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Wildlife &
Parks Commission plans Jan. 20 meeting
Public invited to attend both afternoon
meeting and evening public hearing
TOPEKA -Jan. 14, 2005- All interested persons are welcome to attend a
public meeting and hearing of the Kansas Wildlife and Parks Commission
Jan. 20 in Topeka. The meeting will be conducted at Memorial
Hall Auditorium, 120 SW 10th, beginning at 1:30 p.m. The evening
public hearing will begin at 7 p.m.
The afternoon session will begin
with discussion of department-related legislation anticipated
in the 2005 session of the Kansas Legislature, as well as discussion
of the department's fiscal year 2006 budget.
Other general discussion topics
for the afternoon session include the following:
o a summary of Wildscape projects in the Topeka area;
o department plans to initiate
an automated license and permit issuance system;
o an appraisal of regulatory
options for sandhill crane season to ensure protection for endangered
whooping cranes;
o the state's Comprehensive
Wildlife Conservation Plan;
o Operation Game Thief and reward
systems;
o potential implementation of
a nonresident bobcat permit; and
o modifying reporting provisions
required of controlled shooting area operators.
The afternoon session will also
included discussion, in preparation for potential future regulatory
action, of the following:
o modification of KAR 115-4-2
and 115-4-4 to define wild turkey on their own rather than as
a "big game" species;
o preliminary proposals for
deer permits and restrictions, as well as deer seasons for 2005;
o whether to continue the special
southeast firearms deer season;
o hunting season, units, and
permit quotas for the 2005 fall turkey season;
o seasons, limits and permits
for the 2005 antelope season; and
o seasons, limits and permits
for the 2005 elk season.
The afternoon session will recess
at 5 p.m. The Commission will reconvene at 7 p.m. at the same
location for workshop session discussion of changes being considered
to a regulation governing importation and possession of lions,
tigers, leopards, jaguars, cheetahs, mountain lions, wolves and
bears. Workshop session discussion is also planned for a proposal
to add the New Zealand mudsnail to the state's prohibited species
list. Following that discussion, the Commission will conduct
a public hearing on the following regulatory proposals:
o Modification of deer management
unit boundaries (KAR 115-4-6) to exclude landowner deer management
program areas and to expand Unit 19 to include a larger portion
of the city of Leavenworth to assist in urban deer management;
o delineation of boundaries
for new archery deer management units (KAR 115-4-6a);
o addition of one species (silver
chub) to the state's endangered species list, and removal of
two species (the Texas night snake and white-faced ibis) from
the state's threatened species list (KAR 115-15-1);
o modification of the state's
SINC (Species-In-Need-of-Conservation) list, including addition
of the night snake, Delta hydrobe, and brindled madtom, and removal
of the red shouldered hawk and eastern chipmunk (KAR 115-15-2);
o modification of the fee schedule
for licenses and permits (KAR 115-2-1), including establishment
of an elk permit application fee, an Any Deer preference point
service charge, a limited draw turkey permit preference point
service charge, realignment of wild turkey permit fees, increase
of nonresident deer permit fees, increase of lifetime license
fees, establishment of a three-pole permit fee for fishing, and
creation of a nonresident bobcat permit;
o prohibiting use of night vision
equipment for rabbits, squirrel, and hare hunting (KAR 115-3-2),
furbearer and coyote hunting (KAR 115-5-1), crow hunting (KAR
115-20-1), and other species (KAR 115-20-2);
o allowing use of a third fishing
pole for individuals possessing a third-pole permit (KAR 115-7-2);
o addition of Moon Lake on Fort
Riley to the list of designated trout waters (KAR 115 25-14);
o defining application procedures,
permit requirements and general provisions for the use of crossbows
and locking draws for big game and wild turkey hunting (KAR 115-18-7);
o delineating wild turkeys from
big game due to changes in the statutory status of turkeys, as
well as creating a preference point system for limited wild turkey
season (KAR 115-4 11);
o permitting the attesting of
bowhunting or furharvester course completion when purchasing
permits, to better accommodate the department's planned automated
licensing system (KAR 115-9-4); and
o delineating wild turkeys from
big game in a permanent regulation dealing with operational requirements
for controlled shooting areas (KAR 115-11-2).
If necessary, the Commission
will recess on Jan. 20 to reconvene at 9 a.m. Jan. 21 at the
same location to complete their business. Time will be reserved
in all sessions for public comment on topics which are not on
the agenda.
If notified in advance, the
department will have an interpreter available for the hearing
impaired. To request an interpreter, call 1-800-432-0698. Any
individual with a disability may request other accommodations
by contacting the Commission Secretary at (620) 672-5911.
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