Montana House committee hears proposed changes to wolf hunting
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday revoking the security clearance of 51 former intelligence officials ...
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Fee increase proposed for nonresident hunters, funds would benefit block management
Montana lawmakers heard a proposal to increase hunting fees for out-of-state hunters to help fund block management programs.
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Hunting and fishing the Flathead Reservation is a privilege, not a right | Opinion
Opinion: Montana House Bill 216 would undermine tribal sovereignty and risk the upland bird and waterfowl hunting and fishing ...
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Wildlife advocates sue state over removal of bear hunting limits in northwest Montana
A group of nine Montanans sued the state Fish and Wildlife Commission on Friday, alleging that the regulation-setting body ...
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Legislative committee hears bills easing restrictions on wolf hunting
In front of a packed house, the Montana House’s Fish, Wildlife and Parks Committee convened for well over four hours on ...
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Lawmakers consider expanded wolf hunting to cut population in half
The House Fish, Wildlife and Parks committee spent nearly five hours on Tuesday evening considering a trio of bills related to Montana’s population of roughly 1,100 resident wolves — far too many ...
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Fish and Wildlife Commission sued over open-meeting law, black bear quotas
Wildlife and conservation groups say commissioners didn’t properly notice the proposal, denying an opportunity for public ...
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'Declaration of war'?: Two Montana lawmakers consider expanded wolf hunting to halve population
A trio of bills would increase take of animals by eliminating hunting quotas, allowing year-round hunting, and reclassify wolves as ‘furbearers’.
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Two bills seeking to roughly halve Montana’s wolf population pass out of committee
Many commenters on HB 222 Tuesday also offered testimony on House Bill 176, a proposal by Shannon Maness, a Republican ...
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Wolf numbers could be halved under bills introduced in the Legislature
It’s the first package of wolf bills heard by the 69th Legislature and resumes the long running debate over how many wolves ...
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Montana House committee hears proposed wolf hunting bills
Committee members next considered House Bill 176, which looks to put rules in place for when Montana has 450 or more wolves. Once the population is at that level, the bill would require unlimited ...
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Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission sued over open-meeting law, black bear quotas
Wildlife and conservation groups say commissioners didn’t properly notice the proposal, denying an opportunity for public comment.