parking areas, permits, and public information. 

 There is an increased demand on the Department to 

 help landowners "structure" the recreational 

 opportunities on their land. Some landowners do 

 charge a "trespass fee", and that does not prevent 

 the Department from helping them in some way. The 

 Department does not collect fees or alter the game 

 management plans for the area in order to 

 encourage this type of enterprise. 



5. Keith Kelly, Director, Department of Agriculture, 

 reviewed the results of a 1982 survey on the 

 attitudes of ranchers and farmers toward wildlife 

 and wildlife damage. (See Reference No. 13, page 

 27) 



Second Meeting — February 21, 1986 — Great Falls, 

 Montana 



1. The Subcommittee approved the study plan for HJR 

 36, with addition of the issue of cooperative 

 agreements between the Department and landowners 

 regarding sportsmen's privileges and fee hunting. 



2. Staff presented a background report on wildlife 

 damage laws and activities in Montana. See pages 

 1 to 15 of this report. 



3. Several Blackfoot Valley ranchers presented the 

 Subcommittee with lists of the types of damage 

 that they and other area landowners have incurred 

 on their property in recent years and offered 

 suggestions on how to mitigate such damage. One 

 rancher had suffered extreme damage because a 



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