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The Columbian
Published: March 3, 2011, 12:00am

Wildlife Commission meets this weekend

SPOKANE — A public hearing on big-game hunting seasons is scheduled Saturday when the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission meets at the Spokane Convention Center.

The panel will meet beginning at 8:30 a.m. Friday and Saturday at the center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd.

On Friday, the commission’s agenda includes Puget Sound clam and oyster seasons, bald eagle protection rules and landowner hunting permits in Asotin County.

The hunting proposals will be the big item on Saturday. Several proposals modify hunting rules in northeast Washington for whitetail deer to address declines from recent harsh winters. The state is proposing reductions in antlerless deer hunting. Also on the table is whether to adopt new antler-point restrictions in some game units.

The complete agenda is available online at http://wdfw.wa.gov/commission/meetings.html.

USFS proposes removal of Martha Creek dam

TROUT LAKE — Comments will be accepted until March 16 on a proposal by the Gifford Pinchot National Forest to remove a small dam on Martha Creek, a tributary to Trout Creek near Stabler in Skamania County.

Removing the dam will provide fish passage for wild steelhead.

A preliminary analysis can be downloaded from the forest’s website at www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/04projects. Copies also are available by calling Erin Black at 509-395-3411 or by e-mail to ekblack@fs.fed.us.

Comments may be submited to Bengt Coffin at the Mount Adams Ranger District, 2455 Highway 141, Trout Lake, 98650, by fax to 509-395-3424 or by e-mail to comments-pacificnorthwest-giffordpinchot-mtadams@fs.fed.us. Electronic comments need to be in either RTF (Rich Text Format) or Microsoft Word format.

For more information, call Coffin at 509-398-3425 or bcoffin@fs.fed.us.

Spring bear hunting applications due soon

Applications for a spring bear-hunting permit are due to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife by March 10.

A drawing in mid-March is scheduled to award the 370 permits for open areas in Western Washington and 209 permits for Eastern Washington.

Permit winners will be notified by mail by March 31. Applicants also can check results of the drawing at http://wdfw.wa.gov/hunting.

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To apply, hunters must buy a special permit application and a 2011 hunting license that includes bear as a species option. Licenses, applications and tags may be purchased online at http://fishhunt.dfw.wa.gov, by calling 866-246-9453 or at any license vendor.

Applications are submitted online at http://fishhunt.dfw.wa.gov or by calling 877-945-3492.

CCA to hear about Kone Zone flashers

CAMAS — The Southwest Washington chapter of the Coastal Conservation Association will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Camas Meadows Golf Club, 4105 N.W. Camas Meadows Drive.

Mike Hyeman, president of Kone Zone, will discuss flashers and fishing lures. Guide Steve Leonard also will be a guest speaker.

Clam digging dates tentatively scheduled

LONG BEACH — Seven days of spring razor clam digging tentatively have been adopted by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.

The schedule calls for afternoon digging at Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis and Mocrocks on March 19, then morning digging at the same four beaches on March 20.

Morning digging is slated for Long Beach and Twin Harbors also on March 21-22 and April 7-9.

Low tides are: -0.1 feet, 7:04 p.m. March 19; -0.5 feet, 7:36 a.m., March 20; -0.9 feet, 8:23 a.m., March 21; -1.0 feet, 9:12 a.m., March 22; 0.1 feet, 9:37 a.m., April 7; 0.2 feet, 10;19 a.m., April 8, and 0.4 feet, 11:07 a.m., April 9.

Final approval of the digs will depend on marine toxin tests taken closer to the dates.

State licenses for 2010-11 expire on March 31. Diggers will need a 2011-12 license to dig in April.

“We plan to announce additional digging opportunities later in spring, so diggers may want to take that into account when they go to purchase a license,’’ said Dan Ayres, coastal shellfish manager.

A three-day clam licenses costs $5.40. A seasonal license is $9.

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