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Third, the spawning season in Cottonwood Creek is later than in 

 other streams in that region and the water is generally diverted for 

 irrigation before our egg collecting work is over, so by moving down 

 this stream, we have an opportunity to operate several days longer each 

 season. 



The total number of eggs collected from this station during the last 

 two years was 2,225,000. 



CAMP CREEK EGG-COLLECTING STATION. 



No changes have been made at tliis station and none will be required 

 for several years, as everything was put in good condition several years 

 ago and should not require any extra expense to keep the traps in order 

 unless damaged by floods. 



The total number of eggs collected from this station in the last two 

 seasons was 3,000,000. 



BEAVER CREEK EGG-COLLECTING STATION. 



Beaver Creek is one of the large tributaries of the Klamath River, 

 entering the river about eighteen miles west of Hornbrook. Its drain- 

 age basin covers a large area and years ago it had one of the largest 

 runs of salmon and trout of any of the tributary streams of the upper 

 Klamath region, but like the river and all its tributaries, the excessive 

 fishing, carried on through an altogether too long open season and the 

 destruction of the spawners by the use of spears and other means has 

 greatly reduced the run of fish in the Klamath as well as in all of its 

 tributaries. There is less than 40 per cent of fish in the river than 

 there was thirty years ago. While there is a large run in the river 

 compared with other streams in California, there has been gradual 

 reduction in numbers, particularly during the last few years since the 

 road was built down the river from Hornbrook to Martin's Ferry. 

 Before this road was built the only fish taken were by local residents. 

 Now they are fished for by thousands of persons and if the season is 

 not shortened, the trout in the Klamath River will soon be so greatly 

 reduced in numbers that there will not be any better fishing than there 

 is in other coast streams that have all been depleted. 



During the spring of 1925 a trap was installed in Beaver Creek. 

 Conditions were unfavorable, owing to extremely low water followed by 

 flood conditions that made the operation of the traps uncertain and 

 the results were not as good as were anticipated. 



In the spring of 1926 we were more successful and a large run of 

 trout entered the creek, but owing to the size of the creek and the great 

 flood of water that came down at several times during the latter part 

 of March and up to the 15th of April when the w^arm rains were melt- 

 ing the snow on the upper reaches of the creek, the flood waters could 

 not be controlled with the temporary racks and traps. However, enough 

 were caught and the run studied to demonstrate that there is a large 

 run of trout that enters this creek each spring. So plans were made 

 for a permanent trap and egg-collecting station and the work will be 

 completed early this coming fall so as to be in a position to catch next 

 season's run of trout. The plans for this station consist of concrete 



