Montana § 87-5-131 Process For Delisting Of Gray Wolf -- Management Following Delisting

Montana Statutes

§ 87-5-131 — Process For Delisting Of Gray Wolf -- Management Following Delisting

Montana § 87-5-131

Title 87FISH AND WILDLIFE

Ch. 5WILDLIFE PROTECTION

Part 1Nongame and Endangered Species

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Mont. Code Ann. § 87-5-131 (2026).

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87-5-131 . Process for delisting of gray wolf -- management following delisting.

(1)If the United States fish and wildlife service removes the Northern Rocky Mountain or gray wolf from the United States' list of endangered or threatened wildlife, the department is authorized to remove the wolf from the state list of endangered species on a determination by the department pursuant to this part that the wolf is no longer endangered.

(2)Following state delisting of the wolf, the department shall manage the wolf as a species in need of management.

(3)(a) Following state delisting of the wolf, the department, or the department of livestock, pursuant to 81-7-102 and 81-7-103 , may control wolves for the protection and safeguarding of livestock if the control action is consistent with a wolf m

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87-5-131 . Process for delisting of gray wolf -- management following delisting. (1) If the United States fish and wildlife service removes the Northern Rocky Mountain or gray wolf from the United States' list of endangered or threatened wildlife, the department is authorized to remove the wolf from the state list of endangered species on a determination by the department pursuant to this part that the wolf is no longer endangered.
(2) Following state delisting of the wolf, the department shall manage the wolf as a species in need of management.
(3) (a) Following state delisting of the wolf, the department, or the department of livestock, pursuant to 81-7-102 and 81-7-103 , may control wolves for the protection and safeguarding of livestock if the control action is consistent with a wolf management plan approved by both the department and the department of livestock.
(b) Any wolf management plan approved by the department and the department of livestock must allow the issuance of special kill permits, also known as shoot-on-sight written take authorizations, by the department to landowners or public land permittees who have experienced livestock depredation.