LOUISIANA (Cont.) 



Soil Conservation Service 



1. Corney Lake. • 



Corney Lake covers 1, 900 acres of a 2,100-acre recreational area. The facilities 

 offered include fishing, duck hunting, boating, picnicing and overnight cabins. 

 The value of the lake for fishing, however, has gradually decreased due to weed 

 infestation and salt water pollution from oil fields in Arkansas. An intensive 

 program of mechanical control was carried out during 1952, and experiments with 

 different types of chemicals, Esteron, Ten-ten, Esteron 245, Esteron Brush kill- 

 ing and others have been undertaken but results are discouraging. 



Corney Creek watershed, Claiborne Parish in the northwest portion of Louisiana; 



began November 1, 1938, continuing; $3,626.84. 

 Address correspondence to: June O. Terry, Soil Conservation Service, Box 479, 



Homer, La. 



MAINE 



Department of Inland Fisheries and Game 



1. Study of the Metazoan Parasites of the Fresh-water Fishes of the State. 



The objective of this project is to determine the species of parasites present in the 

 waters of the State, the host species in which they are found, their effects on 

 these fishes at various stages, their distribution in different waters, and their 

 importance in relation to the economic production of hatchery stock and fish of 

 natural waters. 



Statewide; began June 1952, planned for 1 year; $1,900; Dr. W. Harry Everhart, Ldr. 

 Address correspondence to: Dr. Marvin C. Meyer, 23 Coburn Hall, Univ. of Maine, 

 Orono, Maine. 



2. An Investigation of the Smallmouth Black Bass Fishery in Big Lake Drainage. 



Exploitation of the smallmouth black bass is being studied through an analysis of 

 creel census and age-and-growth data. Particular attention is being paid to 

 the early fly fishing season regulations and their effects. Observations are also 

 being made on movements into spawning areas, food habits, and effects of para- 

 sitism. 



Washington, Hancock, and Penobscot Counties; began June 15, 1952, planned for 3 



years; $2, 586. 67. 

 Address correspondence to: John E. Watson, Proj. Ldr. , c/o Fishery Office, 



Univ. .of Maine, Orono, Maine. 



3. An Investigation of the Branch Lake Fisheries with Emphasis on the Brown Trout. 

 (FA: F-8-R in part). 



The objective of the project is to gain information as to the interrelationships between 

 brown trout and other game fishes, their spawning habits and movements, food 

 habits, and age and growth studies. A thorough study of the fishery is also in 

 progress including summer and winter creel censuses, intensive lake survey, 

 and the marking or tagging of both wild and hatchery raised fish. 



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