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REPORT OF TIIK FI^^II AND OAME COMMISSIOX. 



Extensive improvements in tlic iirouncls at the ^Moiint Whitney Hatch- 

 ery have made it siieli a sh<)\v-|)hic'e that many visit it every week, mak- 

 ing tlie short drive from the main Eastern Sierra Highway, and feel 

 well repaid for the trip. Thanks to the cooperation of Park Superin- 

 tendent John ]\IaeLaren of San Francisco, a particularly harmonious 

 bit of landscaping has lieen consummated. The general effect is a 

 natural park, the typical trees and plants of the region having been 

 used. As one approaches through the great rough-stone gate, the view 

 is entirelv conunensurate with the nobility and dignity of ('alifornia. 



Fig. 27. Fi.sh pond ;nij iia;dL-ns al Uiv Alcjunl WliiLiiey llatrlKTy. I'lioLogiupli by 



J. Ij. Von Blon. 



and in perfe-.t keeping with the enduring chai'acter of the primeval 

 Sierran surrcundings. To have neglected this "finishing touch" upon 

 a work so eminently successful in all its practical features would 

 have been to stop short of attaining an accessible ideal. The sportsmen 

 of southern California can well take a la.sting pi'idc in this, tlunr most 

 substantial and most tangible accomplishment. 



A most encouraging measure of coopei-ation in all lines of conserva- 

 tion work has not failed to extend its influence to the actual physical 

 work of planting the fish reared in the southern hatcheries, particularly 

 over the past l)iennial period. Without such public interest and assist- 

 ance, it would Ije impossible to distribute the output of the hatcheries 



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