What agencies will be responsible for day-to-day management activities?
The Idaho Department of Fish and Game, and/or the Nez Perce Tribe, the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, and the USDA Forest Service, in coordination with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, will exercise day-to-day management responsibility within the Experimental Population Area. The Fish and Wildlife Service and these cooperating agencies will share management responsibility as per agreements with, and in consideration of, recommendations from the CMC. Q. When will the Citizen Management Committee be formed? The Secretary of Interior will organize the CMC by requesting nominations of citizen members from the Governors of Idaho and Montana and the Nez Perce Tribe and nominations of agency members by represented agencies. Nominations must be made within 60 days following the request from the Secretary. The Committee will be formed as soon as recommendations are made by the parties involved, and the Secretary of the Interior appoints the members. Q. How will the CMC repre
