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and resourcefulness of the hardii'st moimtainocrs. Owing to the difficul- 

 ties attending the opening up iiinl operation of this station, and to the 

 fact that sufficient skilled help to operate all of our hatcheries to 

 capacity could not be obtained, tliis station was not utilized during 

 1918 and 1911). 



On account of the e.xtrenu? drought obtaining tiirougliout the entire 

 state during the winter and spring of 1920, which materially reduced 

 our take of trout eggs, it was decided tliat every effort should be made 

 to take at least a half million rainbow eggs at the Rae Lakes Station in 



colleetins Station as it appeared at the end of 

 June, 1920. Photograph by L. J. Stinnett. 



order tluit .Mount AYhitney Hatchery might be supplied with an ample 

 number of trout eggs to stock the streams and lakes of southern 

 California. Some rainl)ow and a few steelhead eggs had been shipped 

 to Blount Whitney Hatchery from some of the northern stations, but 

 the hatchery was still half a million eggs short of requirements. 



Accordingly, on June 7, our crew left Mount "Whitney Hatchery for 

 the Rae Lakes district. The Oak Creek trail was in very bad shape, 

 rocks and slides having made it very rough. The snow banks were very 

 deep and the snow soft, making it extremely difficult to get the pack 

 animals through in places. Several times the men had to shovel out 

 l)aths for the horses. The party was four days in making the trip, but 

 fortunately they got in ahead of the run. The ice on the lakes was just 



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