REPORT OF BOARD OF FISH AND GAME COMMISSIONERS. 
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cess. Eighteen years ago with a skillful force of men operating on 
sixteen creeks emptying into Lake Tahoe, from March 5th to August 
15th, more than five months, the total take of eggs was 600,000, while 
in the present season operating on one creek only from March 27th to 
May 6th in less than six weeks our men collected upwards of six million 
eggs. 
The Tahoe, Tallac and Glen Alpine hatcheries furnish all the cut¬ 
throat fry that can be distributed to advantage throughout the Tahoe 
and Truckee basins. In addition to Lake Tahoe, Independence, Donner 
and Webber lakes, a number of smaller ones on the western slope of the 
Sierras in the vicinity of Cisco receive their supply of cut-throat fry 
from this source. 
All of the fish cultural operations in the Tahoe basin have been under 
the skillful supervision of Mr. E. W. Hunt, whose reports in brief will 
be found in the Appendix. 
WAWONA HATCHERY. 
Following the usual custom, this hatchery, which is located just 
within the confines of Yosemite National Park, has been successfully 
operated during the spring and early summer months for the past four 
seasons under the careful direction of Mr. M. L. Cross, one of our 
experienced and capable hatchery men. We have hatched and dis¬ 
tributed from that station approximately 350,000 trout fry per year, 
the large majority of which were of the cut-throat variety, the eggs 
having been taken and shipped from Lake Tahoe. We have also shipped 
in rainbow eggs from Bisson, and Loch Leven fry, which were dis¬ 
tributed in suitable waters. 
In addition to the distribution made by Mr. Cross, in which he 
received the cordial support and assistance of Washburn Brothers, of 
Wawona, Major W. W. Forsyth, acting superintendent of the park, has 
borne an important part. A number of new lakes and inaccessible 
streams were stocked by United States soldiers, acting under his direc¬ 
tion. He has also provided suitable conveyances to meet our fish dis¬ 
tributing car at El Portal, and hauled the fish from that point into 
Yosemite Valley and from there distributed into lakes and streams 
rainbow, Eastern brook, and Loch Leven trout, sent in from the Sisson 
Hatchery. 
That all this work has been intelligently performed is evidenced by 
the fact that practically all the lakes and small tributary streams are 
now teeming with fish, and it has been suggested by those most familiar 
with the conditions that our efforts in that direction be discontinued, 
and for the next two years be given solely to stocking Merced River and 
its larger tributaries. 
