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Has the recession finally hit Montana's state government? Rather than blaming the job cut on the recession, Montana eliminated a job that was deemed unnecessary. This sounds too amazing to be true, doesn't it? Quite a departure for an entity better known for creating more jobs and titles than it could possibly need!.

Just recently, the state Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) eliminated the position of "wolf coordinator". After a careful and undoubtedly lengthy study, the Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks determined they did not have a grizzly bear coordinator or a deer coordinator. Therefore, there was really no reason to have a wolf coordinator either.

The person formerly holding the title of wolf coordinator has been assigned to other duties within the FWP department. She was the state's wolf coordinator for over a decade. In typical government fashion, they integrated the wolf coordinator's job into the umbrella of the state's wildlife program.

No longer will there be a weekly wolf update or attending meetings with the public to coordinate wolf management activities. The wolf coordinator's duties will now be handled by the wildlife management bureau or assigned to the big game manager in the department of FWP.

The FWP is considering assigning the former wolf coordinator to complete an ongoing mountain lion study, to update a bear management plan or study chronic wasting disease. (Chronic wasting disease has been detected in states surrounding Montana but has not been detected in Montana.)

While it is easy to make fun of the wolf coordinator position, the job has been a vital part of the FWP's wild game management for years. The coordinator worked to reintroduce gray wolves following state guidelines to have a minimum wolf population of 100 animals with at least 15 breeding pairs.

Wolves have been part of the Endangered Species Act, then removed and then added again over the past 20 years. As recently as August, a District Judge ruled that wolves could not be delisted in Montana while remaining protected in Wyoming.

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