Montana Sportsmen Conservation Act
Reported from committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- Reported from committee
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 2
- Latest action
- Mar 4, 2026
What it does
The Montana Sportsmen Conservation Act would release three specific wilderness study areas in Montana—totaling approximately 103,960 acres—from their wilderness study area designations, allowing them to be managed under existing land and resource management plans instead. The bill affects the Middle Fork Judith Wilderness Study Area (81,000 acres), the Hoodoo Mountain Wilderness Study Area (11,380 acres), and the Wales Creek Wilderness Study Area (11,580 acres), all of which have been previously deemed unsuitable for wilderness designation by the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management. By removing the wilderness study area restrictions, the bill aims to improve land management,…
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Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
Floor (Not started)
Law (Not started)
What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.