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a point that would have been quite unattainable without such as- 

 sistance. The bureau is indebted to the State of Montana for its 

 liberal assistance in stocking streams and lakes in the Glacier Na- 

 tional Park, Yellowstone National Park, and other waters of that 

 region; to the State of Michigan for supplying considerable num- 

 bers of brook trout, rainbow trout, and grayling; and to the State 

 of Maine for assistance rendered in connection with the landlocked 

 salmon work in that State. 



The bureau is constantly extending its cooperative relations with 

 other Federal agencies. Because of similar interests along certain 

 lines, which are becoming more generally recognized each year, much 

 practical cooperative work is being accomplished. In this connec- 

 tion the bureau is indebted to officers of the United States Forest 

 Service for the construction of trails in Alaska, for furnishing horses 

 or other means of conveyance for the transportation of persons on 

 trips of investigation, for the movement of supplies to field stations, 

 and for carrying fish and fish eggs for stocking waters of our na- 

 tional forests in the New England States and other parts of the 

 country. Officers of the National Park Service have rendered simi- 

 lar valuable assistance in the Glacier and Yellowstone National 

 Parks and in the construction of a log hatchery on Fish Lake, near 

 Soda Butte, on the latter reservation. The Reclamation Service has 

 also been of assistance in furnishing transportation facilities in the 

 movement of fish supplied for stocking waters within its control. 

 Of particular interest and importance is the fact that these agencies 

 have facilities for transporting fish to points that are not readily ac- 

 cessible by the ordinary methods. 



The amicable fish-cultural relations that have heretofore existed 

 between the bureau and the Canadian Government have been main- 

 tained. Spawn takers employed by the bureau have continued to 

 collect eggs of the whitefish and cisco in Canadian waters, and eggs 

 of other species have been exchanged. Shipments of fish eggs have 

 been made to other foreign governments also, all of which are listed 

 in the table on page 88. 



SENTIMENT IN FAVOR OF FISH PROTECTION. 



In view of the active interest the bureau has taken in urging the 

 adoption of adequate protective laws for the food fishes of the coun- 

 try, it is a source of gratification to note a more active interest in 

 this direction on the part of certain States. In the course of the year 

 a number of the Southern States, which have heretofore paid little or 

 no attention to the matter, have sought the aid and advice of the 

 bureau in framing laws for fish protection or in connection with 

 the establishment of hatcheries for the propagation of the fishes 

 suited to their needs. Believing in the truth of the old saying, that 

 " No law is stronger than the public sentiment behind it," the bureau 

 has adhered to a policy of urging on the attention of all persons 

 applying for fish the desirability and urgent need for protective 

 laws and a proper respect therefor. 



