Bison Ordinance hearing held at Malta City Hall

Lawyers from the American Prairie Reserve (APR), the Phillips Conservation District, and the Southern Phillips County Co-Operative Grazing District and Phillips County Livestock Association spoke in front of the State of Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) in Malta last Tuesday, November 12, at Malta City Hall.

The hearing was regarding a petition for a variance from the Phillips County District's Ordinance 2016-1 which was passed in the June 2016 primary election in Phillips County and earned 79-percent of the vote. (1168 in favor and 315 against.)

In October 2...