NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION MEETING
Fort Harrison Inn
Roosevelt Ballroom
5830 North Post Road
Indianapolis, Indiana
September 17, 2024
10:00 a.m. ET (9:00 a.m. CT)
A G E N D A
I. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
II. DIRECTOR’S REPORT
III. REPORT - Deputy Director, Bureau of Lands, Recreation, and Cultural Resources. (Chris Smith)
IV. REPORT - Deputy Director, Bureau of Resource Regulation. (Ryan Mueller)
V. REPORT - Deputy Director, Administrative Bureau (Kirsten Haney)
VI. REPORT - Chair, Natural Resources Advisory Council (Patrick Early)
CHAIR, AND VICE CHAIR
1. Consideration of 2024 Commission meeting dates: November 19th (Garrison)
2. Updates on Commission and AOPA Committee
DNR, EXECUTIVE OFFICE
3. Consideration and identification of any topic appropriate for referral to the Advisory Council
DNR, DIVISION OF NATURE PRESERVES
4. Consideration of the dedication of the Barnes-Seng Nature Preserve in Dubois County (SUPPORTING MATERIAL)
DNR, DIVISION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
5. Request for preliminary adoption to amend 312 IAC 4-4-6, 312 IAC 4-5-2, and 312 IAC 4-5-3 governing law enforcement hiring; Administrative Cause No. 24-LE-009 (SUPPORTING MATERIAL)
DNR, DIVISION OF FISH & WILDLIFE
6. Request for preliminary adoption to amend 312 IAC 9 governing bobcats and adding a bobcat trapping season; Administrative Cause No. 24-FW-010 (SUPPORTING MATERIAL)
7. Request for preliminary adoption to add 312 IAC 9-1-5.2, 312 IAC 9-1-11.2, and 312 IAC 9-2-17 and to amend 312 IAC 9-10-9 governing sick, orphaned, and injured white-tailed deer and wild animal rehabilitation permits to address Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD); Administrative Cause No. 24-FW-012 (SUPPORTING MATERIAL)
NRC, DIVISION OF HEARINGS
8. Consideration of Hearing Officer Report on rule processing, public hearing, and hearing officer analysis with recommendation regarding final action to amend 312 IAC 9-3-18.2, governing state-wide river otter trapping and establishing a state-wide quota for the river otter trapping season; Administrative Cause No. 23-FW-030 (SUPPORTING MATERIAL)
9. Consideration of the Hearing Officer Report to the Natural Resources Commission with Respect to the Establishment of the Pigeon Creek Watershed Development Commission; Administrative Cause No. 24-001W (SUPPORTING MATERIAL)
10. Consideration of Hearing Officer report, including findings and proposal to the Natural Resources Commission as to recommendations to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regarding Kent’s Harbor ratemaking petition; Administrative Cause No. 24-SP-014 (SUPPORTING MATERIAL)
11. Consideration of Hearing Officer Report on rule processing, public hearing, and hearing officer analysis with recommendation regarding final action to add 312 IAC 9-1-17 and to amend 312 IAC 9-2-15, 312 IAC 9-3-2 through 312 IAC 9-3-4 governing deer hunting and deer hunting licenses; and to amend 312 IAC 9-4-11 governing wild turkeys; Administrative Cause No. 23-FW-031 (SUPPORTING MATERIAL)
12. Consideration of Hearing Officer Report with Recommendation to the Natural Resources Commission regarding amendment to the Articles of Dedication of Springfield Fen Nature Preserve; Administrative Cause No. 24-NP-004 (SUPPORTING MATERIAL)
13. Information Item: Presentation on Division of Fish & Wildlife’s use of the Lifetime License Fund for the purchase of the Busseron Creek Property.
14. Adjournment