THIRTY-SIXTH BIENNIAL REPORT 



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Taking up these reeommeuded developments in order, the Fillmore 

 Experimental Station is now under process of installation. Imme- 

 diately following the action of the Commission in abandoning the plans 

 for the Lytle Creek Hatchery onr efforts were turned toward finding 

 a substitute site and it is believed that the existence of 10 or more 

 second feet of ground water in the bed of the Santa Clara River near 

 Fillmore offers the best present opportunity for development. The 

 water available at that point averages 62 degrees in temperature 

 throughout the year and can be taken onto nearby land under gravity 

 with a conduit system something over 3000 feet in length. According 

 to surveys of the State Department of Water Resources even at the 

 close of the long dry period in 1927 and 1928 the ground water near the 

 point of diversion was only six feet below the surface. However, some 

 caution should be used in making plans for work at this point since 

 chemical anah'ses show that the water is very heavily laden with a 



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Looking upstream on a rotary fish screen. Power wheel in front of screen 

 Opening in concrete wall at left is for flushing out moving sand and gravel 



variety of mineral elements and it would be impossible to predict in 

 advance whether it would be suitable for the rearing of fish. 



One acre of land has been leased for temporary use at a cost of 

 $25 per month from the Sespe Land and Water Company and an 

 experimental station consisting of pumping system, six trouglis and 

 two circular tanks, together with a tent house for the attendant, will 

 be constructed immediately. As soon as this experimental work is 

 under way negotiations should be entered into with the Sespe Land 

 and Water Company for a lease and option on a hatchery site of 

 approximately five acres together with the necessary riglit of way for 

 pipe line. This Fillmore Station would be very satisfactory from the 

 standpoint of geographical location to rear fish of considerable size 

 for planting in the entire southern part of the State. It is readily 

 accessible to the mountainous area of Riverside and San Bernardino 

 counties by way of the highway through Saugus. 



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