Madre's Elle Plan 231. Yellowstone May 30, 1931 Montana Fish & Game Commission to use the permit system; i.e. sell so many elle permits per season at $10.00 per permit. Have these allocated a certain number per district; check the hunters in a part of these districts and allow as much time as is wanted (even to Christmas if necessary) to the hunting season. Regulate the hunting by sex, so that the old bulls will be eliminated, the young bulls never taken, and the most productive ratio of cow & bulls maintained. The proceeds from the permits could be divided Madre thistles that with suitable winter range, about 2000 to 2500 elle could be removed from the [illegible] northern herd each year. At 2000 this would mean $20,000 from permits each season. This should be divided equally between the Parle Service & the state of Montana. The Parle Service would match its $10,000 by private funds & use it to purchase winter range. The winter range could be administered by the Forest Service for hunting. Montana would make money; sportmen would,