TASK FORCE ON HUNTING SEGMENTS

OF TOURISM

meeting notice

Cheyenne –Senator Bruce Burns and Representative Jim Slater, Cochairmen, of the Task Force on Hunting Segments of Tourism have announced the Task Force will meet:

July 13, 2005

8:00 a.m.

Rochelle Athletic Center (RAC) – War Room

On Willet

University of Wyoming

Laramie, Wyoming

The purpose of the meeting is to address the following issues:

(i) Methods of improving pricing and availability of nonresident hunting licenses without reducing resident hunter opportunities;

(ii) Regulation of and issues of concern to the outfitting industry in this state;

(iii) The need for and potential structure of a preference point system for allocation of resident hunting licenses; and

(iv) Issues raised by and potential solutions to problems created by litigation concerning the allocation and pricing of hunting licenses to nonresidents including recommendations for legislative solutions to outcomes from the litigation.

Please direct questions about this meeting to Legislative Service Office Task Force staff Lynda Cook. 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 Task Force during the meeting should bring sufficient copies of the information for members of the Task Force, Task Force staff, and interested members of the audience. In addition, please provide an electronic copy of the materials to Task Force staff at the meeting. All materials provided to the Task Force in written form will be part of the official record of the Task Force’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: Task Force on Hunting Segments of Tourism:

Senators: Bruce Burns, Chairman, Stan Cooper and Mike Massie

Representatives: Jim Slater, Chairman, Kathy Davison and Bill Thompson

Governor's appointees: Terry Pollard, Ken Raymond, Roger Sebesta and Janet Hartford

Game & Fish appointee: Jay Lawson