18 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION 



The so-called Fishing Creek hatchery site (No. 18) has been under 

 lease by the Division of Fish and Game from the Pacific Gas & Electric 

 Company since 1937. It consists of several acres of land on the shore 

 of Lake Britton, Shasta County, and is held under a 20-year lease at 

 an annual rental of $150. Work Avas first undertaken there in 1937 

 and a few experimental troughs were set up to determine if the water 

 supply was satisfactory. It was found that the fish make the same 

 good groAvth obtained at the Burney Creek Hatchery nearby and that 

 probably the water originates from the same type of source. The water 

 supply consists of over 30 second feet issuing as a spring from a lava 

 bluff above the hatchery site and with a temperature of approximately 

 48 degrees the year round. It would be the plan in developing this 

 site to utilize the water for the operation of rearing and brood stock 

 ponds in conjunction with the work of the Burney Creek Hatchery 

 which is located about two miles down the lake. "We are badly in need 

 of additional facilities for holding rainbow brood stock and also for 

 ponds in which fish of a somewhat larger size could be reared for 

 planting in the heavily fished trout waters from the Feather River 

 north to the Pit River drainage. This hatchery site is located within 

 a few miles of the main highway running north and south from 

 McCloud to Lake Tahoe and could be utilized advantageously for this 

 purpose. Some difficulty has arisen in obtaining a right of way for 

 a pipe line from the water source to the prospective hatchery grounds. 

 This has come about through the fact that one piece of land is held by 

 the United States Indian Service and is now in process of being sold. 

 There is reason to believe that a solution will be found for these diffi- 

 culties in the very near future. 



It will probably be unnecessary to go into any detailed discussion 

 regarding the desirability of developing the Hot Creek rearing ponds 

 in Mono County (No. 11). The Commission has already taken action 

 toward authorizing this work and the money is available. The site and 

 $25,000 toward construction is being supplied by the City of Los 

 Angeles in lieu of the construction of fish ladders at the Grant Lake 

 and Long Valley dams. This hatchery if developed as now planned 

 will be capable of serving the entire Mono-Inyo accessible area with 

 fish of from four to six inches in length. 



Items No. 28 and No. 29 under Permanent Development can best 

 be discussed together. Tlie hatchery situation in the north coast area 

 from San Francisco to Eureka has not previously been brought before 

 the Commission. However, it is one of considerable urgency since our 

 hatchery near IJkiah was destroyed in the spring of 1938 and the next 

 hatchery to the north. Port Seward (No. 4), is very old and does not 

 serve our present requirements satisfactorily. Fort Seward Hatchery 

 was built in 1916, which was prior to the construction of the Redwood 

 Highway. For that reason it was located on the line of the North- 

 western Pacific Railroad on the main fork of the Eel River. At the 

 present time the construction of the Redwood Highway has placed the 

 heavy burden of fishing on the South Fork of the Eel and made it the 

 main artery for the distribution of fish in that area. The water supply 

 for the Fort Seward Hatchery is very unsatisfactory and makes it 

 necessary for us to plant the fish out at a small size during late June 

 or early July each year. The minimum of necessary repairs have been 



