Commissioner complains bison hunt meeting was illegal | Billings Gazette

[Ediacara]

Commissioner complains bison hunt meeting was illegal

Associated Press

HELENA -- The lone member of the state wildlife commission who voted against canceling Montana's bison hunt is accusing the commission of meeting illegally, saying it didn't give the public adequate notice of its plans to reconsider the hunt.

But another commission member, as well as an attorney for the Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, said they believe the board followed the letter of the law and gave adequate notice.

Commissioner John Brenden of Scobey accused the board on Thursday of meeting illegally when it held a telephone conference call on Jan. 6 and agreed to meet a few days later to reconsider the bison hunt, which was set to begin Jan. 15.

The Jan. 6 meeting came just hours after Democratic Gov. Brian Schweitzer appointed three new members to the five-member board.

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[Redstone]

1. They have that many buffler out there now

that they're thinking about a hunting season for them?

Amazing how persistent life is. It wasn't that long ago that there were no wild turkeys around here, and I can look out my window right now and see 11 of them in the back yard.

Redstone

[havocmom]

2. Not so much a matter of a lot of critters. More a problem with land

that is owned, fenced and feeding domestic cattle. The buffalo used to roam. They aren't able to do that now. Like the Native Americans, they are displaced to confined areas which is not really compatible with their nature. It is a clash of cultures sort of thing.

Too many for the small area of Yellowstone as opposed to having about half the continent to wander in like they did before we moved cows onto the land. When they get out of the park, there is a threat of infecting cattle with disease. Cattle producers frown on that. Numbers have to be kept down to what the area will accommodate.

Sad but true fact is, they are sort of like living museum exhibits. We can't have them roaming like nature intended and have capitalism at the same time in the same place.

[UL_Approved]

3. I'll agree to the overpopulation, but not the Brucellosis argument

It is true that the bison are over the sustainable population limit, but the Brucellosis argument has never produces definitive or conclusive results about bovine infection from bison.

But besides that, John Brenden is a genuine POS holdover from Judy Martz. If memory serves me correctly, he was involved with the DUI death after the 2000 inaguration...

And the "violation of the open meeting law". The biggest line of hypocrisy I've seen in a while. :puke: :crazy: :nopity: