(9/23/98)

At least two Utah groups say they're investigating the state's Wildlife Board.

The board today announced it supports proposition 5, which would increase number of votes needed from 50 percent to two-thirds, whenever wildlife initiatives are on the ballot in the future.

But the board's endorsement came without a public discussion about it.

Anti-proposition 5 groups say the board violated the state's open meeting law.

Kirk Robinson/Predator Education Fund: "Whether they realize it or not, what they had was legally regarded as a meeting to come to this stage of a press conference, to unanimously support proposition 5."