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It was found that a number of creeks flowing into the lakes furnish 

 excellent spawning grounds, and on what appeared to be the most 

 favorable locations it was decided to put in racks and trap the fish as 

 they ascended the streams to spawn. All arrangements were made to 

 be on the ground at the proper time. All of the lumber, tools, tents, 

 camp equipment and supplies had to be transported by pack train over- 

 land from Lone Pine. However, this was all successfully accomplished, 

 and the men reached the site of the station in ample time to catch the 

 first of the fish ascending the streams to spawn. Five hundred thou- 

 sand eggs were taken and were successfully transported by pack ani- 

 mals from the spawning station to ]\Iount Whitney Hatchery. The 

 resulting fry were distributed in waters of that section. 



The remoteness of the site of operations from railroads, highways or, 

 indeed, any human habitations, the high altitude and prevalence of 

 snow storms, make the trip into this remote section at this season of 

 the year actually dangerous at times. Nevertheless the work has been 

 continued, and crews have gone into the "lakes" each season and suc- 

 cessfully accomplished their miasion. The results obtained have justi- 

 fied all the hard work and expense. Although several efforts have been 

 made in past years to collect the eggs of the golden trout, the attempt 

 during 1918 was the first successful one. The success of the operations 

 has been due to tlie skill and resourcefulness of Mr. George McCloud, 

 who was in personal charge of the golden trout egg-collecting opera- 

 tions at Cottonwood Lakes and of Mount "Whitney Hatchery, at which 

 station the eggs were hatched and the fry reared. The golden trout 

 are very difficult to rear, but the results obtained in this delicate work 

 have exceeded expectations. The station was again operated in 1919 

 and 1920, but due to adverse weather conditions was not opened in 1921. 



FEATHER RIVER EXPERIMENTAL HATCHERY. 



During the spring of 1918, following out the plan of increasing the 

 number of small hatcheries throughout the state, an experimental sta- 

 tion was established in Plumas County, on the line of the Western 

 Pacific Railway on a site on Grey Eagle Creek, about a mile from the 

 town of Blairsden. Steelhead eggs were shipped to the station from 

 Snow Mountain station, black-spotted eggs from Tallac Hatchery, and 

 rainbow eggs from Domingo Springs station, the plan being to thor- 

 oughly try out this site in order that a permanent hatchery might be 

 erected thereon should the water prove to be satisfactory for hatchery 

 purposes. From this hatchery all of the trout fry for Plumas, Lassen 

 and Modoc counties, along the line of the Western Pacific and the 

 Nevada, California and Oregon railways could be hatched and distrib- 

 uted. With the inland territory in the Westwood, Lake Almanor and 

 Juniper Lake districts covered by the Clear Creek and Domingo Springs 

 hatcheries, and all railroad deliveries for the three counties above men- 

 tioned taken care of by the Feather River Hatchery (as the plant near 

 Blairsden w^as to be named), all long hauls to this section from the 

 Mount Shasta Hatchery could be eliminated. Unfortunately the water 

 of Grey Eagle Creek did not prove satisfactory for hatchery purposes, 

 and it became necessary to locate the hatchery in this section on some 

 other creek. In 1921 the hatchery was moved to a site on Jamison 



