III. WILDLIFE DAMAGE LAWS AND POLICIES OF WESTERN 

 STATES AND CANADIAN PROVINCES 



This portion of the report surveys the public policy on 



wildlife damage in twelve Western states and two 



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 Canadian provinces that border Montana. This 



overview contains brief descriptions of the following: 



applicable statutes on wildlife damage; 



administrative rules implementing wildlife damage 

 policy; 



fish and wildlife agency (Fish and Game Commission 

 or Department) policy statements; and 



recent costs of any damage program 



ALASKA 



No statutory reference to game damage. 



State attorney general has ruled that the state 

 has no liability for wildlife damage and that the 

 landowner is responsible for avoiding damage. 



A regulation exists that allows a person to take 

 any game in defense of life and property, but the 

 same regulation requires exhaustion of other 

 reasonable actions. 



State does help landowners with hazing animals 

 from agricultural property. 



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