There is no barrier at the mouth of 

 Abrams Creek to prevent the ingress of fish 

 from Chilhowee Lake. Accordingly, surveys 

 in September 1958 showed that 11 species of 

 fish had moved into Abrams from the lake . 



The results on Indian and Abrams Creeks 

 have shown that sport fisheries for selected 

 species can be greatly improved through the 

 elimination of undesirable fishes with rotenone. 

 The survival, growth, and reproduction of 

 trout are greater in the reclaimed streams than 

 in comparable untreated waters. It is recom- 

 mended, however, that reclamation operations 

 be restricted to streams which have natural or 

 man-made barriers to prevent reinfestation by 

 undersirable fish. 



ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 



We wish to acknowledge the splendid 

 cooperation given to us in the planning and ex- 

 ecution of the reclamation projects by the fol- 

 lowing persons: W. F. Carbine and Willis King, 

 U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, 

 D. C; Marvin A. Smith, Robert T. Webb, 

 Donald Pfitzer, and Eugene W. Surber, U. S. 

 Fish and Wildlife Service, Atlanta, Ga.; 

 Braden Pillow, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

 Pisgah Forest, N. C; Superintendent Edward 

 A . Hummel, Chief Ranger Carlock E . Johnson, 

 and Assistant Chief Ranger Bruce Miller, 

 National Park Service, Great Smoky Mountains 

 National Park; and L. Price Wilkins and Eugene 

 W. Whitney, Tennessee Game and Fish Com- 

 mission, Nashville, Tenn. The efforts of these 

 persons and their staffs contributed greatly to 

 the successful accomplishment of the program 

 objectives. 



We are indebted also to Dr . Ken Wolf, 

 Eastern Fish Disease Laboratory, U. S. Fish 

 and Wildlife Service, Leetown, W. Va., for 

 his critical review of the manuscript. 



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