The Elk Management Citizen Advisory Group met 10 times to develop a suite of recommendations on improving elk management in Montana. These recommendations were analyzed by FWP staff who looked at what it would take to implement each recommendation, both in terms of cost and capacity.

 

Public Comment

Comments on the following recommendations were collected through October 14, 2022.

Recommendations

• Fiscal summary for all recommendations (PDF)

• Public Comments Summary (PDF)

#1: Access Plus Program

• Recommendation (PDF)

• FWP Staff Assessment (PDF)

• Public Comments (PDF)

#2: Choose Your Weapon/Season

• Recommendation (PDF)

• FWP Staff Assessment (PDF)

• Public Comments (PDF)

#3: Collaboration between FWP, USFS, BLM & DNRC and Any Other Pertinent Local, State, or Federal Land Management Agencies

• Recommendation (PDF)

• FWP Staff Assessment (PDF)

• Public Comments (PDF)

#4: Create A9 Tag Bundle

• Recommendation (PDF)

• FWP Staff Assessment (PDF)

• Public Comments (PDF)

#5: Develop User Friendly and Effective Methods to Collect Data

• Recommendation (PDF)

• FWP Staff Assessment (PDF)

• Public Comments (PDF)

#6: Establish (where possible) Localized Elk Working Groups

• Recommendation (PDF)

• FWP Staff Assessment (PDF)

• Public Comments (PDF)

#7: Expanded Hunter Education

• Recommendation (PDF)

• FWP Staff Assessment (PDF)

• Public Comments (PDF)

#8: Promote Focused Damage Hunts 

• Recommendation (PDF)

• FWP Staff Assessment (PDF)

• Public Comments (PDF)

#9: Improve Accessibility to the FWP Videos, Programs, PSA’s, etc. that Promote the Desired Behaviors between Landowners and Hunters

• Recommendation (PDF)

• FWP Staff Assessment (PDF)

• Public Comments (PDF)

#10: FWP Landowner Liaison

• Recommendation (PDF)

• FWP Staff Assessment (PDF)

• Public Comments (PDF)

#11: We Have to Manage Elk Where They Are Not

• Recommendation (PDF)

• Supplemental Information (PDF)

• FWP Staff Assessment (PDF)

• Public Comments (PDF)

#12: Understand and Mitigate the Disease of Brucellosis in Elk

• Recommendation (PDF)

• FWP Staff Assessment (PDF)

• Public Comments (PDF)

#13: Use of Shoulder Seasons

• Recommendation (PDF)

• FWP Staff Assessment (PDF)

• Public Comments (PDF)

#14: Stakeholder Meetings

• Recommendation (PDF)

• FWP Staff Assessment (PDF)

• Public Comments (PDF)

#15: Enforce Stricter Penalties for Trespassing and Other Bad Behaviors by Hunters and Landowners

• Recommendation (PDF)

• FWP Staff Assessment (PDF)

• Public Comments (PDF)