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General Category => National Outdoor News Headlines => Topic started by: mudbrook on June 16, 2008, 09:33:01 AM
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FWP Commission agrees on wolf quota
By EVE BYRON - Independent Record - 06/14/08
Stock photo - The Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission agreed to allow hunters to shoot 75 wolves under a tentative quota with a final decision set for August.
Hunters can shoot up to 75 wolves this fall under a tentative quota unanimously approved Thursday by the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission, despite pleas from some that a wolf hunting season is premature.
The public has until July 18 to comment on the tentative quotas, as well as the commission’s decision to reclassify wolves under state law to a species in need of management, instead of an endangered species. A final quota adoption is slated for Aug. 5.
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