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HELENA- The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks is working to revise its wolf-livestock depredation response.

Some of the proposed revisions set by FWP are to identify, target and remove offending wolves, as well as avoid lethal removal of non-problem wolves in areas near depredation, and to collar and release at least one wolf when a confirmed depredation occurs.

The proposed revisions are designed to give greater flexibility to Wildlife Services, a division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Legislation passed in 2011 requires FWP to ensure county commissions and tribal governments have the chance for consultation before a final decision on the polices.

County commissions and tribal governments will have the opportunity to comment on the revision through September 21st and then FWP will finalize a protocol and reassess its effectiveness within a year.