686 



U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



the Forest Service to provide good fishing on these governmental 

 reservations. 



A report from the Acting Forester, under date of August 28, 1931, 

 gives the total fish planted by regional foresters as follows: 



1, 



2 



3 



4 

 5 

 6. 



7. 



8 

 9 



Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, Washington 



Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, 



Wyoming _ 



Arizona and New Mexico 



Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Wyomirg 



California and Nevada.. _ 



Oregon and Washington. 



Georgia, Maine, New Hampshire, Noith Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, 



Virginia, West Virginia.. . 



Alaska 



Huron Forest only 



14,616,900 



7, 841, 000 



16,000 



34, 650, 571 



4, 633, 675 



(■) 



582, 579 



0) 



113,700 



1 None reported. 



The planting in region 6 is probably done by State oflBcials, and 

 therefore no report is made. Region 9 was recently organized and a 

 report was received from only one forest in that region. It is the 

 opinion of the Acting Forester that the total above given therefore 

 falls short of the number of fish actually planted. 



DISTRIBUTION CARS 



CAR NO. 7 



[K. P. Irwin, Captain] 



On July 1, 1930, the car left La Crosse for Malta, Colo., to take up the trout 

 distribution from the Leadville station. Several detached messenger trips and 

 four car trips were made to complete the distribution after which the car pro- 

 ceeded to Marquette, Iowa, arriving there on August 4 to take up the distribu- 

 tion from the Mississippi River rescue stations. Several messenger trips and 

 11 car trips were made from Marquette, Iowa, LynxviUe and La Crosse, Wis., 

 to the States of Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, 

 and Virginia. One car trip was made from the Fairport (Iowa) station to West 

 Virginia with pond fishes. The La Crosse distribution was finished with the 

 completion of the Virginia trip and the car returned to La Crosse on November 

 14. 



A boiler watch was maintained for heat and constant watch was kept to pre- 

 vent the pipes from freezing during the cold winter months. Minor repairs were 

 made to the interior of the car. 



On January 27 orders were received to proceed to Charlevoix, Mich., to take 

 up the distribution of whitefish from the hatchery at that point. Three carload 

 shipments were made from Charlevoix, after which the car returned to La 

 Crosse. 



Three messenger trips were made from Lynxville, Wis., to Miles City, Mont., 

 with brood bass for the cooperative ponds at that point. 



Capt. E. R. Widmyer was made foreman at the Charlevoix (Mich.) station 

 and K. P. Irwin succeeded him on April 1. 



The car made five trips and messengers made several detached trips from the 

 La Crosse station between April 1 and May 16 when the car left for Duluth, 

 Minn., to commence the lake trout and pike perch work from that station. 

 Three boat trips with lake trout were made by messenger and five car trips with 

 lake trout and pike perch as well as several detached messenger trips with both 

 lake trout and pike perch were made from Duluth. and the car left on June 2, 

 proceeding to Manchester, Iowa, where a carload of brook trout was picked up 

 and delivered to applicants in Wyoming and to the National Park Service at 

 Gardiner, Mont., to be planted in waters within Yellowstone Park. The car 



