87-5-404. Flathead Lake bird preserve -- university of Montana-Missoula biological reserve.
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87-5-404 . Flathead Lake bird preserve -- university of Montana-Missoula biological reserve.
(1)Those islands, two in number, including lot one of block one, containing two and fifty-seven hundredths acres; lot two of block one, containing two and sixty hundredths acres; lot one of block two, containing one and sixty-five hundredths acres, all being in the villa site of islands situated in Flathead Lake in the county of Flathead, Montana, according to the official plat and survey of the land returned to the general land office by the surveyor general, are a perpetual place of refuge for birds of all kinds, and those lands are to be called the "Flathead Lake bird preserve". The lands are reserved for the breeding, propagating, and protection of all species of birds.
(2)It is unlawful for any person to hunt, as defined in 87-2-101 , or destroy or in any way injure any bird on the islands or to interfere with their eggs or nests or to hunt any bird within a distance of 400 yards from the shoreline of the islands.
(3)It is unlawful for any person to hunt, as defined in 87-2-101 , or destroy or in any way injure any bird or animal on the university of Montana-Missoula biological reserve located on the east shore of Flathead Lake or to interfere with their eggs or their young or their nests or to hunt any bird or any animal within 400 yards of the university of Montana-Missoula biological reserve or to discharge any firearms on the reserve or within 400 yards of the reserve.