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GREAT FALLS- Three Montana men have been charged by federal prosecutors for dealing in eagle parts.

The U.S. Attorney's Office has filed changes of violating the Bald and Golden Eagle Act and the Migratory Bird Act against Glenn Reum, 57, and Curtis Foster, 58, both of Pablo, and 64-year old Doug Standing Rock of Box Elder.

The trio appeared for their arraignment in Great Falls before U.S. Magistrate Keith Strong on Monday and were allowed to go free pending trial after pleading not guilty.

They each face possible penalties of up to one year in prison and a $15,000 fine if convicted on the charges.

From the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (more):

The Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 668-668c), enacted in 1940, and amended several times since then, prohibits anyone, without a permit issued by the Secretary of the Interior, from "taking" bald eagles, including their parts, nests, or eggs. The Act provides criminal penalties for persons who "take, possess, sell, purchase, barter, offer to sell, purchase or barter, transport, export or import, at any time or any manner, any bald eagle ... [or any golden eagle], alive or dead, or any part, nest, or egg thereof." The Act defines "take" as "pursue, shoot, shoot at, poison, wound, kill, capture, trap, collect, molest or disturb."