VOLUME 15, NUMBER 24_THE SHOOTING MONTH__JANUARY 30, 1987
Proposed 1987 hunting and fishing regulations to be discussed
PABLO -- A few changes in the Tribes' hunting and fishing law are scheduled to take place on March 1, following a series of three public meetings early in February.
March 1 is when Ordinance 44D is scheduled to take over from the almost-15-year-old Ordinance 44B.
Most of the changes, as outlined in the proposed 1987 regulations, affect non-Tribal members. (The one exception concerns the hunting of
moose by Indians off the Flathead Reservation. Those provisions were covered in Amendment #17 of 44B, however, so while they may be new to 44D, they shouldn't be news to Tribal members.)
Two major new points concerning non-members include changing the violation of the ordinance from a criminal to a civil offense, and Tribal assumption of civil jurisdiction over non-members using the Reservation's fish, game and recreational resources.
The age requirements and prices have also changed. Under 1987's proposed regulations, non-members 12 years of age and older (up to 65) have to buy a use-and-conservation permit. The previous age was 18.
The price for an annual permit has been reduced from $10 to $5; however,
HUNTING REMINDERS
Tribal law prohibits the killing of female animals during the period of Feb. 1 to Sept. 1.
Anyone witnessing the violation of any Tribal law is urged to report the incident immediately to Tribal enforcement personnel: 675-4600, 24 hours a day.
separate fishing and waterfowl/ pheasant-hunting stamps must be purchased at $10 each before pursuit of those activities. Only the yearly $5 permits are available. Revenue raised from the sale of the permits will (Concludes on page two)
MVP utility board members selected
Five men have been chosen by the Tribal Council to serve on the Mission Valley Power utility board: Tribal members Thurman Trosper, Jack Glover, and Joel Clairmont; and non-Indians Paddy Trusler and Scott Walker.
The announcement was made Jan. 23.
The board members won't be going to work formally until sometime later this year, pending the outcome of a lawsuit that challenges the implementation of a Tribal-Interior Dept. management contract
Tribal Chairman Mickey Pablo said the five board members were chosen
now in spite of the lawsuit so they'd have adequate time in which to become familiar with the history and operation of the utility, which is part of the Flathead Indian Irrigation Project.
The Tribes' contracting of the FIIP power division, renamed "Mission Valley Power" by the Tribes, was due to go into effect last month. That implementation was delayed until at least June 1 after a Tribal-federal agreement was made in response to lawsuits filed by the Joint Board of Control. The JBC, which represents the interest of about 1,700 non-Indian irrigators, contends that the law (Concludes on the next page)
