Montana § 87-5-711 Control Of Importation For Introduction And Transplantation Or Introduction Of Wildlife

Montana Statutes

§ 87-5-711 — Control Of Importation For Introduction And Transplantation Or Introduction Of Wildlife

Montana·Title 87 FISH AND WILDLIFE·Ch. 5 WILDLIFE PROTECTION·Part 7 Importation, Introduction, and Transplantation of Wildlife

87-5-711 . Control of importation for introduction and transplantation or introduction of wildlife.

(1)Except as otherwise provided, the importation for introduction or the transplantation or introduction of any wildlife is prohibited unless the commission determines, based upon scientific investigation and after public hearing, that a species of wildlife poses no threat of harm to native wildlife and plants or to agricultural production and that the transplantation or introduction of a species has significant public benefits.

(2)With regard to the transplantation or introduction of a fish species not previously legally transplanted to a specific water body within the state or not previously legally introduced to the state, the requirement for scientific investigation in subsection (1) m

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87-5-711 . Control of importation for introduction and transplantation or introduction of wildlife. (1) Except as otherwise provided, the importation for introduction or the transplantation or introduction of any wildlife is prohibited unless the commission determines, based upon scientific investigation and after public hearing, that a species of wildlife poses no threat of harm to native wildlife and plants or to agricultural production and that the transplantation or introduction of a species has significant public benefits.
(2) With regard to the transplantation or introduction of a fish species not previously legally transplanted to a specific water body within the state or not previously legally introduced to the state, the requirement for scientific investigation in subsection (1) may be satisfied only by completion of an environmental review conforming to the provisions of Title 75, chapter 1, part 2.

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