CHAPTER 2: AFFKCTED I-NVtRONMENT 



nonresident hunting licenses and special permits. Only 1 .5% of resident elk hunters utilize the services of 

 an outfitter (King and Brooks 2001). Table 1 1 details the number of clients served (residents and non- 

 residents) by outfitters for all species of big game hunting between 1995 and 2001 . Outfitted big game 

 hunting in Montana was relatively stable during that time. 



Table 9. Summary of Northern Yellowstone Elk Herd population and late season harvest data, 1968- 

 2002. Source: 2002 Gardiner Late Elk Hunt Annual Report, Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks 



(Table 9). 



Long term trends vary by statistic due to differing availability of long term data. 



Table 10. Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Region 3 elk hunting information, 1990-2001. No data are 

 available for 1991, 1997 and 1998. 



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