And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Thanks for the URL..it WAS confusing the way it came through. ALL please follow the link below... Ish >X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 11:50:21 -0700 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: Jim Coefield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Buffalo Legislation > >Hi, > >I appreciate your attempt to repost the legislation that I authored and had >introduced into the Montana State Legislature by Rep. Gutsche. >Unfortunately, it doesn't reproduce on email at all, and in the form you >posted, it is very confusing. The version on the Montana State website >contains both underscores and strikeouts, neither of which maintain their >formatting when dropped into a straight text email message. > >In the original, the struck out wording is what we are removing from >current laws. The underscored words are the words we are adding. So if you >remove both the underscore and the strikeout (formatting), and read it that >way, it doesn't make any sense, and in fact is very misleading. I'd prefer >that the legislation just be referred to by directing folks to the proper >URL (or attaching the document), or by my annotated description. Here is >the URL, followed by my description of the legislation: > >http://161.7.127.14/bills/billhtml/HB0643.htm > >The bill has four main points: > >1) Transfer primary management of buffalo from the Montana Deparment of >Livestock to the Montana Department of Fish Wildlife and Parks; (putting >biologists not cattle folks in charge of wildlife) > >2) Mandate that Montana follow APHIS' definition of low-risk buffalo, and >honor the 30-60 grace period on public lands; (Federal regulations have >deemed it unnecessary to kill bulls, calves and non-pregnant females who >cannot transmit the disease) > >3) Prevent the state from selling, and/or profiting from, the sale of live >or slaughtered buffalo; (In 1997, the slaughter of almost 1200 buffalo >brought the State of Montana's Dept of Livestock coffers a profit of almost >200 grand!). This doesn't prohibit the state from giving away meat to the >tribes or to charity. > >4) Directs the MT FWP to conduct a study of the carrying capacity for >buffalo on public lands surrounding the Park, and to develop a management >plan--in conjunction with the Montana tribal leadership council--to manage >the herd for that population. This directs Montana to recognize that wild >buffalo have wintering grounds outside of Yellowstone, and that they can >freely roam there. > >for the buffalo, > >Jim Coefifeld >[EMAIL PROTECTED] ...thanks >> >>Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 15:48:16 -0500 >>From: Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: NATIVE_NEWS: Montana: HOUSE BILL NO. 643 > &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
