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reservoir covers an area of approximately 2000 acres. This reservoir 

 holds back the flood water of the river and will be used for developing' 

 electric power and irrigation. The water will be drawn down each 

 season, except a portion that will be left in the bed of the reservoir next 

 to the dam. There will be a basin left of from 50 to 80 acres, from 12 

 to 15 feet deep. In this basin the trout will enter as the water recedes 

 from other portions of the lake. 



This area will be ample to keep the fish in good condition until the 

 lake begins to fill from the winter rains raising the streams flowing 

 into the lake. During the spring months the eggs can be collected by 

 catching the spawners as they ascend the three tributary streams. 

 Traps and a small hatchery will have to be built to collect and handle 

 the eggs. The tributary streams will have to be stocked with a number 

 of rainbow fry each year to maintain the brood stock in the lake. 

 Fishing should be prohibited in the lake as well as in the South Fork 

 of the Eel River above the dam, Rice Fork of the river, Salmon Creek, as 

 well as in one or two other small streams that empty into the lake for 

 a distance of several miles from the lake, so that the streams can be 

 used as a rearing ground for the trout fry that must be planted in 

 these streams each season to maintain the breeding stock in the lake. 



FORT SEWARD HATCHERY. 



Fort Seward Hatchery was established in 191(i for the purpose of 

 raising trout and salmon fry for the region covering northern Mendo- 

 cino County, Humboldt County and western Trinity County. The 

 hatchery has proven a success from the time it was established. The 

 ever-increasing demand for trout fry in this district demonstrated 

 that this hatchery was too small for the district to be. stocked. During 

 the fall of 1921 plans were made to enlarge the hatchery and make 

 general improvements at this station. An addition was built on the 

 hatchery building and forty troughs added. The hatchery now has a 

 capacity of J 00 troughs which if operated to the best advantage will 

 furnish all the fry necessary for this district for a great many years. 



A number of improvements were made since our last biennial report. 

 A tram and cable line with a skip have been installed to convey fish egg 

 cases and supplies to the hatchery as well as to transport fish cans from 

 the hatchery to the railroad stations. This tram system is operated with 

 a gas engine located in the hatchery. It lias operated successfully and 

 saved the expense of keeping and hiring teams to transport articles to 

 and from the hatchery. The bridges leading to the hatchery on the 

 roads from Fort Seward on one side and Alderpoint on the other, have 

 been washed away and the only way the foreman and the hatchery 

 emploj^ecs have to get their supplies is by railroad and from the railroad 

 station to the hatchery over the aerial tram system. Whenever funds 

 are available, these roads should be placed in repair and the bridges 

 rebuilt and an auto truck or team furnished this station. The Fort 

 Seward Hatchery is one of the most important in the state as it has a 

 large territory to supply with trout and salmon fry and has the only 

 water supply on the line of the Northernwestern Pacific Railroad that 

 can be depended on to furnish suitable water for hatchery purposes all 

 through the year. 



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