Fish and Wildlife Commission reschedules quarterly meeting for March 29

​​​​Note: The agenda for the March 29 quarterly meeting has been updated. The following information now reflects and links to the updated agenda.​

FRANKFORT, Ky. (March 21, 2023) — The Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Commission has rescheduled its quarterly meeting.

The meeting, originally scheduled for March 3, was postponed. The rescheduled meeting will be a live video teleconference meeting starting at 9 a.m. (EDT) on Wednesday, March 29 and it will take place at the Administration Building on the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources campus in Frankfort. The meeting is open to the public, and members of the commission will participate either in person or via video teleconference.

The meeting will be livestreamed and archived on the department's YouTube channel at youtube.com/FishandWildlifeKY. A link to the livestream will be posted on the department's homepage at fw.ky.gov before the start of the meeting.

The agenda includes time-sensitive items only:

• ​Approving the minutes from the Dec. 2 quarterly meeting and Jan. 13 special called meeting.

• ​Setting the number of elk hunt permits available through the 2023 elk hunt drawing.

• Authorizing the commissioner to promulgate regulations necessary for the department to conduct administrative functions in compliance with current Kentucky Revised Statutes and with Senate Bill 241 should it become law.
  

• Authorizing the commissioner to conduct auctions as necessary to dispose of surplus and confiscated property to comply with Senate Bill 241 should it become law.
  

​The full meeting agenda can be found at fw.ky.gov. On the homepage, click on the “Commission Meetings/Agendas and Recaps" link. Approved minutes and other meeting related information will be added as they become available.

Items that appeared on the agenda for the postponed meeting but not on the agenda for the rescheduled meeting will be considered for upcoming meetings.

The commission, a nine-member board comprised of volunteers who serve four-year terms, recommends hunting, fishing and boating regulations on behalf of the anglers, hunters, and other wildlife-related stakeholders in the commonwealth. Any recommendation by the commission to amend a state administrative regulation must receive legislative approval before becoming law. The process of promulgating regulations spans several months.

The next planned quarterly commission meeting is Friday, June 2 in Frankfort.

Kentucky Fish and Wildlife's main campus is located at 1 Sportsman's Lane (formerly 1 Game Farm Road) in Frankfort, and its Administration Building is a large, two-story brick building about ½ mile north of the campus entrance. The entrance is located off U.S. 60, approximately 1½ miles west of U.S. 127.​