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grounds by anglers during the month of May. This should be pro- 

 hibited. 



FERN CREEK HATCHERY. 



Owing to the successful operation on Rush Creek and June Lake in 

 egg-collecting work and the demand for a hatchery in this section, 

 plans were made to have a permanent hatchery established, centrally 

 located, to supply fish to this now famous fishing region where thou- 

 sands of persons from southern California and other places spend their 

 vacations. An adequate sum was set aside by the Commission to carry 

 out these plans. Material was ordered during June and the work of con- 

 structing the hatchery will be started as soon as it is delivered on the 

 ground. 



BURNEY CREEK HATCHERY. 



The power development on the Pit River including the construction 

 of high dams and the diversion of the water by the Pacific Gas and 

 Electric Company, has broken up the run of salmon that annually 

 ascended this river to spawn and has prevented the trout from making 

 their seasonal migrations in the Pit River. The company agreed to 

 establish hatcheries to take care of this situation as soon as the Depart- 

 ment of Fish Culture should decide on the proper location. During the 

 fall of 1925, surveys for hatchery locations were made and a site for a 

 permanent trout hatchery was selected on Burney Creek on land owned 

 by the company, just below Burney Creek Falls. This is a very desir- 

 able site, as the land adjoins the Burney Creek State Park. The location 

 is about one-half mile from the shore of Lake Britton which is formed 

 by the dam constructed for the purpose of raising the water level in 

 Pit River to give it the necessary elevation to operate Power House No. 

 3 of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company's hydro-electric plant. Plans 

 were immediately made by the Department of Fish Culture which met 

 with the approval of the company and the work of establishing this 

 new station will be started this summer and completed by early fall. 

 The Burney Creek Hatchery will enable the Commission to keep the 

 streams of Pit River basin stocked and the lakes and streams as far 

 north as Modoc County, as well as other parts of Shasta County. 



HAGAN FLAT SALMON HATCHERY. 



A site for a set of racks and salmon traps was selected at Hagan Flat, 

 Shasta County, for the purpose of collecting salmon eggs and hatching 

 and rearing them, to assist in keeping up the rapidly decreasing supply 

 of salmon. But owing to the uncertainty of the run reaching this far 

 up the river because of the obstruction caused by the dam of the Ander- 

 son-Cottonwood Irrigation District at Redding and the diminished run 

 of salmon in the Sacramento River it was decided not to build the 

 salmon station at Hagan Flat until the fishway problem at Redding was 

 settled. Also there is a possibility that it will not become necessary 

 to build a hatchery at this place if the company, in carrying out their 

 projects, will build a road to this reach of the river. All that will then 

 be necessary is the placing of the racks and traps in the river to catch 

 the salmon and convey the eggs by truck to the Burney Creek Station, 



