Wildlife management professionals recognize trapping as an effective and legitimate wildlife management tool. Montanans for Effective Wildlife Management is dedicated to preserving this critical, and professionally recognized, tool by defeating Initiative 160.

Trapping is an important tool for biologists, ranchers, farmers, home owners and pest control professionals. It enables wildlife managers to control problematic predator and pest populations that can attack pets, spread diseases among human and wildlife, damage property, impact other wildlife populations and kill livestock.

I-160 is overly broad and will impact the ability to control pests and wildlife on all publicly owned land and facilities. This goes far beyond Montana’s wild spaces to include such publicly owned place as parks, hospitals, universities, municipal golf courses, and state, city and county owned land and buildings.

Montanans for Effective Wildlife Management is dedicated to protecting the tools used by the professional wildlife biologists to ensure sustainable wildlife populations.