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MT HB258

Bill

Status

Failed

5/22/2025

Primary Sponsor

Paul Fielder

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires the Fish and Wildlife Commission to set wolf harvest quotas of 2 wolves with a bag limit of 1 wolf per hunter within 15 miles of Yellowstone National Park borders

  • Requires identical quotas of 2 wolves with a 1-wolf bag limit within 15 miles of Glacier National Park borders, with illegally harvested wolves counting against both quotas

  • Extends the wolf hunting season to end concurrently with the spring bear hunting season, rather than the previous end date

  • Prohibits the Commission from closing areas adjacent to national parks to wolf hunting or trapping unless harvest quotas for that area have been met

  • Amends Section 87-1-304, MCA, governing seasons, bag limits, and possession limits for game animals

Legislative Description

Requiring the extension of wolf hunting season

Fish and Wildlife

Last Action

(H) Died in Process

5/22/2025

Committee Referrals

Fish and Game3/3/2025
Fish, Wildlife, and Parks1/20/2025

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