Montana’s Aquatic Invasive

Species Act

A Case Study in Evolution

What Can Be Inspected?

• Vessels: meaning every description of

watercraft, other than a seaplane on the

water, used or capable of being used as a

means of transportation on water.

• Trailers transporting vessels (added in

2011)

What Can Be Inspected?

• Vessels: meaning every description of watercraft, other than a seaplane on the water, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water.

• Trailers transporting vessels (added in 2011)

• Equipment (added in 2013): meaning an implement or machinery that has been wholly or partially immersed in surface waters, including but not limited to boat lifts, floating docks, pilings, dredge pipes, and buoys

“A ‘yes’ votes costs money and adds

regulation. A ‘no’ vote can be catastrophic.”

-Rep. Mike Cuffe, Eureka, MT (R)