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Administrative Division: Page 



Foreword 9 



Game Problems Yesterday and Today 10 



Activities of the Commission 11 



Deputy Game Wardens 12 



Predatory Animal Control 13 



New Equipment 14 



Beaver Management 15 



Game Farms 16 



Cooperation 17 



Game Preserves 18 



Recommendations 20 



Recommendations for Legislation 21 



Statistical Section 99 



Fisheries Division: 



Introduction 22 



Species of Game Fish Found in Montana 24 



A Five- Year Fish Distribution and Management Plan 26 



Blueback Salmon of Flathead Lake 30 



Fish Screening and Planting 32 



Our New Fishing Waters and Their Future Possibilities 33 



Increasing Productivity of Mountain Lakes 34 



Rough Fish Control 35 



Wildlife Restoration Division: 



Introduction 36 



Big Game Investigations and Surveys: 



Grizzly Bear 38 



Mountain Goat 41 



Mountain Sheep 42 



Moose 44 



Flathead Management Unit 46 



Judith River Management Unit 48 



Lincoln County Big Game Unit 50 



Bitterroot Management Unit 50 



Fish Creek - Thompson River Unit 54 



Gallatin Management Unit 57 



Sun River Management Unit 60 



Winter Surveys, 1942-1943 63 



Eastern Montana Big Game Surveys 64 



Antelope Survey 64 



Big Game Development: 



Trapping and Transplanting Mountain Goats and Mountain Sheep 67 



Fur Section . 70 



Fur Survey 71 



Beaver Trapping and Transplanting 74 



Upland Game Bird Survey (Statewide) 76 



Game Bird Development: 



Sage Grouse Trapping and Transplanting .... 86 



Chinese Pheasant Trapping and Transplanting 88 



Wildlife Habitat and Water Facilities Development 89 



