to be insignificant 5 therefore, the differences in trip expenditures 

 were due to other circumstances. Nonresident usage probably is the 

 most important factor. Since nonresidents ordinarily have greater 

 expenses for food and lodging than local people, the increase in 

 trip expenditures from the Lower to the Upper Section was to be ex- 

 pected. 



Table 10„ Average Expenditure per Person per Day for Trip Items, 

 Madison River, Montana, 1950, 1951, and 1952 



YearlSection 



Number I Trip Expenditure per Person per Day 



in | Food Lodg- j Bait FeesjMiscel- 

 Sample | ing ; I laneous 



Boat 



Rental Rental 



Other Total 



1950 Lower 7,506 $0,68 $0,1*0 $0,0$ $0.01 $0„5l4 $0,12 |0.05 $1,8$ 



1951 Middle 2,1*88 1,25 0,80 0,01 0,03 0,1*1 0,01 0,00 2,51 



1952 Upper 2,670 1,71 1,36 O.Ol* 0,01 0.60 0,02 j/ 3.75 

 T7 Less than 1 cent. 



Annual and Investment Expenditures 



Because of difficulties inherent in obtaining annual and in- 

 vestment expenditure information in the field, no attempt was made to 

 gather these data during the present study; however, information on 

 these two expenditure's is available from a study conducted in three 

 Montana counties (Fish and Wildlife Service 195lb). Data from this 

 study are believed applicable to the Madison River fishery, since the 

 type of equipment used by the fishermen (cold-water fishermen) was 

 quite similar and the license fee was the same 5/« The county surveys 

 revealed considerable variation in the per-person per-day expenditure 

 for combined investment and annual items between cold-water fishermen 

 in Valley and Roosevelt Counties ($2,97) and Yellowstone County ($3.65), 

 but because of the better sample in the Yellowstone County survey 6/ 

 it is believed that the expenditure of these fishermen more closely 



5/ Annual expenses of Yellowstone County fishermen were based on a 

 resident fee of $3.00 for a combination small-grime and fishing 

 license. The majority of the nonresidents using the Madison fishery 

 purchased a season license at $10, Therefore, annual expenses of 

 the average fisherman using the Madison probably is somewhat higher 

 than for the Yellowstone County fishermen, but the amount of the 

 increase is indeterminable and has been disregarded. 



6/ Eighty-two percent of 187 license holders interviewed in Yellow- 

 stone County could be classified as cold-water fishermen, as 

 against only 18 percent of 170 license holders interviewed in VaL ley 

 and Roosevelt Counties. 



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