Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Proposes to Sell Out Wildlife During Drought
Fleecer Mountain Wildlife Management Area is one of the places MDFWP proposes “emergency livestock grazing.”
The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks (MDFWP) announced that due to the extreme drought conditions across Montana, it would open up some wildlife management areas (WMA) to livestock grazing and haying. And it will keep any WMA currently being grazed or hayed open for that use, despite the drought’s effects on wildlife.
Some of the most critical wildlife management areas are included in this proposal, including Blacktail, Fleecer Mountain, Nine Pipes, Smith River, among others.