CSV.2.7.050 Number of Bear Available for Harvest

(a) Unless a tribal bear quota system is triggered by the provisions of Section CSV.2.7.050(b) of this section, there shall be no limit on the number of bear available for harvest under this ordinance.

(b) The Commission's Biological Services Director, or his or her designate, is hereby delegated the authority to implement the provisions of Section XI.B of the Stipulation for Technical, Management and other Updates: Second Amendment of Stipulations Incorporated Into Final Judgment [hereafter referred to in this section as "Stipulation"] entered into between the tribal and state parties in Lac Courte Oreilles Band, et al. v. State of Wisconsin, et al., Case No. 74-C-313 (United States District Court, Western District of Wisconsin) regarding the implementation of a quota management system for bear.

(c) When a tribal bear quota is required in a particular tribal bear management zone, the number of bear (tribal quota) which shall be available for harvest in each bear management zone pursuant to this ordinance for each twelve month period commencing July 1 and ending June 30 shall be limited to the number established pursuant to the Chippewa Intertribal Agreement Governing Resource Management and Regulation of Off-Reservation Treaty Rights in the Ceded Territory.

(d) When a tribal bear quota is required, no member shall hunt bear in any bear management zone which has been closed to further bear hunting pursuant to Section CSV.2.7.270.