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5. Spring-fed streams in burnt-over, reforested areas are among 



the best trout streams in the State. 



6. Deforestation, with accompanying cultivation around the 

 headwaters of spring-fed streams, is very rapidly diminish- 

 ing the water supply. 



7. The water-table in the southern part of the State has been low- 

 ered 3 to 4 feet. 



8. Barnyard pollution has little effect on fish life unless the 

 water flow is so reduced as to make the waters of very ques- 

 tionable value even if not polluted. 



9. Sewage waste and muddy water during long-sustained hot 

 weather have very decided injurious effects, the former by 

 direct action, the latter through the destruction of the smal- 

 ler aquatic life, both animal and plant. 



