MONTANA FISH, WILDLIFE AND PARKS
BILLINGS –
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is offering a reward of as much as $1,000 for
information leading to the conviction of the person or persons who shot and
killed pelicans—possibly dozens of them—along the Bighorn River below
Yellowtail Dam.
In Montana it is
illegal to shoot pelicans, which are a federally protected migratory bird. FWP
game wardens have seen or retrieved nearly a dozen dead pelicans in the
world-class blue-ribbon trout waters between the dam and Two Leggins Fishing
Access Site. They believe dozens more may have been shot and killed this summer
in the same area.
Anyone with information about the illegal killing is
asked to call 1-800-TIP-MONT, FWP’s 24-hour poaching hotline, or contact game
warden Jake Barzen at (406) 860-7796.
