After consulting with representatives from both agencies today, the recommendation by them was to set up the reward as follows:

Those wishing to contribute send me an email with a pledge for the amount you wish to contribute.

Example….I am pledging $_____ for the Ovando Mountain Grizzly Reward Fund.  Include your name and contact information.

I will keep these pledges until there is a conviction in this case.  I will then ask you to write me a check in that amount.  I’ll deposite the checks in my account and then have the bank draft a cashiers check for the total sum which I will send to Mr Brian Shinn  in Helena who manages these rewards for the agencies.  The agencies will then disburse the money to the person that provided the tip leading to the conviction.

In 2 weeks, I will send Brian an estimate of the amount of reward money I’ve received to that date.  He will issue a press release stating the amount of reward offered by us (concerned private citizens) and the reward offered by the US FWS and MFWP.

This is the way they’ve handled rewards in the past and it has proven to be successful.  It was also recommended by a friend who was involved in very large rewards (up to $80,000) for illegal killing of Mexican Wolves.

Additionally:

All donations will be confidential…I’m the only person who will see them.

There is no donation too small

My email is “Hadley911@aol.com”

Brian Shinn’s email is..”BShinn@Mt.Gov

Brian’s phone # is 406-227-7490

I hope all this makes sense.  It’s obviously my first attempt at something like this, but I’m determined to do whatever it takes to catch the person responsible for this killing.