The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-02-10
STOCKING TROUT.
STREAMS Of
COUN TY
Comprehensive Plan Being Put
Into Effect.
TO IMPROVE THE FISHING
Bennington County Fish and Game
League Takes Hold Of Pro-
vldlng for Future Fishing

The Bennington County Fish and
Game club has already made excel
lent progress in the work OF stock
ing the streams with brook trout. The
officers OF the club, with the assis
lance of County Game Warden Ed
ward S. Higgins, have selected men
who have hitherto shown an interest
in the work and have provided them
with blank applications for both gov
eminent and state stock fish. The
applications have been distributed so
as to cover every trout water in the
immediate vicinity of Bennington.
They have also extended the work
into other towns of the county but
naturally the territory to the north
could not be so well covered as that
in the immediate vicinity of the To-
cal members of the club.
The water in the towns Of Benning-
ton and Woodford has been closely
covered as will be evident from the
following list
South stream, William H. Nichols;
Roaring Branch, Dan Rifenburgh; Ey-
ans brook, +. S. Harris; Bushnell
brook, William Greenslet; Perry
Thompson stream, Thomas Stewart,
1923 Mill street: Brown stream, Ed.
]. Laughlin; lockwood brook, Vim.
l.. Long; Chase brook, C. Lynn Wood,
Furnace brook, B. c. Jenney; STRAIT.
ton brook, H. c. Armstrong; Wal
loomsac, Edward S. Higgins; Little
He'll Hollow F. A. Lille; Big Hell
Hollow, Tarrant Sibley; Basn brook
George S. Clark; Dunville, II. Fack-
Ian; Chase Brook No. 2, Joseph NJ
/ Ayres; Rider brook, Calvin Endress;
/ Still brook, j j. Burns; Mill brook,
Il. c. Shanahan; Woodford City
stream. T. p Gregg; Waters brook
r. f. Grennan; Lyman Lot brook,
George Il. Cotton; Redfeld brook
Charles Wood Little Pond brook
Raymond A. Higgins; Mill brook No
2, Warwick S. Carpenter; A tributary
/ of White Creek, NJ. B. Roberts, Ru,
| pert, Vt; White Creek. NJ b. Rob
erts, Rupert, Vt; Marshall brook
Wallace Harrington; Ladd brook, NJ
j. Burlington, Pownal, Vt; Bickford
Hollow stream, p. b. Boughton.
Fifteen blanks have been sent to
Warden Robert Benedict of Airing
ton, 10 TO James Hanley of Manches
ter, six to George Roberts of East
Dorset. three to o. p. Black of Ru
pert Part of these blanks are from
the state and part from the govern
ment
In this connection the following
letter to the president OF the club
w. II. Nichols, written by the head
of the bureau of fisheries at Wash
ington, will be Of interest;
Washington, Feb. 5. 1912.
W. II. Nichols, Bennington, VI,
Sir:-From the description of the
waters, contained in your application
! for fish, it is believed that brook
trout are most suitable to introduce
and the assignment has been made
accordingly. The distribution of fish
occurs between April and November
and it is the policy of the bureau tC
I'll applications in the order in which
received. You will be advised In ad
vance of the proposed date of ship
ment and will at the same time re
ceiye full instructions as TO meetinl
the car or messenger and planting tn,
fish. Only a sufficient number O
fish to serve as brood stock can bt
furnished, and It is expected that the!
will be properly protected until the!
have had time to reproduce.
Respectfully,
George W. Bowers,
Commissioner.