PROPAGATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD FISHES, 1987 485 
in the Madison Valley. The substation at Ennis is still uncompleted 
and lacks adequate rearing space and other facilities. Due to demands 
for hydro-electric purposes of the water stored in Meadow Lake, the 
collection of Loch Leven trout eggs from wild fish was greatly reduced 
in comparison with collections of previous years. 
At the Ennis, Mont., substation 1,000 feet of new water-supply 
line was laid. A brood stock is being built up here to offset, in part, 
the drop in the collections of rainbow and Loch Leven ege's from the 
Madison River. 
The output of bass from the Miles City, Mont., substation exceeded 
all previous records at this point, although there was a drop in the 
production of other species. A heavy loss of bass brood stock was 
experienced due to smothering under heavy ice in the wintering pond. 
W. P. A. labor was utilized in making general improvements. 
The pondfish station at Dexter, N. Mex. , reported the largest pro- 
duction since establishment of the ‘station, with an output approaching 
1 million. Fish ducks took a heavy toll of sunfish and crappie brood 
stock. Here, too, approval of a W. P. A. project permitted develop- 
ment of a number of improvements, including construction of new 
ponds, holding tanks, and the grading of roads. The new substation 
at Santa Rosa, N. Mex., was in operation, but little distribution was 
undertaken prior to the close of the year. Egg collections and propa- 
gation of trout and grayling at Yellowstone Park met with the usual 
success. 
The Seattle office personnel maintained close supervision over the 
foregoing activities and in addition handled details of a cooperative 
program of fish food studies conducted with the University of 
Washington. 
NEW ENGLAND TROUT STATIONS 
The York Pond, N. H., station experienced no trace of the poor 
quality brook trout eggs which marred the operations of the previous 
year. Likewise, the mortality of brood stock was strictly within 
normal limits. Both the States of New Hampshire and Vermont 
contributed funds for the production of larger fish to be stocked in 
their respective waters. Extensive developmental work was prose- 
cuted here; utilizing C. C. C. and W. P. A. labor. New ponds were 
created and the water-supply system improved. An ice house was 
constructed. Total brook trout egg collections amounted to approx- 
imately 9,000,000, of which over 5,000,000 were shipped to other 
Bureau stations and State conservation departments, etc. 
At the Craig Brook, Maine, station three circular ponds were con- 
structed by C. C. C. labor for the purpose of rearmg fish for Acadia 
National Park. The collection of 4,800,000 brook trout eggs was 
1,400,000 in excess of the figures for the previous year. Of these, 
2,075,000 were shipped to other points. A limited number of Atlantic 
salmon were carried over at the end of the year. Improvements aside 
from the new ponds consisted of minor repairs to the older ponds. 
At the close of the year a much larger number of brook trout were 
being held over than has been the practice in the past. 
At Nashua, N. H., the hatch of over 500,000 trout eggs permitted 
normal production and distribution. 
A continuation of the former practice of collecting smallmouth bass 
fry from a reservoir lake in Connecticut produced over 500,000 of 
this species for distribution, one-half of which were allocated to the 
