. Biennial report of the Montana Fish and Game Commission. Montana Fish and Game Commission; Game protection; Wildlife conservation; Fisheries. located, and perhaps rotated at intervals of time. By a flexible system of rotated closed areas, the following benefits may be derived: 1. A better distribution of game animals over all available range. 2. A diversified use of the range. 3. More game can be produced without se- rious injury to any particular portions of the range. 4. It will minimize the chance for serious parasitic infection and the spread of contagious diseases. 5. It will aid the de
. Biennial report of the Montana Fish and Game Commission. Montana Fish and Game Commission; Game protection; Wildlife conservation; Fisheries. located, and perhaps rotated at intervals of time. By a flexible system of rotated closed areas, the following benefits may be derived: 1. A better distribution of game animals over all available range. 2. A diversified use of the range. 3. More game can be produced without se- rious injury to any particular portions of the range. 4. It will minimize the chance for serious parasitic infection and the spread of contagious diseases. 5. It will aid the department to direct hunt- ing into the areas where hunting is needed. 6. Game animals will always have the nec- essary protected areas into which to retreat when the hunting pressure becomes too great. This type of rotation has not as yet been tried in the state, but it is hoped that it may be done in the future. The benefits to wildlife to be derived from several other preserves may be increased by slightly changing or modifying the boundaries of these preserves. Changed conditions in hunting pressures, forage, and the number of animals have made such alterations necessary. For ex- ample, a slight change was made during the summer of 1942 in the boundary of the Gallatin Game Preserve in order to relieve the concentra- tion of elk during the hunting season upon critical- ly needed winter game range. On the other hand, there are generalized areas where hunting would probably benefit if new preserves or closed areas were established. For example, the Sula Peak Closure was created to take effect prior to the big game season of 1942. It is located in the lower reaches of the East Fork of the Bitterroot river. This closure was created for the purpose of building up the num- ber of big game animals in that area. [ 18]. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustra
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