STATE GAME AND FISH WARDEN. 



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Game Refuges. 



Inasmuch as game refuges afford the most effective meaiib 

 of protecting the scattered remnants of our native game, it is 

 strongly recommended that every State should have one or 

 more State refuges. Commissioners and wardens should be 

 given adequate authority to arrange for refuges on private or 

 State lands, and to co-operate with the proper officers of the 

 Federal Government in the establishment of such refuges on 

 public lands not now utilized for other purposes. 



Bull E.lk of the West Gallatin Basin 



STATE FISH HATCHERIES. 



Montana now has two modern, well-equipped State hatch- 

 eries, which, in conjunction with the Governm(ent hatchery 

 at Bozeman, will furnish all streams and lakes in the State 

 with a large supply of young fish annually. 



The hatchery at Somers, Flathead County, has just been 

 completed and will be in operation in 1913. 



Members of the State Fish Commission have drafted a pro- 

 posed law governing fishing in this State, so that subject will 

 not be referred to in this report. 



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