CHAPTER 5. WILDLIFE PROTECTION
- Part 1. Nongame and Endangered Species
- 87-5-101. Short title.
- 87-5-102. Definitions.
- 87-5-103. Legislative intent, findings, and policy.
- 87-5-104. Investigations by department.
- 87-5-105. Regulations to manage nongame wildlife.
- 87-5-106. Unlawful acts.
- 87-5-107. List of endangered species.
- 87-5-108. Establishment of programs.
- 87-5-109. Taking of species for educational, scientific, or other purposes.
- 87-5-110. Department to issue regulations.
- 87-5-111. Enforcement and penalty.
- 87-5-112. Construction.
- 87-5-113. through reserved.
- 87-5-116. Limited taking of certain nongame wildlife for commercial purposes -- exceptions.
- 87-5-117. through reserved.
- 87-5-121. Nongame wildlife account.
- 87-5-122. Duties of commission.
- 87-5-123. through reserved.
- 87-5-131. Process for delisting of gray wolf -- management following delisting.
- 87-5-132. Use of radio-tracking collars for monitoring wolf packs.
- Part 2. Wild Birds -- Regulation of Raptors
- 87-5-201. Protection of wild birds and their nests and eggs.
- 87-5-202. Definition of raptors.
- 87-5-203. Regulation of raptors.
- 87-5-204. License and rules for falconry and raptors.
- 87-5-205. Restrictions on species allowed for falconry.
- 87-5-206. Repealed.
- 87-5-207. Restrictions on use of raptors.
- 87-5-208. Nonresidents allowed raptors in state.
- 87-5-209. Destruction of eagles or predatory hawks and owls.
- 87-5-210. Captive breeding of raptors -- permit -- transfer and revocation -- rules.
- Part 3. Grizzly Bear
- Part 4. Game Preserves and Closed Areas
- 87-5-401. Creation of game preserves and general provisions.
- 87-5-402. Posting of notice and additional provisions.
- 87-5-403. Sun River game preserve.
- 87-5-404. Flathead Lake bird preserve -- university of Montana-Missoula biological reserve.
- 87-5-405. Repealed.
- 87-5-406. Gates of the Mountains game preserve.
- Part 5. Stream Protection
- 87-5-501. State policy.
- 87-5-502. Notice of construction or hydraulic projects.
- 87-5-503. Investigation of construction plans.
- 87-5-504. Notice of department findings and alternative plans.
- 87-5-505. Arbitration of disputes.
- 87-5-506. Vested water rights preserved and emergency actions excepted.
- 87-5-507. Irrigation projects excepted.
- 87-5-508. Federal actions injuring fish and wildlife.
- 87-5-509. Penalty and restoration.
- Part 6. Fish and Wildlife Crimestoppers
- Part 7. Importation, Introduction, and Transplantation of Wildlife
- 87-5-701. Purpose.
- 87-5-702. Definitions.
- 87-5-703. Applicability to other provisions for importation or introduction of wildlife.
- 87-5-704. Rulemaking.
- 87-5-705. Regulation of exotic wildlife.
- 87-5-706. Noncontrolled exotic wildlife authorized for possession or sale.
- 87-5-707. Controlled exotic wildlife list.
- 87-5-708. Classification review committee -- composition, appointment, and duties.
- 87-5-709. Exceptions and exemptions to possession and sale of exotic wildlife.
- 87-5-710. reserved.
- 87-5-711. Control of importation for introduction and transplantation or introduction of wildlife.
- 87-5-712. Authority for commission to control importation, possession, or sale of certain wildlife species and exotic wildlife.
- 87-5-713. Control of wildlife species permitted to be transplanted or introduced.
- 87-5-714. Wildlife species authorized for introduction or transplantation.
- 87-5-715. Extermination or control of transplanted or introduced wildlife or feral species posing threat.
- 87-5-716. Consultation with departments of agriculture, public health and human services, and livestock.
- 87-5-717. through reserved.
- 87-5-721. Penalty -- license and permit revocation and denial.
- 87-5-722. through reserved.
- 87-5-725. Notification of transplantation or introduction of wildlife.