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HELENA- The Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Commission will meet July 14 in Big Sky (at 1 Lone Mountain Trail) to determine quotas, seasons, and districts for the upcoming 2011 wolf hunt.

FWP previously approved a proposal to allow the killing of 220 wolves statewide, which would reduce the current wolf population by about 25%.

FWP authorized the state's first wolf hunt in 2009, setting the quota at 75 wolves. The Commission increased the number to 186 in 2010, but a US District Court ruling cancelled the hunt.

FWP Commissioners will make a number of other final decisions, including acquisition of a fishing access site on Big Spring Creek near Lewistown and a temporary waiver of fishing limits on lakes in the South Fork Flathead drainage, Cherry and Granite Lakes in FWP Region 1. They will make other final decisions on:

2011 deer, elk and antelope quotas outside biennial quota ranges;
The nongame check-off work plan;
2011 fall upland game bird quotas and limits;
2011 hunting access agreements;
2011 wolf hunting seasons, quotas and hunting district boundaries;
the upland game bird strategic plan;
a fire road restoration project at Fish Creek Wildlife Management Area; and
a conservation easement along the Missouri River near Ulm.

Commissioners will also hear about the scoping process for biennial regulations and the proposed 2011 early season migratory bird regulations.