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REPORT OF THE FISH AND GAME COMMISSION. 



egg collecting operations and larger crews of spawn takers, we procured 

 only 1,500,000 rainbow trout eggs. All of the eggs taken were hatched 

 and reared at the North Creek Station and at the Bear Lake Hatchery, 

 from which stations they will be given a wide distribution in the streams 

 and lakes of San Bernardino County. 



NORTH CREEK EGG COLLECTING STATION. 



The egg collecting station at the mouth of North Creek was operated 

 in a tent; the employees have also lived in tents since the spring of 



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Fii!. 12. State hatcheries as they appear when spawning operations begin. In some 

 instanc.<>s employees arc able to reach the egg-ioUocting stations by means of pack 

 trains, but In other instances they must cover a considerable distance on snowshoes. 

 a, b. Views of North Creek Station, San Bernardino County, March 25, 1?20. Photo- 

 graphs by L. Phillips, c. Wawona Hatchery, Mariposa County, April 15, 1920. 

 Photogiaph bv M. K. Spaulding. d. Cabins at Almanor Hatchery, Plumas County, 

 April, 1919. Photograph by S. Campbell. 



1915, when the Fish and Game Commission first began the work of 

 collecting eggs from Bear Lake. 



Bear Lake is situated at an elevation of 6700 feet above sea level and 

 the weather during March and April in this altitude is severe in any 

 locality, particularly so in the Bear Lake region. The winds sweep 

 unbroken over the deserts until the air currents strike the San Bernar- 

 dino Mountains, when they drive with relentless fury down on the lake 



