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A friend has sent you a link to an article found on FlatheadBeacon.com. To read the full text of this article online, click here: http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/illegal_fish_introductions_rampant/2824/ ARTICLE EXCERPT: Fisheries manager Jim Vashro’s office wall is covered with pictures of fish, fish tales and a bumper sticker: “Kick the Bucket, stop illegal fish introductions.” Vashrow is updating Montana’s list of illegally introduced fish species, and the highest number are in Region 1 which stretches from the Flathead Indian Reservation north to the border of Glacier National Park. “It just never quits,” says Vashro. “It’s so frustrating.” He’s looking at close to 50 new reports since his last count in February 2005.