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MT Code § 87-5-713 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 5. Wildlife Protection|Part 7. Importation, Introduction, and Transplantation of Wildlife|87-5-713. Control of wildlife species permitted to be transplanted or introduced

  87-5-713. Control of wildlife species permitted to be transplanted or introduced. Any wildlife species listed in 87-5-714 or approved by the commission for introduction or transplantation may be introduced or transplanted only subject to a plan developed by the department to assure that the population can be controlled if any unforeseen harm should occur.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 624, L. 1985.
MT Code § 87-5-714 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 5. Wildlife Protection|Part 7. Importation, Introduction, and Transplantation of Wildlife|87-5-714. Wildlife species authorized for introduction or transplantation

  87-5-714. Wildlife species authorized for introduction or transplantation. (1) The following wildlife species may be introduced or transplanted by the department based upon scientific investigation and upon approval of the commission:   (a) gray (Hungarian) partridge (Perdix perdix);   (b) chukar partridge (Alectoris chukar);   (c) ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus);   (d) turkey (Meleagris gallopavo);   (e) rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri);   (f) golden trout (Salmo aquabonita);   (g) brown trout (Salmo trutta);   (h) brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis);   (i) lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush);   (j) northern pike (Esox lucius);   (k) black bullhead (Ictalurus melas);   (l) yellow bullhead (Ictalurus natalis);   (m) largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides);   (n) smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieui);   (o) pumpkinseed sunfish (Lepomis gibbosus);   (p) bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus);   (q) green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus);   (r) rock bass (Ambloplites rupestris);   (s) black crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus);   (t) white crappie (Pomoxis annularis);   (u) yellow perch (Perca flavescens);   (v) walleye (Sander vitreus);   (w) cisco (tulibee) (Coregonus artedii);   (x) spottail shiner (Notropis hudsonius);   (y) kokanee salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka);   (z) chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha);   (aa) lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis);   (bb) golden shiner (Notemigonus crysoleucas).   (2) The commission may by rule and subject to the provisions of 87-5-711 authorize the department to transplant or introduce species of wildlife not listed in subsection (1).   History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 624, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 45, Ch. 19, L. 2011.
MT Code § 87-5-715 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 5. Wildlife Protection|Part 7. Importation, Introduction, and Transplantation of Wildlife|87-5-715. Extermination or control of transplanted or introduced wildlife or feral species posing threat

  87-5-715. Extermination or control of transplanted or introduced wildlife or feral species posing threat. Any wildlife or feral species transplanted or introduced in the state may be exterminated or controlled by the department if the commission determines that the species poses harm to native wildlife or plants or to agricultural production.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 624, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 376, L. 1989.
MT Code § 87-5-716 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 5. Wildlife Protection|Part 7. Importation, Introduction, and Transplantation of Wildlife|87-5-716. Consultation with departments of agriculture, public health and human services, and livestock

  87-5-716. Consultation with departments of agriculture, public health and human services, and livestock. The commission and the department shall consult with the departments of agriculture, public health and human services, and livestock in all matters relating to the control of wildlife species and exotic wildlife that may have a harmful effect on agricultural production or livestock operations in the state or that may pose a risk to human health or safety.   History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 624, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 536, L. 2003.
MT Code § 87-5-717 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 5. Wildlife Protection|Part 7. Importation, Introduction, and Transplantation of Wildlife|87-5-717. through 87-5-720 reserved

  87-5-717 through 87-5-720 reserved.
MT Code § 87-5-722 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 5. Wildlife Protection|Part 7. Importation, Introduction, and Transplantation of Wildlife|87-5-722. through 87-5-724 reserved

  87-5-722 through 87-5-724 reserved.
MT Code § 87-5-725 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 5. Wildlife Protection|Part 7. Importation, Introduction, and Transplantation of Wildlife|87-5-725. Notification of transplantation or introduction of wildlife

  87-5-725. Notification of transplantation or introduction of wildlife. (1) When the decision to introduce or transplant a wolf, bear, or mountain lion is made pursuant to this part, the department shall:   (a) provide public notice on its website and, when practical, by personal contact in the general area where the animal is released; and   (b) notify the public through print and broadcast media of the availability of release information on the department's website.   (2) Prior permission from the landowner is required before any animal may be transplanted onto private property.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 119, L. 2009.
MT Code § 87-5-801 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 5. Wildlife Protection|Part 8. Montana Wildlife Habitat Improvement Act|87-5-801. Short title

  87-5-801. (Temporary) Short title. This part may be cited as the "Montana Wildlife Habitat Improvement Act". (Terminates June 30, 2023--sec. 11, Ch. 342, L. 2017.)   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 342, L. 2017.
MT Code § 87-5-802 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 5. Wildlife Protection|Part 8. Montana Wildlife Habitat Improvement Act|87-5-802. Definitions

  87-5-802. (Temporary) Definitions. As used in this part, unless the context indicates otherwise, the following definitions apply:   (1) "Council" means the wildlife habitat improvement advisory council established in 87-5-803.   (2) "Department" means the department of fish, wildlife, and parks established in 2-15-3401.   (3) "Native plant" means a plant indigenous to the state of Montana.   (4) "Noxious weed" means a weed defined in 7-22-2101.   (5) "Noxious weed management" means an integrated weed management program for the containment, suppression, and, where possible, eradication of noxious weeds. The term includes a long-term management approach toward noxious weeds that includes but is not limited to hand-pulling, cultivation, herbicide application, mechanical or biological control, prescribed grazing or burning, prevention, and revegetation. (Terminates June 30, 2023--sec. 11, Ch. 342, L. 2017.)   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 342, L. 2017.
MT Code § 87-5-803 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 5. Wildlife Protection|Part 8. Montana Wildlife Habitat Improvement Act|87-5-803. Wildlife habitat improvement advisory council -- members

  87-5-803. (Temporary) Wildlife habitat improvement advisory council -- members. (1) There is a wildlife habitat improvement advisory council appointed by the director that ranks projects pursuant to 87-5-804 and advises the department on the administration of this part. The council consists of the following voting members:   (a) the director of the department or a representative of the department;   (b) a representative of a hunting organization in Montana;   (c) a representative of a multiple-use recreation organization in Montana;   (d) a representative of the timber industry in Montana;   (e) a livestock producer or a representative of a livestock producer organization in Montana;   (f) a farmer or a representative of a farming organization in Montana;   (g) a commercial applicator as defined in 80-8-102;   (h) a representative of biological research and control interests;   (i) a representative of the Montana weed control association; and   (j) two county representatives, one each from the western and eastern parts of the state, who may include a county commissioner, district weed board member, or weed district supervisor.   (2) Nonvoting members of the council include:   (a) the state weed coordinator; and   (b) one representative each from:   (i) the United States bureau of land management;   (ii) the United States forest service;   (iii) the United States bureau of reclamation;   (iv) the United States fish and wildlife service;   (v) the Montana department of natural resources and conservation; and   (vi) an Indian tribe as defined in 2-15-141. (Terminates June 30, 2023--sec. 11, Ch. 342, L. 2017.)   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 342, L. 2017.
MT Code § 87-5-804 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 5. Wildlife Protection|Part 8. Montana Wildlife Habitat Improvement Act|87-5-804. Wildlife habitat improvement projects -- requirements -- ranking

  87-5-804. (Temporary) Wildlife habitat improvement projects -- requirements -- ranking. (1) Project proposals must:   (a) address how projects would restore, rehabilitate, improve, or manage land as wildlife habitat through noxious weed management;   (b) include a plan to remove noxious weeds or prevent them from propagating or taking hold in the project area;   (c) include a commitment to match at least 25% of a grant in cash, goods, or services; and   (d) include measurable objectives and a monitoring plan to allow the department to analyze how noxious weed management is restoring, rehabilitating, improving, or managing land as wildlife habitat.   (2) The council shall rank wildlife habitat improvement project proposals according to rules adopted by the department pursuant to 87-5-808 and make funding recommendations to the department.   (3) In ranking the proposals, the council shall give preference to projects in wildlife habitat that include:   (a) access for public hunting;   (b) multiple partners and landowners; and   (c) a commitment to match at least 25% of the final grant in cash.   (4) Additional preference must be given to a project that proposes to:   (a) address the primary spread of noxious weeds to adjacent areas of wildlife habitat with native plants;   (b) include a significant portion of ecologically important wildlife habitat that is in need of restoration;   (c) include a significant portion of a watershed; or   (d) maintain native plants after project completion. (Terminates June 30, 2023--sec. 11, Ch. 342, L. 2017.)   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 342, L. 2017.
MT Code § 87-5-805 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 5. Wildlife Protection|Part 8. Montana Wildlife Habitat Improvement Act|87-5-805. Account -- deposits

  87-5-805. (Temporary) Account -- deposits. (1) There is a wildlife habitat improvement account in the federal special revenue fund established in 17-2-102. Up to $2 million annually in federal special revenue funds for wildlife purposes as appropriated by the legislature may be deposited in the account.   (2) The department may accept gifts, grants, contracts, or other funds designated for the purposes of this part. Money received by the state in the form of gifts, grants, reimbursements, or allocations from any source intended to be used for the purposes of this part must be deposited as appropriate in the federal special revenue fund or in the state special revenue fund established in 17-2-102. (Terminates June 30, 2023--sec. 11, Ch. 342, L. 2017.)   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 342, L. 2017.
MT Code § 87-5-806 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 5. Wildlife Protection|Part 8. Montana Wildlife Habitat Improvement Act|87-5-806. Administration and expenditure of funds -- cooperation with other entities

  87-5-806. (Temporary) Administration and expenditure of funds -- cooperation with other entities. (1) (a) The department may expend funds deposited pursuant to 87-5-805 through grants or contracts to communities, noxious weed management districts, conservation districts, nonprofit organizations exempt from taxation under 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3), or other entities that it considers appropriate for wildlife habitat improvement projects.   (b) The department shall consider project recommendations from the council.   (c) The department may cooperate in and coordinate the planning and disbursement of these funds with federal, state, and local agencies responsible for the management of noxious weeds.   (2) A project is eligible to receive funds only if the county in which the project occurs has funded its own weed management program using one of the following methods, whichever is less:   (a) levying an amount of not less than 1.6 mills or an equivalent amount from another source; or   (b) appropriating an amount of not less than $100,000 from any source.   (3) The department may expend money deposited pursuant to 87-5-805 to:   (a) restore, rehabilitate, improve, or manage areas of land as wildlife habitat by controlling noxious weeds;   (b) acquire goods and services that will help control noxious weeds in order to restore, rehabilitate, improve, or manage land as wildlife habitat;   (c) fund cost-share noxious weed management programs with local noxious weed management districts; or   (d) provide special grants to local noxious weed management districts to eradicate or contain significant noxious weeds newly introduced into the county that affect wildlife habitat.   (4) Expenditures allowed pursuant to subsection (3) are limited to:   (a) biological or mechanical control of noxious weeds;   (b) purchases and application of approved herbicides;   (c) seed purchases and application of seed; and   (d) grazing costs as a component of an overall integrated noxious weed management plan.   (5) The department may expend the funds deposited pursuant to 87-5-805 to pay costs incurred by the department for administering this part and providing support to the council, including but not limited to personal services costs, operating costs, and other administrative costs. After fiscal year 2019, administrative costs may not exceed 15% of the total amount expended pursuant to subsection (3). (Terminates June 30, 2023--sec. 11, Ch. 342, L. 2017.)   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 342, L. 2017.
MT Code § 87-5-807 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 5. Wildlife Protection|Part 8. Montana Wildlife Habitat Improvement Act|87-5-807. Reporting -- evaluations

  87-5-807. (Temporary) Reporting -- evaluations. (1) A project sponsor shall:   (a) monitor and document the timelines, progress, and results of the project;   (b) evaluate the overall effectiveness of the project; and   (c) provide project and fiscal reports as required by contract.   (2) The department shall:   (a) conduct field evaluations of projects;   (b) require a project sponsor to initiate corrective action if an evaluation finds inadequacies in the project's progress or fiscal reporting; and   (c) on or before September 1 of each year preceding the convening of a regular session of the legislature, provide a report to the environmental quality council in accordance with 5-11-210. The report must include:   (i) an overview of the program;   (ii) a listing of projects funded during the reporting period;   (iii) an analysis of how projects funded are improving wildlife habitat; and   (iv) a summary of past and current funding. (Terminates June 30, 2023--sec. 11, Ch. 342, L. 2017.)   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 342, L. 2017.
MT Code § 87-5-808 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 5. Wildlife Protection|Part 8. Montana Wildlife Habitat Improvement Act|87-5-808. Rulemaking authority

  87-5-808. (Temporary) Rulemaking authority. The department shall adopt rules to implement this part, including a scoring system for ranking projects proposed to the council. (Terminates June 30, 2023--sec. 11, Ch. 342, L. 2017.)   History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 342, L. 2017.
MT Code § 87-5-901 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 5. Wildlife Protection|Part 9. Montana Greater Sage-Grouse Stewardship Act|87-5-901. Short title

  87-5-901. Short title. This part may be cited as the "Montana Greater Sage-Grouse Stewardship Act".  History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 445, L. 2015; Sec. 76-22-101, MCA 2019; redes. 87-5-901 by Sec. 3, Ch. 326, L. 2021.
MT Code § 87-5-902 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 5. Wildlife Protection|Part 9. Montana Greater Sage-Grouse Stewardship Act|87-5-902. Legislative findings and purpose

  87-5-902. Legislative findings and purpose. (1) The legislature finds that it is in the best interests of Montana's economy, the economic stability of school trust lands, and sage grouse conservation and management to enact the Montana Greater Sage-Grouse Stewardship Act.  (2) The purpose of this act is to provide competitive grant funding and establish ongoing free-market mechanisms for voluntary, incentive-based conservation measures that emphasize maintaining, enhancing, restoring, expanding, and benefiting sage grouse habitat and populations on private lands, and public lands as needed, that lie within core areas, general habitat, or connectivity areas.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 445, L. 2015; Sec. 76-22-102, MCA 2019; redes. 87-5-902 by Sec. 3, Ch. 326, L. 2021.
MT Code § 87-5-903 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 5. Wildlife Protection|Part 9. Montana Greater Sage-Grouse Stewardship Act|87-5-903. Definitions

  87-5-903. Definitions. As used in this part, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following definitions apply:  (1) "Connectivity area" means an area that provides an important linkage among populations of sage grouse, particularly between core areas or priority populations in adjacent states and across international borders.   (2) "Conservation bank" means a site or group of sites established through an agreement with the United States fish and wildlife service to provide ecological functions and services expressed as credits that are conserved and managed for sage grouse habitat and populations and used to offset debits occurring elsewhere.   (3) "Core area" means an area that has the highest conservation value for sage grouse and has the greatest number of displaying male sage grouse and associated sage grouse habitat.   (4) "Credit" means a defined unit of trade representing the accrual or attainment of resource functions or value at a proposed project site.   (5) "Debit" means a defined unit of trade representing the loss of resource functions or value at an impact or project site. The unit of measure is the same as that for a credit within a specific mitigation system.   (6) "Department" means the department of natural resources and conservation.   (7) "General habitat" means an area providing habitat for sage grouse but not identified as a core area or connectivity area.   (8) "Habitat exchange" means a market-based system that facilitates the exchange of credits and debits between interested parties.   (9) "Habitat quantification tool" means the scientific method used to evaluate vegetation and environmental conditions related to the quality and quantity of sage grouse habitat and to quantify and calculate the value of credits and debits.   (10) "Oversight team" means the Montana sage grouse oversight team established in 2-15-243.   (11) "Project developer" means an entity proposing an action that will result in a debit.   (12) "Sage grouse" means the greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus).   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 445, L. 2015; Sec. 76-22-103, MCA 2019; redes. 87-5-903 by Sec. 3, Ch. 326, L. 2021.
MT Code § 87-5-904 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 5. Wildlife Protection|Part 9. Montana Greater Sage-Grouse Stewardship Act|87-5-904. Montana sage grouse oversight team -- rulemaking

  87-5-904. Montana sage grouse oversight team -- rulemaking. The oversight team shall adopt rules to administer the provisions of this part, including:  (1) eligibility and evaluation criteria for grants distributed pursuant to 87-5-910 for projects that maintain, enhance, restore, expand, or benefit sage grouse habitat and populations, including but not limited to requirements for matching funds and in-kind contributions and consideration of the socioeconomic impacts of a proposed project on the local community. The evaluation criteria must give greater priority to proposed projects that:   (a) involve partnerships between public and private entities;   (b) provide matching funds;   (c) use the habitat quantification tool adopted pursuant to subsection (2); and   (d) maximize the amount of credits generated per dollars of funds awarded.   (2) the designation of a habitat quantification tool in consideration of applicable United States fish and wildlife service sage grouse policies, state law, and any rules adopted pursuant to this part;   (3) subject to the provisions of 87-5-905(2), a method to track and maintain the number of credits attributable to projects funded pursuant to this part that are available to a project developer to purchase for compensatory mitigation to offset debits under 87-5-911;   (4) methods of compensatory mitigation available under 87-5-911;   (5) review and monitoring of projects funded pursuant to this part;   (6) criteria for the acceptance or rejection of grants, gifts, transfers, bequests, and donations, including interests in real or personal property; and   (7) guidance on management options for any real property conveyed to the state under this part, including its sale or lease.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 445, L. 2015; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 311, L. 2017; Sec. 76-22-104, MCA 2019; redes. 87-5-904 by Sec. 3, Ch. 326, L. 2021.
MT Code § 87-5-906 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 87. Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 5. Wildlife Protection|Part 9. Montana Greater Sage-Grouse Stewardship Act|87-5-906. through 87-5-908 reserved

  87-5-906 through 87-5-908 reserved.