MDWFP August Commission Meeting for 2018
Thursday, August 16, 2018
Time: 8:30 am
Location: J. P. Coleman State Park
County: Tishomingo
For more information please contact Sharon Polzin at 601-432-2009 or by email at sharon.polzin@wfp.ms.gov
MISSISSIPPI
COMMISSION ON WILDLIFE, FISHERIES, & PARKS
Thursday, August 16, 2018
J.P. Coleman State Park-Conference Center, 613 CR 321, Iuka, MS 38852
No Educational Session / 8:30 a.m. Business Session
Tentative
BUSINESS SESSION AGENDA
8:30 a.m.
Welcome and Recognition of Guests ....................................................................... Chairman Cossar
Opening Prayer …….......................................................... Robert Cook, Deputy Executive Director
1. MINUTES .......................................................................................................... Chairman Cossar
□ July 17, 2018
2. TODAY’S AGENDA – August 16, 2018 ........................................................... Chairman Cossar
3. PUBLIC COMMENTS ...................................................................................... Chairman Cossar
4. LICENSE SALES .................................... Michael Bolden, Director of Administrative Services
□ License Sales Report
5. WILDLIFE ..........................................................Russ Walsh, Wildlife Executive Staff Officer
□ Chronic Wasting Disease Update
□ FINAL - 40 MS Admin. Code Part 2, Chapt. 1: Wildlife Management Areas
• Rule 1.46 – Steele Bayou WMA Regulations
□ FINAL - 40 MS Admin. Code Part 2, Chapt. 2: White-tailed Deer
• Rule 2.4 – Supplemental Feeding of Wild Animals Outside of Wildlife Enclosure
□ PROPOSED - 40 MS Admin. Code Part 2, Chapt. 2: White-tailed Deer
• Rule 2.7 - Prohibition on Cervid Carcass Importation to Protect Mississippi from Chronic
Wasting Disease
August 16, 2018 Commission Meeting Agenda Page 2
6. FISHERIES……...…………………………….………...……. Larry Pugh, Director of Fisheries Bureau
□ PROPOSED – 40 Miss. Admin. Code Part 4, Chapter 3
▪ Rule 3.1 - Reciprocal Agreement between Alabama & Mississippi
□ PROPOSED – 40 Miss. Admin. Code Part 3, Chapter 3
▪ Rule 3.2 - Commercial Paddlefish Regulations
▪ Rule 3.4 - Paddlefish HMU’s Open Periods & Quotes
▪ Rule 3.5 - Paddlefish Permit Applications
7. LAW ENFORCEMENT .............Lt. Col. Chris Harris, Assistant Chief of Law Enforcement
□ Law Enforcement Update
8. OTHER BUSINESS
9. NEXT MEETING
Wednesday, September 19, 2018 ...................................................... 1505 Eastover Drive, Jackson
2 p.m. Educational Session - MDWFP Commission Meeting
3 p.m. Business Session – MDWFP Commission Meeting
10. EXECUTIVE SESSION
ADJOURNMENT
