Fish and Wildlife Commission to meet Oct. 17

Press release

The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission will meet Wednesday, Oct. 17, at FWP Headquarters in Helena.

The Commission meeting starts at 8:30 a.m. and will be streamed live via video to all FWP regional offices. The meeting will also be audio streamed online at http://fwp.mt.gov.

The agenda includes final decisions on:

• 2019 fishing regulations

• Clark Fork River closure for Department of Environmental Quality cleanup of Grant-Kohrs Ranch area

• Missouri River and Toston Fishing Access Site closure rule

• North Sunday Creek conservation easement

• White Deer Meadow conservation easement

• Canyon Creek Wildlife Management Area addition fee title acquisition

• Dome Mountain Ranch WMA inholding assignment of conservation easement and fee title acquisition

• Beattie Gulch state bison hunt closure

• brucellosis annual work plan.

The Commission will hear the following proposals:

• Amendments to current No Wake Zones and adoption of new No Wake Zones on Canyon Ferry Reservoir

• Draft Upper Missouri River Reservoir Fisheries Management Plan

• Fishing Access Site Biennial Rule

FWP ensures its meetings are fully accessible to those with special needs. To request arrangements, call FWP at 406-444-3186.

For the full agenda and background on the scheduled topics, go to the FWP website at http://fwp.mt.gov/; under “Quick Links” click “Commission.” FWP’s website offers live streamed audio of each F&W commission meeting. The public can also view a live television feed of the meeting at FWP regional offices. FWP Headquarters is located at 1420 E. 6th Avenue, Helena.