...(4) The board shall consider the following criteria in determining whether certain state waters are outstanding resource waters. However, the board may determine that compliance with one or more of these criteria is insufficient to warrant classification of the water as an outstanding resource water. The board shall consider:...
(b) the presence of endangered or threatened species in the waters...
Citation: MCA 75-5-316.
...(5) Under rules adopted by the board, state lands may be closed on a case-by-case basis for certain reasons, including but not limited to:...
(c) the presence of threatened, endangered, or sensitive species or plant communities...
Citation: MCA 77-1-804.
...(9) The reclamation plan must incorporate appropriate wildlife habitat enhancement features that are integrated with cropland, grazing land, pastureland, land occasionally cut for hay, or other uses in order to enhance habitat diversity, with emphasis on big game animals, game birds, and threatened and endangered species that have been documented to live in the area of land affected, and to enhance wetlands and riparian areas along rivers and streams and bordering ponds and lakes. Incorporation of wildlife habitat enhancement features does not constitute a change in land use to fish and wildlife habitat and may not interfere with the designated land use...
Citation: MCA 82-4-232.