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MONTANA STATE FISH AND GAME COMMISSION 





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be necessary. The kind of cooperation needed will consist of conductinu- ourselves 

 so that others can work with us. 



It is evident that no one g-roup can have thing-s all its own way. It will not 

 answer for conflicting interests to rail at each other, or at the men they collect- 

 ively have engaged to manage this particular affair of theirs. They must get 

 together and agree by compromise or otherwise on a definite plan of procedure. 



Being a sportsman worthy of the name, the kind we need now and always 

 will need is a serious business, a business requiring knowledge and judgment and 

 fair dealing with the other fellow. 



From the best estimate obtainable the national forests represent about 80 

 per cent of the big game range within the state. It is there that about the same 

 percentage of our big game finds food and shelter. 



From all indications it is safe to prophesy that this is likely io remain the 

 case. It is in the national forests, therefore, that the big job of game and fish 

 management must be carried on, and the welfare of the wild life must ever be 

 in the minds and plans of those who administer these great federal properties. 

 Also it must be in the minds of more folks than just those who are paid to manage 

 these national forest lands. This is true for the simple reason that those who ai'e 

 paid to do the job should be followers rather than makers of policies. In other 

 words, the public should choose whether there shall be an abundance of game 

 or otherwise. 



Careful studies are being conducted to determine: 



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