Biennial report, Montana Game and Fish Commission, State of Montana . e aquatic life of the Staterealize that pollution of our water courses must be kept at a minimum. There isno more precious gift of Nature than pure water. Yet many of our finest streams,and even some of the lakes, have become practically worthless as fishing watersthrough the agency of pollution. City sewage, as well as refuse from pulp andlumber mills, dye works, gas plants, dairy plants, metal factories, and variousother manufacturing establishments, have long since spoiled the larger small trout streams are no
Biennial report, Montana Game and Fish Commission, State of Montana . e aquatic life of the Staterealize that pollution of our water courses must be kept at a minimum. There isno more precious gift of Nature than pure water. Yet many of our finest streams,and even some of the lakes, have become practically worthless as fishing watersthrough the agency of pollution. City sewage, as well as refuse from pulp andlumber mills, dye works, gas plants, dairy plants, metal factories, and variousother manufacturing establishments, have long since spoiled the larger small trout streams are not safe from the drainage of cesspools, barnyards,outhouses, kitchen sinks, and garbage heaps. Pollution is an important con-tributary cause of diseases among fish, so that those which are not driven awayat first remain merely to succumb eventually to poison and infection. All watersin which fishing is desired must have their purity safeguarded. It is not ex-aggeration to say that the greatest menace to fish culture in New York Statetoday is pollution of the Black Spotted Trout (20) Survey for Fish ProductionAssist Forest People The State of New York has commenced the task of thorough investigationof its resources for fish production. A Conservation Commission, created forthat purpose, commenced work in 1916, with the object of studying the Statefishing waters and has recently published a report of much seasonable interest,containing as it does, not only information concerning the streams of OneidaCounty, in that State, but also many suggestions about the rearing, plantingand protection of both fish and streams. Some such investigation should be madein Montana. There are many obstacles to be overcome in a State so large as
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