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If you follow Grizzly Bear management and
recovery—there's a meeting in Missoula |
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December 2, 2015 |
The Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee (IGBC),
the multi-agency committee responsible for
grizzly bear recovery in the contiguous United
States and adjacent Canadian Provinces will be
holding their annual winter meeting in Missoula,
Montana from December 8, 2015 – December 9,
2015. The meeting will take place at the Holiday
Inn Missoula Downtown at 200 S. Pattee Street.
The sessions will begin at 8:00 a.m. and end at
5:00 p.m. The public is invited to attend and
time has been reserved for public comment at the
end of each day.
As the umbrella organization responsible for
coordination of not only grizzly bear recovery
but also management, the IGBC will discuss a
number of issues key to continued success of
recovered grizzly populations. Each recovery
ecosystem chair will report on their
accomplishments and discuss future projects. For
those individuals interested in the topics being
discussed at this meeting but unable to attend,
a video of each presentation will be posted to
the IGBC Website shortly after the meeting.
This meeting will be the final official IGBC act
for Chair Tammy Whittington of the National Park
Service; she has been promoted to serve as
Superintendent of Big Cypress National Preserve
in Ochopee, Florida. Whittington will turn the
gavel over to James Unsworth, Director of the
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife.
Chairmanship of the IGBC is a two-year
commitment that alternates between state and
federal committee partners. The Interagency
Grizzly Bear Committee was created in 1983 to
lead the effort to recover the grizzly bear in
the lower 48 states.
Individuals with disabilities may request
meeting accommodations by contacting Gregg
Losinski at 208-390-0635 or through the Idaho
Relay Service at 1-800-377-3529 (TDD). The
Winter IGBC Meeting agenda may be viewed by
visiting the IGBC Website at:
http://igbconline.org/images/pdf/151208_Exec_Agenda.pdf
. Agenda times may vary due to weather and
travel conditions. |
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