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Representative Schubert proposes HB222 to expand hunting opportunity and increase harvest pace; committee hears overlapping testimony with HB176
Summary
Representative Lucas Schubert introduced House Bill 222, asking the committee to expand hunting/trapping opportunity and accelerate reductions to Montana’s wolf population based on delisting guidance and recent population estimates.
Representative Lucas Schubert opened the hearing on House Bill 222 by recounting the federal delisting guidance and saying the bill is a “science‑based solution” to address what he and proponents view as a wolf overpopulation. He said the delisting rule had anticipated Montana managing a population that would fluctuate “around 400 wolves” and that the current statewide estimate (cited at about 1,100 during the hearings) justified more aggressive harvest measures.
Proponents — largely the same coalition heard on HB176 — urged the committee to…
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