Chapter II - Review of Wildlife EIS Process 



division's Special Projects Coordinator who worked out of the 

 division's Helena office. 



Steering Committee 



A Steering Committee for the project was created by the director in 

 August 1991. The Steering Committee was to provide oversight and 

 guidance through the EIS process. Department staff serving on the 

 committee included staff from the Director's Office, Legal Unit, 

 Conservation Education Division, Enforcement Division, Wildlife 

 Division, and the Federal Aid Coordinator. A representative from the 

 staff of the Environmental QuaUty Council also served on the committee 

 in an advisory capacity. The Steering Committee met nimierous times 

 from 1991 through 1993 and apparently was disbanded after the fu-st 

 team leader retired at the end of 1993. An Alternative Development 

 Committee was estabUshed in 1994 and met several times early in that 

 year. 



Ad Hoc Committees and 

 Other Department Staff 



Several other ad hoc committees and department staff worked on the 

 project over the years. There were committees that worked on 

 developing alternatives and determining the effects of the alternatives on 

 identified issues. At one time, various department staff were writing 17 

 different "species chapters" for the EIS report. Each chapter had three 

 or more people working on it with some staff assigned to multiple 

 chapters. Twenty-five department staff participated in a special 

 planning exercise. Other department staff were involved in internal 

 scoping sessions and in reviewing various stages of the EIS analysis and 

 reports. 



Consultants 



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Several consultants were involved in the project starting with two 

 consultants who worked on collecting public opinions on himting, 

 wildlife viewing, and trapping in 1993. Another consultant was hired to 

 research and write a document on Montana's "Hunting Heritage." 

 When the department took a new direction in the EIS process in 1994, a 

 consultant was hired to direct a special planning and evaluation process. 

 At the end of 1995, two new consultants were hired to develop a process 

 to help the department finish the EIS project. These consultants 

 continued with the project until the first draft was completed at the end 

 of 1996. Finally, two additional consultants were hired to finalize the 



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