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The cost of administering and managing the game resource in 

 Montana has increased. The following tabulation indicates the 

 recent Game Management expenditures among the principal operation 

 categories of the division. The division receives a substantial 

 portion of its funds through Federal Aid via the Pittman-Robertson 

 Act of 1937. This act provides 75 percent of the funds necessary 

 to conduct federally-approved projects. The division also parti- 

 cipates in other Federal Aid programs on a contract basis. For 

 1972, of the $1,658,966.00, 69 percent or about $1,136,297.00 

 were federal dollars. Montana has participated in the P-R program 

 since 1941„ 



The purchase of the Beartooth Game Range in 1970 increased the 



development and maintenance costs of the division. Payments to 



the counties in lieu of taxes increased to $34,246.00 in 1971. 



Maintenance was accomplished on 100 buildings, 27 miles of dikes, 



28 dams, 195 bridges, and culverts, more than 300 miles of roads 



and trails, 423 miles of fence, 217 acres of shelter belts, and 



4,700 cultivates acres. This work was performed on twenty game 



management areas located throughout the state. 



NUMBER OF GAME AND FUR ANIMALS 

 HARVESTED IN MONTANA 

 1967 - 1971 



