REPORT OK STATK HOARD OF FISH COMMISSIONERS. 



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WAWONA HATCHERY. 



The hatchery located in the Yosemite National I'ark at Wawona has 

 been operated during the past two years in the spring and early suniimT 

 months, under the management of M. L. Cross, one of our most reliable 

 and conscientious employes. The eggs hatched at this station were of the 

 Rainbow and Cutthroat trout varieties. The Rainbow eggs were slii})j)e(l 

 from the Sisson hatchery and the Cutthroat eggs from Lake Talioe. 

 While good results have always followed our work in tiiat region, the 

 past two years seem to have been better than any others and a great 

 many tine, healthy fry have been planted in the lakes and streams of 

 the Yosemite region. In 1903 a shipment of 20,000 Eastern brook-trout 

 fry (Salmo fontinalis) was sent into tlu^ Yosemite region in charge of 

 M. L. Cross, who placed them in suitable waters near Wawona. In 

 1904 another shipment of 50,000 of these beautiful and gamy fish was 

 sent to Wawona in charge of John H. Davis. About two thirds of the 

 shipment were placed in the upper reaches of the Merced River in the 

 vicinity of the Sentinel Hotel. The remainder were placed in suitalile 

 lakes in the vicinity of Wawona. This is the first large plant ever 

 made in the Merced River in Yosemite Valley propei-. We look forward 

 with confidence to great results from tliese fish in tliose waters. 



The following table is a summary of the distribution from the Wawona 

 hatchery in 1903 and 1904: 



To the owners of this hatchery, Messrs. Washburn Brothers, we are 

 indebted for substantial assistance in furnishing free transportation for 

 our employes and deputies, both in and out of the valley, and for the 

 free use of teams and horses for distributing the fry throughout that 

 entire region. They have also furnished free transportation and ice 

 for the hauling in of the Eastern brook-trout from Raymond to 

 Wawona, a distance of 65 miles. As our work is carried on during 

 the busy summer months, when practically all conveyances, animals, 

 and men under their direction are in active service, the value of their 

 assistance can not be overestimated. The work of distribution has been 

 greatly facilitated by officers of the Regular Army, who have been 

 detailed with troops of cavalry to maintain a patrol throughout the 

 park. They have given us the free use of pack animals and men to 

 carry fish over mountain trails to points otherwise inaccessible, besides 

 the use of teams. 



