April 9th NRC Meeting

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NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION

AGENDA

April 9, 2015

MSU Diagnostic Center

For Population and Animal Health

9:00 a.m. Michigan State Parks Advisory Committee



1. Presentation on the Bay City State Recreation Area Lakefront and Beach

Access Study Report

2. Summer Youth Employment Program Update

3. Parks and Recreation Budget Overview – 2015

4. Parks and Recreation Updates

1:00 p.m. NRC Policy Committee on Wildlife and Fisheries



1. Fisheries Division Update

a. State of Lake Michigan Salmon

b. Water Withdrawal Effects on Brook Trout

2. Wildlife Division Update

a. Small Game and Upland Bird Regulations

b. Bear Damage Shooting Permit Regulations

c. Guiding Principles and Strategies Update

d. Bovine TB Disease Surveillance Report

3:00 p.m. NRC Committee of the Whole

1. Director’s Report

2. Legislative Report

3. Presentation of Shikar Safari Officer of the Year



NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION AGENDA

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April 9, 2015

Immediately Public Appearances Before the NRC

Following Dan Kimmel, MI BASS Nation, Bass Regulations

Committee Dave Reault, Bass Federation of Michigan, Bass Regulations

of the Whole

REGULAR MEETING OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION

I. FOR INFORMATION ONLY – NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION

A. Small Game and Upland Game Birds Regulations

Wildlife Conservation Order Amendment No 3 of 2015

FOR INFORMATION ONLY…………………………………………………………. 1-10

B. Bear Damage Shooting Permit Regulations

Wildlife Conservation Order Amendment No. 4 of 2015

FOR INFORMATION ONLY………………………………………………………... 11-15

II. NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION ACTION

A. Approval of Minutes

March 19, 2015 Natural Resources Commission meeting.

B. Natural Resources Commission Policy Review Recommendations…………… 16-19

C. Bear Regulations and License Quotas

Wildlife Conservation Order Amendment No. 2 of 2015……………………….. 20-30

D. Fisheries Order 200.15A

Statewide Trout, Salmon, Whitefish, Lake Herring, and Smelt Regulations….. 31-67

E. Fisheries Order 202.15

Special Hook Size Fishing Regulations…………………………………………… 68-70



NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION AGENDA

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April 9, 2015

F. Fisheries Order 204.15

Spawning Closures…………………………………………………………………. 71-76

G. Fisheries Order 206.15

Special Fishing Regulations for Warmwater Species on Select Waters………. 77-87

H. Fisheries Order 215.15

Statewide Coolwater Regulations for Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Northern

Pike, Walleye, Muskellunge, Channel Catfish, Flathead Catfish, Yellow Perch,

Sunfishes, and White Bass………………………………………………………… 88-99

I. Fish Order 249.15

Crayfish Regulations……………………………………………………………... 100-103

II. DIRECTOR’S ACTION

A. Proposed May 4, 2015 Oil and Gas Lease Auction…………………………... 104-105

B. Order to Regulate Use of the Ishpeming to Humboldt Rail-Trail Segment of the Iron

Ore Heritage Trail, Marquette County

Land Use Order of the Director Amendment No. 2 of 2015…………………..106-124

III. COMMITTEE REPORTS

Michigan State Parks Advisory Committee

NRC Policy Committee on Wildlife and Fisheries

IV. COMMISSIONER REPORTS

If you’re unable to attend the meeting but wish to submit written comments on Agenda items, please write to: Natural

Resources Commission, P.O. Box 30028, Lansing, MI 48909 or email: [e-mail] . If you would like further

information or would like to address the Commission, please contact Cheryl Nelson at 517-284-6237 or email:

[e-mail] . Persons registering on or before the Friday preceding the meeting will be allowed up to five (5)

minutes for their presentation. Persons registering after the Friday preceding the meeting or at the meeting will be allowed

up to three (3) minutes. Persons with disabilities needing accommodations should contact Cheryl Nelson.

Look for this Agenda and other Natural Resources Commission items at www.michigan.gov/nrc.

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By going to the DNR/NRC site page, the wording of the For Information Only items and the wording of the Orders to be voted on can be accessed.  For some reason the links did not show up when copied to this site.