HB 2771-S.E - DIGEST |
(AS OF HOUSE 2ND READING 2/13/18) |
Requires the department of fish and wildlife to: (1) Immediately initiate the state environmental policy act process in order to use translocation as a method to provide relief to residents living in areas where multiple packs of wolves range; |
(2) Initiate translocation of wolves, consistent with the findings from the state environmental policy act analysis, to regions with fewer wolves; and |
(3) Use best available science to determine which locations are unoccupied by wolves to become recipient sites and verify that potential recipient sites contain stable prey populations. |
Prohibits the department from translocating wolves that are known to depredate livestock or show signs of being habituated to livestock or the presence of humans. |
Requires the translocation process to be expedited by all state agencies involved in the process. |