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have created a lively interest in these fish, and demands now come from 

 all the mountain sections of the State; in fact, requests have been made 

 from every quarter, but as experience in the lower altitudes has not been 

 nearly so satisfactory, we have felt it the part of wisdom to confine our 

 efforts to distributing them in regions above 3,000 feet elevation, and 

 furnishing Rainbow and Cut-throat trout to the streams of the lower 

 elevations leading to the sea. 



In connection with this subject we take pleasure in reporting that our 

 sister State, Nevada, has again taken up the subject of artificial propa- 

 gation of trout, and has constructed a new hatchery at Carson City. 

 The Nevada commissioners, Messrs. Mills, Yerrington, and Coryell, 

 have been seriously handicapped in their operations through lack of 

 necessary means. Making known to us their wants, we loaned them 

 the services of an experienced fish culturist, Mr. E. W. Hunt, of the 

 Tahoe stations, who laid out the Carson Hatchery. Mr. Hunt, together 

 with one of our regular hatchery assistants, has been detailed to assist 

 the Nevada commissioners in the collection of Eastern Brook spawn 

 from Marlett Lake, at the close of our stations around Lake Tahoe. 



TAHOE AND TALLAC HATCHERIES. 



These stations have been operated as usual during the past two years. 

 Our supply of Cut-throat trout eggs was obtained as heretofore through 

 seining operations conducted at the mouth of Taylor Creek, near Tallac. 

 The eggs so collected were eyed at Tallac Hatchery and from there 

 shipped to the station at Tahoe City, to the hatchery located at Wawona, 

 and some also to the Sisson Hatchery. Owing to the unusual snowfall 

 in the spring of 1906, our hatchery force was unable to reach Lake 

 Tahoe for nearly four weeks later than the usual time; we were able, 

 however, to collect a sufficient number of eggs to meet the requirements 

 of the Tahoe and Truckee basin, and the Wawona station, omitting 

 Sisson. 



Mr. E. W. Hunt has been in full charge of all fish cultural operations 

 in that region. His report on the work for the past two years is 

 appended. He was assisted in his work by F. F. Anderson, who was 

 placed in charge of the eyed eggs at the Tallac Station. The work on 

 the streams leading into Lake Tahoe was assigned to Wm. Boyle at 

 Tahoe City, and Harry Warr in the Tallac region. Deputy ^'arr, in 

 addition to taking care of the southern end of the lake, has covered a 

 large portion of El Dorado, Alpine, and Amador counties. He has 

 broken up the practice of the Indians, who heretofore have speared 

 large numbers of spawning fish in the streams tributary to Lake Tahoe 

 and carried them back to Nevada; he has also exercised a careful watch 

 over the campers and tourists. 



