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More commission amendments proposed for December agenda items

Dec 1, 2023 4:16 PM

Comments to be submitted via email by Dec. 7

HELENA – Additional proposed amendments for Dec. 14 Fish and Wildlife Commission meeting agenda items are available for public review and comment online.

Three amendments are proposed by Region 1 Commissioner Pat Tabor, commission vice chair.  One amendment is proposed by Region 2 Commissioner Jeff Burrows, and one amendment is sponsored by Region 3 Commissioner Susan Kirby Brooke at the request of FWP.

Previous amendments for the Dec. 14 meeting can be viewed on the meeting webpage.

The first amendment proposed by Tabor would increase either-sex season elk quotas for hunting district (HD) 700-20 (rifle) from 200 to 250 and HD 700-21 (archery) from 660 to 800. Click here to see amendment.

Tabor’s second amendment would reestablish the historic boundary for HD 417, switching the northwestern boundary back to its original location of the Stafford Ferry Road. Click here to see amendment.

Tabor’s third amendment would establish rules that limit the hunting and harvest of antlerless mule deer in Region 7 to “valid only on private land,” and that on all public lands and those lands enrolled in Block Management in Region 7 be closed to the taking of antlerless mule deer. Click here to see amendment.

Burrows’ amendment would allow a quota of one ram in HD 250 during the archery season and general season. Click here to see amendment.

Brooke’s amendment would remove the proposal to adjust the HD boundary between 339 and 421. It proposes to keep the current boundary as is. Click here to see amendment.

Comments on these amendments can be submitted by Dec. 7 via email to FWComm@mt.gov, or provided during the Dec. 14 commission meeting. To see all topics the commission will consider, click here.

The commission will meet at the capitol and virtually Dec. 14 at 8:30 a.m. A link to register to comment is posted on the commission meeting webpage. A more detailed agenda will be posted on the FWP website prior to the meeting.