466 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
Naturally, where a number of the field stations are over 35 years old 
there is constant requirement for ordinary maintenance and upkeep 
work, but current appropriations for this activity being limited, it is 
evident that deterioration is progressing rapidly at some of the ‘older 
stations, and that special provision will have to be given to the re- 
habilitation of such hatcheries as the ones at White Sulphur Springs, 
W. Va., and Hartsville, Mass. 
The Bureau selected a location in a Resettlement Administration 
area in Rhode Island for the establishment of a bass hatchery with the 
expectation of developing it by means of an appropriation made a 
number of years ago, and which still continues available. While ten- 
tative arrangements were satisfactory, the question of formal transfer 
of the desired site had not been settled at the close of the year and no 
active construction was started. 
COOPERATION WITH OTHER CONSERVATION AGENCIES 
As far as matters of fisheries conservation are concerned many of 
the objectives sought by reorganization of the executive agencies of 
the Government are now attained by practical working agreements. 
Federal agencies primarily interested in restocking, or other types of 
fisheries conservation activities, are: The United States Forest Serv- 
ice, National Park Service, and, to a lesser degree, the Reclamation 
Service, Office of Indian Affairs, Tennessee Valley Authority, and the 
Farm Security Administration. 
The Bureau’s contacts with the first two agencies are governed by 
definite written agreements whereby stocking and other activities on 
the lands under their control are performed in conformity with a 
mutually agreeable program. Informal contacts exist with the other 
Federal agencies and in specific instances where cooperation or coor- 
dination has appeared advisable, such has been reached by nego- 
tiations. 
The Bureau is constantly increasing the proportion of fish or fish 
eges assigned to waters under the control of the Forest Service and 
Park Service. In the former case, rearing ponds have been constructed 
in a number of the forests, to which small fish from Federal hatcheries 
are transferred for rearing and subsequent release. Where these 
nurseries have been of sufficient size, the Bureau has assigned em- 
ployees to take care of the fish, and has met the costs of food, etc. 
In brief, where there has been developed a program of recreational use 
for Federal lands, and angling has been a part of the program, the 
Bureau of Fisheries has entered the picture as the principal Federal 
agency capable of providing such angling. Both the Tennessee 
Valley Authority and the Farm Security Administration have con- 
structed fish hatcheries, the operation of which has been taken over 
by the Bureau. The Bureau has further cooperated by rendering 
technical advice and recommendations for other fisheries conservation 
projects in which the foregoing agencies were interested. 
Coordination with the conservation work of other non-Federal 
agencies is likewise a cardinal objective in the activities of the Divi- 
sion of Fish Culture. Frequent conferences and meetings have been 
held with officials of the various State game and fish departments 
through meetings of the National Planning Council of Fish and Game 
Commissioners. These meetings have lars gely progressed beyond the 
point of mere agreement to agree, and have resulted in concrete, 
