Billings City Parks

The Gazette reports Billings parks police officer Nick Lam has new authority to use a number of offenses to first warn, then arrest people for trespassing in city parks. An offender can be cited for a number of municipal code violations, including possessing alcohol in the park, urinating in public, violating park hours, or committing what are called Title 45 crimes...

Animal rights advocates are reportedly concerned over Montana’s method of dealing with ground squirrels that have burrowed beneath some of the athletic fields at Billings parks.  Authorities say they are endangering athletes and wreaking havoc on turf conditions...