Fish and Wildlife Commission to meet in Kalispell

The Montana Wildlife Commission will hold its bi-monthly regular meeting at the Fish, Wildlife and Parks regional headquarters in Kalispell Wednesday at 10:30 a.m.

The meeting will be preceded by a work session to discuss furbearer and trapping regulations at 8:15 a.m. The public is invited to attend, but no public comment will be taken at the work session.

The regular meeting will include decisions on 2017 mountain lion quotas, fall upland bird and turkey quotas and bison quotas. The commission will also make decisions on deer, elk, antelope, moose, sheep and goat quotas outside biennial quota ranges for the 2017 hunting season.

In addition, the commission will consider proposals on the following items:

- Furbearer and trapping regulations, seasons and quotas

- Big horn sheep and mountain goat augmentations

- Non-game check-off work plan.

For more information and a full agenda, visit http://fwp.mt.gov/doingBusiness/insideFwp/commission.