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Montana House advances wolf-management bill after heated floor debate and amendment
Summary
House Bill 176, proposing broad changes to wolf-hunting rules and hunting tools, passed second reading 57–42 after extended floor debate, a successful amendment and sustained exchanges over science, regional management and economic impacts.
House Bill 176, a measure that would inactivate certain wolf-hunting restrictions and allow expanded hunting methods and quotas when population thresholds are met, passed second reading in the Montana House of Representatives by a recorded vote of 57–42.
The bill, introduced on the floor as "House Bill 176" by Representative Manus, drew extensive debate about how best to manage wolf populations in Montana and whether statewide rules should override region-by-region management. Representative Maness, who moved the motion to recommend HB176 do pass, framed the measure as a way to give the Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) ‘‘the tools and the directive to make that…
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