STUDY NUMBER ; 2.8 



ORGANIZATION ; Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks 

 (MDFWP) 



TITLE OF STUDY ; Western Montana Fishery Investigation, 

 Inventories and Surveys of the Upper Clark Fork River (above 

 Druiranond ) 



CONTACTS ; Dennis Workman - DFWP, Missoula - 721-5808 

 Wayne Hadley - DFWP, Deer Lodge - 846-3270 



OBJECTIVE ; Evaluate the condition, distribution and abun- 

 dance of game fish in the upper Clark Fork drainage. 



DURATION ; 1969 - Indefinitely 



CURRENT STATUS ; Trout population estimates have been 

 conducted on the upper Clark Fork River at the following 

 locations; 



pH Shack (near Warm Springs) 1969 - present 



Sager Lane (near Dempsey) 1981 - 1982 



Williams-Tavener (below Deer Lodge) 1969 - present 



Phosphate (below the Little Blackfoot 1978 - present 

 River 



Brown trout movement (jaw tagging) and recruitment 

 studies have also been conducted near these stations. 



Trout populations have been estimated for several years 

 on the following tributaries: Warm Springs Creek, Gold 

 Creek, Flint Creek and the Little Blackfoot River. Fishery 



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