sheet
      

  • **Kootenai Forestlands Phase 2 CE Proposal      Cover Sheet
  • **Kootenai Map      Cover Sheet
  • ? Chip Creek CE (R4)       Cover Sheet
      

  • **Chip Creek CE Proposal      Cover Sheet
  • **Chip Creek Map      Cover Sheet
  • ? Big Snowy Mountains WMA Acquisition (R5)       Cover Sheet
      

  • **Big Snowy Mountains Proposal      Cover Sheet
  • ** Big Snowy Mountains Map      Cover Sheet
  • ? South Addition to Cree Crossing WMA (R6)       Cover Sheet
      

  • **Cree Crossing WMA Proposal      Cover Sheet
  • **Cree Crossing Map      Cover Sheet
  • ? Lone Tree CE (R6)       Cover Sheet
      

  • **Lone Tree CE DN      Cover Sheet
  • **Lone Tree CE EA      Cover Sheet
  • **Lone Tree CE Map      Cover Sheet
  • **Lone Tree Public Comments      Cover Sheet
  • ? Ash Coulee CE (R6)       Cover Sheet
      

  • **Ash Coulee DN and Comments      Cover Sheet
  • **Ash Coulee Map      Cover Sheet
  • **Ash Coulee EA      Cover Sheet
  • ? W-Bar CE (R7)       Cover Sheet
      

  • **W Bar CE DN      Cover Sheet
  • **W Bar CE EA      Cover Sheet
  • **W Bar CE Map      Cover Sheet
  • **W Bar Public Comments      Cover Sheet

02:00 PM – Public Comment For Issues Not On This Agenda and Adjournment

  • Public Comment