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Administrative Division: 



To permit efficient handling of the large 

 volume of business transacted by the Commis- 

 sion, more office space is needed. At present, we 

 are limited to five small rooms which are occupied 

 daily by 1 1 employees. Frequently while reports 

 are being compiled, there are seven employees 

 using one room. Property of the department is 

 widely scattered due to inadequate space. 



It is hoped that after the war a Fish and 

 Game building will be erected which will provide 

 suitable quarters for the administrative activities, 

 as well as storage facilities for confiscated furs 

 and game. Sufficient room for the proper display 

 of wildlife specimens native to Montana, as well 

 as for an aquarium, should be included in a con- 

 struction program. 

 Fisheries Division: 



In order to meet future fishing pressure which 

 will undoubtedly prove to be the heaviest in his- 

 tory, it is necessary that our hatcheries be brought 

 up to a much higher plane of efficiency by the 

 addition of refrigeration facilities amply large 



to store a year's supply of fish food. Such facil- 

 ities would permit the fisheries division to pur- 

 chase in much larger quantities at a consider- 

 able saving in cost. 



The distribution equipment must also be en- 

 larged and improved to allow more effective dis- 

 tribution with less road travel, as our present units 

 are much too small for present requirements and 

 future stocking policies demand highly improved 

 equipment. 



The installation of a plant for processing and 

 canning carp or other rough fish would not only 

 reduce feeding costs at the hatcheries, but would 

 materially aid the waters from which these fish 

 were taken. 



The establishment of a research department 

 to assist in developing and improving existing 

 physical equipment such as distribution units and 

 fish screens would lead to the development of 

 better equipment. A research department would 

 also carry out surveys on problem waters to de- 

 termine factors entering into success or failure 

 of plantings, including a study of the food base, 

 influence of rough and predator fish, etc. 



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