Montana Aims to Align Wolf Management with State Law

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks will host three public hearings in July to gather comment on a rule proposal that would allow state wildlife officials to designate the delisted gray wolf as a species in need of management.

Montana Wolf Hunting Season

The season is set. Wolves need managed. When wolves roamed the Montana wilds prior to the Lewis & Clark Expedition, there were no houses in the valleys. There were no cattle. Elk and the rest of the Montana wildlife lived in the valleys. This wildlife was only driven to the mountains due to civilization. If we wipe out the homes and ranches, we can recreate the world where the wolf had a purpose. Short of that unrealistic scenario, the wolf needs to be managed.

Radical Animal Rights Groups are Doing More Harm than Good

The great state of Montana has every intention of maintaining viable wolf populations. Montana has vast wild country. Wolves have a place in Montana. Montana has the discretion to determine their place now that the Federal Government has delisted wolves from the endangered species list, though. The ultra-liberal 9th District Court in San Francisco should not have ANY say over Montana. Montana needs a Federal Court that is reflective of Montana values!!! Yet Montana is faced with lawsuits trying to stop the proposed wolf hunting season, even though the majority of Montanans are willing to accept the wolf, if managed properly. It leaves a person to wonder, does P.E.T.A. and the Defenders of Wildlife really care about the wolf or their own donations?

Sportsmen are the Greatest Conservationists in U.S. History

Starting with Teddy Roosevelt, who is responsible for the National Park System, to the modern day lovers of wildlife, America has been blessed with people who live to conserve wildlife and natural places. A clue people, the true animal lovers aren’t the radical purveyors of billboards, sick advertisements and donations to their so called non-profit money magnets.
The real defenders of wildlife are the hunters, outdoorsmen and fisherman who live to spend a day in nature as nature was intended. Isn’t it ironic that a Federal Court in California that seems to tolerate and even embrace most any behavior should criticize Montana and have jurisdiction over the affairs of Montana? Stand for Montana: Stand for the Real Animal Lovers!

Make your voice heard.
The rules hearings are set for 6 p.m. at the following FWP locations:

# Bozeman— July 16—1400 South 19 th Ave.
# Missoula— July 17—3201 Spurgin Rd.
# Helena— July 18—1420 East Sixth Ave.
For more information visit FWP online. Click Recent Public Notices. Comments, which must be received by July 25, can be sent to Wildlife Division, Wolf ARM Public Comment, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, P.O. Box 200701, Helena, MT 59620-0701, or via e-mail to fwpwld@mt.gov. For information call 406-444-3242.