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Bill with no sporting reps, three landowners on Commission one vote from passage
SB 306 was amended in a conference committee to now require three of seven Fish and Wildlife commissioners be landowners. There's nothing in the bill that any hunters/anglers be on the commission. We need to contact state Senators and House reps now and ask that the Commission includes balance... -
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SB 354 to limit public access up today on Senate floor
This bill would make it almost impossible for the public to prove historic prescriptive easements. It's up on the Senate floor today for Second reading, so we have two chances there to kill this bill. -
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Corrected FWP bill has problems for wildlife management
The section on herding wildlife was moved and is still in the bill, but we're still opposed to HB 637 for a host of reasons, including the pheasant stocking program at a cost of $1 million, the removal of the waiting period on black bears and the free hound handler licenses for non-resident... -
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Corrected FWP bill has problems for wildlife management
The section on herding wildlife was moved and is still in the bill, but we're still opposed to HB 637 for a host of reasons, including the pheasant stocking program at a cost of $1 million, the removal of the waiting period on black bears and the free hound handler licenses for non-resident... -
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SB 354 to limit public access up today on Senate floor
“It’s a blatant attempt to get rid of prescriptive easements that lead to public land,” said Nick Gevock with the Montana Wildlife Federation. “Anyone who votes for this bill and says they’re for public access is being disingenuous. This is an effort to keep people off their public lands and... -
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SB 354 to limit public access up today on Senate floor
https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/amended-bill-targets-prescriptive-easements-in-montana/article_4b232a03-2082-5bf9-9f5a-7002642ab1b9.html#tracking-source=home-trending -
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SB 354 to limit public access up today on Senate floor
Hope you've all seen this bill: SB 354, sponsored by Sen. Steve Hinebauch, R-Wibaux, was amended last week in an attempt to practically end prescriptive easements to reach public lands and cut off public access. This bill as amended by Rep. Barry Usher, R-Billings, would set a deadline of... -
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UPOM bill requiring crop damage payments in districts with limited permits
Here's the latest bill that claims to tie limited bull and buck permits with over objective ungulate populations. This would be devastating to the FWP budget. https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/LC1761.pdf -
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HB 505 - Elk Need Your Help
Here's a link to a letter a coalition of sporting groups sent to the House FWP committee today: https://montanawildlife.org/news/hb-505-and-improving-elk-management-to-address-populations-over-objective/ -
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The latest awful wildlife bill HB 637
Here's another bill that hunters need to pay attention to. It's tough to digest, but appears to be a dozen bills wrapped in one, including pheasant stocking: http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=637&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211 -
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MT elk management plan opinion piece.
Here's a different viewpoint: https://mtstandard.com/opinion/columnists/guest-view-legislators-need-to-listen-to-hunters-on-elk-management/article_5fa2c7f1-0d7b-57a8-a9b6-4e13f5557d6a.html -
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HB 505 - Elk Need Your Help
Montana Wildlife Federation HB 505, sponsored by House Speaker Wylie Galt, R-Martinsdale, would change elk hunting in Montana as we know it. The bill would create landowner-sponsored elk licenses for nonresident hunters, write 6 months of cow elk hunting permanently into state law, and do... -
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More Bad MT Elk Legislation LC2343
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Bill with no sporting reps, three landowners on Commission one vote from passage
Hunters, anglers, and public would be shut out under bill. Sporting interests who fund Montana FWP would get little representation. SB 306, sponsored by Mike Lang, R-Malta, would make four out of the new seven-member Fish and Wildlife Commission members landowners. MWF opposes this as it's a... -
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Good bill would make blocking access hunter harassment
This bill was heard Wednesday in Senate Judiciary, then tabled the next morning. It was our best chance this session to improve public access to public lands. -
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Good bill would make blocking access hunter harassment
https://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/bill-looks-to-increase-penalty-for-illegally-gating-a-public-road/article_3b523d73-d599-5740-8a62-561563166993.html?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_Missoulian&fbclid=IwAR1Ir19fN42As7D1yjLj76lqBn0mZ4l... -
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Bill with no sporting reps, three landowners on Commission one vote from passage
Landowner commission bill heading to full Senate. The Senate Fish and Game Committee on Thursday passed SB 306, which would require that four of the seven Fish and Wildlife Commissioners be landowners engaged in agricultural production. Already under state law, one of the current five... -
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Good bill would make blocking access hunter harassment
Finally, a bill hunters can get behind! SB 256, sponsored by Sen. Pat Flowers, D-Bozeman, would make gating public roads that lead to public land hunter harassment. SB 256 would tie gating public roads that lead to public land to Montana’s hunter harassment law. Sponsored by Sen. Pat Flowers... -
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Bill barring permits in MO Breaks and other districts pops up
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