Fish Restoration Districts 



The boundaries of Montana's fish restoration districts have been 

 changed from that reported in the Biennial Report for 1950-52, as 

 shown in the accompanying map. All five of the restoration districts 

 are now active with two men each stationed in districts 1 and 3, and 

 one man each stationed in districts 2, 4, and 5. 



By constant observation and study, these men will know their 

 waters and their needs. They will outline sound and substantial plant- 

 ing programs; will execute needed restoration measures such as 

 habitat improvement, rough fish control, creation of new fishing 

 waters, and acquisition and development of fishing areas for public 

 use; and will formulate adequate and needed regulations. 



In the course of general survey work on the waters of district 

 4, the district biologist noted in Otter Creek, Judith Basin and Cas- 

 cade Counties, that trout constituted only 2.3 percent of the fishes 

 resident in the stream while rough fish made up the balance of the 

 population as is shown in the accompanying graph. 



MONTANA FISHERIES RESTORATION DISTRICTS 



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