. Biennial report, Montana Game and Fish Commission, State of Montana. Montana Fish and Game Commission; Game protection; Wildlife conservation; Fisheries. This pintail must find several resting and feeding during his south-bound flight. WINTER GAME RANGE ACQUISITION The pattern of land ownership in western and central Montana results in many elk win- ter ranges being located partially or whoUy on private lands which are adjacent to National Forests. The public-owned forest lands furnish forage for elk during the spring, summer, and fall. Competition with livestock is usually not a problem on
. Biennial report, Montana Game and Fish Commission, State of Montana. Montana Fish and Game Commission; Game protection; Wildlife conservation; Fisheries. This pintail must find several resting and feeding during his south-bound flight. WINTER GAME RANGE ACQUISITION The pattern of land ownership in western and central Montana results in many elk win- ter ranges being located partially or whoUy on private lands which are adjacent to National Forests. The public-owned forest lands furnish forage for elk during the spring, summer, and fall. Competition with livestock is usually not a problem on the ranges which are used by elk during these seasons, but it may be intense on the privately-owned rangelands used by elk during the winter. Frequently, landowners along the entire foothill area of a mountain range are affected. These landowners should not be expected to support large numbers of elk at the expense of their livestock operations. The solution to such problems is to restrict an elk population to a definite winter range area. The restriction of elk to definite wintering areas, where they will not compete with live- stock operations, is one of the primary func- tions of the game ranges which are acquired by the Montana Fish and Game ground fork of Bear Creek in Madison county with the "Sphinx' 1 the area of a recently acquired big game winter range. 19 — Helmet" in the back-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Montana Fish and Game Commission. Helena, Mont. : Independent Pub. Co.
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