Fish and Wildlife Commission adopts new administrative rules on grizzly, wolf management
The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission adopted new administrative rules last Thursday regarding grizzly bear and wolf management that have drawn criticism from environmental and conservation groups throughout the rulemaking process.
The adoption of the rules for both species marks key steps as the state updates its wolf management plan for the first time in two decades and prepares to manage grizzly bears in the event the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decides to delist them in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem – a decision currently under review.
But the proposed rules have faced controversy and criticism from nearly the beginning in both their substance and process, particularly from people and groups who say the state’s efforts to allow more hunting and trapping of the animals goes against the state’s goal of conserving wildlife.
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