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<h2 style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; color: #740019; font-size: large;">News Release</h2>
<h1 style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; color: #006600; font-size: x-large; margin: 0px;">Governor Notifies Interior of New Wolf Management Directives</h1>
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<p style="line-height: 16px;">2/16/2011<br />Sarah Elliott 406-444-9725<br />Jayson O’Neill 406-444-9844<br /><a href="mailto:selliott@mt.gov" style="color: #006600;">selliott@mt.gov</a></p>
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<p>(HELENA) – Governor Brian Schweitzer today sent a letter to Department of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar notifying Interior of new directives regarding wolf management in Montana. Text of the letter below (and attached):</p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: #000000; line-height: normal;"><em><strong>"First, for Montana’s northwest endangered wolves (north of Interstate 90), any livestock producers who kill or harass a wolf attacking their livestock will not be prosecuted by Montana game wardens."</strong></em><br /> </span></p>
