Creatsnt Laks, Nsobraska 
Period wirdy, hot, ang ary. interfowl Production normal. 
Deer Flat, Idahe 
Water conditions normal, Watsrfoyl nesting hera and an Snake River islands 
above average for a five-year period. 
Des Loes, Kerth Dakste 
Water conditions faverabls for nesting waterforl, with e braeding populetion 
of 3,045 birds, Totel lesa than in 1948, Ruddy, redhead, canvasbeck, and scaup 
mads up Mere than 50 psaresnt of ths total. 
Fort Pack, Montana 
More ducks nested eat Fort Peck than in recent years, with mallards making 
up $0 percent of the total, 
Boricon, Wisconsin 
Precipitetion favoratls, Nesting of mallards and blacks increased with 
blue-wingsd teal decreasing, One breod of 3 lesser scaup observed, 
Lacresk, South Dakota 
Rainfall light compared ta 1948 (5.92 inches to 13.65 inchas in 1948). 
Water levels 3 - 4 inches lower in 1949, Duck neating population 2,400 repre- 
santing le species, Six te sight thousand younr produced - mallard, padwall, 
and pintail predominated, 
Littls Pend Oreille, Washington 
Precipitation slightly more than half ths average for five-year period with 
a total of 2,345 inches. Fewer nasting ducks than in 1948 snd no fesse. 
— =k 
Long Lake, North Dakota 
May und June wets dry and warm. July and Aurpust were warm and wat, Spring 
run-ceffteo short to fill all units, Waterfowl production Increased over 1942, 
with pintails up from 320 in 1948 to 1,500 this season, followed by feins for 
blug-winged teal, geraen-winged teal, and mallard. No redheads or canvesbacks 
were produced, Fewer ruddys, shovtlers, baldpatss, eadwalls, and toot were 
produced this season, ‘ 
Lostwood, North Dakota 
Precipitation below 4t-year averages. Dry—-only deeper lakes had water. 
Nesting waterfowl decreased over 1948--this year 3,829 nasting pairs of water- 
fowl counted, Of this total mallards represented 14 percsnt, gadwall 19 peresnt, 
baldpate 4 percent, pintail 12 neresnt, blue-winged teal 28 parcent, shoveler 
& percent, gereen-winged teal 3 percent, redhead 9 percent, canvasback 2 percsnt, 
ruddy 3 99rcent, and scaup 9 pereent. This shows a drop in mallards and blus- 
Winged teal over 1948, but an inerease of seaup, redhead, eadwall, and pintail. 
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