Funding: Some commented that FWP would need to secure funding to replace Sec. 6 

 funding (from the Endangered Species Act) that would be lost if the bear was delisted. 

 Sec. 6 funding for bear management in southwestern Montana has been minor in terms 

 of the overall program cost (Sec. 6 is generally less than $20,000 while the current 

 program costs $243,000 per year). While all funding is important, FWP anticipates and 

 will actively pursue other opportunities from other programs to make up these dollars 

 (such as what was proposed in the Conservation and Reinvestment Act). 



Specific targets: Comments indicate some people want more specificity and certain 

 targets which will precipitate certain management responses. FWP would petition to 

 relist the species if the population were to fall below 300 bears within the Greater 

 Yellowstone Area. In addition, mortality management would become more conservative 



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