o Under "Food Storage Order Definition" - 



■ "Attractant" includes food leftovers (bones, scraps, grease) and garbage from the 

 preparation of human, livestock, or pet foods in addition to food as defined in the 

 NCDE plan. (NCDE - does not include the aforemenHoned). 



■ "Attendee" is a person 14 vears of age or older and awake (NCDE - 18 years of age 

 or older, does not specify being awake). 



■ Under "Bear-resistant manner", there are differences between FWP and NCDE 

 regulations in the standards for electric fencing. The FWP regulations contain: 



• No minimum post height 



• No specifics for wire parameters 



• No specifics for system being set up to operate both as ground wire return 

 and grounded system. 



• No minimum length for ground rod. 



• Charger must be inside fence or minimum of ten feet above ground (NCDE - 

 "may" be inside fence, etc). 



3.2 Department of Natural Resources and Conservation lands (DNRC) 



There are no DNRC state lands-wide food storage or sanitation guidelines. However, sanitation 



guidelines are in place under certain circumstances and in specific locaHons. 



• Regarding recreational use of DNRC lands, users are expected to pack out their trash [ARM 36.25.149 



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• For DNRC lands within the NCDE recovery zone and on scattered school trust lands within the 

 NCDE and CYE recovery zones, activihes are governed by grizzly bear management regulations 

 [ARM 36.11.433 "Grizzly Bear Management on Western Lands"] and contract language is used that 

 directs the removal of garbage from work sites daily. 



• For DNRC lands outside the NCDE and CYE recovery zones but in known occupied grizzly bear 

 habitat, contract language is used in timber sale agreements that direct the removal of garbage from 

 work sites daily. 



• For DNRC lands outside the NCDE and CYE recovery zones and outside known occupied grizzly 

 bear habitat, sanitation precautions are taken on a case-by-case basis only if known bear activity 

 occurs. 



• DNRC participates in the Blackfoot Challenge, a grassroots effort in the Blackfoot Valley to mitigate 

 wildlife-human conflicts. In cooperation with the Challenge, DNRC has placed bear-resistant 

 dumpsters at state land locations where bear-sanitation conflicts have been known to occur. 



• Regarding cabin site leases, DNRC provides all leases with a brochure "Living with Bears" that 

 explains measures leases should take to minimize bear-human conflicts. Additionally, it explains that 

 under Montana law (MCA 87-3-130), persons are liable, if after being warned, fail to store 

 supplemental feed or attractants properly and allow bears o access it. 



• For DNRC lands on the Rocky Mountain Eastern Front, namely the Helena unit and Conrad unit 

 lands within the NCDE, the department will determine appropriate methods to comply with the 

 Endangered Species Act on a project level basis [ARM 36.11.434(1)]. Food storage guidelines will be 

 considered, where applicable. 



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