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public safety problem or threat: any situation where the continued presence of a carnivore poses a threat to 

 human safety; or, an attack has resulted in the loss of Hvestocic or personal pets; or a human has been physically 

 injured or killed 



regulated public harvest: category of legal of wolf mortality where wolves are killed under MFWP Commission- 

 approved seasons and regulations by licensed hunters or trappers; total harvest strictly controlled through permit or 

 quota system; law enforcement as for other managed species 



recovery goal: a total of 30 breeding pairs with equitable distribution throughout Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming 

 for three successive years; breeding pair is defined as at least two adult wolves with at least two pups that survive to 

 December; when the recovery goal is met, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service could initiate the process to remove 

 the gray wolf from the list of threatened and endangered species protected by the Endangered Species Act 



relisting: placing the a species back on the federal list of threatened or endangered species protected by the 

 Endangered Species Act; relisting criteria may or may not be similar to delisting criteria; relisting requires 

 evaluation of current status of species compared to criteria with regard to habitat, over utilization, disease/predation, 

 existing regulatory mechanisms, and other factors affecting the continued existence of the species; if current status is 

 not secure with regard to the 5 areas, a species may be relisted. 



remove: to place in captivity or to kill under controlled conditions or in a controlled setting determined by 

 management authorities 



SB163: Senate Bill 163, Reclassify Certain Species for Management Purposes, passed during the 2001 session of 

 the Montana Legislature and signed into law by Governor Martz 



special kill permit: written authorization granted to a property owner by Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks to kill or 

 destroy a specified number of animals causing damage to private property; permits are only valid under a specific 

 set of conditions or criteria 



species in need of management: legal classification of nongame species that are designated by Montana Fish, 

 Wildlife & Parks as needing special management regulations; Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, by regulation, 

 establishes the limitations relating to taking, possession, transportation, exportation, processing, sale or offer for 

 sale, or shipment considered necessary to manage nongame wildlife; Except as provided in regulations issued by the 

 Department, it is unlawful for any person to take, possess, transport, export, sell, or offer for sale species designated 

 by Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks as "in need of management" (MCA 87-5-104 to 87-5-106) 



take: to harass, hunt, capture, or kill or attempt to harass, hunt, capture, or kill wildlife 



tri-state area: states of Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming, making up the northern Rockies wolf recovery area 



unconfirmed: incident where Wildlife Services conducts a field investigation of dead or injured livestock, at the 

 request of the producer; lacking sufficient evidence to classify an incident as depredation in contrast to other 

 possible causes of death, it is classified as unconfirmed; it is unclear what the cause of death may have been. The 

 investigator may or may not have much of a carcass remaining for inspection, or the carcass may have deteriorated 

 so as to be of no use; in the context of wolf management, cause of death is attributed to a cause other than wolf 

 predation 



undocumented loss: livestock losses for which there is no apparent explanation for the loss; usually in the context 

 of a numerical discrepancy between the number of livestock head at the beginning of the grazing season and what is 

 retrieved at the end of the grazing season; evidence documenting a death is usually not found 



USPS: U.S. Forest Service 



USFWS: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 



WMA: Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Wildlife Management Area 



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