Montana governor signs bill to restrict hunters flying to landlocked parcels

New state code aims to resolve law enforcement dispute between Lake County, state, tribes

Legislation signed May 12 by Gov. Greg Gianforte offers a path toward resolving a long-standing law enforcement dispute between the state of Montana, Lake County and Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes.  This story also appeared in ICT At the center of the conflict is Public Law 280, a 1950s-era federal law that shifted law enforcement jurisdiction on some Indian reservations from the federal government to certain stat…

Montana governor signs bill to restrict hunters flying to landlocked parcels

Helicopters hauling hunters to remote, landlocked sections of public ground have drawn the ire of hike-in hunters as well as landowners. New legislation will limit such activities.