Despite being told repeatedly that it would lead to instant litigation and the likely rescinding of any hunting and fishing rights for non-tribal members on Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes lands, all eight Republican legislators on the Environmental Quality Council voted last week to support a ballot initiative that seeks to give landowners in Montana broad access to hunt deer, elk and

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is seeking to fill a vacancy on an advisory council that monitors upland game bird enhancement program activities. The vacancy must be filled by someone who resides in in Region 3, southwest Montana. Council members represent all FWP administrative regions and include upland game bird hunters, landowners, upland game bird biologists and others who have conservation