Chapter II - Background 



Two FTE dedicated to the program were added in each fiscal year, 

 1996-97 and 1997-98. The four FTE are assigned to the regions as 

 conservation specialists or Block Management Coordinators. There 

 is one FTE in Helena administering the program. 



For the 1998 hunting season the budgeted FTE were distributed in 

 the regions as shown in Table 1 . 



Region 3 Block 

 Management Coordinator 



Region 3's Block Management Coordinator expenses are paid from 

 the region's wildlife budget so his FTE is not recorded in the block 

 management budget. The coordinator estimated he spent 60 to 70 

 percent of his time on block management in fiscal year 1998-99. 



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