tion of Beaver Creek Reservoir in Hill County. 

 Completed during late fall of 1959, the reser- 

 voir was filled by April, 1960. Portions of 

 the waters above the reservoir were treated 

 with fish toxicant in order to remove unde- 

 sirable fish before filling the reservoir. Rain- 

 bow trout have been stocked there. 



Suitable stockwater reservoirs have been 

 managed by the department for trout. These 

 include Miller No. 6, Kuhr-Newhouse, H. C. 

 Kuhr, Riebe, and Ross Reservoirs, all in Blaine 

 County. The latter reservoir has adequate 

 natural reproduction in a small inlet stream. 

 In the other reservoirs, experiments are being 

 conducted in order to determine the most 

 practical method of maintaining trout. Other 

 reservoirs in the area being added to the 

 trout pond program are Riggin-Starch Reser- 

 voir and Cow Camp Pond in northeast Blaine 

 County, Dahl Pond and Cole Gravel Pits in 

 Phillips County, Jens Jenson Reservoir in 

 Daniels County, Tvedt Reservoir in Sheridan 

 County and Tolksdorf and Kuester Reservoir 

 in Richland County. 



Management of Gartside Reservoir near 

 Sidney has continued successfully. This lake 

 was constructed through the efforts of the 

 Sidney Rod and Gun Club with financial as- 

 sistance from the Montana Fish and Game 

 Department. 



Several marginal trout streams in the area 

 were surveyed during the biennium. These in- 

 cluded Big Sandy Creek, Eagle Creek, Beaver 

 Creek, Battle Creek, Wolf Creek, and White- 

 tail Creek. 



Surveys of fish populations were made in 

 Fort Peck Reservoir, Nelson Reservoir, Kil- 

 lenbeck Reservoir, Frenchman Reservoir, and 

 Crandall Reservoir. A study of paddlefish in 

 Fort Peck Reservoir was started and will be 

 continued. 



Rough fish in several bodies of water were 

 removed by treatment with fish toxicants. 

 These include Beaver Creek and its tributary, 

 Sucker Creek, Cole Gravel Pits in Phillips 

 County, H. C. Kuhr Reservoir in Blaine Coun- 

 ty and Whitetail Reservoir in Daniels County. 



STATEWIDE PROJECTS 



Lake and Stream Access 



Access to fishing waters in Montana is 

 becoming increasingly important each year. 

 During the biennium the Lands Division, work- 

 ing under the direction of the Superintendent 

 of Fisheries, purchased a total of 17 tracts. 

 Four additional tracts were donated. Six of 

 the sites were on lakes, the balance on rivers. 

 Of the sites on rivers, five are over one mile 

 long. Location of sites acquired during the 

 biennium are as follows: 



RIVERS AND STREAMS 



Stillwater River 3 tracts 



West Rosebud River 1 tract 



Madison River .2 tracts 



Rock Creek (Red Lodge) 5 tracts 



Rock Creek (Missoula) 1 tract 



Flathead River 1 tract 



Sweetgrass Creek 1 tract 



Smith River 1 tract 



LAKES 



Aarod Lake 1 tract 



Flathead Lake 1 tract 



Carpenter Lake 1 tract 



Crystal Lake 1 tract 



Broadview Pond 1 tract 



Sophie Lake 1 tract 



With these sites, thirty-three are now under 

 department ownership. The objective is to 

 have guaranteed public access with facilities 

 for parking automobiles at strategic points on 

 important lakes and streams. 



Land already in public ownership is in- 

 corporated into this program wherever pos- 

 sible. Since 1951 a survey of state and federal 

 lands to determine their value as fishing has 

 been in progress. As a result the Bureau of 

 Land Management has been requested to re- 

 tain in public ownership in excess of 100,000 

 acres and the State Board of Land Commis- 

 sioners has been requested to retain in public 

 ownership over 155,000 acres so that waters 

 bordering these lands will be accessible to 

 the public. 



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