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great value in meeting unforeseen contingencies‘at the numerous field 
stations. There follows a listing of the Federal W. P. A. projects 
operated during the year. Among the larger projects under State 
quota was one providing for a continuation of the development of the 
bass hatchery at Arcadia, R. I. 
Stations receiving W. P. A. allotments during the fiscal year 1940 
pga Amount 
Location iN Location W.P. Ae 
project project 
Miorida: Welaka. eee ae eee $10'000))||| New, York: Cortland. 225" ee $5, 000 
Georgia: ORO Shee ar Olle 2? Ee eee 54, 720 
Cohutta... eae 13,054 ;!/ Pennsylvania: Ioamar—..__.._..-_ 2-18 10, 000 
Warm: Springs see ee 40; 000) |||, Tennessee; Erwin. _- 2-2 ee 1,510 
Indiana: Rochester_. _...__.......-- wh 10,000 ||| ‘Texas: ort Worth... 2s 5, 000 
Towa salairpont.. eee rn 2, 500 || Washington: Birdsview-..-.._-.-._.-_.- 2, 500 
Louisiana: Natchitoches____.__________- 5,000 || West Virginia: 
Maine: Bast Orland _ _.2. 35-3 - 4, 000 | Moorefield... 2 Aree eee eee a 6, 500 
Michigan: ‘Northvilleseees seen ne 5, 000 White Sulphur Springs._..._..-__.__ 3, 395 
Nontans: Creston. Soe eee sees 15, 000 = 
New Hampshire: Nashua___._.__..--_.. 10, 000 SLOG 5 oe ee ee eee | 188, 047 
New Mexico: 
DD Oxieh se 32 = 5S eet Pv ee 6, 890 
SantazRiosa:._ =) aa ees 7, 978 



In February 1940, a transfer of $40,000 was made by the Bureau of 
Reclamation to provide for the construction of a pondfish hatchery at 
Austin, Tex. The production from this unit is destined to supplement 
that from the Inks Dam (Tex.) hatchery in stocking the series of reser- 
voirs developed by the Lower Colorado Authority. At the close of — 
the year the active phase of the construction had been barely started, 
though equipment and materials were being procured. ‘The site for 
this unit was donated by the city of Austin. 
COOPERATION WITH OTHER CONSERVATION AGENCIES 
The Division of Fish Culture is vitally concerned in placing its 
products—fish and fish eggs—in environments where the greatest 
dividends will be derived from stocking. Because the Bureau’s 
staff of biologists has been entirely inadequate to conduct surveys of 
all the inland waters of the United States, fish applications from 
individuals and clubs are submitted to more than 20 State fish and 
game commissions for approval before stocking the waters with the 
species requested. In some States the authorities stipulate the species, 
number, and size that will give best results; while in others the stock- 
ing programs have been formulated and the combined output of the 
State and Federal hatcheries has been budgeted to conform to these 
programs. The exchange of eges and fish, especially trout and re- 
lated species, has been of mutual benefit in a number of States. 
The Bureau continued to cooperate with the National Park Service 
in the restocking of waters under its control. It appears that an all- 
time record will be established with regard to the number of black- 
spotted trout eggs collected from waters in Yellowstone Park this 
season. 
