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CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME. 



TAHOE HATCHERIES. 

 Preparatious are now being made to 

 open the Tahoc hatcheries at the usual 

 time this season. Arrangements are un- 

 der way to opou the egg-collection station 

 at Tallac on March 18. 



MOUNT WHITNEY HATCHERY. 

 On January 21 the construction of 

 Mount Whitney Hatchery was completed 

 by the Department of Engineering and 

 the plant was turned over to representa- 

 tives of the Fish and Game Commission. 



preliminary to the operation of the Bear 

 Valley Hatchery during the season of 

 1917, as far as could be undertaken 

 during the winter months, was completed. 

 All that remains to be done when the 

 crew reaches the station is to set up the 

 hatching troughs and install the racks in 

 the streams tributary to the lake. The 

 water in Big Bear Valley Lake is at a 

 high level this season, and our operations 

 should be very successful. It was ex- 

 pected that our crew could make the trip 



Fig. 32. Mt. Whitney Hatchery as it appears completed. 



Previous to our taking over the hatchery, 

 we had ordered all necessary supplies for 

 the construction of all fishcultural equip- 

 ment used in the operation of the hatch- 

 ery, as well as paint for painting the 

 hatching troughs. Therefore, we were 

 prepared to go right ahead with this 

 work. A portion of the hatching troughs 

 have now been painted, and work is being 

 rushed on the baskets, trough covers, etc. 

 The hatchery will be ready for operations 

 in ample time for the carrying out of our 

 plans for the work this spring and sum- 

 mer. 



With the Mount Whitney Hatchery and 

 the auxiliary station at Rae Lakes in 

 operation, the work of stocking the 

 streams of southern California and the 

 San Joaquin Valley as far north as the 

 Yosemite Valley, will be greatly facili- 

 tated. 



BEAR VALLEY HATCHERY. 

 During the month of November all 

 necessary repair and improvement work 



into the lake about March 1, but the 

 recent storms and heavy fall of snow will 

 probably prevent their making the trip 

 before the 10th or 15th of the month. 

 However, this slight delay should not 

 interfere greatly with the prosecution of 

 the work of egg collecting, as the fish do 

 not start to run in great numbers before 

 the middle or latter part of March. 



UKIAH HATCHERY. 



Ukiah Hatchery will be operated as 

 usual this season. Steelhead trout eggs 

 will be shipped to this hatchery from the 

 Snow Mountain station, and the fry will 

 be distributed in the streams of Lake, 

 Mendocino and Sonoma counties. It is 

 our intention to ship the first lot of eggs 

 ready for shipment from Snow Mountain 

 to Ukiah this season, in oi'der that the 

 distribution of the fish can be made as 

 early in the summer as possible. 



