150 REPORT OP THE FISH AND GAME COMMISSION. 



Whitney Meadows and donated his volunteer services to assist in taking 

 up fish and in the fish planting operations. 



The pack train proceeded to Whitney Meadows and there took up 

 some 2000 adult golden trout. The fish planters then proceeded by trail 

 to Lone Pine, which consumed two days, and thence to Bishop and North 

 Lake, which took four days. While encountering many difficulties, 

 they succeeded in landing the major portion of the fish at a compara- 

 tively high altitude at North Lake ; where the danger of losses was over. 

 At North Lake the expedition was joined by Paul G. Reddington, 

 forest supervisor of the Sierra National Forest, and A. D. Ferguson, in 

 charge Fresno Division. From North Lake the fourteen mule loads of 

 golden trout were taken across the summit via Piute Pass, crossing on 

 60 feet of snow, and on to the headwaters of the south fork of the San 

 Joaquin River. 



This consignment of fish wa.s planted in the following waters : 



Desolation Lake, two unnamed lakes on the south side of Piute Creek, 

 French Canyon Creek, and Piute Creek. Distant two days pack from 

 these localities, plants were made in Heart Lake and Marie Lake, tribu- 

 tary to the. south fork of the San Joaquin, and in the headwaters of 

 Bear Creek which is an important tributary of the south fork of the 

 San Joaquin. 



Immediately after delivering the golden trout on the headwaters of 

 Piute Creek, Deputy Ellis, accompanied by Ray Ellis and Tom Fergu- 

 son, returned with half the pack train to Whitney Meadows for a new 

 supply of golden trout for transplanting, while Deputies Bullard and 

 Brownlow, after stocking Bear Creek and lake waters, took the remain- 

 ing half of the pack train, by trail, to INTammoth where they awaited a 

 consignment of golden trout which Deputy Ellis was in the meantime 

 gathering at Whitney Meadows. About August 2d, Deputy Ellis and 

 his assistants carried seven mule loads (14 cans) of adult golden trout 

 down to Lone Pine and thence by auto truck to Mammoth, where they 

 Avere delivered to Deputies Bullard and Brownlow, the former deputies 

 returning at once to Whitney Meadows to secure a further supplj^ 

 This consignment of fish was planted by Deputies Bullard and Brown- 

 low in the creek at Agnew Meadows, in Shadow Creek, Garnet Lake and 

 Shadow Lake. It had been previously arranged between the Fresno 

 office and the superintendent of Yosemite National Park, that five mule 

 loads of this consignment of golden trout were to be delivered to the 

 park authorities at Thousand Island Lake. Upon arriving at Thou- 

 sand Island Lake, the deputies of the Fi.sh and Game Commission found 

 evidence that the park pack train had been there but had returned to 

 the park. Accordingly, all of the fish were distributed in waters imme- 

 diately south of the park line. 



