KANSAS (Cont. ) 



with fish toxicants. These operations are followed by subsequent restocking 

 or corrective stocking. This project has been expanded considerably and now 

 includes several hundred acres of water owned by coal mining companies. 

 Under the provisions of a cooperative agreement, the mining companies are 

 pernnitting public access to these lakes which are being managed by the 

 Commission. 



More emphasis is now being placed on an evalioation of the results of 

 this project. Test netting studies of lakes under management, growth-rate 

 studies, and creel censusing are being used for this evaluation. 



Kansas State Teachers College , Pittsburg, cooperating; southeastern 

 Kansas; began Jxine 1951, continuing; Charles Burner, Leader; reports avail- 

 able. 



Address inquiries to: Dave Leahy, as in No. 1 above. 



6. Construction of Public Fishing Lakes 



The objective of this program is to create additional lakes to help satisfy 

 the need for more fishing water in Kansas. The land is acquired and dams are 

 constructed to provide artificial impovindments . As these lakes fill, warm- 

 water species offish includng largemouth bass, channel catfish, crappie, 

 and bluegill are stocked. 



Statewide; began July 195 3, continuing; Dave Leahy, Leader. 



Address inquiries to: Dave Leahy, as in No. 1 above. 



University of Kansas 



1. Survey of Farm Ponds in Douglas Co\uity, Kansas 



The study has three phases: (1) inventory of the number and sizes of farm 

 ponds in the county, based upon aerial photographs made available by the U. S. 

 Soil Conservation Service; (2) estimation of the real interest in pondfish pro- 

 duction, based upon response to questionnaires sent to pond owners; (3) inquiry 

 into the extent of application and results of pondfish-management recommenda- 

 tions that have been available to pond owners for several years, based upon 

 personal interviews, and seining or poisoning of several ponds. Fish obtained 

 fronn each pond are identified, and the relative abundance and growth rates of 

 principal species are ascertained. Some ponds will later be used for experi- 

 ments with different stocking connbinations and management procedures. 



Began September 1955, to close June 1957; $2000; Claude Hastings, Leader. 



Address inquiries to: Frank B. Cross, Museum of Natural History, 

 University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. 



2. Parasites of Catfish in Eastern Kansas 



This study seeks information on the incidence and kinds of parasitism in 

 channel catfish, black bullheads, yellow bullheads, and certain other species 

 of catfish, based upon specimens obtained from streams, farm ponds, and 

 larger reservoirs in eastern Kansas. 



Began April 1956, to close June 1957; $500; Clarence Harms, Leader. 



Address inquiries to: Frank B. Cross, as in No. 1 above. 



3. Study of the Channel Catfish in Kansa;;, 



Evidence on the relative abundance and the growth rate of channel catfish 

 in approximately 30 impoundments of varying sizes has been obtained, and is 

 being interpreted in terms of (1) differences in physical characteristics of the 

 impoundments, and (2) effects of transfer of stunted channel catfish from 

 Kanopolis Reservoir to other Kansas impoiuidments. The latter aspect of the 

 study relates to work reported as Project 1 of the Kansas Forestry, Fish and 



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