Hagener named again to head Montana FWP

A Havre native has been selected, pending Senate approval, to join other Hi-Line natives on the staff and administration of the incoming governor.

Gov. -elect Steve Bullock announced he is appointing Jeff Hagener director of Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks.

Hagener said he is pleased to return to heading the agency.

"It is really an honor to go back to an agency that I have a great deal of passion for," said Hagener.

He would go back to FWP in a period of controversy over issues ranging from bison relocation to the state purchasing about 4,500 acres of private land in Hill County, and said re...