Laurie the Moose Lady Puts ‘Heart and Soul’ Into Roadkill

Laurie Speakman is passionate about moose meat.

"I work my life around roadkill."

By KIRK JOHNSON

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Roadkill finding its way to dinner tables across Montana

Letting people eat roadkill made sense to state Rep. Steve Lavin, R-Kalispell, in 2013. A little more than two years later, it still makes sense.

“I think it’s worked really well. I hear a lot of good feedback on it actually,” said Lavin, who sponsored the bill that made picking up roadkill legal http://fwp.mt.gov/hunting/licenses/salvagePermit.html .

Despite how weird it might sound to some, folks haven’t been shy about taking advantage of the new law and bringing home road-killed wildlife. At the end of September 2015, Montana, Fish, Wildlife and Parks had issued 1,747 roadkill salvage permits http://fwp.mt.gov/hunting/licenses/salvagePermit.html to people all over the state who found an edible deer, moose, elk or antelope.

By Michael Wright Chronicle Staff Writer

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