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GAME MANAGEMENT DIVISION 



Wynn Freeman 

 Administrator 

 Game Management Division 



The goal of the Game Manage- 

 ment Program is to manage and main- 

 tain Montana's wildlife resource and 

 its habitat for its intrinsic and 

 ecological values while providing 

 maximum recreational, economical, 

 scientific, and educational op- 

 portunities to the people of Montana 

 and the nation. 



The specific wildlife resource 

 management goal is to produce and 

 maintain a maximum breeding stock of game species on all suitable 

 lands in Montana and to utilize the annual crops produced by this 

 stock through recreational hunting and other accepted uses. 



Since habitat must be maintained to produce wildlife, another 

 specific goal of the division is to acquire, develop and maintain 

 key areas of wildlife habitat. These areas produce wildlife and 

 also contribute to the recreational, socio-economic and educational 

 needs of Montana people. 



The basis for scientific game management is inventories of 

 wildlife resources and wildlife habitats. Wildlife surveys and 

 research throughout the state provide biological information for 

 game management and other programs with impacts upon wildlife. 



