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operated during their busy season, when practically every man and 

 animal under their direction is in active service. 



This hatchery has also furnished fry sufficient to stock the headwaters 

 of the principal trout streams in Madera County, the work of distribu- 

 tion being successfully carried out by the county game warden, assisted 

 by men of the Forest Service. 



We are able to report excellent results attending the planting of 60,000 

 Eastern brook trout in 1905, shipped from Sisson. 



The following table i- a summary of the distribution from the Wawona 

 Hatchery in 1905-1906: 



VERDI STATION. 



This temporary Btation, located on the Truckee River, in the State of 

 Nevada, was discontinued in 1905; the Truckee River continuing to 

 remain at such a height that the capture of spawning fish was not 

 feasible; at least, the number of eggs we could collect did not justify 

 the expense of operating the station. The hatchery supplies on hand 

 were sent to the stations on Lake Talioe and at Sisson. The building 

 itself, by contract, reverted to the owner of the land, Mr. George 

 Foulkes; the hatching troughs, and other material too heavy to trans- 

 port, were donated to the State of Nevada, and have done some excellent 

 service. 



Considering, however, that it would be a wise move to establish a 

 station on some stream where a supply of wild Rainbow eggs could be 

 collected at small cost, sufficient to introduce new blood among our 

 pond fish. Superintendent Shebley, of Sisson, was instructed to examine 

 the different streams in Siskiyou County for that purpose. He selected 

 a point on the Shasta River near Edgewood, Siskiyou County; the cost 

 of operating which is light, and besides the eggs can be transported 

 direct from the spawning station to the Sisson Hatchery, avoiding the 

 expense of a double crew of men. We began to operate there in the 

 spring of 1906, but owing to unusual freshets, which swept over our 

 racks, most of the spawning fish were able to pass them, so that we 

 took only about 50,000 eggs; but this we considered sufficient to dem- 

 onstrate the value of the station. The Federal Bureau of Fisheries, 

 desiring to establish a Rainbow egg-collecting station, have been 

 invited to join with us in the expense of operating this station next 



