A very few groups have already begun this program of improving 

 relations between fishermen and landowners. This is one of the very 

 best and most productive programs that a sportsmen's group or other 

 organization can undertake in the interests of fish and game. They 

 may initiate programs of education at home. They, better than anyone 

 else, know the need. 



They may work with the landowners in providing sanitary 

 facilities such as toilets and garbage disposal facilities and in pro- 

 viding cattle guards, gates and stiles. They may further assist the 

 landowner by providing him with signs and posters, by helping him 

 to enforce closures of certain high-hazard areas in order that other 

 areas on his land may be left open to the public. 



Above all, they may aid in the program by sympathetically un- 

 derstanding the landowner's problems, whatever they may be, and 

 patiently conferring with him to arrive at a solution. 



Fisheries Management And Investigation 



The operations of the Fisheries Management and Investigation 

 Section of the Fisheries Division are financed largely through the 

 Fedeial Aid in Fish Restoration Program, commonly known as the 

 Dingell- Johnson Progi'am. 



During the 1952-53 fiscal year, ten Federal Aid projects were 

 authorized and executed. While only eight were conducted in the 

 fiscal year of 1953-54, this does not indicate that the program 

 declined. Certain phases of the work were completed, allowing more 

 effort to be put in the remaining projects. 



A few of the highlights of the work accomplished by this section 

 are briefly reviewed on the following pages. 



Grayling Study 



In the Biennial Report of the Fish and Game Commission for 

 1950-52, a review of the history and present status of the Montana 

 grayling was given, together with an explanation of the need for 

 investigation of this species. Duiing this biennium the grayling study 

 was completed and a report' of the findings has been published. The 

 Montana Fish and Game Commission gratefully acknowledges the 

 cooperative efforts given in this study by the Montana State College 

 Agricultural Experiment Station and the U. S. Fish and Wildlife 

 Service through the Red Rock National Migratory Waterfowl Refuge. 



Management recommendations from the study were as follows:' 



"FISHING SEASON — It is recommended that the present fishing season (July 1 

 to September 15) be maintained and that Red Rock and Swan Lakes and that 

 portion of Red Rock Creek on the waterfowl refuge be closed to fishing the entire 



'Nelson, Perry H. 1954. The American Grayling in Montana. Journal of Wildlife 

 Management, Vol. 18, No. 3: pages 324-342. 



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