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MONTANA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 54th LEGISLATURE - REGULAR SESSION

JOINT SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES

Call to Order: By CHAIRMAN ROGER DEBRUYCKER, on January 31, 1995, at 8:00 a.m. in Room 402 of the state Capitol.

ROLL CALL

Members Present: Rep. Roger DeBruycker, Chairman (R) Sen. Thomas F. Keating, Vice Chairman (R) Sen. Judy H. Jacobson (D) Sen. Loren Jenkins (R) Rep. John Johnson (D) Rep. William R. Wiseman (R)

Members Excused: none

Members Absent: none

Staff Present: Roger Lloyd, Legislative Fiscal Analyst Florine Smith, Office of Budget & Program

Planning Debbie Rostocki, Committee Secretary

Please Note: These are summary minutes. Testimony and discussion are paraphrased and condensed.

Committee Business Summary: Hearing: Department of Fish, wildlife & Parks

- Fisheries Division - Administration & Finance Division

Executive Action: Department of Fish, wildlife and Parks - Fisheries Division

Mr. Roger Lloyd, Legislative Fiscal Analyst (LFA) , passed out the current week's fiscal status sheet for this subcommittee EXHIBIT 1 and a summary of all the subcommittees' budgets. EXHIBIT 2

HEARING ON DEPARTMENT OF FISH, WILDLIFE AND PARKS Fisheries Division

Mr. Lloyd gave an overview of the division's budget. Approximately $2 million per year in adjustments has been made to the base of this budget, primarily to be funded from federal Dingell-Johnson and Corps of Engineers revenues. Fully funding the operating budget will compensate for the early retirement costs which were paid out of that budget in the current biennium. Contracted services (Present Law (PL) Adjustment No.7) and

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grants (PL No. 11) requests, if considered as one, would indicate a 90% increase over FY 94. He announced the executive had requested Present Law (PL) Adjustment No. 13 on p. C-20 be reduced by $300,000 each year.

Mr. Larry Peterman, Administrator of the Fisheries Division, then gave his overview. The emphasis of the division is on wild trout and wild fish habitat management. 98% of the fish fr~m the division's hatcheries go to about 500 bodies of water, mostly lakes and farm ponds where there is limited or no natural reproduction. The division also works to provide access to public water for fishing. Habitat management activities include stream alteration review, administration of the Stream Protection Act and participation with the Conservation Districts in administering the Streambed and Land Preservation Act ("310 Act"). They participate in 1,000-1,200 310 projects per year under that act. They work with the Department of Health's Water Quality Division regarding pollution, fish kills and pollution abatement activities.

Regarding river restoration, there is a program funded by fifty cents from each fishing license dollar, about $110,000 per year. The program has been involved in over 56 stream bank fencing projects. Several other funding sources are also utilized for river restoration activities. EXHIBITS 3 and 4

The division is also involved in hydropower mitigation. Much of their Legislative Contract Authority (LCA) funding is used in this area.

The division works closely with the Conservation Districts and the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) to educate the public about riparian management, fisheries habitat and how to stabilize stream banks and build irrigation diversions so as to not harm habitat.

For over 20 years the division has had an instream flow program aimed at maintaining sufficient flows for fisheries. Unfortunately the division has had to get into drought management as well, for the past ten to eleven years. In the past summer these efforts have resulted in closing the entire Big Hole to fishing to protect the Arctic Greyling population.

The division is also involved in restoring streams affected by dewatering. Users are paid to leave part of their water rights in the stream. Presently there are about five of these water lease contracts.

The division is also becoming more involved in native fish management in order to prevent endangered species listing. Many of the state's native species have low population levels at present. These include Yellowstone cutthroat, West Slope Cutthroat, Bull Trout, Arctic Greyling, Paddlefish, and sturgeon.

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Tape No. l:B:OOO Extraordinary efforts in the division's River Restoration Program have saved the Arctic Greyling from becoming listed as endangered in the current biennium. The U.S. Fish and wildlife Service is currently considering putting an endangered species listing package together for the bull trout. The other aspect of the division's management efforts has to do with Montana Environmental Protection Act (MEPA) compliance.

The division operates eight cold water fish hatcheries and one warm water hatchery. The warm water hatchery is located in Miles City and produces about 15-30 million fish annually, primarily walleye. The cold water hatcheries produce fewer, but larger, fish. One of the cold water hatcheries is a Corps of Engineers mitigation hatchery on Libby Reservoir which FWP is paid to operate.

The Fishing Access site program currently has about 313 sites, mostly on rivers. They try to provide stream floating access for every five to six hours of floating time. In order to complete the Floating Access site program they need about 40 additional sites. The Parks Division maintains the sites and Fisheries improves the sites according to the location and level of use they have. As a result of this program, about 380,000 anglers spend about 2.6 million angler days in the state: in 1993 they spent about $150,000,000 in the state.

About 38% of the division's $7.2 million budget request will be funded from general license dollars. Federal dollars comprise about 40% of the budget and are primarily Dingell-Johnson (D-J) monies, which come from a federal excise tax on fishing equipment. The Wallop-Breaux amendment to the D-J legislation increased the excise tax to include small fishing boats and motors. A portion of the federal fuel tax that was allocated to motor boat use was also included in the funding from this amendment but this revenue is restricted for use only on fishing access sites with boat access.

LCA funding is derived primarily from federal and private sources. The small fraction of the division's revenue from state special is related to Glendive's Paddlefish Roe (caviar) program. Revenue from this source has been going down due to the drought situation.

Mr. Peterman then went over some of the new issues the Division is facing. There has been a major increase in division workload regarding private fishing pond licensing. In the last two years they have issued over 400 private pond permits, including inspections and Environmental Assessments (EA's). Illegal fish introductions are increasing, which is another big problem. Over the last 10 years there have been 160 documented instances of illegal introductions. Because of this activity, there is now walleye at Canyon Ferry and Noxon Reservoir, perch in Lake Mary Ronan, northern pike in Salmon Lake and small-mouth bass and lake

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trout in Yellowstone Lake. Illegal introductions either eliminate the fishery being managed for or require chemical treatments. River use conflict, primarily on the wild trout streams, is another area which has recently become a major issue.

Regarding fish health, historically FWP has used six or seven therapeutic drugs in its hatcheries to treat disease but three years ago the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) banned the use of most of these drugs. Getting these drugs re-regis'tered is a difficult job. In addition, the state's one fish health biologist is losing the assistance of the U.S. Fish and 'wildlife Service for the testing for bacteria or parasites in fish. The state has been given two years to take over its own testing. The capital budget is allocating money for the Great Falls hatchery to build a fish health lab. He stressed that not testing for disease was not an option.

A major issue which has very recently arisen is the arrival of Whirling Disease, which manifests as a parasite, in some of the rainbow trout from the West Fork of the Madison River. EXHIBIT 5 Prior to December 20, 1994 Montana was considered disease-free for the major trout and salmon diseases. From a management standpoint the loss of disease-free status is a major issue.

Tape No. 2:A:OOO

There has been a 90-95% reduction in the Upper Madison rainbow trout population, most likely the result of whirling disease. When the disease occurs in a hatchery the fish are spoon-fed and chemically treated until they can mature.

Whirling Disease on the Upper Madison will significantly impact the $31 million annual economy of that area. The Big Hole fishery is about 50% rainbow trout, the East Gallatin is 90%, the West Gallatin 95% and the Missouri below Holter is about 85% rainbow trout. These areas could be impacted as well if the disease is discovered there. The degree of susceptibility to this disease by other kinds of fish is largely unknown at this point. Resources have been redirected to determine the extent of the problem.

Mr. Peterman then reviewed the PL Adjustments and New Proposals for the Fisheries Division (pp. C-20-23).

Angler harvest surveys (PL No.4) involves about 120,000 mailings. The increase in this budget is related to postage costs and a proposed increase in the number of telephone follow­ups. PL No. 5 provides for spending authority on federal money which has been secured and will be providing for the increased costs of doing this.

Regarding PL No.6, $45,028 is the amount of money which was redirected from the travel and supplies accounts for early

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retirement. The remainder of the increase is due to inflation of FWP Motor Pool costs.

The increase in contracted services is slightly less than the requested amount for the current biennium. The budget has been underspent because some anticipated contracts did not materialize. Approximately $50,000 in each year of university funding has been transferred to PL No. 11. The rationale is that it will be easier to administer a long-term grant than an annual contract. The increase in contracted services is related to several new contracts related to therapeutic drug and endangered species issues. Mr. Peterman detailed the contracts FWP proposes to pursue in the coming biennium.

Tape No. 2:B:OOO

Combining replacement and new equipment, their total equipment budget request is about $218,937, which is almost identical to the 1994 level.

Regarding the Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PElS) for the Fisheries Division, they are requesting to contract for personnel assistance. This departure from the department's using FTE to do PElS's is being tested out to see if it is a viable option.

The Fisheries new equipment request includes funding for two boats and motors for a new fishery project in the Lewistown area which was approved by the 1993 Legislature. The request for a forklift is related in part to the fact that in 1994 a FWP employee lost part of his thumb trying to lift something manually. The request for scientific equipment is related in large part to what will be needed to take over expanded fish health testing duties which the federal government is no longer going to perform. The division would prefer the funding for this new equipment proposal to come entirely from general license fees because it is a much simpler process to go through when small pieces of equipment are being purchased. Federal funds could be used elsewhere in the division.

Regarding New Proposal No.4, the reductions would be one FTE fish culturist at the Big Springs Fish Hatchery near Lewistown and a .5 FTE fishery biologist in the Livingston area. These are serious reductions because services in the Livingston area would be reduced by half and this is right across the divide from where whirling disease has been found. Eliminating a fish culturist from the hatchery system precludes FWP's ability to redirect efforts from the hatchery system to the fish health area. He asked the committee to consider cutting the biologist in lieu of the fish culturist.

Mr. Robin Cunningham, Executive Director of the Fishing Outfitters Association of Montana, then rose in support of adequate funding for research on whirling disease.

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Mr. Paul Roos, a member of the Board of Outfitters and Blackfoot Trout Unlimited, spoke up in support of continued funding for the Fisheries Division and expressed concern about whirling disease.

Questions: SEN. JACOBSON questioned the division's choice of FTE for personal services reductions. Mr. Peterman pointed out that when the budget'was finalized whirling disease had not been discovered and this had changed their priorities.

SEN.KEATING wanted to know why EA's were required for fishing access sites. Mr. Peterman said the $10,000 being requested was the cumulative total for all EA's, which include areas other than fishing access sites. The State Historic Preservation Office requires a cultural and historic survey. Mr. Pat Graham, FWP Director, added that several years ago the passage of HB 495 had added about seven additional requirements to the department. In addition, there are several requirements under MEPA.

SEN. KEATING wanted to know why the expenses for the Clark Fork River investigation could not be funded from the Depar~ment of Health and Environmental Sciences' Superfund account. Mr. Graham replied that New Proposal No. 1 was specifically tied to getting supplemental fishery information and providing for FWP's data bases to be compatible for the ones used in the lawsuit. He added that this was a cost-reimbursable item.

In response to SEN. KEATING, Mr. Peterman said the historic level of spending for LCA's has been about $1 million. The requested increase in LCA is related to contracts from the EPA which FWP has just received.

REP. WISEMAN wanted to know the status of the Kerr mitigation. Mr. Peterman said the license has been issued but the fish and wildlife mitigation aspect has not been settled. About six months ago the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) carne out with a proposed order quite different from what had been recommended by the state and other entities and it is "back in FERC's lap" now.

CHAIRMAN DEBRUYCKER questioned the importance of transferring fish species to new waters (PL NO.9). Mr. Peterman said some of the state's waters have been so altered that the native fish no longer live there and new species are sometimes introduced in these cases. In addition there is a great public demand to introduce fish allover the state.

EXECUTIVE ACTION ON FWP Fisheries Division

Motion/vote: SEN. JACOBSON moved to accept PL Adjustments NO.5, 6, 7 and 8 on p. C-20; REP. JOHNSON seconded the motion. The motion carried with CHAIRMAN DEBRUYCKER and SEN. JENKINS opposed.

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Motion/vote: SEN. JACOBSON moved to accept PL No. 13 at the level of $1 million for each year, and to accept PL No. 14. REP. WISEMAN seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously.

Tape No. 3:B:000

Motion/vote: REP. JOHNSON moved to accept PL Adjustments NO.9, 10, 11 and 12; REP. WISEMAN seconded the motion. The motion carried with SEN. JENKINS opposed.

Motion: REP. WISEMAN moved to accept PL No.4. REP. JOHNSON seconded the motion.

Discussion: SEN. JENKINS objected to the level of funding for angler harvest survey.

vote: The motion failed with SEN. JACOBSON, CHAIRMAN DEBRUYCKER and SEN. JENKINS opposed.

Motion: SEN. JENKINS moved to accept PL No.4, but only the reduction in FY 97.

Discussion: Mr. Peterman said the net increase in the budget for fishing regUlations was about $6,000 and the angler harvest surveys amounted to a net $40,000 increase. He said in FY 95 $23,580 has been spent on fishing regulations. For the coming biennium, they are asking for more money in the first year and less in the second year. There is no figure for the angler harvest survey analysis for FY 95 as yet. In response to SEN. JACOBSON, he stated surveys are done every other year to find what the fishing pressure is on given bodies of water. This is related back to population surveys and is used for a variety of things. He said the surveys were necessary to provide documentation for federal funding.

Amended motion/vote: SEN. JENKINS amended his motion to accept PL No.4 at the levels of $50,000 for fishing regulations and $66,000 for angler harvest surveys in FY 96 and $20,000 for regulations and $30,000 for surveys in FY 97; REP. WISEMAN seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously.

Motion: REP. WISEMAN moved to accept New Proposals No. 3 and 4 on p. C-22, amending No.4 to a .5 FTE reduction, so the fish culturist position could be retained.

Discussion: SEN. JACOBSON questioned why personnel were being removed from the field rather than from the office. Mr. Peterman said several office staff had already been removed. Only seventeen of the division's 106 FTE are located in the office.

Tape No. 4:A:000

Substitute motion/vote: SEN. JENKINS moved to accept New Proposals No. 3 and 4, amending No. 4 to remove one FTE from

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either the Helena or the Bozeman office in lieu of removing the fish culturist but at a comparable rate of pay. SEN. JACOBSON seconded the motion. The question was called for and the motion carried with REP. JOHNSON and SEN. KEATING opposed.

Discussion: SEN. JENKINS brought up the possibility of drafting a committee bill to do away with the requirement for EA's on fishing access sites (initiated under HB 495, 1991 Legislature). Mr. Peterman said FWP would still have to comply with MEPA regulations. Mr. Graham told the committee the department would respond to this the following day.

SEN. JACOBSON wanted to know how much of the work of the FTE in New Proposal No. 1 had been accomplished. Mr. Peterman said the baseline data-gathering portion of the work was to have lasted two years. This second two-year period is designed to study the mitigation options and this work is not complete yet. If the case goes on for too long FWP may have to regather biological data.

Motion/vote: SEN. JACOBSON moved to accept New Proposal No.1, but as a one-time-only appropriation; REP. JOHNSON seconded the motion. The motion carried with REP. WISEMAN and SEN. KEATING opposed.

Motion: REP. JOHNSON moved to accept New Proposal No.2, as a one-tiMe-only appropriation. SEN. JACOBSON seconded the motion.

Discussion: SEN. KEATING expressed opposition to doing programmatic EIS's.

vote: The question was called for and the motion failed with SEN. JACOBSON and REP. JOHNSON voting "yes."

HEARING ON FWP Administration and Finance Division

Mr. Lloyd gave an overview of the division (pp. C-10-14).

Mr. Graham introduced three regional field supervisors that were at the hearing for educational purposes: Dick Ellis, Region 5 (Billings) Supervisor; steve Lewis, Region 3 (Bozeman) Supervisor and Tom Hinz, Region 6 (Glasgow) Supervisor.

Mr. Dave Mott, Administrator of the Administration and Finance Division, then gave an overview. The division is involved in the licensing of hunters and anglers. Nearly 450,000 license sales from about 400 retail outlets as well as applications for limited licenses drawings are administered yearly. The Office of the Legislative Auditor (OLA) has given favorable audits of the accounting and financial reporting functions of the division, which are done out of the Helena office.

This division also prepares and allocates the FWP budget and handles the integration of all staff regarding computer

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processing. Finally, the division coordinates the two collective bargaining units' (wardens and biologists) activities within FWP.

The department manages its vehicle fleet centrally. One effect of this is the budget for this division is inflated. Almost 60% of the division's funding is from state special revenue from the general license account. 32.9% is proprietary and there is some double-counting'of monies in this area.

Tape No. 4:B:OOO

Mr. Mott reviewed the Present Law Adjustments and New Proposals. In FY 94 about $7,300 was spent for contracted services. Part of the requested increase, about $5,000 per year, is related to drug testing. EXHIBIT 6 FWP's hatchery and park maintenance personnel fall under the requirements for testing.

FWP was directed by the Legislature to develop a more comprehensive budget allocation system. This has been a successful effort and the system which has been developed is being used as a model for other agencies. $4,000 in FY 96 and $2,000 in FY 97 has been requested to do the maintenance on the system. Once this maintenance is done the system will be made available to all interested parties. He pointed out that the costs of maintaining the old system had been higher.

$5,000 in FY 96 is requested in contracted services for automating personnel files. $1,500 worth of software has been purchased out of the current budget and the PL increase will provide for entering the data to use with the new software.

License dealers receive 50 cents for each license they sell. The historic average has been about a 3.5% per year growth in over­the-counter license sales.

Regarding PL No.6, the U.S. Postal Service has switched to a highly automated system of processing mail. FWP has some licenses, which if not used in 1994, would have had to been discarded. Mr. Mott used up the stock on hand and as a result a reduced level of money was spent. The Post Office will no longer accept the old licenses EXHIBIT 7 so a new format was developed once the old licenses were used up. EXHIBIT 8

PL No. 6 has to do with the licenses which the agents sell. FWP's vendors have estimated the cost of the paper the licenses are printed on will be going up about 15%, about $6,000 per year.

A better title for PL No. 7 would be "transfer to the general fund." FWP adds an overhead rate to all its federal programs, mostly to fund support services. A part of it is also used to recover costs of other general funded agencies that provide services to FWP. Part of the increase is tied to an expected increase in the expenditure of federal funds. Also, it is estimated that more support services will be put into FWP's rate. FWP collects the money from the federal government but an

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appropriation has to be charged to get the money into the general fund. The additional $27,000 being requested is a transfer of sorts.

PL No. 8 is a proprietary fund increase. The main inventory item is uniforms and game damage materials. The division buys these items through the state purchasing process and charges the costs out to the divi~ions who receive the inventory. Over time this inventory has increased. In an effort to lower the inventory and reduce cash expenditures this adjustment puts the funding back to the "middle of the road" between what was budgeted and what was spent in FY 94. They were budgeted $188,000 and expenditures totaled $81,000 in FY 94.

The vehicle replacement differential adjustment was detailed in a handout. EXHIBIT 9 The federal government refuses to allow for inflation when setting rates. FWP has to transfer dollars from the license account to the proprietary account to make up for this.

Tape No. 5:A:000 The increase is driven by the number of vehicles FWP wishes to replace. The base was about $175,000.

The original LCA request was $60,000 and this has been reduced to $30,000 at the direction of the committee. These dollars are used to provide support services to the federal programs on the LCA list. If necessary FWP could use their budget amendment authority to get additional authority.

The bulk of the equipment request is for vehicles. EXHIBIT 10 Eighty-two vehicles have about 100,000 miles on them. When the vehicles are replaced they will be publicly auctioned. The last sale returned 59% of the original value to FWP.

Since the beginning of FWP's involvement in the computer business they have been replacing 12-13% of their computers each year. The department has about 380 computers in all. The request is to start phasing out their "XT's."

Mr. Mott then spoke to the New Proposals. New Proposal No. 1 is for about three computers each per year in the regional offices.

Regarding New Proposal No.2, the federal Fish and wildlife Service manages the nation's migratory game birds. It is being required that all states do a uniform survey of all migratory bird hunters and all licensed bird hunters. SB 70, which has passed the Senate, minimizes the number of persons FWP will be surveying by dramatically narrowing the definition of waterfowl license. This saves about $55,000 from this request. The survey would be implemented in the second year of the coming biennium and all waterfowl hunters will be surveyed. License agents will fill out the paperwork for the survey when licenses are purchased and send it to the Fish and wildlife Service. The costs in the New Proposal are based on the agents' feeling that fifty cents

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per survey would be adequate compensation for performing the work. In addition, there will be postage costs.

New Proposal No. 3 is also a case of double budgeting. If the committee accepts the proposal it should have the LFA and FWP compute the dollar amount, using the travel figures approved in the other divisions.

The funding for New Proposal No. 4 is split 50/50 between the license account and proprietary funds. Mr. Mott asked for flexibility in choosing which account to use.

Questions: In response to SEN. JENKINS, Mr. Mott went into further detail about the funding for the mainframe/personal computer system (PL No.4). The Legislature gave him spending authority to develop the system but maintenance costs hadn't been included and this is where money from other sources had to be redirected, to make up the difference.

SEN. JENKINS felt the small businesses which had sold licenses for many years needed a higher commission and more recognition. Mr. Mott said these people were very much appreciated. Regarding compensation, they sell licenses for the department pretty cheaply compared to other states. In 1991 the commission was increased from $.35 to $.50. He said he would pass on SEN. JENKINS' comments and consider possibilities for giving recognition for service.

In response to CHAIRMAN DEBRUYCKER, Mr. Graham said migratory bird numbers have declined over the past decade. There was a fair amount of concern regarding the effects of the harvest on populations and the U.S. Fish and wildlife Service felt they needed to have a complete harvest assessment. Joint meetings of the International Association of Fish and Wildlife agencies and the U.S. Fish and wildlife Service resulted in a decision that the states should try to do the surveys. Information will help determine whether or not waterfowl hunting for some species can be sustained in the future.

CHAIRMAN DEBRUYCKER pointed out the past decade had been some of the driest years on record in eastern Montana. When there isn't water the waterfowl doesn't show up. He questioned the need for a survey when there isn't anything to hunt. Mr. Graham said the net effect of surveys from all the states can help fill in the bigger picture of migratory bird activities. CHAIRMAN DEBRUYCKER wanted to know if the survey approach was being used outside the borders of the U.S. Mr. Graham said Mexico does not have a survey and Canada is working cooperatively with them. Montana has two different migratory corridors: the Pacific Flyway and the Central Flyway. Tape No. 5:B:OOO

SEN. JENKINS stated that he had been told harvests had less effect on population levels than habitat did. Mr. Graham agreed

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but the harvest is the only one they can control and even if hunting was stopped the population couldn't come back up like it was ten years ago. SEN. JENKINS pointed out that predators were also a significant problem.

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ADJOURNMENT

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RIVER RESTORATION PROGRAM PROJECTS MONTANA FISH, WILDLIFE & PARKS

1990 - 1994

Fisheries Division 1420 East 6th Avenue

Helena, MT 59620

Prepared by:

ALCON Ecological Consulting 713 Tower

Helena, MT 59607

November 1994

The original of this document is stored at the Historical Society at 225 North Roberts Street, Helena, MT 59620-1201. The phone number is 444-2694.

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Montaria Fish,Wildlife & Parks 1420E 6th Avenue Helena, MT 59620

Prepared by: Habitat Protection, Bureau

Fishery Division

The original of this document is stored at the Historical Society at 225 North Roberts Street, Helena, MT 59620-1201. The phone number is 444-2694.

December 1994

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"Montana crJepartment of 'Fish.~ildlj[e and <:Parks ·1420 E. 6th. Ave.· Helena. Montana 5962(1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--DECEMBER 21, 1994

DISEASE SUSPECTED IN UPPER MADISON RIVER RAINBOW TROUT DECLINE

Montana Fish, wildlife & Parks officials said today that a

dramatic decline in the number of wild rainbow trout in the upper

Madison River may be due to a non-native disease that affects the

fishes' nervous systems.

Dick Vincent, FWP regional fish manager, said the u.s. Fish

and wildlife Service's Fish Technology Center in Bozeman

confirmed Tuesday that whirling disease was present in young

rainbow trout that were collected near the West Fork of the

Madison River.

The rainbow trout population in the 50-mile stretch of the

Madison River above Ennis Lake has declined more than 90 percent

since 1991, from about 3,300 fish per mile to about 300 per mile,

Vincent said. The river's popular brown trout do not appear to

have been affected, he said.

"We began suspecting disease could be responsible for the

wild-rainbow trout decline when we ruled out most environmental

factors, such as water flow fluctuations, pollution, habitat

destruction, and the affects of angling," Vincent said.

FWP researchers gathered adult fish for the initial disease

sampling from the Norris area in November and found no evidence

of disease. An additional 28 juvenile fish were gathered from the

west Fork area earlier this month. Of eight fish examined so far,

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News Release Page -2-December 21, 1994

five have been confirmed to have whirling disease, Vincent said.

WhirlinQ disease occurs in much of Europe, where it probably

originated. It was accidentally introduced into the United states

in 1956, and has subsequently been detected in at least 18

states, including California, Colorado, Idaho, and Utah. In these

states, whirling disease incidents in the wild have been

associated with hatchery-bred fish and stream-stocking programs.

"Because this disease has never been detected in Montana,

and because we: (1) don't stock the Madison River with hatchery­

bred fish, and (2) don't have a whirling-disease problen within

our hatchery system, we suspect the likely source is an illegal

fish introduction," Vincent said. He said the illegal

introduction could have occurred in the late 1980s and may have

taken place on the upper Madison River near the West Fork.

Whirling disease is a parasitic infection of trout and

salmon. The parasite attacks the cartilage of young trout.

Rainbow trout appear to be most susceptible to contracting the

disease. While the parasite may not directly kill the fish, it

does make them more vulnerable to disease and other environmental

stress. The disease is named for the erratic, tail-chasing,

"whirling" in young fish, which makes these infected fish

susceptible to predation. The whirling also causes the fish to be

unable to feed normally, which can result in starvation and

death.

"We're taking this disease discovery very seriously,"

Vincent said "We're going to expand our sampling to determine the

downstream movement of the disease. At this time, all we know for

sure is that the rainbow population has declined and that

whirling disease is present. We have to conduct further stUdies

to establish a connection."

Vincent said FWP will hold public meetings beginning In

January to discuss whirling disease and the status of the Madison

River rainbow trout fishery.

FWP --

WHO

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News Release Page -3-December 21, 1994

FACT SHEET

December, 1994

EXHJBIT __ ..... 5~ __ DATE.. /-31 --95 J_l ___ ~_

WHIRLING DISEASE IN THE UPPER MADISON RIVER

Montana Fish, wildlife & Parks suspects that a dramatic decline

in the wild .rainbow trout population in the upper Madison River

may be the result of a non-native disease known as "whirling

disease."

Whirling disease is a parasitic infection of trout and salmon.

The parasite attacks the cartilage of young trout. Rainbow trout

appear to be most susceptible to contracting the disease. While

the parasite may not directly kill the fish, it does make them

more vulnerable to other diseases and environmental stress, and

thus, increased mortalities. The disease is named for the

erratic, tail-chasing, "whirling" in young fish, which makes

these infected fish susceptible to predation. The whirling also

causes the fish to be unable to feed normally, which can result

in starvation and death. In addition, the disease causes skin

and skeletal deformities, but these deformities are often

difficult to discern.

FWP researchers gathered adult fish for the initial disease

sampling from the Norris area in November and found no evidence

of disease. An additional 28 juvenile fish were gathered from the

West Fork area earlier this month. Of eight fish examined as of

Dec. 20, 1994, five have been confirmed to have whirling disease.

The U.S. Fish and wildlife Service's Fish Technology Center in

Bozeman, nationally known experts in the minute structure of fish

and fish disease, confirmed on Dec. 20, 1994 that whirling

disease was present in some young rainbow trout that were

collected near the West Fork of the Madison River.

WHERE

WHY

HOW

News Release Page -4-December 21, 1994

The disease appears to be presently confined to a 50-mile

stretch of the Madison River above Ennis Lake to below Quake

Lake.

The wild rainbow trout population in this stretch of the upper ~

Madison River has declined more than 90 percent since 1991, fror

about 3,300 fish per mile to about 300 per mile. No other fish

populations in the Madison River, including the river's popular

brown trout, appear to have been affected

Disease was suspected as the cause for the wild-rainbow trout

decline when most environmental factors, such as water flow

fluctuations, pollution, habitat destruction, and the affects 0

angling, were ruled out.

Because: 1) whirling disease has never been detected in Montan~f

2) Montana does not stock the Madison River with hatchery-bred

fish, and 3) Montana has never experienced a whirling-disease

problem within FWP's hatchery system, the suspected source is an

illegal fish introduction.

The illegal introduction could have occurred in the late 1980s

and may have taken place on the upper Madison River near the Wes

Fork.

However, it is possible that the parasite was transmitted to

Madison River rainbow trout via predacious birds ,. mud on boats ""

and trailers, or water from boats, bait buckets and other

sources.

PLANNED

ACTIONS FWP will immediately begin to evaluate other sections of the

Madison River to determine the downstream movement of the

disease, and the extent of the infection in all age classes of~

fish. In addition, FWP is aggressively researching the disease

and how to contain its spread and control infections. FWP wil~

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also begin immediately to evaluate susceptibility of other

species, such as grayling and cutthroat trout.

FWP is in the process of evaluating potential sources of the

disease in an attempt to determine how it arrived in the Madison

and prevent its spread to other basins.

FWP's primary objective will be to control the disease in the

Madison and prevent its spread to other basins in the state. But

.there is no cure for the disease and no way to remove it from the

river.

FWP will hold public meetings beginning in January to discuss

whirling disease and the status of the Madison River rainbow

trout fishery.

-- FWP --

News Release Page -6-December 21, 1994

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

WHIRLING DISEASE IN THE UPPER MADISON RIVER

Q: How is the disease detected?

A: sections of cartilage are examined for abnormalities. The U.S. Fish

and wildlife Service Technical Center in Bozeman verified the disease

in the trout taken from the Madison.

Q: How is the disease transmitted?

A: Trout contract whirling disease in two ways: (1) by contact with

water-borne parasites that have been released from infected aquatic

worms; and (2) by ingesting aquatic worms that harbor the parasite.

The whirling disease protozoan has a two-host life cycle involving a

fish and the aquatic worm, tubifex.

Parasites are released into the aquatic environment when infected fish

die and decompose or are consumed by predators or scavengers. The

parasites are then ingested by worms and the life cycle is continued

until they are released in the aquatic environment after several

months of development.

Q: What are implications to the fishery?

A: In the Madison, assuming whirling disease is the cause of the

infection, we've noticed a 90 percent reduction in the population of •.

rainbow trout. Most other species of trout and salmon are

susceptible, but brown trout appear to be resistant.

Significant reductions in trout populations, in some circumstances,

can be expected.

Q: Is there a cure?

A: At this time, there is no. known cure for whirling disease in the wild.

Prevention is the best protection.

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News Release Page -7-December 21, 1994

Q: Are other species in the environment affected?

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A: It does not appear that scavengers or other animals that come into

contact with the parasites suffer any ill effects.

Q: Should anglers or other river users be concerned

health risks?

what are the human

A: There have been no known cases of humans suffering any ill effects

from ingestion of infected fish or contact with the parasite.

Q: Where did the disease come from?

A: Because this disease is not indigenous to Montana, and in fact has

never been detected in the state, we suspect the likely source is an

illegal fish introduction. There is the potential that the disease

could have been transmitted in other ways; i.e., in water contained in

a fishing boat that moved from a contaminated source in another state

to Montana or feces of a scavenger.

Q: Where else has the disease been found?

A: Whirling disease occurs in much of Europe where it probably

originated. It was accidently introduced into New Zealand and the

United states where it has been detected in at least 18 states,

including California, Colorado, Idaho and Utah.

Q: How is the disease recognizable by an angler?

A: In all probability, anglers would not notice the disease in fish that

they would catch. The disease primarily affects young trout three to

four inches in length. Older trout could exhibit some deformity in

the skeletal structure and/or the head area.

Q: Who is responsible for fish health in Montana?

A: Montana Fish, wildlife & Parks is responsible for the regulation of

all fisheries in Montana. That includes wild trout and hatchery fish.

In that capacity, FWP monitors diseases, licenses hatcheries,

authorizes importation and movement of fish.

Q: Is it legal to move fish from one body of water to another in Montana?

A: No.

Q: Who can we contact for more information?

A: With Montana Fish, wildlife & Parks, Jim Peterson, Fish Health

Biologist in Great Falls, 452-6181. Dick Vincent, Regional Fisheries

News Release Page -8-December 21, 1994

Manager in Bozeman; Larry Peterman, Fisheries Division Administrator

in Helena; Ron Aasheim, Conservation Education Division Administrator

in Helena.

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rive

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tack

s th

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age

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tro

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r to

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er w

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rett

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ast

sum

mer

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Jim

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llis

on's

sta

ndar

ds.

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son,

an

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is o

utfi

tter

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ent

mor

e th

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rive

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mer

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ient

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ught

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ir s

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rain

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tr

out.

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atio

n m

ight

be

in t

roub

le,

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lans

to

stay

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rded

ly o

ptim

isti

c.

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par

asit

e m

ay n

ot d

irec

tly

kill

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fish

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t m

akes

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tro

ut m

ore

susc

epti

ble

to d

isea

se a

nd o

ther

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nmen

tal

stre

ss.

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di

seas

e is

na

med

for

the

err

atic

, ta

il-i:h

asin

g,

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rlin

g" i

t ca

uses

in

youn

g fi

sh,

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ch m

akes

th

em m

ore

susc

epti

­bl

e to

bei

ng a

ttac

ked

by p

reda

tors

. T

he w

hirl

ing

also

cau

ses

the

fish

to

be

unab

le

to

feed

no

rmaU

y,

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son

know

s th

e im

port

ance

of

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rive

r's

fish

ery

to M

adis

on

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ey r

esid

ents

. "I

t fe

eds

the

vall

ey.

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eeds

th

e to

wn

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he r

i ver

is t

he b

lood

of

thi

s pl

ace,

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lliso

n sa

id.

"Wit

hout

fis

hing

, it

wou

ld b

e re

al t

ough

aro

und

here

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riv

er h

as h

ad t

o ab

sorb

m

ore

and

mor

e fi

sher

men

ove

r th

e la

st 1

0 ye

ars,

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son

said

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e es

tim

ates

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re a

re 8

0 to

100

pe

rcen

t m

ore

fish

erm

en o

n th

e ri

ver

than

a d

ecad

e ag

o.

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is M

ayor

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hard

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r,

who

als

o ow

ns a

loc

al m

otel

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and

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to

bone

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e pa

rasi

te's

ef­

fect

is

less

ened

. B

ut t

he f

ish

cont

in­

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to

carr

y

the

para

site

, an

d sp

ores

are

rel

ease

d in

to t

he w

ater

af

ter

the

fish

die

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d ro

ts.

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logi

sts

do n

ot k

now

of

a w

ay t

o co

ntro

l th

e di

seas

e,

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cent

sa

id.

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sta

te w

ill d

o w

hate

ver

it ca

n to

ke

ep t

he d

isea

se f

rom

spr

eadl

ng,

he

said

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t's

so n

ew t

hat

we'

re n

ot s

ure

wha

t w

e ca

n do

," V

ince

nt s

aid.

T

his

is t

he f

irst

con

firm

ed c

ase

of

whi

rlin

g di

seas

e in

th

e st

ate,

he

sa

id.

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tana

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aint

aine

d a

stri

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ains

t al

low

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rtat

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use

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w

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infe

cted

w

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he d

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umbe

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oth

er

wes

tern

sta

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have

be

en i

nfec

ted

and

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dise

ase

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play

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avoc

w

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wild

po

pula

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s of

ra

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youn

g, w

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ry s

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cent

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to

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nd o

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dow

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ent

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ase.

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e kn

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at

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ase

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pres

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co

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r st

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s to

est

abli

sh a

co

nnec

tion,

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sai

d.

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tice

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/1>2gc:-Vincent said the state has yet to

determine to what extent rainbow trout are being affected in the river from Quake Lake to the West Fork.

Whirling disease occurs in much of Europe, where it probably origi­nated. It was accidently introduced into the United States in 1956 and has since been found in at least 18 states. In those states, whirling dis­ease incidents in the wild have been associated with hatchery-bred fish and stream-stocking programs.

Since this is the first case of the disease in the state and because the Madison isn't stocked with hatch­ery-bred fish, the agency believes the likely source of the disease is somebody illegally planting a fish from elsewhere, Vincent said.

The department received reports in the late 19805 of hatchery-raised fish being caught in the West Fork area, he said. Hatchery-raised fish are easy to recognize. They tend to be missing fins and bear ugly scars from the abuse they withstand while in the hatchery, Vincent said.

So far, not many fishermen have complained about lower numbers of fish being caught in the river, he said. That may be because 80 to 85 percent of the fishermen on the

ENNIS - A dramatic decline in the number of wild rainbow trout in the upper Madison River may be due to a rare, non-native disease that affects the nervous system of fish, state Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials an­nounced Wednesday.

The first case of whirling disease in Montana was confirmed Monday by the u.s. Fish and' Wildlife Serv­ice's Fish Technology Center in Bozeman, said Dick Vincent, the agency's regional fish manager.

Whirling disease was found in eight jUvenile fish that were gath­ered from the Madison River near where the West Fork of the Madison joins the main river, he said.

The rainbow trout population in the 50-mile stretch of the Madison River above Ennis Lake has de­clined more than 90 percent since 1991, from about 3,300 fish per mile to about 300 per mile, Vincent said. No other fish populations, including the river's popular brown trout, ap­pear to have been affected, he said.

Whirling disease is a parasitic in­fection of trout and salmon. The parasite attacks the cartilage of young trout. Rainbow trout appear to be more susceptible to contract­ing the disease.

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Madison are non-residents who only fish the river two to three days at a time, he said.

And the brown trout fishery has been unaffected, Vincent said.

"There are some very nice brown trout in the Madison River," he said. "They don't appear to be in jeopardy a tall."

Fishing on the Madison River is important to the area's economy. Vincent said it is estimated the 96-mile-long river pumps about $31 million into the state's economy. A little more than half of the river

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The Madison River is perhaps the most heavily fished river in the._, state. In 1992 there were an estimat-ed 140,000 angler fishing days on the Madison. By comparison, the Big Hole River had somewhere between Morning! It's 60,000 and 70,000 angler days.

Rainbow trout make up about 80 percent of the river's fishery on the upper river just below Quake Lake .. Closer to Ennis, brown trout begin f . ~rO~i~ea~~~r~~~ Joa~~:nro~~~ I I r m 'e c fishery near Enrus Lake.

The state will begin holding pub­lic hearings in January to discuss whirling disease and the status of the Madison River rainbow fishery.

VUlllllt;r :sclys .fishing good in summer 194 By Perry Backus Standard Staff Writer

ENNIS - Fishing on the upper Madison River was pretty good last summer, by Jim Allison's standards.

Allison, an Ennis outfitter, spent more than 100 days on the river during the summer. He said Wednesday that his clients caught their share of rainbow trout.

With Wednesday's news that the river's rainbow population might be in trouble, he plans to stay guardedly optimistic.

The parasite may not directly kill the fish, but makes the trout more susceptible to disease and other en­vironmental stress. The disease is named for the erratic, tail-chasing, "whirling" it causes in young fish, which makes them more suscepti­ble to being attacked by predators.

The whirling also causes the fish to be unable to feed normally,

Allison knows the importance of the river's fishery to Madison Valley residents.

"It feeds the valley. It feeds the town _" the river is the blood of this place," Allison said. "Without fishing, it would be real tough around here,"

The river has had to absorb more and more fishermen over the last 10 years, Allison said. He estimates there are 80 to 100 percent more fishermen on the river than a decade ago.

Ennis Mayor Richard Barr, who also owns a local motel;"" said people don't seem too ,

See FISHING Page A6

which can result in starvation or death.

As the fish mature and the carti­lage turns to bone, the parasite's ef­fect is lessened. But the fish contin­ues to carry the parasite, and spores are released into the water after the fish dies and rots.

Biologists do not know of a way to control the disease, Vincent said.

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sher

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and

how

it

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det

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sp

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FEDERAL REGULATIONS - Controlled Substances and Alcohol Use and Testing

* Each employer with fifty (50) or more drivers on March 17, 1994, shall implement these requirements beginning on January 1, 1995. The state of Montana is considered one employer.

* state agencies are going to piggyback onto DOT's contract.

* Drug testing applies to drivers operating commercial motor vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of over 26,000 lbs. FWP's Hatchery and Parks maintenance personnel fall into this category.

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382.30) Pre·employment I.cst.ing'. 3RZ.303 PO£lt·accident testing. 38Z.305 Rnndom {,Billing. 382.307 Rc~sonahlc 6uspjciuI1 te~ting. 382.309 Return·to-duty tculing. 382.311 Follow-up teating.

SUBPART D-HANDLING OF 'rEST RESULTS, RECORD RETENTION, AND

CONFIDENTJALITY

382.401 &(.(,nl.ion ofrccordB. 382.403 Hcporting of results in a lnanagemcnt. in­

formation syskm. 382.405 Access to fncilities Ilnd records. 382.407 Medico,l revi~w officer notifications to the

employer. 3B2.409 Medical review Qfficer record rc\..ention for

controlled l:!ubs(.al1ces. 382.411 Employer noti[icatiGns. 382.413 Rclellscof nkohol (lnd controlled subst.f\OlceB

teat informntion by previous employers.

SUUPART&-CONSEQUENCESFOR DRIVERS ENGAGING IN SUBSTANCg USE·

RElATED CO!\l}UGl'

382.501 Removal from safety·sensit.ive function. 38Z.503 R~uired evaluntion and testing. 382.505 Other Illcohol-rclat.cd condud. 38~.507 PcneJtio~.

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SUBPART F-ALCOHOL MISUSE ANI) . CON·mOLl..-ED SUBS'l'ANCES 1.1SE

lNFORMATlON, 'fRAlN1NG, AND RBFERRAL

382.601

382.603 38Z.G05

Mot-or Cllrrier obligat.ion to promulgllte 11

policy on t.he misuse of alcohol and usc of controlled liubs1,(mr.es. Training for 5upervillors. fulfRn'ill, evaluation, and treatment.

. Authority: 49 U.S.C. npp.25U5; 49 U.S.C. app. 2701 ct $cq.; 49 U.S.C. 3102; 49 CFR 1,48.

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~382.101 P\lrpose. ThQ purpot\c of t.hill J'ilrl is to CIlt.ablish programs

designed \0 help prcvent accidcnUl and injuries te­suIting from the misuse of alcohol or use of controlled 6ubstnntc3 by drivers of commercial motor vehiclef>.

§S82.10SApplicabilit.y. (a) Thi5 part applies to every person who operates

11 com .' 1 otorvehicle in i te ~ta.c y'wiWOi~.e. nndjs su ~cct to the commercial driver's liccn~e reglljrcmeol.A of part 38301 Dus Kubchaeter. , (b) An employ~ who employs hi1U8cWherself as it driver mu~L comply wiLh both the requirements in this psrt t.hal. apply to employers and the require­mentll in this part that apply to drivere. An employer who I;!mploys ollly himselflherself as n driver shaU jmplementlill alcohol o.ndcontrolled ilUb;;tanct'$ tesf.,­ing program thnt inc! udes more perlloo~ t.han h imsel£l herself IlS covered employees in the random t,el;ting puol. . .

(c) The part shnll not apply to employers snd theU' driverll:

(1) Required to comply with lhe alcohol and/or controlled sub::;t.nllc(ls testing r~uiremenLi; of parts 653 and 654 of this titJe; or

(2) Gra.nted a full waivcr from the requirements of the commercial driver's license program; or .

(3) GnU1!.ed an op\..ionnl Stale waiver from the rtlquiremenU! ofparL 383 of this subchapter; or

(4) OfforeiUn domiciled operations, with tedpect to Elny drivElr whose plltcc of reporting for du\.y (home terminnl) [or commercial motor vehicle t,ransporln­tion services is located outside the territory of the United SUItes.

§38Z.1051'OBting procedures. Each ~mploycr shall ensure that all alcohol or

cOlltroll~d subsumceR testing conducted under this part complies with the proccdures [;et.forth in par\.. 40 of this title. The provi~ions of part 40 of this. ti~le th.at addref.S alcohol or cont.ro1led subst.a.nce~ t.estlng are made appiicnble to cmp'oycnl by t.h..itj parl.

~::J82,107 Dcfhtllions. Woru~ or phrasll!; uscd in this part are defined in

~§386.2 !:lnd 390.6 of WI) subchap\.er, nnd §40.3 or §40.73 of this title, except. as providt:!d hercin­

A{('(lho meruia the intoxicating agent in beverage aleo 01, ethyl alcohol, or other low molecular weight nlcohols including methyl and isopropyl alcohol.

Alcohol (Once I . . If (or coil ten.t cans the aleo-ho 11 a \'0 \lme ofbro . .'"\lh e)Cpresse in terms of gl'(lTIlS

ofn1cohol per 210 literl:! of breath as indicated by an evidenUal breath test under ~hitJ part.

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.1- "----------of employers, or the rlghls of driwJ'S, with rC6pAct to ~382.211 Rdu5al to 6\.hmit to n rcq\drcd nlec-I.he \lsc VI' p05~C:i3ion or nkllhol. or the \\6<1 of con- hoI Ol' controlled "UOlltaPCCI) te<>t, trolled subst.sncer;. includin~ authority and rights No drivl:I' sh~Jl rcfllRlllo suhmit to a posl-accidt.nt with rcspccll<J k~ting (lnd rehnhilitation. llJcohol 01' controlled 6ubstnnl:/!s test. required \lnder

§382.113 Requirement {or notice. ~382.S03, i1 rnndom a1t'.ohol or controllod sub,;lancc!3 Defore performing an alcohol or controlled Bub- test required under §382.305. a rEla~onable suspiciun

stanccs kst undur this pnrt, et\ch employer 6hall alcohol or controlled 6ubl)u;nees te~t required under notify Il driver that the nk'Ohol or controlled sub- §382.307, or Ii follow-up alcohol or controllcd 1;ub-8U1noos test is requircd by thi~ part. No employer stances test required under §382.3l.1. No employer shall falsely represr.nt that a test. 18 administered "hall permit a drivcr who refuses to Ilubmit to Iluch . under this part. tests to perfonn or continua W pcrfonn saretY-lIull!;i-

_§382.1l5 Starting date for teB ting- programs; 1ive functions, (11) J-argc employer/;. Each employ~r with fifty or §382.213 cOntrolled substallces use.

more drivt?TI! on March 17,1994, tlhall impJcmenHhe (a) No driver Ilhall report for duty or remain on requircmenw of Ulis part heginning 0J'l Jlmu~r'y 1. duty requiring the performance of lIB.fety-sen(1itive 1995. functions when the driver uses any controlled sub-

(b) Small employers. Each employer with fewer stnnce, except WhCll the use is pursuant to the in-than fifty driverll on Mtlrch 17,1994, shall implement struciion~ of a. physician who has adviscd the driv€r the requirements ofthispart uoginning'onJ nnul\ry l, thnt the 8ubsLancedoes not advcrSely aifcct the dliver's 1996, ability to 8ilfely operate a commercial mowr vehicle.

(c) All employers IIhnll have olcohol and controlled (b) No employer having actual know ledge that a substanec!! progrlltnB thatconfonn to (.his part by the driver has used a controlled sublltanee shall permit date ill pltrng'l'aph (a) or (b) of thi!; t!ection, whichever the driver to perfonn or continue to perfonn a tJufety-is a.pplicable, or by the date an employer begins lIemutive function_ . commercial motor vehicle operlltiona. whichever is (c) An employer rally require n driver to inform the Inter. employcr of any therapeutic drug' use. r ::1 §3S2.215 Controlled substances testing.

L~~,~:B~6iiIl3cilO.~Sl""!;'1 No driver shnll report for duty, remain on duty or pel-fonn 1\ aafety-scnsitive function, if the driver testa

fiSS2.201 Alcohol concentra.tion. positive for controlled !!uhst.anees. No cmployer hllv-No driver tlhall report for dut.y or remain on duty jng actual knowledge that a driver ha& lcsted positive

requiring the perfonnance of safetY-l:!ensitive fune- for conlrolled aub:lt.onces tlhall pcnnlt thc drivel' to tion!; whilc having an a \cohol concentration of 0.04 or perform or continue to perform BafctY-Se[\i;itivQ fune-greater. No employer hnving aclual knowledge that tjon~. _ II driver has (In alcohol concentril-tion of 0.04 uq;reoter r= . :: J llhal1 pcrmit the driver to pcrform 'or contInue l-O ' 14tm.l'1li!2~r-~~!S;REQU.rru.:D..;. perform snfdy-sensit.ive fl.lnd:011S.

§382.204 Alcohol posse;;;;ion. No driver tjhall be on duty or opertiLc a commercial

mowr vehicle whil~ the drivcr pos::;e':;SCll alcohol. unlCl;S the alcoho1 if? manife3tcd find trB.116portcd as part of a shipment, No employer having actual knowledgc that EI driv~~r P06SCt;6eS \l nmallifested alco­hol may pennit the driver to drive or continuet.o drivc a commercial motor vehicle.

§382.205 On-duty usc. No cin vcr shall use alcohoi while perfurming sl&ty-

8en~itivc functions. No cmployer having o.ctual knowl­edge tht\t a driver is \.l6inU alcohol While pcrformint{ I>afety-seosiLive fund.ion::; shaH permit tl:e driver (0 perform or conLinuc \.0 perform safety-80nsitive func­tions.

~382.207 Prc-duty use. No driwr &hall perrorol ;;ar",ty-tlen::;itiyc functions

wit.hin fo\'r hours; afkr using alcohol. No cmployer having actual knowledge thr.t such a driver hfl~ used alcohol within fuul' hourEl shflll permit a driver t.o perform or continue to pcrfurm e;nfety-sensiti'Je func­tions.

~a82.209 U8e following an accident. No driver required to take il JXl5t-accid~nt alcohol

test. under §382.303 of thiB part l>ht\ 11 Ul5e alcohol for ~iJ;ht hour~ following thn accident, or unLil hc!~hc undcrgoei\ l;! post-accident ruC'.(lhol tegt. whichever occurs jjr~t.

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~~;"~.~~~ Pre.empby;nent testing'. (a) Prior t.o the first tl;l;C t\ driver porforn:::; f;nfely­

sensitive functioIUl for an employer, the driver ~hr.ll unciergo testing for alcohol and cOlllrolled su bsli\nc~s. No employer shall allow D- driver to perform snfety­sensitive function::! unless the driver haD been admin­i;;tcred an nlcohol tet't with a result indicnting !In o.lcoholconccntrr.tion less thEm 0.04, and has rlXCivcd a controlled sub~t.nnc(jll test rCl'iult. from the medic!'1 review officer indicflting a verified negAtive tc;3t rc­suIt, If are-employment ruc.lhol tCt<t result undEr this sec Ion In lca 1?'.lI an aj('.()no cuntent 0 .0' or gmwr but less thila 0,04, tl1e prQyhuos of 9382 FC') ah I npply,

""('oTExccpT/olt for pre-employment alcohol U:!slin{!. j

All employer is not requir~d to adminis\..Cr !in alcohol / test required by paragraph (tl) of lhis section ir:'

(1) The dri ver has undergone un u\cvhcl Lc~t, re-: quircd by this section or the alcohol mi!;u::,c rule rj another DOT Agency underp~rt 4.0 ofl.his title with~n the previous six months. with a I'c!l\:lt iJldicating ~n alcohol concentration Ic::ss than 0.04; and (

(2) 'rhe e111ployerenllures that no prior cmploycl- of, the driver of whom the employer hus knowlcdGe has l

reCOl'dll ofa violation of!.his pnri. or tbc 31Cflhol mi~use rule of another DOT I1gency within the preyi,)us six months,

(c) l!.'xccpllon {or prc-cmp/nymcI<' controlled wb­,~toncc8 testing. An employer i8 notrcquiretl tD l:idmin-

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1394 SPECIAL ELK PERMIT

THIS ELK PERMIT & YOUR VALID 1994 ELK LICENSE MUST BE IN YOUR POSSESSION TO HUNT, TAKE, OR KILL AN ELK AS STATED UNDER THE LIMITATIONS HEREON. HUNTING MUST BE DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE 1994 SEASON HUNTING REGULATIONS. AS REQUIRED BY LAW, YOUR ELK CARCASS MUST BE TAGGED WITH YOUR VALID 1994 ELK LICENSE AND NOT THIS SPECIAL ELK

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VEHICLE DIFFERENTIAL TRANSFER

» DEPARTMENT PURCHASES ABOUT 45 VEHICLES EACH YEAR.

)} DEPARTMENT CHARGES USER A PER MILE RATE.

}) RATE RECOVERS MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, INSURANCE AND DEPRECIATION OF VEHICLES.

» FEDERAL REGULATIONS PROHIBITS US FROM INCLUDING IN OUR RATES THE "REPLACEMENT VALUE" OF THE VEHICLE.

» WITH VEHICLE COSTS INCREASING ANNUALLY, WE DO NOT RECOVER SUFFICIENT CASH THROUGH OUR RATES TO REPLACE OUR VEHICLES.

» THE VEHICLE DIFFERENTIAL TRANSFER IS THE ACCUMULATED DIFFERENCE IN PRICE BETWEEN THE ESTIMATED COST OF THE NEW VEHICLE AND THE PRICE WE PAID FOR THE ORIGINAL VEHICLE.

EXAMPLE - AVERAGE COST OF 3/4·TON 4X4 MED. DUTY PICKUP IN FY91 WAS $13,248. WE ESTIMATE THAT TO REPLACE THAT VEHICLE IT WILL COST US $18,576 IN FY96.

EXHIBIT qJ /0

DATE I/JI/C:;C Vehicle Replacements I

HB. Replaced at 100,000 Miles

FY96 FY97 Type of Vehicle Number Amount Number Amount

Pickups 42 $720,634 30 $528,821

Utility 3 $62,367 2 $42,733·

Vans 1 $15,565 1 $15,997

Sedans 2 $24,938 1 $12,754

Total 48 $823,504 34 $600,305

Miles Driven In FY94

Enforcement 1,519,782

Wildlife 937,031

Fisheries 881,152

Parks 490,571

Field Services 330,165

Other 264,965

Total 4,423,666

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