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Committee hears competing views on bill to restore uniform trap setbacks
Summary
Senate Bill 427, a measure to restore uniform trap setback rules across Montana, drew lengthy testimony as proponents said it restores consistent safety protections and opponents warned it would remove adaptive authority from the Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission.
Senate Bill 427, a measure to restore uniform trap setback rules across Montana, drew lengthy testimony Marching between proponents who said the bill restores consistent safety protections and opponents who said it strips adaptive authority from the Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission.
Sponsor Senator Willis Curti, representing Senate District 49, told the House Fish and Wildlife Committee the bill “basically codifies what the fishing game now has for setbacks for traps” and removes a recent commission carve‑out for one county. “There’s no change to the law. It eliminates the carve out, goes back to the original setback distances,” Curti said.
Advocates including Jessica Kargala of Bold Visions Conservation and tribal representative Patrick Kawaki urged a “do pass,” saying consistent setbacks protect…
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