FIELD INSPECTIONS 



16 field trips were made to inspect the condition of dams, investigate com- 

 plaints in regard to water levels and to attend meetings to discuss the operation 

 of dams. 



DAM RECONSTRUCTION 



The reconstruction of 10 dams was recommended to the Department of Public 

 Works, continuing the programme of re-building abandoned logging dams in the 

 interests of forest protection, conservation and fish and wildlife propagation. 

 Assistance was given the I^iblic Works engineers in determining a satisfactory regu- 

 lated water level and obtaining stream flow and historical data useful in designing 

 the new dams. 



Seven projects were completed during the year and 3 partially completed, 

 which will be finished in 1963. The operation of the completed dams becomes the 

 responsibility of the Department of Lands and Forests. 



In addition, 2 repair projects were completed by the Department of Public 

 Works and turned over to the Department of Lands and Forests for operation. 



Hatcheries - Design and Construction 



At the Chatsworth fish hatchery and trout rearing station, the second phase 

 of reconstruction was completed by the Department of Public Works, and the out- 

 door rearing station is now ready for full-scale operation. The facilities include 

 fourteen, 25-foot diameter, reinforced-concrete, circular rearing ponds; twenty, 50- 

 foot, reinforced-concrete raceways; four large, lined, earth ponds and two display 

 ponds required for holding stocks of various fish species for exhibitions. A further 

 small project is required for final grading, surface drainage, landscaping, road sur- 

 facing and completion of outdoor illumination. 



Preliminary planning including field investigations was undertaken for the 

 proposed reconstruction of the Normandale (Walsh) fish hatchery and trout 

 rearing station. 



Twenty new plywood hatchery troughs were constructed and installed by the 

 District staff in the temporary hatchery building at the White Lake bass ponds, to 

 replace the old troughs which had previously been discarded from another 

 hatchery. 



Preliminary planning and field work were commenced for the proposed con- 

 version of the former Mount Pleasant hatchery site into a public fishing area. 



A feasibility study was commenced for a proposal to develop the Rondeau 

 marsh as a habitat for waterfowl, and another study is in progress regarding jx)s- 

 sible utilization of the Crown land area in the Holland marsh. 



LAND USE PLANNING SECTION 



Land use planning in the Department of Lands and Forests has been de- 

 scribed as the planning for the best management of the renewable natural resources 

 of the province, excepting agriculture; and even here a close relationship must of 

 necessity exist since there is a close relationship between the management of the 

 land for the production of agricultural products and the other renewable natural 

 resources. The other renewable natural resources are the timber products, fish and 

 wildlife, and, what strictly speaking may not be called a resource but rather a 

 manipulation of the other resources for man's use — recreation. 



It is the purpose of the Land Use Planning Section to guide the field offices 

 and main office in a concerted effort to produce the best over-all management plans 



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