CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME. 149 
About 5000 adult golden trout, Salmo roosevelti, were taken with 
hook and line in 1914, and were transplanted to barren waters. Thus 
the range of the trout was extended for more than 150 miles along the 
summit of the Sierra from Voleano Creek. 
One thousand nine hundred seventeen marked a new step in the 
distribution of the golden trout. 
Fie. 38. Spawning golden trout at 
Cottonwood Lakes. Photographed by 
N. M. Scofield. 
In that year it was decided to 
undertake the propagation of the 
eolden trout. Cottonwood Lake, 
though situated in an inaccessible 
part of Inyo County, was decided 
upon for the spawning station, and 
despite the difficulties which had 
to be surmounted 500,000 eggs were 
taken and were successfully trans- 
ported by pack animal to the new 
Mount Whitney Hatchery. At the 
hatchery they were ‘“‘eyed’’ and 
afterwards were distributed in the 
waters of that section. It is from 
the Mount Whitney Hatchery that 
the more recent plants have been 
made, and Mr. Ober reports that 
during September and October of 
1919, he made plants of the trout in 
two beautiful lakes at the head of 
Woods Creek, Little Pine Creek and 
South Fork Lake on Big Pine Creek. 
Several plants have also been made 
in Yosemite National Park. 
Thus it is that through long endeavor and splendid cooperation this 
marvelously beautiful golden trout, a fish that appeals to every 
sportsman, has been protected, and distributed in one of the most 
inspiring sections of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. 
