SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS 



The Joint Interim Subcommittee on Agricultural Problems 

 recommends that the 50th Legislature: 



1. Recognize the considerable contributions of 

 landowners to wildlife habitats and recreational 

 opportunities in Montana and give serious consid- 

 eration to legislation or policies that encourage 

 agricultural landowners to expand the economic 

 possibilities for their land, such as "ranching 

 for wildlife" programs, or a wildlife habitat 

 incentive program which would fund the lease, 

 purchase, or conservation easement of big game and 

 game bird habitat on private land; 



2. Encourage the Department of Fish, Wildlife, and 

 Parks to expand efforts to involve landowners in 

 wildlife management policies and practices that 

 affect the use and overuse of that private 

 property by wildlife populations; and 



3. Enact legislation that would encourage hunting 

 access by limiting a landowner's liability 

 exposure for injury to person or property regard- 

 less of the status of the person entering the 

 property (permittee, invitee, or trespasser) and 

 regardless of whether a fee is charged; 



4. Continue, and expand if possible, the funding 

 levels that have been granted to the Department of 

 Fish, Wildlife, and Parks for wildlife damage 



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