FORTY-FIRST BIENNIAL REPORT i i 



Tule River, Tulare County. Experinu'iit stcuti'il -Juiu', l!i.')U, ainl 

 being continued at the close of the bienniuni. Indications are this water 

 supply is probably inisnitable for fish rearing purposes. 



HATCHERIES CLOSED 



Alpine Hatchery near Markh i rilh . Alpint ('mdihi. T^ast opi-ratcd 

 1941. Hatchery abandoned and buiUlings disiuaiitlrd and moved tu Hot 

 Creek, September, 1949. 



Fall Creek Hatchery near Copco, Siskiyou Counfii. ( >ii.- hundred 

 sixteen troughs, nine ponds. Last operated 194S. ()tVn'ially elused Di'- 

 cember, 1949. Buildings are in poor condition but station i.s l>eiiig kept 

 intact pending further studies of tlie salmon and steelhead situation in 

 the Klamath River. 



Burney Creek Hatchery near Burncy, Shasta County. One hun- 

 dred troughs, no ponds. Tiast operated Septend)er, 1949. Poor condition of 

 hatchery building does not permit further ns'.-. Living «juarters remain 

 occupied by personnel assigned to Crystal Lake Ilatdiery. 



FISH PLANTING 



Increased hatchery production and the rearing of larger fish lias 

 created problems in fish distribution which were satisfactoril\- met by 

 devplo]iing fish jdanting e(iui])ment. consisting of specially const ructed 



FIGURE 15. Planting trout by airplane has been f«""^./o Jk, a "•"f - ' 

 method of stocking lakes in remote areas It '« "^-^^^ ^<-;i"'i'r''^"/ ^'^^'^V; . ,,„ 

 time than planting by means of pack stock. Photograph by hrnm> < M 





