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Farm Bureau says grizzly delisting is prompting safety concerns; asks for livestock‑loss funding and tools
Summary
Carly Johnson of the Montana Farm Bureau recounted close encounters with grizzly bears, advocated for shifting from individual-bear responses to population-level state management, and asked for more funding for the livestock-loss board and mitigation measures such as electric enclosures.
Carly Johnson, state affairs coordinator for the Montana Farm Bureau, told the Agriculture committee that a recent delisting decision complicates local management and reduces tools available to address bears that repeatedly use lands near towns and ranches.
Johnson described repeated encounters on her property near town and urged lawmakers to consider population‑level management powers rather than focusing solely on…
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