1. (1) An area may qualify as a sending area when one or more of the following conditions exist at the sending area:

   1. (a) the landowner/public land manager needs or desires to reduce prairie dog density or overall acreage of prairie dog towns;
   2. (b) the area supports sufficient acres and density of prairie dogs to provide donor stock without significantly impacting prairie dog density or overall acreage of prairie dogs;
   3. (c) the presence of prairie dogs conflicts with urban expansion or agricultural production and there is little to no opportunity to reconcile conflicts between these land uses and prairie dog occupancy; or
   4. (d) prairie dog colonies are threatened by lethal control.

Authorizing statute(s): 87-1-301, 87-5-105, MCA

Implementing statute(s): 87-1-301, 87-5-105, MCA

History: NEW, 2004 MAR p. 1756, Eff. 8/6/04.