42 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION. 



The grounds at Mount Whitney Hatchery have been improved by the 

 planting of trees and flowers. The lawn and flowers are being kept in 

 good shape, and the hatchery is one of the most attractive places in Inyo 

 County. Hundreds of tourists and vacationists going into the upper 

 part of Inyo County, Mono and Alpine counties, stop at the hatchery 

 every week during the summer and fall. 



This hatchery has proven to be one of the most important and valu- 

 able hatcheries in the country. It supplies a large district with trout 

 fry in excellent condition. The distribution area that is covered from 

 this hatchery includes the country adjacent to the eastern side of the 

 lower San Joaquin Valley, Inyo and Mono counties to the north and the 

 counties below the Tehachai3i Range to San Diego, except San Bernar- 

 dino County, which receives the bulk of its trout fry from Bear Lake 

 Hatcher}". The demand for fry from this hatchery is greater than the 

 capacity of the hatchery to produce. Additional hatchery ec[uipment 

 should be added to this station when funds for this purpose are evailable. 



Fig. 11. Type of pack can utilized by Fresno County Sportsman's Club. Several of 

 the clubs own their own cans. Photograph by Bart Harvey. 



Pack trains should be provided to carry trout fry to the barren lakes in 

 the high Sierra to the west of the hatchery, and to other sections, as well 

 as to restock the depleted streams and lakes where the fish are greatly 

 depleted in numbers by the excessive fishing of the last few years. This 

 important hatchery should be enlarged by the addition of smaller aux- 

 iliary hatcheries erected on the same grounds, all under one manage- 

 ment and where the same water supply can be used that is now being 

 used in the main building. 



COTTONWOOD LAKES STATION. 



The collecting of golden trout eggs during the season of 1920 was car- 

 ried on from the middle of June to the latler'p'art of July. There were 

 782,000 eggs collected and conveyed to the IMount Whitney Hatchery. 

 These eggs were very delicate and produced a great many structually 



