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fishing and hunting contribute materially to the economy of the region through the purchases of licenses and fees; fishing tackle and sportarms and ammunition; food, fuel, and other supplies; vehicles and trailers; the hire of services and equipment; and the rentals of motels, cabins, and other hostelries. It will be difficult to meet the future demands for fishing and hunting. Present demands are not being met and there may be little likelihood that those of the future can be met. And yet, because of the importance of fishing and hunting to the economy of the region, efforts should be renewed to capitalize on all available possibilities to provide more and adequate fish and wildlife habitat and concomitantly, more space in which to fish and hunt. For these purposes land is important and water even more so in the arid Pacific Southwest. Distribution Several species of trout occur in the Pacific Southwest. In the high country streams of the cool forests, rainbow, cutthroat, brook, and brown trout are commonly taken. And in the cold impounded waters of the Colorado River and in the cool reaches of the river below the dams, rainbow trout reach good size and provide very attractive fishing. For the most part, however, warm-water fishes predominate in the waters of the Pacific Southwest. Lake Mead back of Hoover Dam is justly famed for its excellent largemouth black bass which also is found in many of the other impoundments and rivers of the area. Smallmouth black bass, another highly regarded sport fish, is more restricted in its range and is limited to such locations as the Verde River in Arizona and the lower reaches of the Colorado River. Less glamorous than the basses perhaps, bluegills, crappies, and sunfish also abound in the warm-water lakes and streams. They provide much sport to thousands of young and adult fishermen alike. Channel catfish too can be caught in many of the streams and yellow bass are taken locally in a few waters. Some forms of wildlife of the Pacific Southwest are indigenous and others are migratory; still others are both. The resident game consists of upland game and big game. The wild turkey, classed as big game in some states, is a highly regarded species. It inhabits most of the timbered country in Arizona and New Mexico and furnishes select hunting annually for several thousand sportsmen. Unspectacular and often taken for granted, the cottontail rabbit probably is the most 2Epson Perfection 4870 Photo, 400 dpi, 8 bit, 16,023,552 byte