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Montana moves toward beaver transplant pilots; conflict-resolution program reduces need for lethal removal
Summary
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks told the Rattlesnake Creek Watershed Group the agency plans a pilot beaver transplant program (commission consideration in April) and highlighted the Montana Beaver Conflict Resolution Program as a successful nonlethal tool that reduces flooding and enables restoration.
At the Rattlesnake Creek Watershed Group meeting, Tory Ritter described Montana’s steps to streamline beaver transplants and highlighted conflict-mitigation tools used across the state.
Ritter said the state recently completed a public comment period on a draft beaver transplant program and that a burdensome existing pathway (which can take months to process) makes rapid conflict responses impractical. "It takes like…
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