FWP employee fired three months after being cleared of hunting-without-permission charge
Longtime Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks employee Michael Volesky, of Helena, is alleging that the department’s recent decision to fire him is politically motivated.
Volesky, who most recently served as chief of operations for FWP, told Montana Free Press the department had no defensible cause for terminating his employment last week, especially after a county attorney dropped the hunting-without-permission charge that purportedly led the department to place Volesky on extended administrative leave in October.
The agency fired Volesky last Monday, June 10, three months after Lewis and Clark County Deputy Attorney Deanna Rothwell dropped the charge that had spurred the agency’s review into Volesky’s employment.
In a brief statement to MTFP, FWP spokesperson Greg Lemon said the termination was the result of a “thorough investigation by an outside, independent investigator.” Lemon declined to provide additional information.
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