I am curious, what was the reasoning for the separation and the requirement of the tag. Last I looked into the black bears stock status there was an indication of a 40% decline in the most productive areas. From a management perspective a 40% decline is not a good indication of the bears status and will require more restrictive measures being implemented. Choices for the measure should have been proposed but seeing how the choice was already made, it would be extremely difficult to change it now.