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spotted trout eggs collected from waters in Yellowstone Park this 
season. 
In the Tennessee Valley area, 3-way agreements between the Bureau 
of Fisheries, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the States of 
Alabama, Tennessee, and North Carolina have been made effective. 
The Tennessee Valley Authority has completed a pondfish hatchery 
having a water acreage of 111 acres on the Elk River in Alabama. 
The personnel assigned to that hatchery is now collecting brood stock 
and treating the pond bottoms to reduce the loss of water though 
seepage. The hatchery operated at Norris, Tenn., was enlarged dur- 
ing the year. The State conservation departments will distribute 
the fish produced at these units for the stocking of waters in that part 
of the Tennessee Valley area within their respective State boundaries. 
The New Jersey Board of Fish and Game Commissioners donated 
the services of its staff for the surveying of potential Federal pondfish 
hatchery sites in New Jersey. Further assistance was received from 
various State agencies in setting up W. P. A. projects to cover éxten- 
sive construction programs at Federal hatcheries. 
The Bureau of Reclamation has continued its efforts to preserve 
the runs of salmon in the Columbia and Sacramento Rivers, where the 
survival of this species is threatened by huge dam-construction proj- 
ects. In connection with this work, one of the four salmon hatcheries 
originally contemplated has been partially completed and placed in 
limited operation. 
CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES 
The major part of fish-hatchery construction during the year was 
in continuation of projects previously started. The 1940 appro- 
priation carried funds for the establishment of hatcheries in Ili- 
nois and New Jersey, a substation in Maine, and/or the enlargement 
of the East Orland (Maine) Hatchery. Difficulty in selecting a 
site, and absence of State enabling legislation, prevented any action 
in Illinois. In New Jersey it was not possible to obtain a suitable 
site at a price low enough to permit adequate development. 
A site near Salem, Maine, was selected for a small trout-rearing 
and bass-cultural unit, and the title was cleared late in the year. 
Construction of this unit was not started prior to June 30. At the 
East Orland station, buildings and ponds were rehabilitated and pro- 
vision was made for resumption of the propagation of Atlantic 
salmon. 
All of the appropriations for the above projects were continued 
available and none of the projects were abandoned. 
At the start of the year previously approved hatchery projects 
at Hebron, Ohio; New London, Minn.; and Farlington, Kans., en- 
