°^ This option was treated as part of the study on 

 wildlife damage, which was conducted by the 

 Subconunittee. See Joint Interim Subcommittee on 

 Agricultural Problems, Wildlife Damage to Agriculture: 

 A Report to the 50th Legislature (December 1986). 



°° For a discussion of possible private revenue and 

 other benefits that could be gained from alternative 



uses of farmland, see Gordon Meeks, Jr., "Potential ' 



Private Revenue and Public Benefits from Alternative 

 Agriculture," State Legislative Report , No. 4 

 (April 1986). 



ft 7 



°' Ibid . , p. 5. See also Joint Interim 

 Subcommittee on Agricultural Problems, "Legal 

 Considerations of Block Hunting on Private Property for 

 a Fee," staff report by Greg Petesch (September 1986). 



^^ T. J. Gilles, "New Farm Plan Might Idle 3 | 



Million Montana Acres," Great Falls Tribune / 



(October 20, 1985). \ 



QQ 



°^ "Potential Private Revenue and Public Benefits 

 from Alternative Agriculture," pp. 9-10. 



Qn . 



Joint Interim Subcommittee on Agricultural 



Problems, "Wildlife Damage Laws and Policies of Western 



States and Canadian Provinces," staff report by Andrea 



Merrill (April 1986). 



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