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example of this was at Guttenberg, Iowa, where initial work on a 
large-scale pondfish hatchery, within the Upper Mississippi River 
Wildlife and Fish Refuge, was undertaken. 
Curtailment of the scope of the Civilian Conservation Corps resulted 
in some restriction on the construction work prosecuted by this agency 
for the Bureau. _ A limited number of assignees were held on at Lamar, 
Pa., but the C. C. C. development program at the York Pond (N. H.) 
station was terminated, although the work was continued by the 
utilization of other funds. 
At Arcadia, R. I., development of a bass hatchery by the Bureau and 
the Soil Conservation Service of the Department of Agriculture 
continued. This had been originally started as a recreational project 
under the Farm Security Administration and the major part of the 
construction has been continued by the successor to that agency. 
The Bureau contributed supervision and limited funds for the purchase 
of materials and equipment. Due to shortage of funds the work was 
suspended at the close of the year with the expectation that it would 
be resumed early in the fiscal year 1940. 
The National Park Service secured an allotment of emergency funds 
for the construction of a new hatchery at Creston, near Kalispell, 
Mont. ‘This establishment is intended to replace the obsolete Glacier 
Park fish hatchery, although it is located outside the boundaries of the 
park itself. The work, which was started in the spring, was being 
prosecuted by the National Park Service, with the Bureau repre- 
sented in an advisory capacity. The operation of this hatchery is to 
be taken over by the Bureau upon completion. 
In addition to the improvements made possible by direct cash 
allotments to the Bureau, the Appropriation Act for 1939 carried the 
sum of $155,000 providing for the construction of new hatcheries in 
Kansas, North Dakota, Minnesota, and Ohio. Early in the year a 
suitable site was located at Valley City, N. Dak., and construction 
work was started in the late fall. At the close of the year the hatchery 
was approximately 75 percent completed, although not in readiness for 
operation. At this pomt a State W. P. A. project was of material help 
in securing maximum returns from the appropriation avaiable. 
After a careful survey the three remaining hatcheries were designated 
for sites at Hebron, Ohio, Farlington, Kans., and New London, Minn. 
Various difficulties were encountered in acquiring clear titles to these 
sites, with resultant delay in starting actual construction. However, 
at the close of the year preparations were being made to initiate the 
construction phase at each of these locations, although no actual 
development had been undertaken. The appropriations made for 
these hatcheries were continued available during the fiscal year 1940. 
The construction activities summarized above have resulted not only 
in actual increase of hatchery facilities but have also made it possible 
to take care of maintenance and rehabilitation work, the need for which 
has been accumulating over a number of years. 
COOPERATION WITH OTHER CONSERVATION AGENCIES 
Much of the most effective work performed during the year has been 
in cooperation with one or more other public or private agencies whose 
functions relate to the conservation of fish life. Such coordination 
has been applied in matters as simple as the delivery of a consignment 
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