AR-News: Timeline drafted for proposed bison hunt

[jim robertson]

Timeline drafted for proposed bison hunt


Helena _ The Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Department has drafted a 
timeline for a proposed bison hunt.

If the timeline is implemented, the hunt would begin in the fall of 2004 or 
the winter of 2005.

The Montana Legislature passed Senate Bill 395, which would allow hunters to 
kill the animals should they wander into Montana from Yellowstone National 
Park.

Gov. Judy Martz signed it into law in early May.

The state had bison hunts from the late 1980s until 1991. Wildlife officials 
often led hunters to the animals, but a national outcry led to the state to 
stop the hunts.

The proposal next goes to the Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission, which 
will take up the issue after public comment and an environmental assessment.

Both the commission and the Board of Livestock have to agree to the hunt 
after the environmental assessment.

The timeline will then be presented to the Fish, Wildlife and Parks 
Commission at a regular commission meeting in Billings Thursday and to the 
Board of Livestock at its Sept. 15 meeting.


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