Matt Robus Quotations

If we have birds bringing this in from Asia sit down on a water body, other species of birds that don't interact directly with Asia may also use that water body and pick up a virus.

Meanwhile, our attorney is still analyzing what the judge had to say. Based on what we hear from him we will decide if there are technical things can be addressed or whether it is bigger than that.

We have the type of information the board has requested, but need more time to get it in the right format.

We have to have very good information to sustain these projects. In order to get a program in effect and sustain it and defend it, we need to know what the predator-prey relationship is and what it's doing. We need to know how the control program is affecting bears and wolves. We need to know what happens after the program ends.

This delay does not reflect any change in the department's commitment to active management in general or predator control in particular. This delay will not cause an interruption of any kind in the state's ongoing predator control programs.

If people avoid groups of sick and dead birds and only deal with healthy-appearing live ones there ought to be no exposure or very minimal risk.

It's a big change. It's assumed this will provide some motivation for people to go out and take more bears.