JOINT TRAVEL, RECREATION, WILDLIFE &

CULTURAL RESOURCES INTERIM COMMITTEE

PROPOSED

Agenda

Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel – Map Room

Yellowstone National Park

Thursday, October 6, 2005

8:00 a.m.         CALL TO ORDER

                        Approval of May 17 & 18, 2005 meeting minutes

8:15 a.m.         Game and Fish Issues – John Emmerich

Update on Grizzly bear delisting efforts.

Update on specific budget items authorized through legislation:

            Veterinary Services

            Sage Grouse local working groups

            Capital facilities

            PLPW access program.

Noon               Lunch

1:00 p.m.        Game and Fish Issues Continued    - Bill Wichers, Scott Talbot

                                    Regulation of intentional feeding of big game animals.

                                    Update on legal issues facing game and fish departments nationally.

                                    Electronic Licensing.

3:45 p.m.        Adjourn

4:00 p.m.        Tour of Yellowstone National Park Archive Museum

Friday, October 7, 2005

8:00 a.m.         Monitoring and Management of Wolves within Yellowstone National Park

Report from Doug Smith, Wolf Management Coordinator

9:00 a.m.         Report from Hunting Segment of the Tourism Industry Task Force

Senator Burns and Representative Slater, Co-Chairmen

11:00 a.m.      Fishing Outfitters

                                    Committee Discussion

11:30 a.m.       Pronghorn Antelope Migration Route in the Gros Vente Range

                                    Report from Loiuse Lasley, Wildlife Conservation Society

Noon               Lunch

1:00 p.m.        Committee discussion of potential legislation

3:00 p.m.        ADJOURN