>Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
>Agenda at April 11-12 meeting in Pasco
>
>OLYMPIA ? The Washington Fish and Wildlife
>Commission is scheduled to take action on new
>hunting rules for the 2008 season at a public meeting April 11-12 in Pasco.
>
>The nine-member commission, which sets policy
>for the Washington Department of Fish and
>Wildlife (WDFW), is scheduled to meet from 4
>p.m.-6 p.m. April 11 at the Red Lion Hotel, 2525
>N. 20th Ave. in Pasco. The meeting will continue April 12 at 8 a.m.
>
>During the meeting April 12, the commission is
>scheduled to consider new hunting rules for the
>upcoming season. In February, the commission
>took public input on most of the proposals for the 2008 hunting season.
>
>
>Changes proposed for this season include:
>
> * Expanding fall turkey hunts to help
> control increasing turkey populations in eastern Washington;
> * Expanding the mourning dove hunting season
> from 15 to 30 days, based on an increase in population;
> * Reclassifying exotic Eurasian collared
> doves to allow year-round hunting, helping to control the population.
>
>Information on those proposals, along with an
>agenda for the April meeting, is available on
>the commission?s website at
><http://wdfw.wa.gov/com/apr1208.htm>http://wdfw.wa.gov/com/apr1208.htm.