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NRCS Offers Funding for Predator Deterrent Practices

April 10, 2006

For More Information:
Tasha Gibby, 406-587-6971
Erik Suffridge, 406-587-6849

Bozeman--Ranchers may be eligible to receive funding for implementing three predator deterrent measures through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program. The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) will be offering incentives to help ranchers minimize conflict between predators and livestock.

“We are glad to be able to offer this assistance at a time when predation from endangered species is rising as a central issue in Montana agriculture,” said Dave White, NRCS state conservationist. “The measures will help ranchers safeguard their livestock, protect their financial solvency, and, hopefully, help them to better live in coexistence with endangered predators.”

The three predator deterrent practices that will be available from NRCS in 2007 include:

  1. Disposal of carcasses from around farmsteads and feedlots to approved landfills or rendering companies.
  2. Installation of predator deterring fence around areas with concentrated numbers of livestock such as calving areas, feeding areas, feedlots, or bee apiaries.
  3. Hiring and use of a herder to facilitate prescribed grazing and predator deterrence during the grazing season.

The application deadline for 2007 program funding is June 1, 2006. Get more information about NRCS programs and the predator deterrence practices by contacting your local USDA Service Center or visiting the Montana NRCS website.

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