AMERICA'S GREATEST PLAYGROUND 



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Lake McDonald, the Home of J. M. Lewis 



May I suggest that greater care be exercised in the futuVe? We 

 should by all means foster the grayling (Thymalus) in every stream 

 where indigenous, and discourage the planting of other varieties inim- 

 ical to its welfare. It is hard to say what varieties are most destruc- 

 tive to this beautiful game fish, but it is noteworthy that in the nu- 

 merous plantings of grayling made in the waters flowing into the Pa- 

 cific where the Dolly Varden (Salvelinus Malma) is indigenous, that 

 Qo results have been obtained, while in the numerous lakes which do 

 not contain the Dolly Varden that the grayling flourishes and grows 

 rapidly. These instances may be mentioned as certainties in Foys Lake, 

 Little Bitter Root Lake, and Rodgers Lake, all in Flathead County. So 

 far as the writer is informed, no results have been obtained from 

 stream plantings of grayling in any stream flowing to the Pacific. 



Quinnat or Chinook Salmon 

 (Oncorhyncu Stschawytscha) 



This fish, with its unpronounceable scientific name and its many 

 common names (Chinook, Quinnat, Tyee, or King), has been imported 

 from Oregon and planted in many lakes and rivers. So far as now 

 known no results have been obtained from river plantings, evidently 

 because the young fish start for salt water when quite young. Con- 

 cerning only one lake on the west side of the range can positive state- 

 ments be made. 



The first planting was made in Lake Ronan which lies eight miles 

 west of Dayton, May 14, 1916, and in September of this year salmon 

 have been caught, evidently from this planting, weighing 14i/4 pounds. 

 U is hard to tell how many of this original planting remain, but it is 



