FWP Offers More Time To Comment On Wolf Season Proposal

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Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks has extended the public comment period on its proposal to establish a wolf hunting season contingent upon federal delisting to Feb. 13.

FWP proposed in December to create a wolf season if the northern Rocky Mountain’s gray wolves in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming--and parts of Washington, Utah and Oregon--are delisted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

The USFWS said last year that the wolf population exceeds recovery goals and that all the potential threats to it have been resolved. The USFWS says it will seek to delist the wolf in 2008.

While FWP is providing an additional 12 days to submit written comments on the wolf proposal, officials urged those interested in commenting to get their comments in as early as possible.

Details on the tentative wolf-season proposal are available on the FWP website at fwp.mt.gov.   Click "Montana Wolf Season."   Send comments by Feb. 13 by mail to: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, Wildlife Division, Attn: Public Comment, PO Box 200701, Helena MT 59620-0701.