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2025 LEGISLATION ACTION INFORMATION
Sending in comments on specific bills to legislators this session has changed. You will be required to Sign Up for an account by going HERE.
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Click on the Public Participation link.
Sign In/Create an Account.
Create account by clicking on the Sign Up Now link - enter email and click Verify Email to get a code sent to your inbox. Enter code to verify and finish setting up your account.
Click on General message button to submit comments to legislators or a committee.
Most comments that will need to be submitted will go to either the House Fish Wildlife and Parks or Senate Fish and Wildlife.
In the Subject Line put HB95 and the bill title, enter your comments and submit.
You can also phone in your comments to the switchboard at 406.444.4800
​HEARING DATE: JANUARY 14, 2025 @ 3PM, RM 172
HB 71: An Act revising laws related to hunting of mountain lions and mountain sheep; Revising restrictions on special licenses; Allowing more than one mountain lion license to be issued to the same hunter in a license year; Eliminating reporting requirements that the Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks report on harvests and tissue sampling efforts from the Tendoy Mountain sheep herd; And amending Section 87-2-702, MCA. [NOTE: This is only for the Tendoy Mountain area in Region 3; It aims to cut predation down on the bighorn sheep herd in that area.]
MTSFW supports.
Vote YES
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HEARING DATE: JANUARY 14, 2025 @ 3PM, RM 172
HB 139: An act creating restrictions on the closure of mule deer buck hunting during the general rifle season in November; and amending Section 871-304, MCA.
MTSFW supports.
Vote YES
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HEARING DATE: JANUARY 14, 2025 @ 3PM, RM 172
HB 95: An act creating a trapping apprentice certificate program; Revising the apprentice hunting certificate program to include hunting and trapping; Reestablishing criteria for apprentice and mentor eligibility; Revising licenses and tags that may be acquired by an apprentice; And amending Sections 87-2105, 87-2-520, AND 87-2-810, MCA.
MTSFW supports.
Vote YES
OR CALL 406.444.4800
SAVE THE DATE!
2025 ANNUAL MTSFW PIG ROAST FUNDRAISER
SATURDAY, APRIL 19TH AT MISSOULA COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS
