. Biennial report, Montana Game and Fish Commission, State of Montana. Montana Fish and Game Commission; Game protection; Wildlife conservation; Fisheries. reation. aquatic life (including fish), agricul- tural and industrial. A considerable portion of the biologist's time is spent working with new industries on their pollution abatement prob- lems. To date the major effort has been on the Clark Fork of the Columbia Pulp mill wastes often have a high dis- solved oxygen demand and may contain caustic compounds. Note foamy condition of water. Fisherman Access Obviously no fish managem
. Biennial report, Montana Game and Fish Commission, State of Montana. Montana Fish and Game Commission; Game protection; Wildlife conservation; Fisheries. reation. aquatic life (including fish), agricul- tural and industrial. A considerable portion of the biologist's time is spent working with new industries on their pollution abatement prob- lems. To date the major effort has been on the Clark Fork of the Columbia Pulp mill wastes often have a high dis- solved oxygen demand and may contain caustic compounds. Note foamy condition of water. Fisherman Access Obviously no fish management measure is worthwhile unless fishermen can get to the water. The stand might be taken that Montana has no great access problem at this time so it should be of no concern. Such an attitude is folly, for access problems are steadily growing and it can be anticipated that in ten to fifteen years Montana will be in the same situation as more heavily populated states — in desperate need of fishing access but faced with "house lot" prices. The approach today is to secure access through public lands whenever possible. Since 1951 a survey of state and federal lands to determine their value for access has been in progress. As a result, to date the Bu- reau of Land Management has been requested to retain 99,000 acres and the Slate Board of Land Commissioners has been requested to retain an additional 152,000 acres so waters bordering these lands will be to the public. It would be desirable if sites with high value as fishing access could be actually set aside for this There would be no cost involved. The lands would be administered by the same agency as at present, and leased for agricultural , but they could not be .sold. Some of the finest agricultural land in the state is along river bottoms. Lake frontage has always been desirable real estate. As a result many important fishing waters are completely on private land. During the bienni
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