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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 62 – Yellowstone Grizzly Bear Mngmt

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 62

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HCR062....................................................by WAYS AND MEANS
YELLOWSTONE GRIZZLY BEAR - MANAGEMENT - Stating findings of the Legislature
and approving the Yellowstone Grizzly Bear Management Plan.
                                                                        
03/12    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/13    Rpt prt - to 2nd rdg
    Rls susp - ADOPTED - voice vote - to Senate
03/13    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Res/Env
03/14    Rpt out - to 10th Ord
03/15    10th ord - ADOPTED - voice vote
    Title apvd - to House
03/15    To enrol
    Rpt enrol - Sp signed - Pres signed
03/18    To Secretary of State

Bill Text


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-sixth Legislature                  Second Regular Session - 2002
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                             HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 62
                                                                        
                                BY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                               A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
  2    STATING FINDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE AND APPROVING THE YELLOWSTONE GRIZZLY BEAR
  3        MANAGEMENT PLAN.
                                                                        
  4    Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  5        WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 36-2402, Idaho  Code,  the  director  of  the
  6    Department  of  Fish and Game, in cooperation and consultation with the Gover-
  7    nor's  Office  of  Species  Conservation,  was  authorized  to  establish  the
  8    Yellowstone Grizzly Bear Delisting Advisory Team; and
  9        WHEREAS, the primary goal of the Advisory Team was to develop  recommenda-
 10    tions  for  management of grizzly bears in Eastern Idaho that consider all the
 11    varied landscapes, people, current land uses, culture, grizzly  bear  ecology,
 12    and  legal requirements once the grizzly bear population was removed from pro-
 13    tection under the Endangered Species Act; and
 14        WHEREAS, the Advisory Team was formed and met during the  year  2001,  and
 15    developed   and  drafted  a  plan  for  the  management  and  conservation  of
 16    Yellowstone grizzly bear in the state; and
 17        WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 36-2405, Idaho Code, the plan  was  submitted
 18    to  the director of the Department of Fish and Game for review and recommenda-
 19    tion to the Fish and Game Commission; and
 20        WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 36-2405, Idaho Code, the Fish and  Game  Com-
 21    mission  was  directed  to forward the state management plan to the Governor's
 22    Office of Species Conservation  and  the  Legislature,  conditioned  upon  its
 23    approval of the plan and its finding that the management plan provides for the
 24    management  and  conservation of the species when it is delisted and that rea-
 25    sonable safeguards are included in the plan to  protect  the  health,  safety,
 26    private  property  and  economic  well-being  of  the citizens of the state of
 27    Idaho; and
 28        WHEREAS, the Fish and Game Commission, having forwarded the  plan  to  the
 29    Legislature, the Legislature is authorized, pursuant to Section 36-2405, Idaho
 30    Code,  to  approve,  amend or reject the management plan by concurrent resolu-
 31    tion; and
 32        WHEREAS, modifications to the Yellowstone  Grizzly  Bear  Management  Plan
 33    have  been made pursuant to approved motion by the House Resources and Conser-
 34    vation Committee; and
 35        WHEREAS, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game ("department")  shall  pre-
 36    pare  and submit an annual report to the Senate Resources and Environment Com-
 37    mittee and the House Resources and Conservation Committee on  the  implementa-
 38    tion and progress of the Yellowstone Grizzly Bear Management Plan; and
 39        WHEREAS,  such report shall document Yellowstone grizzly bear effects upon
 40    wildlife, depredation on domestic livestock, conflicts  with  humans  and  any
 41    grizzly  bear  related  human  fatalities,  coordination with the Conservation
 42    Strategy, and any other subject matter as deemed appropriate and requested  in
 43    writing  by  the chairman of the Senate Resources and Environment Committee or
 44    the chairman of the House Resources and  Conservation  Committee.  Thereafter,
                                                                        
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  1    the  Senate  Resources  and  Environment Committee and the House Resources and
  2    Conservation Committee shall hold a special public hearing, during each  regu-
  3    larly  scheduled  legislative  session,  wherein  the department presents said
  4    report and the public has the opportunity to comment; and
  5        WHEREAS, because the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will  closely  monitor
  6    the  Yellowstone grizzly bear population for a minimum of five years following
  7    the delisting of the Yellowstone grizzly bear population, the department shall
  8    coordinate management strategies and any related rulemaking  with  the  Gover-
  9    nor's  Office of Species Conservation. Any written comment prepared or submit-
 10    ted by the department concerning the Yellowstone grizzly bear  including,  but
 11    not  limited to, comment on proposed or ongoing land management, use or devel-
 12    opment, shall be coordinated with the Governor's Office of  Species  Conserva-
 13    tion; and
 14        WHEREAS,  it  is  the expectation of the Legislature that the Conservation
 15    Strategy for the Yellowstone grizzly bear be updated regularly, as required in
 16    the Conservation Strategy, to reflect recovery success  of  the  grizzly  bear
 17    within  and around the Primary Conservation Area. Forest Plans, in the case of
 18    the United States Forest Service, and Resource Management Plans, in  the  case
 19    of the Bureau of Land Management, must be appropriately revised to reflect the
 20    delisted status of the Yellowstone grizzly bear. Current land use restrictions
 21    and any land use restrictions contained in or implemented pursuant to the Con-
 22    servation  Strategy shall be relaxed as recovery progresses to better accommo-
 23    date the public. Because Idaho has developed its own plan for managing grizzly
 24    bears upon delisting, and because wildlife management is  the  domain  of  the
 25    state,  the  federal government shall coordinate with the state to ensure con-
 26    sistency in resource management practices.
 27        NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the Second  Regular  Ses-
 28    sion  of  the  Fifty-sixth Idaho Legislature, the House of Representatives and
 29    the Senate concurring therein, provided the department's compliance with  cri-
 30    teria  set  forth  above,  that  the  Legislature of the State of Idaho hereby
 31    approves the Yellowstone Grizzly Bear Management Plan,  modified  pursuant  to
 32    approved motion by the House Resources and Conservation Committee, which shall
 33    be  identified  as the final approved Yellowstone Grizzly Bear Management Plan
 34    and maintained at the Office of the Director of the Idaho Department  of  Fish
 35    and Game. The Legislature finds that the management plan will provide the man-
 36    agement and conservation of the species once it is delisted, and contains suf-
 37    ficient  safeguards  to  protect the health, safety, private property and eco-
 38    nomic well-being of the citizens of the state of  Idaho.  The  U.S.  Fish  and
 39    Wildlife  Service  should  proceed  with  the  delisting process, removing the
 40    Yellowstone Grizzly Bear from protection under the Endangered Species Act, and
 41    allowing the state of Idaho to assume responsibility for  Yellowstone  Grizzly
 42    Bear  management,  effective  upon the availability of adequate and continuous
 43    federal funding for management and conservation purposes.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                            RS 12219

The proposed legislation would amend the Yellowstone Grizzly Bear
Management Plan in order to recognize the Senate germane
committee in the oversight process.

                          FISCAL IMPACT
None.

Contact
Name: Rep. Cameron Wheeler 
Phone: (208) 332-1000




STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                 HCR 62