TWENTY-SEVENTH BIENNIAT. KKFORT. 



51 



place more 1i-()ii<;lis in llic liatdicry. A caMti will lir Imill for the arcojn- 

 modatioii of Ihc liclp. 'Phis slalioii can lie improx cd so that several 

 liiiii(lfc(l Ihoiisaiid more ei;t;'s cm he collccled aiiniiallv, 



JOHNSVILLE EXPERIMENTAL HATCHERY. 



This station was established dnrinii the spriii.u' oT l!t-!l. il is sitiiatet! 

 on Jamison Creek, a tributary of the Middle; Fork of the Feather River, 

 seven miles from Blairsden on the line of the Western Pacific, Railroad 

 and two miles from the ndninu' town of dohnsvilie. The site was selected 

 on the prop(>rty of the i*lunias-lMirek,i Miinii^- ('omi)any in a nar-row 

 valley lyin^i' between Eureka Peak and Momil Washinoton. The object 

 was to establish a hatchery in this re<>ion to furnish fish for the South 

 Fork of the Feather River, the iMiddle Mork of the Feather and 

 their tril)utaries, South P^rk of Yuba River and tributaries and the 

 lakes in the Gokl Lake region, as well as other streams along' the line of 



Fig. 15. Rack at Camp Creek, a tributary of the Klamath River, April 12. 1922. 

 The Camp Creek Egg Collecting Station furnishes many thousands of rainbow 

 trout eggs annually. 



the Western Pacific Railroad. The hatching troughs, forty in number 

 were placed in a tent and a temporary tank ami flume for the water 

 supply installed. This work was done under great ditticulties owing to 

 the depth of the snow. There were 689,000 rainbow ti-out fry and 

 111,000 steelhead trout fry distributed from this .station. The rainbow 

 fry did not thrive during the early part of the season. They were 

 affected with a fungoid disease probably brought to the hatchery with 

 some shipment of eggs. There was considerable loss among the fry for 

 a time; but as the season advanced the fry improved and were planted 

 in good order. 



During the spring of 1922, when our men arrived on the ground to 

 begin operations, the snow was from 12 to 15 feet deep on the level Avith 

 great masses on the slopes of the adjacent mountains, threatening to 

 come down in the shape of an avalanche at any time. The woi-k of 



