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Committee adds 'possible' tier to state depredation payments for wolf and grizzly losses
Summary
House Bill 82 would add a third payment tier, 'possible,' to the state's livestock depredation reimbursement ladder created by last year’s House Bill 592. The change would allow payment when investigators find evidence consistent with predator activity but cannot conclusively attribute a kill; the committee voted to advance the bill.
Representative Gerald Raymond (R‑District 31) presented House Bill 82 as a technical cleanup to last year’s House Bill 592. The bill replaces the word “validate” with “confirm” in statutory language and adds a third payment tier—"possible"—between the existing "probable" and "confirmed" classifications used to evaluate livestock depredation investigations by wolves or grizzly bears.
Raymond said the added tier would allow payouts when an investigator finds a carcass and surrounding evidence consistent with…
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