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Fisheries & Wildlife Board Meetings

Open to the public and media, the Fisheries and Wildlife Board meets monthly. These public meetings provide Board members with information from MassWildlife on wildlife and related topics and issues across the state. The Board's mandate is to protect and manage the wildlife of the Commonwealth as an essential public natural resource for the use and enjoyment of all citizens who hunt, fish, trap, and enjoy nature study and wildlife observation. This includes all mammals, birds, and freshwater fish, plus insects, invertebrates and plants that are listed under state and federal regulations as rare, endangered, threatened, or of special concern. The Board has hiring authority over agency staff and makes decisions concerning the acquisition and protection of land and water for wildlife. To be placed on the meeting agenda a person must notify the Board two weeks before the Board meeting. For specifics contact Julie Delaney at (508) 389-6342.

May 21 --Fisheries and Wildlife Board Meeting & Public Hearings, Greenfield --The May meeting of the Fisheries and Wildlife Board will be held Wednesday, May 21, at 1 PM at the Downtown Campus of Greenfield Community College, 270 Main Street. This meeting and the hearings are open to the public and are handicapped accessible.

Two Public Hearings will be held on the same day and location as the Board meeting.

The first hearing will be held at 3 pm relative to the listing, delisting, and name changes of certain plants and animals on the Massachusetts list of endangered, threatened, and special concern species. More details on proposed language.

The second hearing will be held at 3:30 pm to amend or establish rules and regulations relative to resident minor sporting licenses.More details on proposed language.

Directions--

The GCC Downtown Campus is conveniently located on Main Street, in downtown Greenfield. Take exit 26 off I-91 and follow the traffic rotary to Route 2A east toward downtown. Public parking is available at School and Ames Streets and between Chapman and Davis Streets one block away. Please do not park in either of the Wilson's Department Store parking lots. Handicapped parking for the Campus is behind the building.

April 22--Fisheries and Wildlife Board Meeting & Public Hearing, Westborough --The April meeting of the Fisheries and Wildlife Board will be held Tuesday, at 1 PMat the Division of Fisheries & Wildlife Field Headquarters, 1 Rabbit Hill Road, (off North Drive) in Westborough. This meeting is open to the public. The Field Headquarters is handicapped accessible. A Public Hearing will be held on Tuesday, April 22, 2008, at 3:00 P.M. at the Division of Fisheries & Wildlife Field Headquarters, 1 Rabbit Hill Road, Westborough, Mass., to establish rules and regulations relative to declaration of a public health hazard by the Commissioner of Public Health in areas occupied by state-listed rare species.

March 18--Fisheries and Wildlife Board Meeting, Westborough --The February meeting of the Fisheries and Wildlife Board will be held Thursday, at Noon at the Division of Fisheries & Wildlife Field Headquarters, 1 Rabbit Hill Road, (off North Drive) in Westborough. This meeting is open to the public. The Field Headquarters is handicapped accessible. Please note: In case of inclement weather the meeting will be held the following day at noon.

February 28--Fisheries and Wildlife Board Meeting, Westborough --The February meeting of the Fisheries and Wildlife Board will be held Thursday, at 11:00 a.m. at the Division of Fisheries & Wildlife Field Headquarters, 1 Rabbit Hill Road, (off North Drive) in Westborough. This meeting is open to the public. The Field Headquarters is handicapped accessible. Please note: In case of inclement weather the meeting will be held the following day Thursday February 29th, at 11:00 a.m.

January 22, 2008--Fisheries and Wildlife Board Meeting, Westborough --The January meeting of the Fisheries and Wildlife Board will be held Tuesday, January 22 at 11:00 a.m. at the Division of Fisheries & Wildlife Field Headquarters, 1 Rabbit Hill Road, (off North Drive) in Westborough.

December 18--Fisheries and Wildlife Board Meeting, Lenox--The December meeting of the Fisheries & Wildlife Board will be held on Tuesday, December 18, 2007 from 11:00 a.m. to Noon in Lenox at Shakespeare & Company, 70 Kemble St, Lenox. This meeting will be held in the Dress Rehearsal room in the Founders Theater and is open to the public. Following the Board meeting, there will be a swearing in of George Darey by the Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Ian Bowles in the lobby of the Founders Theatre. Light refreshments will be served following the ceremony.

Directions to Shakespeare and Company Phone: 413/637-1199.

November 20-- Fisheries and Wildlife Board Meeting, Westborough-- The November meeting of the Fisheries & Wildlife Board will be held on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. at the Division of Fisheries & Wildlife Field Headquarters, Richard Cronin Building, 1 Rabbit Hill Road,(off North Drive) Westborough.
Phone: 508/389-6300

October 23-- Fisheries and Wildlife Board Meeting, Northfield-- The October meeting of the Fisheries & Wildlife Board will be held on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 at 11:00 a.m.at the Northfield Mountain Environmental & Recreation Center 99 Millers Falls Rd (Rte 63). Phone--(413) 659-3714 or (800) 859-2960

September 25-- Fisheries and Wildlife Board Meeting, Manomet-- The September meeting of the Fisheries & Wildlife Board will be held on Tuesday, September 25, 2007 at 1:30 p.m.at the Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences, 81 Stage Road.

August 30--Fisheries and Wildlife Board Meeting and Public Hearing, Pittsfield-- The August meeting of the Fisheries & Wildlife Board was held on Thursday, August 30, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. at the VFW Post 448, 36 Linden St. This meeting was open to the public. A Public Hearing on migratory bird regulations was held at 7 PM at the same location.

July 31-- Fisheries and Wildlife Board Meeting, Hadley-- The July meeting of the Fisheries & Wildlife Board will be held on Tuesday, July 31, 2007 at 1:00 p.m.at the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Regional Office, 300 Westgate Drive off Rte 116 and Rte 9.

The annual Antlerless Deer Drawing and Deer Management Presentation will be held at the same location at 4 PM. The public is invited to attend this popular event. Directions.