Phoenix, AZ— The Arizona Game and Fish Commission will hold a telephonic meeting beginning at 1 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 3, at the Game and Fish Department headquarters at 5000 W. Carefree Highway in Phoenix (1.5 miles west of I-17). Members of the commission will attend either in person or by telephone conference call. The public is invited to attend the meeting.
The commission will be briefed on the status of state and federal legislation, including HB 2728 (firearms, sound suppressors, hunting); HB 2640 (hunting, firearm magazine capacity); HB 2457 (possession of weapons while hunting); SCM 1009 (rotenone, EPA, deregistration); SB 1453 (applying aquatic poisons); SB 1300 (AGFD & AGFC continuation); and SB 1305 (Game and Fish omnibus act). The commission may vote to take a position or provide direction to the department for coordination, action, or proposed changes to legislation.
The meeting will be webcast at www.azgfd.gov/commissioncam. However, those wishing to submit “blue slips” to present oral comment during the meeting must do so either in person at the Phoenix meeting or at any of the six regional Game and Fish offices where the webcast will be streamed (Pinetop, Flagstaff, Kingman, Yuma, Tucson, Mesa). For a list of office locations, visit www.azgfd.gov/offices.
For a complete meeting agenda, visit www.azgfd.gov/commission.
