96 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION 



PROJECT 74. COACHELLA VALLEY PUBLIC FISHING AREAS 



Board allocated $32,500 1/26/50 ; Fish and Game Commisssion approved 1/28/50. 

 No water supply commitment has been received as yet. Maintenance has been tenta- 

 tively accepted by the Board of Supervisors of Riverside County. District Fisheries 

 Biologist W. A. Evans is planning a meeting for field inspection. 



PROJECT 7 6. CLEAR LAKE REARING POND 



Project completed. 



PROJECT 77. LINDO LAKE PUBLIC FISHING AREA 



Board allocated $11,000 1/26/50 ; Fish and Game Commission approved 1/28/50. 

 Agreement was received from the County of San Diego on June 20th and forwarded 

 to Sacramento for approval. On .June 29th the agreement was sent back not approved 

 because the amount of money to be expended was apparently over the $10,000 limit 

 on projects that may be performed with the services of the Division of Architecture. 

 Attempts are being made to straighten out this difficulty. 



PROJECT 79. SULPHUR CREEK DAM 



The original cost estimate of $22,000 received from Division of Architecture was 

 too high and it has been requested to resurvey the site at lower water flows. 



PROJECT 81. SAN BERNARDINO NATIONAL FOREST 

 Board allocated $.35,000 1/26/50 ; Fish and Game Commission approved 1/28/50. 

 Field investigations are under way. 



PROJECT 82. DRY LAKE LEVEL MAINTENANCE 



Board allocated $4,-500 1/26/50 ; Fish and Game Commission approved 1/28/50. 

 Conferences with the U. S. Forest Service are planned. 



PROJECT 83. BIXBY SLOUGH PUBLIC FISHING AREA 



Board tentatively approved allocation of $100,000 at April, 1950, meeting, for 

 a cooperative development of Bixby Slough. Necessary data and commitments from 

 local interests being awaited. 



PROJECT 86. SAN ANTONIO CREEK PUBLIC FISHING AREA 



Board allocated $20,000 5/18/50 ; Fish and Game Commission approved 5/19/.50. 

 Field investigations being conducted. 



PROJECT 1010. DELTA FISH AND GAME OPERATIONS BASE 



Board allocated $27,000 5/18/50; Fish and (iame Commission ai.i. roved 5/19/50. 

 Negotiations to secure site under way. 



CHILDREN'S FISHING WATERS 



Many municipalities were aided in establishing permanent fishing- 

 ponds for children. For example, the Los Angeles City Park and Rec- 

 reation Department was assisted in establishing its successful fishing 

 program in the city park lakes, and catch data were obtained. 



STEELHEAD AND SALMON 



The steelhead trout and salmon of California represent a tremen- 

 dous resource. This resource, of the greatest importance in the economy 

 of the State, is under constant threat from large-scale dam construction. 

 One of tlie main goals of the Bureau of Fish Conservation, therefore, has 

 been to acquire as rapidly as possible the essential facts necessary for 

 the preservation and management of our steelhead and salmon fisheries 

 in our expanding and changing economy. 



Tlie present applied steelhead and salmon management program of 

 the bureau includes I'escue of fish from drying streams, removal of 



