PRAY, Mont. -- A diverse group of Montana citizens are making recommendations on how to better manage Yellowstone bison.

The Citizens' Working Group made their presentation to the Interagency Bison Management Partners, Wednesday.

Their recommendations aim to reduce the spread of disease while still maintaining a healthy population and allowing the bison space to roam.

Some with the Citizens' Working Group say their diversity is what makes them so effective.

"The way you solve a problem is get all the interests together, work with them, understand eachother and find those points you can agree upon and take them forward and, under that scenario, in the consensus process, that's very powerful," says Jim Hagenbarth, rancher and member of the Citizens' Working Group.

They focused on three topics, brucellosis risk reduction, bison population management and bison habitat, providing a number of recommendations for each, including vaccinating cattle and making hunting a larger part of management.

While some conservation groups recognized their efforts, they say there's still room for improvement.

"Again, there's not the buffalo's perspective being considered in any of this. It's all people's perspective and I think that it's time that we need to ask buffalo what they want and we need to take the time to listen," says the Buffalo Field Campaign's Stephany Seay.

Overall, representatives from the Citizens' Working Group say they got the management partners thinking.

"They know what the problems are but the got to take the initiative and get the push and that's why all interests together, working on this, all of our interests, put a lot of pressure on them," says Hagenbarth.

McCoy Oatman is filling in for a Nez Perce management partner. He says, he's listening.

"I think a lot of the recommendations have been pretty good, especially the hunting. That's one of the the management tools that I think the tribes wanted to see pushed more, instead of the ship and slaughter," says Oatman.

The discussion is not over yet. It continues Thursday at Chico Hot Springs. Partners will discuss a Winter Operations Plan for Yellowstone bison and provide updates on several lawsuits.

The meeting begins at 8am.