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of fish or as complex as the development of a program for preserving 
the salmon run in the Columbia and the Sacramento Rivers, where the 
survival of the species is threatened by huge dam construction projects. 
In working out the details of these various joint undertakings, 
frequent contact has been maintained with Federal departments, 
bureaus and agencies, with more than 30 State conservation depart- 
ments, with several municipalities and county governments, and with 
innumerable sportsmen’s and conservation organizations of a semi- 
public nature. The mechanism for coordination has consisted of broad 
general agreements, such as have been set up with the United States 
Forest Service, the National Park Service, the Tennessee Valley 
Authority, and several of the States. There have also been specific 
written agreements covering individual problems or projects as wellas 
informal understandings reached by conference between field employ- 
ees or headquarters officials. In the latter case the meetings of the 
National Planning Council of Fish and Game Commissioners have 
afforded an opportunity for channeling Federal and State fish-cultural 
activities toward maximum efficiency and utility. 
As an indication of the manner in which conservation activities 
have been prosecuted on a joint basis, there are cited below various 
instances and examples. These do not present the full scope of such 
undertakings but space limitations necessitate many omissions. 
The relationships maintained with the counties of Monroe and 
Onondaga, N. Y., for the purpose of propagating and distributing 
fish in local waters, have served as a model for a similar undertaking 
with the city of Danville, Va. Initial steps have been taken whereby 
the Bureau will supply fish for the maintenance of angling in lakes 
and streams developed by the city for hydroelectric purposes. The 
city will, according to plans, meet the costs of developing necessary 
facilities and caring for the fish. 
The exchange of eggs and fish has been of material benefit, particu- 
larly in Michigan, Minnesota, and in some of the Western States, such 
as Oregon. 
In the Tennessee Valley area three-way agreements between the 
Bureau of Fisheries, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the States 
of Alabama, Tennessee, and North Carolina have been made effective 
or are being negotiated. The Tennessee Valley Authority had prac- 
tically completed on June 30 a large pondfish hatchery on the Elk 
River in Alabama, and the Bureau was making arrangements to estab-. 
lish personnel and take over the operation. This is in addition to the 
hatchery already operated at Norris, Tenn., which is scheduled for 
enlargement. The fish produced at these facilities are to be distrib- 
uted by the States in that part of the Tennessee Valley area which 
is included in the respective State boundaries. 
In addition to cooperating with the National Park Service in the 
stocking of National Park waters, a brief reconnaissance and survey 
was made on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal on the Potomac River 
above Washington, D. C. This property had been acquired by the 
National Park Service for recreational purposes, and it is expected 
that angling will be one of the outstanding recreational features. 
Agreement has been formulated whereby the Bureau will work with 
the Park Service in building up the angling. 
In view of the tremendous responsibility of the Forest Service, of 
the Department of Agriculture, for the maintenance of fishing in the 
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