MWF Attempt to Gut Habitat Montana Springs Back to Life

Vote No on HB 651



Attempt to Gut Habitat Montana Springs Back to Life

Undaunted by a room full of hunters, anglers and recreationists opposing a bill with less than 24 hours’ notice, the Montana House Natural Resources committee brought back to life HB 651 today. They amended out part of the bill that we had opposed, but left language in that creates a no net gain of public land situation with our most successful habitat acquisition program.

HB 651 would still fundamentally change the Habitat Montana program, a 30 year conservation success story, by changing the focus from habitat conservation to only access. It would also create a duplicative and unnecessary position to work on issues already being addressed by multiple state agencies.

While we continue to believe that the sponsor, Rep. Matt Regier of Kalispell, has the best intentions, the bill is still a poison pill to the 12 hunting organizations that testified against it last week.

Rather than redirecting habitat acquisition dollars to address issues already dealt with in other places, the Legislature should fully fund the state DNRC Access Specialist position and restore the authority of Habitat Montana to continue protecting some of Montana’s best wildlife habitat and working farms and ranches.

Please take the time to email or call your legislator and ask them politely to vote NO on HB 651. You can leave a message for your legislator by calling 444-4800.

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