An updated story from the local newspaper in Helena:
http://www.helenair.com/news/local/state...1cc4c002e0.html FYI, Commissioners Moody and Ream voted in favor of the Pb shot ban. Here are links with backgrounds on the current MT FWP commissioners:
http://governor.mt.gov/news/pr.asp?ID=405 http://governor.mt.gov/news/pr.asp?ID=644 http://www.montanawildlife.org/news/Commissioners.htm For those not wanting to read the above links, here are brief summaries of the FWP commissioners' backgrounds:
Bob Ream, Helena. Ream is a former legislator, and taught and conducted research in wildlife management for the University of Montana’s School of Forestry. Ream directed a study in the relationships between elk and logging in the Sapphire Mountains elk herd, and was the director of the wolf ecology project for UM. He has a B.S. in agronomy from the University of Wisconsin, an M.S. in botany/zoology from the University of Utah and a PhD. in zoology from the University of Wisconsin. Ream served in the Montana House of Representatives for 16 years, elected to this position eight times. Ream retired from the University of Montana in 1997 and also stepped down from his legislative position at the same time. Ream was elected Chair of the Montana Democratic Party, and was re-elected in 1999, 2001, and 2003.
Ron Moody, Lewistown. Moody is on the BLM Central Montana Resource Advisory Council and is a director of the Public Land/Water Access Association. He is retired from FedEx, and received a B.A. in journalism and political science from the University of Mississippi. Moody has also served on the Montana Library Commission. Moody writes a bi-monthly column on the future of hunting in the 21st Century. His column, titled “NIMROD’S TRACE,” is published in ‘Montana Wildlife’ and online at:
http://www.huntingandfishingjournal.org/misc_page.html Moody's last (?) "Nimrod's Trace" column can be read at this link:
http://www.mhfj.org/PDFs/NimrodsTrace.pdf Dan Vermillion, Livingston: Vermillion is the vice president and co-owner of Sweetwater Travel Company in Livingston and is the founder and developer of Taimen Conservation Fund in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. He worked as an attorney in Billings for close to a decade. Vermillion received his bachelor’s degree from The American University and his juris doctorate from the University of Montana.
Willie Doll, Malta: Doll owns and operates a 27,000-acre farm and ranch in south Phillips County. He is an avid hunter and has an active interest in streamside management, improved range conditions and waterfowl production areas. Doll will assume the role of designated member with experience in breeding and management of domestic livestock, a role previously held by Commissioner Shane Colton of Billings.
Shane Colton, Billings, Chair. Colton is an attorney with Edmiston & Colton Law Firm. He earned his undergraduate degree from Montana State University-Bozeman and his J.D. degree from the University of Montana-Missoula. He is a member of the Spotted Ass Sporting Clays Club and the Billings Rod and Gun Club. Colton grew up in the Denton, MT area.
Good luck to our counter-parts in Idaho!
