State efforts were given a jump start in 2018 by the United States Department of Interior.

The department’s Secretarial Order 3362 sought to fos­ter collaboration among federal agencies, states, private conservation groups, and landowners to identify, improve, and con­serve winter range and migration corri­dors for mule deer, elk, and pronghorn.

The Secretarial Order directed Department of Interior agencies to work with 11 western states to conserve winter range and migration corridors for pronghorn, elk, and mule deer.​​

In response to the order, FWP created the Montana Action Plan, which outlines research needs for wildlife movement and migration, as well as five priority areas (shown here).​​ FWP and partners have received millions of dollars from this initiative with $1.1 million received in just 2021 for work such as removing fences or securing long term conservation through easement programs.

• Final Report, Grant #F19AP00029, Madison Valley Pronghorn Movements Study (including analysis and mapping for ungulate GPS collar data across MT) (PDF)

• Annual Interim Report, Grant # F19AP00849 Ungulate Movements and Spatial Ecology in Montana (Devil's Kitchen elk and Carbon County mule deer) (PDF)

• Secretarial Order 3362: Improving Habitat Quality in Western Big Game Winter Range and Migration Corridors (PDF)

• Montana Action Plan Update 2022 (PDF)
  Implementation of Department of the Interior Secretarial Order 3362: "Improving Habitat Quality in Western Big-Game Winter Range and Migration Corridors"