The following definitions apply to this subchapter:

1. (1) "Accessible state lands" means state lands under the jurisdiction of the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation.
2. (2) "BMA" means a block management area. A BMA is a specified area on which, by cooperative agreement between the landowner, other resource management agencies, and the department, public hunting is permitted with certain restrictions or use rules.
3. (3) "Commercial filming of hunting activity" means the film, electronic, magnetic, digital, or other recording of a moving image by a person, business, or other entity for a commercial purpose.
4. (4) "Commercial hunting activity" means any activities in which money, goods, or services are required as a condition for hunting.
5. (5) "Cooperator" means a private or public landowner or land management agency with which the department enters into an agreement for the purposes of allowing hunting access on a BMA.
6. (6) "Department" means the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks.
7. (7) "Director" means the director of the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks.
8. (8) "DNRC" means the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation.
9. (9) "Hunter day" means one hunter who hunts on a cooperator's property during a calendar day.
10. (10) "Hunting season" means the time during which game birds and game animals may be legally taken in accordance with the Fish and Wildlife Commission regulations.
11. (11) "Livestock loss insurance" means a program which provides reimbursement to livestock owners whose animals are injured or killed as the direct result of allowing public hunting on their property.
12. (12) "Outfitting" means the act of providing hunting-related services in exchange for money, goods, or services.
13. (13) "Regional supervisor" means the supervisor of a regional office.

Authorizing statute(s): 87-1-301, 87-1-303, MCA

Implementing statute(s): 87-1-265, 87-1-301, 87-1-303, MCA

History: NEW, 1994 MAR p. 1691, Eff. 6/24/94; AMD, 1996 MAR p. 1139, Eff. 4/26/96; AMD, 2024 MAR p. 464, Eff. 3/9/24.