Until last week, Governor Kulongoski’s nominees for the Oregon Fish & Wildlife Commission had been Skip Klarquist and Dr. Dan Edge. They were to replace outgoing commissioners Jeff Feldner and Paul McCracken whose terms had expired.
NSIA had written letters supporting these nominations. Mr. Klarquist is an attorney and on the board of the Oregon Wildlife Heritage Foundation. He has spent decades working to improve riparian habitat. Dr. Edge is the head of the wildlife department @ OSU. He is also the coordinator between OSU and the Alsea River Hatchery Research Center partnership.
This week we just received word that a third candidate has been added and Commission Chairman John Esler would not be reappointed. The person nominated to replace Commissioner Esler is Jon Englund, owner of Englund Marine Supply Co., and the chief supplier of nets and other gear for the commercial fleet in the Columbia.
If you care to comment about commission appointments, you have a very short window to do so. The nominees will be confirmed by a Senate Committee that is listed below. Here is a link to find your state (Not Wyden or Smith who are Federal Senators) senator:
http://www.leg.state.or.us/findlegsltr/findset.htm You need to call your state senator right away, especially if they are on the list below. Even if they are not on the committee, contact them now.
Following is the contact information for the Governor's three nominees to the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission. Also included is information on how to contact members of the Senate Rules Committee, who will be meeting on April 7th to vote on the slate of new commission members. Feel free to contact these people, they are expecting to hear from interested groups.
First Congressional District
Jon Englund, Astoria
Owner and CEO, Englund Marine Supply Co.
503.325.4341 mjenglund@earthlink.net
Third Congressional District
Ken "Skip" Klarquist. Portland
Attorney, Zalutsky & Klarquist, PC
503.248.0300 skip@erisalaw.com
Westside At-Large
William "Dan" Edge, Corvallis
Professor & Department Head, OSU Department of Fisheries & Wildlife
541.737.2910 daniel.edge@oregonstate.edu
The Rules committee members can be reached as follows:
Co-chair Senator Kate Brown - D - 503-986-1700 (sen.katebrown@state.or.us)
Co-chair Senator Roger Beyer - R - 503-986-1950 (sen.rogerbeyer@state.or.us)
Senator Ginny Burdick - D - 503-986-1718 (sen.ginnyburdick@state.or.us)
Senator Jason Atkinson - R - 503-986-1702 (sen.jasonatkinson@state.or.us)
Senator Richard Devlin - D - 503-986-1719 (sen.richarddevlin@state.or.us)
Senator Bill Fisher - R - 503-986-1701 (sen.billfisher@state.or.us)
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