Identifier: annualreport131415190newy (find matches)
Title: Annual report
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: New York (State). Forest, Fish and Game Commission
Subjects: Forests and forestry Fisheries Game and game-birds
Publisher: (Albany, N.Y. : The Commission)
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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e, there is a natural rock dam with a verticaldrop of at least four feet at its lowest point. At this stage of the waterthe dam is impassible for fish. The only fish observed below the dam weresmall minnows. We were informed that fishermen catch suckers and occa-sionally black bass below this dam during the spring freshet. Little min-nows, apparently chubs, and young suckers, were seen also above thenatural dam. Only a very short section of the creek is suitable for maintaining largefish during the dry months. The bed of the creek for the entire distanceexamined by us consists chiefly of black slaty shale, over which the waterspreads out in a very thin sheet and reaches a very high temperature. Allthe upper feeders of the creek except Giars Brook dry up entirely in hotmonths. Pierces dam, constructed of logs, is about eight feet high. Schoepflinsdam is a timber and dirt construction 144 feet wide and 14 feet deep atthe highest part. It backs the water about one-half mile. The ice work
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O £ O 5 3 V3 Pi a w S : % 3 FOREST, FISH AND GAME COMMISSIONER. 329 in winter at this dam is very serious. It breaks off the ends of planks inthe crest of the dam. Many dams have been swept out of Eighteen MileCreek by ice and freshets. The freshets are caused chiefly by meltingice. The dam at Schoepflins holds a reserve supply of water which isavailable for use in the town of Hamburg when necessary to fight fire orto supplement the town supply obtained from their Holly system. The investigation extended up the stream to North Boston, four milesfrom Hamburg. At this point the stream is very small and the water isvery shallow. The proper course recommended in this case is to stock the detachedportions of the creek with black bass, white perch, yellow perch and per-haps white bass. In this way all the interests involved will be subservedand no injury caused to any one. Trout Distribution The work of distributing trout was continued much longer than usualin 1909. The waters wer

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