August 19, 2005

TO:                  Members, Media

FROM:            Legislative Service Office

JOINT TRAVEL, RECREATION, WILDLIFE AND CULTURAL RESOURCES INTERIM COMMITTEE

Agenda

Senator Bruce Burns and Representative Pat Childers, Cochairmen of the Joint Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural Resources Interim Committee, have announced the Committee will meet:

October 6 and 7, 2005

8:30 a.m.

Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel – Map Room

Mammoth Hot Springs, WY

The purpose of the meeting is to consider game and fish issues including electronic licensing, fishing outfitters and regulation of feeding of big game animals.  The committee will receive a report on the monitoring of wolves from the Fish and Wildlife Service.  The committee will also receive the report and recommendations from the Hunting Segment of the Tourism Industry Task Force.

The Legislative Service Office will distribute an agenda for this meeting at a later date.  Please direct questions about this meeting to Legislative Service Office Committee staff Lynda G. 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 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, Stan Cooper, Mike Massie, Tony Ross and Michael Van Flatern.

Representatives: Pat Childers, Chairman, Kermit Brown, Kathy Davison, Keith Gingery, Jerry Iekel, Wayne Reese, Jim Slater, Bill Thompson and Dan Zwonitzer.