‘Firestorm’ of public comment leads FWP to rethink elk management proposals
Yellowstone Elk
Montana Free Press
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has backpedaled on a controversial elk management strategy after a public response that FWP Director Henry “Hank” Worsech described as a “firestorm.”
Even after the department backed away from the most contentious proposal it had planned to present to the Fish and Wildlife Commission, public commenters continued to raise concerns at a recent commission meeting in Helena about a process they said has been rushed and favors large landowners and brings the state closer to privatizing wildlife...
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