Lewistown Bison Working Group Mtg Cancelled

[katqanna]

Ron Moody is one of the Bison Working Group members for the sportsmen and just stated that the Lewistown Bison Working group mtg that was scheduled for April 15 & 16 has been cancelled (FWP left a message), in case any of y'all were planning on attending.

 

[cowboy]

Ron Moody is one of the Bison Working Group members for the sportsmen and just stated that the Lewistown Bison Working group mtg that was scheduled for April 15 & 16 has been cancelled (FWP left a message), in case any of y'all were planning on attending.

Cancelled period or to be rescheduled. Would you have a guess as to why it was cancelled?

 

[katqanna]

Cancelled period or to be rescheduled. Would you have a guess as to why it was cancelled?

This is what Ron told me he received.

SECOND FWP BISON DISCUSSION IN LEWISTOWN IS CANCELED

State wildlife officials canceled a planned discussion that was to take place in Lewistown Tuesday and Wednesday on a bison conservation and management plan for Montana.

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks had invited a diverse group of interests and a number of state and community leaders to continue to participate in a facilitated public discussion in Lewistown on April 15-16. That gathering, which would have been the second since September, is canceled.

"We worked to gather a large group of fundamentally different interests and constituencies, but there remained serious questions about intent and representation that are difficult to resolve," said Jeff Hagener, director of FWP in Helena. "The gathering was designed to review issues and possible alternatives for bison conservation and management, but at this point it would be counterproductive to proceed with the discussion."

The discussion group included conservation and agricultural representatives, state and federal agencies, county commissioners, and state legislators and members of the Montana Fish & Wildlife Commission.

Hagener thanked the citizens who agreed to participate in the planned conversation and said FWP will attempt to reconsider existing and emerging concerns on Montana's bison management alternatives.

 

[cowboy]

Kat:
Thank you. It sounds like things are not proceeding too well with the committee. Another couple years of nothing getting done is what I would predict. Isn't the current state of wildlife/politics wunderful in the the Big Sky Country.

 

[katqanna]

This article just came out which confirms a rumor I heard before, but did not want to write until validated, that there was a group going to protest at the bison meeting.

FWP cancels bison-herds meeting