Casper Star-Tribune from Casper, Wyoming • 71

ANNUAL WYOMING EDITION 1935 THE CASPER TRIBUNE HERALD PAGE 5 NEW HATCHERIES ASSURE ANGLERS THAT PARADISE FOR "Vimcd far and wide as an orisin- SPORT WILL BE MAINTAINED al and continuing paradise for hard on the stocks of fish. Thousands perished in streams all but dried up by the drought while they were taken in numbers from thousands of miles of streams and from numerous lakes. Isolated regions provide almost virgin fishing waters. trout fishermen. Wyoming li able on the strength of late developments 10 hold out a-xiurance that the sport Vill be perpetuated with few reser- of the national parks by the federal hatcheries.

Eggs are now on hatch in state plants for 1935 distribution as follows: Loch Laven, 950.000; Mackin electric power for lights and refrigeration, while three natural lakes nearby can be utilized for spawning. It is estimated th3t it will replace two of eiaht other hatcheries now Albany county 4.031.300 Big Horn county 3.246,335 Fremont county 985,678 Lincoln county 1.711,900 Park county 2.859,400 uo up and down the state, throw a lue into any likely water, and it i.i more than an oven bet that, a trout will ri-e to meet the aw, 35.000; Brook, 4,150,000. Approximately 3,500,000 Rainbow and Black Spotted eggs will be available for the summer hatch this year. Improvements were carried on at j( a majority of the hatcheries with the cooperation of CWA, ERA and CCC labor, the latter figuring prom- inently in stream control and the sri 1 "a i -1 1 4 "si 1 building of rearing ponds. Two ponds were built in Albany county, four in Park and 30 in Sheridan county.

Sportsmen's organizations throughout the state cooperated in rearing pond operations. Significant in the program is the fact that the department pays its way through revenues. Game and fish licenses alone eccounted for receipts of $118,843.50 in 1933 and $133,114.96 in 1934, or a total of $265,823.90 for the two years. Approximately $10,000 was received from other sources to increa.se aggregate receipts for the biennium to $275,398.20. Fishing conditions continued good i fern, for the angler last year, due to low water, but the same situation proved Wyoming has thousands of pools like this.

lure. I. o.ation nut preceded the day cu the automobile and good roads made possible the development of this superlative recreational asset and Wyoming strives to maintain it. Election of a new hatchery in Teton county, plans for Enother at Dubois, construction of scores of pcr.ds. stream control worfe, and the planting of 23.238.000 fish by the State Game and Fish depart in the last two years all combine to advance the program.

The ir.o.-l important work of the future wili be the improvement of streams and with reference to plant and inject hie to provide more fih food, accord.ng to the department. The Teton county hatchery was built by the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, aj a CWA project and will be in full operation this season. It will be of immense value in keeping the waters of the Jatkson Hole region supplied, except Jackson lake, dee waters are the natural of h.ige Mackinaws and Natives, the former weighing up to 36 pounds.

Blue Holes Next The Dubois hatchery Is next to be constructed and the preliminaries heady have been launched on the well known Blue Holes site, which acquired by the game and fish la-t The project be financed by a loan of $73,000 to the department authorized by the Jeui luture. Situated one-lialf mile north of the highway, the project will be more than a hatchery. Plans call for its Improvement as a state park because of its many natural advantages and it will be joined to the highway. In addition to the purchase price of the site, the expenditure of $7,700 already h3S authorised as an ERA project for road con.str.ict ion and the quarrying of stone for buildings. The location is ideal and the water analysis I3 near perfect.

The fell and volume of water will provide At When in Worland, Wyoming EAT AT THE MAYFLOWER CAFE JOHN BROWN, Prop. (Formerly of Cheyenne) The Best of Foods For Less TOURISTS like the Mayflower and John Brown will see that service is rendered. A basket of speckled beaulle that would deheht the heart of any angler and they are not hard to find in Wyoming streams and lakes. Sheridan county 4,394,592 Sublette County 1,701,220 Uinta county 720,000 Received from TJ. S.

Bureau of 3.647.000 in operation and that the saving effected will pay for the project In ten years-Hatchery Record With two exceptions ail hatcheries contributed heavily to the fish plantlr.pr program of the last biennium. The record is given as Total planted These planting do not include millions of fish placed in the waters IB CD Wo CARBON COUNTY ON LINCOLN HIGHWAY AND UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY "HOME OF THE VIRGINIAN" CASPER xj it ir a XM. Jf m. 1 YELL OVTST ONE STOCKRAISING MINING NATURAL GAS FIELDS GOOD RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS MERCANTILE STORES MODERN EQUIPPED GARAGES AND FILLING STATIONS TOURIST CAMPS LUMBER YARD if (jilVIEDICINE BOW tHmilllllllt'llHllllli. M0 A I -f0 -s-Jt I.ST J.

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