conservation in the Yellowstone area. The governors agreed to appoint members from a 

 broad range of interests, to provide support to the roundtable process and to meet jointly 

 to consider the recommendations of the roundtable. 



Roundtable members were: 



Idaho Montana Wyoming 



Ms. Jan Brown Sen. Lorents Grosfield Mr. Dennis Oden 



Sen. Golden Linford Mr. Tom France Ms. Jill Siggings 



Mr. Roy Moulton Mr. Tim Mulligan Mr. Albert Sommers 



Mr. Brent Robson Mr. Randy Newberg Mr. Steve Thomas 



Mrs. Cindy Siddoway Mr. Gary Ullman Mr. Harold Turner 



Interests represented included conservation and environmental groups, sportsmen, 

 livestock owners, oil and gas industry, local business, county government, state fish and 

 wildlife commissions and state legislatures. 



Mrs. Virginia Tribe of Missoula, Montana facilitated the roundtable process. As a neutral 

 party, her role was to keep the group on task 2ind ensure all interests had a fair 

 opportunity to influence the outcome. 



The roundtable met March 16 in Bozeman, Montana, April 20 in Idaho Falls and May 17 

 and 1 8 in Jackson, Wyoming. All meetings were open to the public. 



Staff from the governors' offices, the state wildlife agencies, the FWS and U.S. Forest 

 Service attended the roundtable meetings, and was available between meetings, to 

 provide technical advice to the members. 



Given the limited time available and the technical nature of the draft conservation 

 strategy, the roundtable took a policy level view of the document. At their initizd 

 meeting, they agreed to accept the science in the strategy as the best available at the time. 

 They agreed to seek consensus on recommendations that: 



• can be used collectively by the three Governors to develop their formal 

 comments on the Conservation Strategy; 



• acknowledge the importance of flexibility as the situation changes; 



• are within the context of states (Idaho, Montana and 

 Wyoming); 



• encourage successful partnerships; and 



• address states' issues so that states are willing and have the 

 capabilities to accept responsibilities that result from de-listing. 



The roundtable organized their discussion and analysis around a number of issues that 

 arose from their individual perspectives. They used the following criteria for evaluating 

 and determining priority issues: 



• Is there a legal mandate? 



• Will it have significant effect on long-term Grizzly Bear viability? 



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