Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, none of the Hook Lake Bison are being moved south. The bison that were originally at Fort Smith and then at Fort Resolution, some of those animals did end up going south through a business deal. More recently, those are animals that came from Elk Island Park.

The Hook Lake bison Recovery Project is one where the community of Fort Resolution are taking calves from a herd that was declining, testing them and eventually releasing the healthy calves back into the Hook Lake as a wild herd. This is a multi-year project and the department has been involved for a number of years. The program seems successful. Thank you.