not into micro-managing,” he said. Buckles said a challenge for the tribes is fighting for federal funding. B.J. Johnson said his first term on the board has been a learning experience. He’s a proponent of economic development. He noted investments such as the tribal farm, a casino and a processing plant. He said it’s important for board members to be serving every day. Rita Weeks

The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission voted Thursday, Oct. 9, to limit the number of white-tailed doe tags available for hunters in Region 6 in northeast Montana because of outbreaks of a hemorrhagic virus that is killing deer in pockets across the state but particularly so along the Milk River. Commission Chair Lesley Robinson, representing Region 6, said landowners in the area had already