Wyoming lawmakers to meet on wolf issue
Meeting in Cody Oct. 16 and Riverton Oct. 17
by Wolf Watch
October 15, 2008
Members of the Joint Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural Resources Interim Committee will meet to discuss how Wyoming should proceed on wolf management. The Committee will meet on Thursday, October 16th in Cody, and on Friday, October 17th in Riverton. Wolves were reinstated on the Endangered Species List In response to a lawsuit from environmental groups charging that wolves wouldn't be adequately protected under state plans adopted by Wyoming, Idaho and Montana.
Meetings will be held:
Thursday, October 16, 2008: Cody, Wyoming, Cody Auditorium, 8:00
Friday, October 17. 2008: Riverton, Wyoming, Central Wyoming Community College, 8:00 AM
The purpose of the meeting is to hear testimony regarding the status of state management of gray wolves and consider state action necessary to remove gray wolves from the endangered species list.
Persons with disabilities requiring special accommodations to attend this meeting should contact the Legislative Service Office at (307) 777-7881 for assistance.
Individuals who plan to provide written information to the Committee during the meeting should bring sufficient copies of the information for members of the Committee, Committee staff, and interested members of the audience. In addition, please provide an electronic copy of the materials to Committee staff at the meeting. All materials provided to the Committee in written form will be part of the official record of the Committee’s meeting and will be on file at the Legislative Service Office. Minutes of the meeting will be available on the legislative Web site at http://legisweb.state.wy.us/. .
Members of the Joint Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural Resources Interim Committee:
Senators: Bruce Burns, Chairman, Pat Aullman, Hank Coe, Mike Massie, Jayne Mockler
Representatives: Pat Childers, Chairman, Kermit Brown, Bernadine Craft, Kathy Davison, Patrick Goggles, Jerry Iekel, Allen Jaggi, Jim Slater, Bill Thompson
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JOINT TRAVEL, RECREATION, WILDLIFE & CULTURAL RESOURCES INTERIM COMMITTEE DRAFT AGENDA
October 16, 2008
Cody Auditorium
Cody, Wyoming
8:00 a.m. CALL TO ORDER
Roll call
8:05 a.m. Introduction of topic by Chairmen
8:15 a.m. Bruce Salzburg, Wyoming Attorney General
Update on status of wolf delisting lawsuit.
10:15 a.m. Steve Ferrell, Game and Fish Department
Update on efforts by the department to manage gray wolves
11:00 a.m. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Testimony requested but not confirmed
12:00 noon Lunch
1:00 p.m. Wolf Recovery – Public comment period.
3:30 p.m. Wolf Recovery – Committee discussion.
5:00 p.m. ADJOURN
Draft Agenda
October 17, 2008
Fremont Room
Central Wyoming Community College
Riverton, Wyoming
8:00 a.m. CALL TO ORDER
Roll call
8:05 a.m. Introduction of topic by Chairmen
8:15 a.m. Bruce Salzburg, Wyoming Attorney General
Update on status of wolf delisting lawsuit.
10:15 a.m. Steve Ferrell, Game and Fish Department
Update on efforts by the department to manage gray wolves
11:00 a.m. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Testimony requested but not confirmed
11:30 a.m. Representative Keith Gingery
Proposed solutions
12:00 noon Lunch
1:00 p.m. Wolf Recovery – Public comment period.
3:30 p.m. Wolf Recovery – Committee discussion.
5:00 p.m. ADJOURN
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