would be found. There is no immediate call for action in this regard but rather a 

 condition to be kept in mind so that if the necessity for action arises we may be in 

 a position to act at once. The output of the hatchery is satisfactory, the location is 

 such that many eggs of native trout are available from streams not too remote for 

 practical purposes, but the work of the State should not be hampered by petty annoy- 

 ances or wilful interference. 



For Ultimate Economy. 



During the years 1916, 1917 and 1918, considerable money has been spent 

 in building egg-taking stations and traps. This is a movement in the direction of 

 ultimate economy, for the money heretofore spent in the purchase of eyed eggs will, 

 in part be saved, and in time we will be able to procure all eggs necessary from our 

 own waters. This condition is in the main true now, so far as native trout (native 



White Fish and Grayling) eggs are concerned, but the introduced species such as 

 Rainbow trout are not yet found in sufficient numbers to afford a supply. The 

 only available station for taking eggs from Rainbow trout is at Willow Creek on 

 the Madison River. At this point the United States Government has installed a 

 plant and annually takes the eggs from all available fish, not only Rainbow but 

 Grayling and native trout eggs. By an agreement with the Superintendent of the 

 United States hatchery at Bozeman, the State is given a part of the eggs taken at 

 this point, in return for which the State furnishes a man to patrole the waters 

 adjacent to the station to prevent poaching. 



Anaconda Hatchery. 



The traps previously installed on North Flint Creek, tributary to Georgetown 

 Lake, located twenty miles west of Anaconda, were badly damaged by flood waters 

 during the month of June, 1918. The Commission was obliged to replace them, as 

 these traps supply the State hatcheries with something over six million grayling fry 

 each year. 

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