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t 6 MONTANA FISH AND GAME COMMISSION S 



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It has developed that Nelson Reservoir in Phillips County contains 

 great numbers of Great Northern or Wall-eyed Pike and also great 

 numbers of Carp. In tlie winter of 1923-24 eleven carloads of Carp 

 were shipped to New York from Malta. It occurred to me that this 

 Department was entitled to some royalty on these fish and in 1924 

 a contract was made whereby we will receive 15'/r of the gross output 

 of Carp which should bring us around $2,000.00 annually. 



It is hoped that we can make a start this year on Pike Perch 

 propagation by taking spawn at Nelson Reservoir and stock the lower 

 Missouri and lower Yellowstone with this excellent food fish. 



The Commission has selected Mr. J. W. Schofield as Field Assistant 

 for the Eastern Division and Dr. I. H. Treece in the same capacity in 

 the Western Division. Their excellent work has shown an increase of 

 six million fish planted in 1924 as compared with 1923. We have hai 

 good teamwork from every hatchery and each hatchery foreman and 

 every man in the work has not only expressed the wish to make good, 

 but their work shows that they have made good. 



The years 1923 and 1924 marked increased importation of 

 Hungarian Partridges from Europe and this bird is now a proven suc- 

 cess in Montana. They are increasing very rapidly in all parts of the 

 State. 



There can be no question but that the Buck Law has increased 

 our deer. The season of 1924 has brought reports of increas;> in 

 deer all over the State. The elk are more than holding their own 

 and excellent hunting for this animal is found in many parts of the 

 State. The creation of the Spotted Be.ir Game Preserve on the 

 west side of the Continental Divide, opposite the Sun River Game 

 Preserve on the east side, has been the means of bringing about a 

 considerable drift of elk from the Sun River side, where there 

 was an over supply of elk for the amount of forage existing, to the 

 South Fork of the Flathead where the Spotted Bear Preserve pro- 



Fish Hatchery at Red Lodge — One of the Smaller Stations 



