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Pondera County approves MOU to fund predator-control flights for livestock
Summary
Pondera County commissioners approved a memorandum of understanding with the Montana Stockgrowers Association to fund wildlife services for cattle and sheep for the July 2025–June 2026 year, paid from livestock tax collections.
Pondera County commissioners on July 2 approved a memorandum of understanding with the Montana Stockgrowers Association to fund wildlife services aimed at protecting cattle and sheep from predatory animals for the July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026 contract year.
The MOU covers aerial and other wildlife-control services paid from livestock taxes collected for that purpose. The county will pay $8,596 for services protecting cattle and $738 for services protecting sheep, according to the agreement presented to the commission.
Commission members moved and seconded approval during the contracts and agreements portion of the meeting. The motion carried; the commissioners did not provide a roll-call vote on the record. The agreement was described as a routine, annual arrangement to buy predator-control services using existing livestock-tax funds.
The transcript shows brief discussion but no condition or amendment attached to the MOU. Commissioners did not state specific follow-up tasks tied to the agreement during the meeting.
