Montana

Provides state-specific laws and regulations, as well as links to other sites with state legal information.

• Administrative Code and Statutes
• Other State Legal Resources

For state-specific resources with an interest in the prevention, control, or eradication of invasive species, see our Montana State Resources page.

Administrative Code and Statutes

• Montana Code Annotated - State Laws
  • Local Government (Title 7)
    • General Provisions (Chapter 1)
      • Creation of New Boards (7-1-202)
    • Weed and Pest Control (Chapter 22)
  • Land Resources and Use (Title 76)
    • Timber Resources (Chapter 13)
      • Control of Forest Diseases and Insect Pests (Part 3)
  • Agriculture (Title 80)
    • Disease, Pest, and Weed Control (Chapter 7)
      • Weed Control (Part 7)
      • Noxious Weed Management Funding (Part 8)
      • Noxious Weed Seed Free Forage Act (Part 9)
  • Fish and Wildlife (Title 87)
    • Wildlife Protection (Chapter 5)
      • Importation, Introduction, and Transplantation of Wildlife (Part 7)
  
  
• Administrative Rules of Montana - State Regulations
  • Agriculture (Title 4)
    • Noxious Weed Management (Chapter 4.5)
    • Agricultural Sciences Division (Chapter 4.12)
      • Quarantines and Pest Management Standards (Subchapter 13)
  • Fish, Wildlife, and Parks (Title 12)
    • Enforcement Division (Chapter 12.6)
      • Exotic Wildlife (Subchapter 22)
    • Recreational Water Use (Chapter 12.11)
      • Aquatic Invasive Species Inspection Stations (12.11.341)
  • Natural Resources and Conservation (Title 36)
    • Forest Management (Chapter 11)
      • Weed Managment (36.11.445)

Other State Legal Resources

• Invasive Species Action Network
  • Status of Felt Restrictions in the United States - Montana
  
  
• Montanta Department of Agriculture
  • Montana Noxious Weed List (PDF | 15 KB) (Effective Sept 2010)
  
  
• Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks
  • Exotic Species: Importation, Introduction, and Transplantation of Wildlife
    
    
• Montana State University Extension Service
  • Understanding Montana's Noxious Weed Law
    By Robert T. Grubb, Roger L. Sheley, and Jack Stivers; Research associate, Department of Plant, Soil and Environmental Sciences, MSU-Bozeman, MSU-Bozeman Extension Noxious Weed Specialist and MSU Lake County Extension Agent (Aug 2002)
    
    
• National Plant Board
  • State Plant Quarantine Summaries (select State)
    
    
• SB 334 - Montana Aquatic Invasive Species Act (PDF | 47 KB)
  Signed by Governor Schweitzer on May 4, 2009