Our very own Kylie Heikkila, an NFPA board member and Glacier National Park Lead Wilderness Ranger who specializes in noxious weed mitigation for the North Fork, will provide lots of information and “how to” during this one hour lecture. Bring questions! NFPA will provide snacks. Sondreson Hall is located on the North Fork road about 8 miles north of Polebridge on the left.
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Proposed bill could help fight weeds in wildlife areas
Here’s an interesting and potentially helpful bill recently introduced in the Montana House of Representatives . . .
A bill that could pump more than $2 million annually into the fight against noxious weeds in wildlife habitat drew unanimous support from weed managers, wildlife managers and conservation and livestock groups Tuesday.
House Bill 434, known as the Montana Wildlife Habitat Improvement Act and brought by Rep. Kelly Flynn, R-Townsend, creates a new grant program and advisory council administered by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. Under the act, the Legislature could appropriate up to $2 million to weed control from funding the state receives through the 1937 Pittman-Robertson Act, a federal excise tax on the sale of firearms and ammunition.
“What we see is a stealth problem really infringing on wildlife habitat,” Flynn, who has been outspoken about noxious weeds in his four terms as a legislator, told the House Fish, Wildlife and Parks Committee.