MWF 67th Legislative Survey Check-in

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For decades, the Montana Wildlife Federation has been a leading voice for protecting and enhancing our public wildlife, lands, and access at the Montana Legislature. Your feedback will help us ensure that we continue to improve upon our efforts to protect and enhance issues that affect wildlife, habitat, and access.

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3. Please rank the policy and issues that you think should be an MWF priority following the 67th Legislative Session. (1 is the highest priority and a 13 is the lowest priority). Note: for the following table each column is restricted to a single answer across all rows.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Protecting public access to hunting and fishing	Rank Protecting public access to hunting and fishing as 1 out of 13	Rank Protecting public access to hunting and fishing as 2 out of 13	Rank Protecting public access to hunting and fishing as 3 out of 13	Rank Protecting public access to hunting and fishing as 4 out of 13	Rank Protecting public access to hunting and fishing as 5 out of 13	Rank Protecting public access to hunting and fishing as 6 out of 13	Rank Protecting public access to hunting and fishing as 7 out of 13	Rank Protecting public access to hunting and fishing as 8 out of 13	Rank Protecting public access to hunting and fishing as 9 out of 13	Rank Protecting public access to hunting and fishing as 10 out of 13	Rank Protecting public access to hunting and fishing as 11 out of 13	Rank Protecting public access to hunting and fishing as 12 out of 13	Rank Protecting public access to hunting and fishing as 13 out of 13
Setting up new public-private land partnerships using Habitat Montana that expand access and protect land	Rank Setting up new public-private land partnerships using Habitat Montana that expand access and protect land as 1 out of 13	Rank Setting up new public-private land partnerships using Habitat Montana that expand access and protect land as 2 out of 13	Rank Setting up new public-private land partnerships using Habitat Montana that expand access and protect land as 3 out of 13	Rank Setting up new public-private land partnerships using Habitat Montana that expand access and protect land as 4 out of 13	Rank Setting up new public-private land partnerships using Habitat Montana that expand access and protect land as 5 out of 13	Rank Setting up new public-private land partnerships using Habitat Montana that expand access and protect land as 6 out of 13	Rank Setting up new public-private land partnerships using Habitat Montana that expand access and protect land as 7 out of 13	Rank Setting up new public-private land partnerships using Habitat Montana that expand access and protect land as 8 out of 13	Rank Setting up new public-private land partnerships using Habitat Montana that expand access and protect land as 9 out of 13	Rank Setting up new public-private land partnerships using Habitat Montana that expand access and protect land as 10 out of 13	Rank Setting up new public-private land partnerships using Habitat Montana that expand access and protect land as 11 out of 13	Rank Setting up new public-private land partnerships using Habitat Montana that expand access and protect land as 12 out of 13	Rank Setting up new public-private land partnerships using Habitat Montana that expand access and protect land as 13 out of 13
Protecting wolves, bears and other predators from unethical hunting practices	Rank Protecting wolves, bears and other predators from unethical hunting practices as 1 out of 13	Rank Protecting wolves, bears and other predators from unethical hunting practices as 2 out of 13	Rank Protecting wolves, bears and other predators from unethical hunting practices as 3 out of 13	Rank Protecting wolves, bears and other predators from unethical hunting practices as 4 out of 13	Rank Protecting wolves, bears and other predators from unethical hunting practices as 5 out of 13	Rank Protecting wolves, bears and other predators from unethical hunting practices as 6 out of 13	Rank Protecting wolves, bears and other predators from unethical hunting practices as 7 out of 13	Rank Protecting wolves, bears and other predators from unethical hunting practices as 8 out of 13	Rank Protecting wolves, bears and other predators from unethical hunting practices as 9 out of 13	Rank Protecting wolves, bears and other predators from unethical hunting practices as 10 out of 13	Rank Protecting wolves, bears and other predators from unethical hunting practices as 11 out of 13	Rank Protecting wolves, bears and other predators from unethical hunting practices as 12 out of 13	Rank Protecting wolves, bears and other predators from unethical hunting practices as 13 out of 13
Rolling back special interest hunting tags that reduce access for resident hunters	Rank Rolling back special interest hunting tags that reduce access for resident hunters as 1 out of 13	Rank Rolling back special interest hunting tags that reduce access for resident hunters as 2 out of 13	Rank Rolling back special interest hunting tags that reduce access for resident hunters as 3 out of 13	Rank Rolling back special interest hunting tags that reduce access for resident hunters as 4 out of 13	Rank Rolling back special interest hunting tags that reduce access for resident hunters as 5 out of 13	Rank Rolling back special interest hunting tags that reduce access for resident hunters as 6 out of 13	Rank Rolling back special interest hunting tags that reduce access for resident hunters as 7 out of 13	Rank Rolling back special interest hunting tags that reduce access for resident hunters as 8 out of 13	Rank Rolling back special interest hunting tags that reduce access for resident hunters as 9 out of 13	Rank Rolling back special interest hunting tags that reduce access for resident hunters as 10 out of 13	Rank Rolling back special interest hunting tags that reduce access for resident hunters as 11 out of 13	Rank Rolling back special interest hunting tags that reduce access for resident hunters as 12 out of 13	Rank Rolling back special interest hunting tags that reduce access for resident hunters as 13 out of 13
Protecting land and water from oil and gas development impacts	Rank Protecting land and water from oil and gas development impacts as 1 out of 13	Rank Protecting land and water from oil and gas development impacts as 2 out of 13	Rank Protecting land and water from oil and gas development impacts as 3 out of 13	Rank Protecting land and water from oil and gas development impacts as 4 out of 13	Rank Protecting land and water from oil and gas development impacts as 5 out of 13	Rank Protecting land and water from oil and gas development impacts as 6 out of 13	Rank Protecting land and water from oil and gas development impacts as 7 out of 13	Rank Protecting land and water from oil and gas development impacts as 8 out of 13	Rank Protecting land and water from oil and gas development impacts as 9 out of 13	Rank Protecting land and water from oil and gas development impacts as 10 out of 13	Rank Protecting land and water from oil and gas development impacts as 11 out of 13	Rank Protecting land and water from oil and gas development impacts as 12 out of 13	Rank Protecting land and water from oil and gas development impacts as 13 out of 13
Conducting weekend volunteer on-the-ground habitat restoration projects	Rank Conducting weekend volunteer on-the-ground habitat restoration projects as 1 out of 13	Rank Conducting weekend volunteer on-the-ground habitat restoration projects as 2 out of 13	Rank Conducting weekend volunteer on-the-ground habitat restoration projects as 3 out of 13	Rank Conducting weekend volunteer on-the-ground habitat restoration projects as 4 out of 13	Rank Conducting weekend volunteer on-the-ground habitat restoration projects as 5 out of 13	Rank Conducting weekend volunteer on-the-ground habitat restoration projects as 6 out of 13	Rank Conducting weekend volunteer on-the-ground habitat restoration projects as 7 out of 13	Rank Conducting weekend volunteer on-the-ground habitat restoration projects as 8 out of 13	Rank Conducting weekend volunteer on-the-ground habitat restoration projects as 9 out of 13	Rank Conducting weekend volunteer on-the-ground habitat restoration projects as 10 out of 13	Rank Conducting weekend volunteer on-the-ground habitat restoration projects as 11 out of 13	Rank Conducting weekend volunteer on-the-ground habitat restoration projects as 12 out of 13	Rank Conducting weekend volunteer on-the-ground habitat restoration projects as 13 out of 13
Helping elk, pronghorn, bear and other species migrate and thrive	Rank Helping elk, pronghorn, bear and other species migrate and thrive as 1 out of 13	Rank Helping elk, pronghorn, bear and other species migrate and thrive as 2 out of 13	Rank Helping elk, pronghorn, bear and other species migrate and thrive as 3 out of 13	Rank Helping elk, pronghorn, bear and other species migrate and thrive as 4 out of 13	Rank Helping elk, pronghorn, bear and other species migrate and thrive as 5 out of 13	Rank Helping elk, pronghorn, bear and other species migrate and thrive as 6 out of 13	Rank Helping elk, pronghorn, bear and other species migrate and thrive as 7 out of 13	Rank Helping elk, pronghorn, bear and other species migrate and thrive as 8 out of 13	Rank Helping elk, pronghorn, bear and other species migrate and thrive as 9 out of 13	Rank Helping elk, pronghorn, bear and other species migrate and thrive as 10 out of 13	Rank Helping elk, pronghorn, bear and other species migrate and thrive as 11 out of 13	Rank Helping elk, pronghorn, bear and other species migrate and thrive as 12 out of 13	Rank Helping elk, pronghorn, bear and other species migrate and thrive as 13 out of 13
Reintroduction of wild bison on the Charlie M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge	Rank Reintroduction of wild bison on the Charlie M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge as 1 out of 13	Rank Reintroduction of wild bison on the Charlie M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge as 2 out of 13	Rank Reintroduction of wild bison on the Charlie M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge as 3 out of 13	Rank Reintroduction of wild bison on the Charlie M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge as 4 out of 13	Rank Reintroduction of wild bison on the Charlie M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge as 5 out of 13	Rank Reintroduction of wild bison on the Charlie M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge as 6 out of 13	Rank Reintroduction of wild bison on the Charlie M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge as 7 out of 13	Rank Reintroduction of wild bison on the Charlie M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge as 8 out of 13	Rank Reintroduction of wild bison on the Charlie M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge as 9 out of 13	Rank Reintroduction of wild bison on the Charlie M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge as 10 out of 13	Rank Reintroduction of wild bison on the Charlie M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge as 11 out of 13	Rank Reintroduction of wild bison on the Charlie M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge as 12 out of 13	Rank Reintroduction of wild bison on the Charlie M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge as 13 out of 13
Address river, stream and fishery impacts from rising water temperatures and heavier tourist pressure	Rank Address river, stream and fishery impacts from rising water temperatures and heavier tourist pressure as 1 out of 13	Rank Address river, stream and fishery impacts from rising water temperatures and heavier tourist pressure as 2 out of 13	Rank Address river, stream and fishery impacts from rising water temperatures and heavier tourist pressure as 3 out of 13	Rank Address river, stream and fishery impacts from rising water temperatures and heavier tourist pressure as 4 out of 13	Rank Address river, stream and fishery impacts from rising water temperatures and heavier tourist pressure as 5 out of 13	Rank Address river, stream and fishery impacts from rising water temperatures and heavier tourist pressure as 6 out of 13	Rank Address river, stream and fishery impacts from rising water temperatures and heavier tourist pressure as 7 out of 13	Rank Address river, stream and fishery impacts from rising water temperatures and heavier tourist pressure as 8 out of 13	Rank Address river, stream and fishery impacts from rising water temperatures and heavier tourist pressure as 9 out of 13	Rank Address river, stream and fishery impacts from rising water temperatures and heavier tourist pressure as 10 out of 13	Rank Address river, stream and fishery impacts from rising water temperatures and heavier tourist pressure as 11 out of 13	Rank Address river, stream and fishery impacts from rising water temperatures and heavier tourist pressure as 12 out of 13	Rank Address river, stream and fishery impacts from rising water temperatures and heavier tourist pressure as 13 out of 13
Develop partnerships that reduce chances for sage grouse and other species to be listed as Endangered Species	Rank Develop partnerships that reduce chances for sage grouse and other species to be listed as Endangered Species as 1 out of 13	Rank Develop partnerships that reduce chances for sage grouse and other species to be listed as Endangered Species as 2 out of 13	Rank Develop partnerships that reduce chances for sage grouse and other species to be listed as Endangered Species as 3 out of 13	Rank Develop partnerships that reduce chances for sage grouse and other species to be listed as Endangered Species as 4 out of 13	Rank Develop partnerships that reduce chances for sage grouse and other species to be listed as Endangered Species as 5 out of 13	Rank Develop partnerships that reduce chances for sage grouse and other species to be listed as Endangered Species as 6 out of 13	Rank Develop partnerships that reduce chances for sage grouse and other species to be listed as Endangered Species as 7 out of 13	Rank Develop partnerships that reduce chances for sage grouse and other species to be listed as Endangered Species as 8 out of 13	Rank Develop partnerships that reduce chances for sage grouse and other species to be listed as Endangered Species as 9 out of 13	Rank Develop partnerships that reduce chances for sage grouse and other species to be listed as Endangered Species as 10 out of 13	Rank Develop partnerships that reduce chances for sage grouse and other species to be listed as Endangered Species as 11 out of 13	Rank Develop partnerships that reduce chances for sage grouse and other species to be listed as Endangered Species as 12 out of 13	Rank Develop partnerships that reduce chances for sage grouse and other species to be listed as Endangered Species as 13 out of 13
Defend fair chase and equitable access to hunting from special interest groups	Rank Defend fair chase and equitable access to hunting from special interest groups as 1 out of 13	Rank Defend fair chase and equitable access to hunting from special interest groups as 2 out of 13	Rank Defend fair chase and equitable access to hunting from special interest groups as 3 out of 13	Rank Defend fair chase and equitable access to hunting from special interest groups as 4 out of 13	Rank Defend fair chase and equitable access to hunting from special interest groups as 5 out of 13	Rank Defend fair chase and equitable access to hunting from special interest groups as 6 out of 13	Rank Defend fair chase and equitable access to hunting from special interest groups as 7 out of 13	Rank Defend fair chase and equitable access to hunting from special interest groups as 8 out of 13	Rank Defend fair chase and equitable access to hunting from special interest groups as 9 out of 13	Rank Defend fair chase and equitable access to hunting from special interest groups as 10 out of 13	Rank Defend fair chase and equitable access to hunting from special interest groups as 11 out of 13	Rank Defend fair chase and equitable access to hunting from special interest groups as 12 out of 13	Rank Defend fair chase and equitable access to hunting from special interest groups as 13 out of 13
Support voting rights and citizen initiatives from efforts to restrict participation	Rank Support voting rights and citizen initiatives from efforts to restrict participation as 1 out of 13	Rank Support voting rights and citizen initiatives from efforts to restrict participation as 2 out of 13	Rank Support voting rights and citizen initiatives from efforts to restrict participation as 3 out of 13	Rank Support voting rights and citizen initiatives from efforts to restrict participation as 4 out of 13	Rank Support voting rights and citizen initiatives from efforts to restrict participation as 5 out of 13	Rank Support voting rights and citizen initiatives from efforts to restrict participation as 6 out of 13	Rank Support voting rights and citizen initiatives from efforts to restrict participation as 7 out of 13	Rank Support voting rights and citizen initiatives from efforts to restrict participation as 8 out of 13	Rank Support voting rights and citizen initiatives from efforts to restrict participation as 9 out of 13	Rank Support voting rights and citizen initiatives from efforts to restrict participation as 10 out of 13	Rank Support voting rights and citizen initiatives from efforts to restrict participation as 11 out of 13	Rank Support voting rights and citizen initiatives from efforts to restrict participation as 12 out of 13	Rank Support voting rights and citizen initiatives from efforts to restrict participation as 13 out of 13
Do more to hold elected officials accountable for votes on bad bills	Rank Do more to hold elected officials accountable for votes on bad bills as 1 out of 13	Rank Do more to hold elected officials accountable for votes on bad bills as 2 out of 13	Rank Do more to hold elected officials accountable for votes on bad bills as 3 out of 13	Rank Do more to hold elected officials accountable for votes on bad bills as 4 out of 13	Rank Do more to hold elected officials accountable for votes on bad bills as 5 out of 13	Rank Do more to hold elected officials accountable for votes on bad bills as 6 out of 13	Rank Do more to hold elected officials accountable for votes on bad bills as 7 out of 13	Rank Do more to hold elected officials accountable for votes on bad bills as 8 out of 13	Rank Do more to hold elected officials accountable for votes on bad bills as 9 out of 13	Rank Do more to hold elected officials accountable for votes on bad bills as 10 out of 13	Rank Do more to hold elected officials accountable for votes on bad bills as 11 out of 13	Rank Do more to hold elected officials accountable for votes on bad bills as 12 out of 13	Rank Do more to hold elected officials accountable for votes on bad bills as 13 out of 13

4. Please check boxes for ways that you engaged the Legislature and Governor in 2021:

5. How many times did you call your State Senator, Representative or Governor's office in 2021?

6. How many times did you email your State Senator, Representative or Governor's office in 2021?

7. Did you send a letter to the editor in 2021?

8. Did you engage with legislative content on MWF's social media platforms during 2021?

9. Did you testify at a hearing or commission meeting in 2020 or 2021?

10. Did you participate in an MWF Legislative Action Team Zoom meeting?

11. Did you participated in another organization's Legislative Action Zoom meeting?

12. Are you a member of MWF or one of our local affiliates?

13. Donated to MWF or another advocacy group this year?

14. As a member of our Legislative Action Team, do you have any suggestions or comments to help us improve it?