Buffalo Field Campaign Weekly Updates from the Field 2006/2007

   State wildlife officials will hold two meetings this week to gather public input on last winter's bison hunt and take suggestions about how to proceed with future hunts.

   The first meeting will be held in West Yellowstone at the Sunspree Resort on Tuesday, May 16.

   The second will be in Gardiner at the Community Center on Thursday, May 18.
   Both are scheduled to run from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

   Last winter's hunt offered 50 tags to the general public. Next winter's is likely to be bigger, Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks spokesperson Mel Frost said Thursday, but the final size has not been determined.

   The FWP commission will take up the issue at its June meeting.

   Frost said FWP staffers are compiling a recommendation for the commission at this time, and next week's meetings are part of that process.

   The meetings are to focus only on the bison hunt. Issues concerning overall bison management, bison quarantine and other matters should be taken up in other venues, Frost said.

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