. Combined biennial report for the period ending 1942/1946. Pennsylvania Fish Commission; Fisheries; Fish culture. Prior to the war. a 57-acre lake was developed on the Allegheny Forest in the vieinitv of Marienville iitilizin: lahor from enierjienev conservation eanips. This hodv of water and the siirroiindinji land area are nianajred under cooperative ajireenients with the Pennsyl- vania Board of Fish Coniniissioners and the Pennsylvania (yanie Commission. The area has served as a water fowl and small ijanie refiijre for a iiiimher of years, anil the State fish hatrhery at Tionesta removes f
. Combined biennial report for the period ending 1942/1946. Pennsylvania Fish Commission; Fisheries; Fish culture. Prior to the war. a 57-acre lake was developed on the Allegheny Forest in the vieinitv of Marienville iitilizin: lahor from enierjienev conservation eanips. This hodv of water and the siirroiindinji land area are nianajred under cooperative ajireenients with the Pennsyl- vania Board of Fish Coniniissioners and the Pennsylvania (yanie Commission. The area has served as a water fowl and small ijanie refiijre for a iiiimher of years, anil the State fish hatrhery at Tionesta removes from the lake each year a considerahle ninnher of hass and other warm water fishes for stream stockinji. Fventiially. it is planned that a portion of this lake will he opened for piihlic fishing. One of the outstanding advantagefi of multiple use operation on piihlic land is the opportunity for long-range planning to rlevelo|» and maintain forest streams in a eonilition conducive to maximum pro- duction of fish. Mam of the normal forest management functions peculiar to national forests oontrihute directly to hettcr stream con- 'mn,. ^ •^ mlir BfAK Crkfk Dam No, X^ hut the Pennsvlvania Board of Fish Commissioners lias assi«ned an increasing load of stream stocking hy furnishing legal size fish dur- inff recent vears. This has lieen especially true during the war years «^ the forest now looks to the State for this assistance in the mainte. nance ^ good trout fishing. Streams on the forest are open to puhlic fishing under the same Slate regulatiMs which apph outside. Tmmediatelv pHor to the war, a suiall trout rearing station ww buih hv the Forest Service on the heiulwaters of Farnsworth Creek in Warren Countv. in order to permit rearing lingerling iisli to catch- aide •^ize This rearing station was constructed umler plans and recoiB- mendations made hy the United States Fish ami >\ i Id life Service and the station was operated hy the Iniled States Hsh and W ildlife Serv
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