As used in this part, the following definitions apply:...
(2) “Commercial purposes” means the collection, harvest, possession, or transportation of a species or subspecies of nongame wildlife from the wild with the intent to barter, offer for sale, ship or transport for eventual sale, or sell the animal or any part of the animal...
(4) “Endangered species” means a species or subspecies of wildlife that is actively threatened with extinction due to any of the following factors:
(a) the destruction, drastic modification, or severe curtailment of its habitat;
(b) its overutilization for scientific, commercial, or sporting purposes;
(c) the effect on it of disease, pollution, or predation;
(d) other natural or artificial factors affecting its prospects of survival or recruitment within the state; or
(e) any combination of the foregoing factors.
(5) “Management” means the collection and application of biological information for the purposes of conserving populations of wildlife consistent with other uses of land and habitat. The term includes the entire range of activities that constitute a modern scientific resource program, including but not limited to research, census, law enforcement, habitat improvement, control, and education. The term also includes the periodic protection of species or populations as well as regulated taking...
(9) “Wildlife” means a wild mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish, mollusk, crustacean, or other wild animal or any part, product, egg, or offspring or the dead body or parts of the animal.
Citation: MCA 87-5-102.