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^renter ;i(lv;nita^:(' tli;m is possililc fi'Din citlici- llir Mount Shasta or 

 ."Mount Wliitiiry liatclit'i-ics. 'I'liis hatchery is (■xix'ctcd lo Ix' in full 

 opofation fof ihi' lort hcoininu- ti'oiit season. 'I'he watei- fi^'hts have been 

 secured, th? supply unaranlei d, and il has been thoron<,dily tested by 

 the suceessful operation I'oi- the past two seasons of an experimental 

 hatcliery under eanvas. 



Extensive repairs wliieh had been neiilected at the Mount Sha.sta 

 and Fall (Veek hateheries, due to wai- conditions, are now under way. 

 The eoming season will find these hatcheries fully equipped in all 

 respects. 



MOUNT WHITNEY HATCHERY. 



Inipi'ovenient wci'k has steadily j^-one on at the magnificent ]Mount 

 Whitney hatchery in hiyo County. The grounds and approaches 

 have been improved to match its general scheme. 



Among the other five and one-half millions of trout hatched and dis- 

 tributed from the IMount Whitney Hatchery were 300,000 golden trout 

 during the past season, which were distributed under the direct .super- 

 vision of Commissioner Connell, into barren lakes and streams in the 

 southern Sierras. The location and water supply of this hatchery have 

 amply justified its selection as an ideal hatching and reai'ing place for 

 the rare and dainty trout of our southern Sierra, found in no other part 

 of the world, the golden trout. 



FISHWAYS AND SCREENS. 



Although the building of fishways has been retarded by the drought 

 of the past three years, in spite of it, remarkable progress has been 

 made. Surveys were made of 82 new fishways, practically all of which 

 have been constructed, the most important of them being the one located 

 on the American River, at the Folsom dam. The surveys, plans and the 

 construction of these ladders have been made under the constant super- 

 vision of deputy A. E. Doney, who has specialized in this work for more 

 than fifteen years. 



Surveys and leual notices to install screens to prevent the loss of 

 young fish through irrigation canals and power wheels, have been made, 

 on 171 streams, ditches and canals, practically all of them now working 

 efifi( iently. This important woi-k is under the supervision of INIr. A. E. 

 Culver as screen inspector. In most cases our requests have been met 

 with ready compliance. In fact, there has never been a time in the his- 

 tory of the state when the conservation of our fish 1),\- installation of 

 screens and fishways has been needed more, owing to the constantly 

 increasing amount of watei- that is being diverted for agricultural and 

 industrial Durnoses. 



