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Title: Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks annual report
Identifier: 734B99FC-9960-468B-8A7B-825194B637D9 (find matches)
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Authors: Montana. Dept. of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks
Subjects: Montana. Dept. of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks; Natural resouce management and policies; Wildlife management; Parks
Publisher: (Helena, MT) : The Dept.
Contributing Library: Montana State Library

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Aquatic life and fishing Rainbow trout estimates on the Smith and Missouri rivers indicated healthy fish populations, despite near-record low flows. Near Craig, the estimated 3,511 rainbow trout per mile is 120 percent of the 26-year average, and rainbow trout numbers upstream of Cascade were also above average. This is especially good news considering that whirling disease is found in the Missouri and several of its important spawning tributaries. Trout in some sections of the Smith River were about 70 percent of average, which is good considering the low summer flows on this river. Future Fisheries Enhancement Program funding, matched by nearly $23 million from private sources, has helped fund more than 400 projects in the past 12 years to benefit coldwater and warmwater fish species on the Blackfoot, Big Hole, Jefferson, Shields and other rivers, streams, lakes, and reservoirs. Projects include riparian fencing, restoration of stream and river channels, fish screens, and fish passage. ^.^ A recently completed i.--- structure on the Tongue "- ' River in Custer County solves a decades-old problem for spawning fish. The new fish passage, built at the FWRMT.GOV T&Y Diversion Dam, allows spaAAming runs of fish to pass from the Yellow- stone and up the Tongue River to spaAAHi, benefiting roughly some 49 dif- ferent species offish including: sauger, paddlefish, blue sucker, sicklefin chub, sturgeon chub and potentially pallid sturgeon. The Future Fisheries pro- gram provided partial funding and technical and biological expertise. The Milltown Reservoir cleanup and dam removal project began more than a year ago and is on schedule for dam removal in spring of 2008. FWP has leadership responsibilities for the state restoration plan, is a member of the design review teams for remediation and restoration, and is responsible for monitoring fisheries during the project. A FWP advisory committee was ap- pointed to consider funding options for the $22 million Fort Peck Hatchery for 2011 and beyond. A new, full-color guide to Mon- tana's 316 Fishing Access Sites was a hit AAdth anglers and boaters. The guide is a handy companion to the FWP fish- ing regulations. FWP's web site also features an online FAS guide on the Fishing page. Putting trout on notice Recent studies show Montana rivers witli tlie lieaviest fisliing pressure are tlie IVIaclison, IVIissouri, Bitterroot, Clark Fork, Bighorn, Yellowstone and Gallatin rivers.
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2007 ANNUAL REPORT ; 7

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