12.9.1411    ALLOWABLE NON-LETHAL AND PREVENTATIVE MEASURES OF THE GRIZZLY BEAR

(1) As allowed by 87-5-301 and 87-6-106(4), MCA, control of the grizzly bear includes a variety of non-lethal and preventative measures intended to decrease risk of, prevent, or resolve a conflict without killing the grizzly bear in question.  Allowable non-lethal and preventative measures include, but are not limited to:  

(a) husbandry practices, including, but not limited to, electric fencing, increased human presence, herding, or guarding animals, night pens, carcass removal, alternative pastures, amended pasture or grazing rotations, or supplemental feed;

(b) the department's placement of a radio collar to facilitate increased monitoring of the grizzly bear;

(c) hazing in a non-injurious manner;

(d) intentional harassment;

(e) electric fencing of bone yards;

(f)  working with interested individual livestock owners and private landowners, watershed groups, interested groups, and state and federal land managing agencies to provide technical assistance and to assist with selection and implementation of proactive non-lethal controls on both public and private lands when and where livestock are present, either seasonally or yearlong; and

(g) the department's capture and relocation of the grizzly bear.

History: 87-1-201, 87-1-301, MCA; IMP, 87-5-301, MCA; NEW, 2024 MAR p. 60, Eff. 1/13/24.