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Committee narrows sharing of recent wildlife GPS data; HB264 amended to limit pinpoint releases for one year
Summary
After extended debate, the committee amended and advanced HB264 to allow Fish, Wildlife and Parks to share wildlife location data with research partners and government agencies under data-sharing agreements but to redact exact lat/longs for the most recent period; the committee adopted a one-year buffer and forwarded the bill to the floor.
Representative Karlin presented an amendment to House Bill 264 clarifying that Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks may share wildlife location data with research partners and other government entities under data-sharing agreements. The amendment was framed as a response to concerns about recent requests for exact GPS coordinates of collared animals and to give the department tools to protect vulnerable animals and private landowners while still permitting research and infrastructure planning with partners.
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