FORTY-SECOND BIENNIAL REPORT 45 



INTERSTATE WATERS 



Lake Talioe and the Colorado River and its impoundments are the 

 principal waters in connection with which cooperative interstate action 

 has been taken. A Tri-State Fisheries Group, composed of representatives 

 from Arizona, Nevada, and California was formed and held meetings 

 at irregular intervals to formulate solutions for common problems. 

 Also, a California representative served as chairman of the Fisheries 

 Task Group of the Great Basin Subcommittee. This group conducted 

 joint field surveys and compiled a report on fisheries problems of the 

 lower Colorado River. 



WILDLIFE CONSERVATION BOARD PROJECTS 



Under the Wildlife Conservation Act of 1947 the State Legislature 

 has appropriated considerable sums from horse racing operations to 

 the Wildlife Restoration Fund, administered by the Wildlife Con- 

 servation Board. This fund is available for capital expenditures. 



The Wildlife Conservation Board receives proposals for projects 

 from sportsmen's and other conservation groups, federal and state 

 agencies, and individuals and passes on their worth. Approved projects 

 are allocated funds which are then transferred to the Department of 

 Fish and Game for actual construction. Maintenance is carried on either 

 by the Department or by local interests, depending largely upon the 

 type of project. 



As projects involving inland sports fisheries, other than hatchery proj- 

 ects, have been submitted the members of the biological staff have con- 

 ducted field investigations, planning, and preparation of reports and 

 recommendations. 



The following is a report of the progress that has been made on the 

 various nonhatchery wildlife conservation projects during the biennium. 



Project 7. El Dorado Flow Maintenance Dams 



Surveys and plans for all of the feasible flow maintenance clam sites in the El 

 Dorado National Forest were completed during the biennium. In addition, check 

 dams were completed at Lois, Schmidell, Middle Velma, Susie, and Heather Lakes 

 during 1950 and 1951. 



Project 2. Deep Creek Stream Improvement 



Engineering surveys failed to disclose a suitable site for the proposed Holcomb 

 Creek flow maintenance dam. Subsequently the Wildlife Conservation Board canceled 

 the project and recovered the unexpended funds. The Little Bear Creek Access Trail 

 was constructed as a part of the comprehensive program undertaken jointly by the 

 State Division of Beaches and Parks and the U. S. Forest Service. The Wildlife Con- 

 servation Board provided $250 to construct this trail. The Mojave Camp Ground Trail 

 was dropped as impractical because no pack stock was available for stocking. 



Project 4. Pine Creek Stream Improvement 



Counts and studies of migrating fish were carried out during 1950 and 1951. In 

 1952 the Department of Fish and Game carried out the necessary engineering surveys, 

 prepared plans, and let a contract for the construction of a diversion channel which 

 will bring overflow waters of Pine Creek into its natural channel. 



Project 7. Grizzly Creek Dam 



The Wildlife Conservation Board allocated $5,000 in June, 1952 to initiate con- 

 struction. Construction depends upon a lease which must be negotiated between the 

 Pacific Gas and Electric Company and the U. S. Forest Service. 



