Boat show slated Jan. 12-16
PORTLAND — Hundreds of fishing boats, house boats, sailboats and personal watercraft will be on display Jan. 12-16 at the 51st annual Portland Boat Show at the Expo Center.
Admission costs $10. Discount coupons are available online at www.otshows.com. Children age 12 and younger are admitted free.
Parking at the Expo Center costs $8, with a $1 discount for carpools of three or more.
The Fort Vancouver Power Squadron will be giving fire suppression instruction at its booth.
Television reporter Grant McOmie of KGW will tell about water-based adventures in Oregon. His seminars will be 5 to 7 p.m. Jan. 12-14 and noon to 2 p.m. Jan. 15
Show hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily, except 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Jan. 16, a Sunday.
Oregon to adopt parking fee
SALEM — The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission will adopt on Jan. 7 new parking permit fees for several of the state’s wildlife areas.
Proposed is a $7 daily parking permit and $22 annual permit to be phased in over three years. Hunting license holders would receive a free permit.
The fees would begin in 2012 at Denman, E.E. Wilson, Ladd Marsh and Summer Lake wildlife areas. The fees would be extended in 2013 to Klamath, Fern Ridge, White River and Phillip W. Schneider wildlife areas. In 2014, the Elkhorn, Columbia Basin and Jewell Meadows wildlife areas would get fees.
The new fee is to get other users of the wildlife areas besides hunters and fishermen to pay a portion of the maintenance.
Sport fishing advisors sought
OLYMPIA — Nominations are being sought through Dec. 31 for membership on the state’s Inland Fish Policy Advisory Group for 2011 and 2012.
Up to 20 individuals will be chosen to guide guidance to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife on issues involving species such as trout, bass and kokanee.
Nominees do not have to be affiliated with an organized group, and current members of the advisory group may be reappointed.
Nominations must be submitted in writing with the following information:
• Nominee’s name, address, telephone number and email address.
• Nominee’s affiliations, if any.
• Name, address and telephone number of any organization submitting a nomination.
• Experience, including references, of the nominee.
Nominations may be submitted to Jim Uehara at the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, 600 Capitol Way N., Olympia, 98501 or e-mail Uehara at james.uehara@dfw.wa.gov. For more information, call Uehara at 360-902-2738.
