COLORADO (Cont. ) 



Delta County; began June 1952, planned for 2 V2 years; $3,500; P. T. Barrows, Proj. 



Ldr. ; a limited number of mimeographed reports will be available after August 1, 



1953. 

 Address correspondence to: W. D. Klein, Game and Fish Dept. , 1530 Sherman St. , 



Denver, Colo. 



6. Holbrook Lake Project. 



Rough fish control and corrective stocking initiated in 1948, are being continued, and 

 accompanied by a creel census. Brush shelters will be installed on an experi- 

 mental basis. A comprenehsive survey of the physical, chemical and biological 

 conditions is scheduled to start in 1953. 



Otero County; began March 1948, planned to January 1957; $7,500; Gene Cook, 



Proj. Ldr. 

 Address correspondence to: Tom Lynch, Game and Fish Dept. , 1530 Sherman St. , 



Denver, Colo. 



7. Jumbo Reservoir Study. 



Initial phases of the study included the food and growth of crappie and yellow perch. 

 Two hundred and fifty thousand rainbow trout were fin-clipped and stocked, along 

 with 12,000 tagged rainbows 6 inches and over in length, to determine the success 

 of these fish in warm water reservoirs. An intensive creel census is in progress. 



Sedgwick County; began June 1949, planned for 4^2 years; $7,500; Rex Taliferro, 

 Proj. Ldr. ; a limited supply of mimeographed reports entitled "Food and Growth 

 Studies, Major Game Fishes in Junnbo Reservoir" by Robert L. Evans, are 

 available. 



Address correspondence to: Robert L. Evans, Ganne and Fish Dept. , 1530 Sherman 

 St. , Denver, Colo. 



8. Limnology and Fish Population of Two Buttes Reservoir. 



This was a study to determine the existing conditions and what might be necessary 

 to improve the fishing conditions of the impoundment. 



Baca County; began April 1950, completed January 1952; $15, 000; Phil Buscemi and 

 Dave Lemons, Leaders; report not available before fall of 1953. 



Address correspondence to: Tom Lynch, Game and Fish Dept. , 1530 Sherman St. , 

 Denver, Colo. 



9. Introduction of New Fish Species, Walleye, White Bass, and Drum. 



The walleye and the white bass were introduced into a number of impoundments. 

 Each year periodic checks are made to determine survival, growth, and repro- 

 ductive success. Drum were stocked in one reservoir to determine if fishing 

 could be improved for anglers using the still fishing method. 



Impoundments in the Platte and Arkansas River drainages; began July 1948, planned 

 for 6V2 years; $5,500; a report "The White Bass in John Martin Reservoir" will 

 be available during the fall of 1953. 



Address correspondence to: Tom Lynch, Supt. of Warm Water Fish, Game and Fish 

 Dept. , 1530 Sherman St. , Denver, Colo. 



