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many more details could be written on this subject but space in this 

 report is not available. 



WAWONA HATCHERY. 



This station located on Big Creek near Wawona, Mariposa County, 

 lias been in operation for the. past thirty years. It has supplied fish 

 for the South Fork of the Merced River as well as for a number of lakes 

 and streams on the south and east of the Yosemite Valley. The total 

 number distributed from this station during the last two years was 

 337,500 rainbow and 439,300 steelhead. 



KAWEAH HATCHERY. 



This hatchery has been operated under a tent since it was established 

 in 1919. A permanent building should be erected as soon as funds 



Fig. 9. Fish screen erected by the Cain Irrigation Company at Grant Lake, 

 Mono County. Photograph by A. B. Culver. 



are available. During the last season when funds were being set 

 aside for the construction of a permanent building and repairs and 

 improvements to the hatcheries, ponds, etc., we carried on an experi- 

 ment at the new site on the Kaweah River to determine whether or not 

 the water was suitable for hatchery purposes. The old site at Power 

 House No. 1 of the Mount Whitney Light and Power Company on the 

 main highway leading to Sequoia National Park, proved by years of 

 hatching to have an excellent supply of water, but a number of persons 

 connected with the different sportsmen's organizations in Tulare 

 County were of the opinion that a site at Power House No. 3 would 

 be of easier access when shipping fish as well as being more con- 

 venient to the tourist travel. The troughs were moved to a temporary 

 hatchery under a plain frame, covered with paper roofing. We were 

 doubtful whether this site would prove suitable as the water is taken 



