Also telling was the fact that none of the officers listed credentials in the fields of biology, wildlife management or veterinary practice. Even Dr. Edward Tavss, the person cited in Piszar's letter regarding his report on a non-lethal approach to bear management, has no apparent degree in wildlife management; he is referenced in the Rutgers University faculty directory as a part-time lecturer of chemistry and chemical biology.

Finally, a few of the B.E.A.R. Group officers are recognized for having been arrested for interfering with the state Division of Fish and Wildlife's oversight of wildlife management, including Piszar. This is the very agency that Piszar decries as not doing an adequate job.

Could the alleged disruptive activities by those affiliated with the B.E.A.R. Group be a cause of the ineffectiveness about which she complains?

ANTHONY P. MAURO SR.
Chair, N.J. Outdoor Alliance
Colts Neck

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