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Mail Tribune 100, Feb. 23, 1918 Friday Feb 23, 2018 at 12:01 AM Feb. 23, 1918 HEAD WATERS OF TROUT STREAMS CLOSED TO RESTOCK Acting upon petition from local anglers the state fish and game commission at its regular monthly meeting at Portland Thursday inaugurated a new system of fish protection by closing the following streams to all fishing, so as to give a chance for restocking and propagation: Squaw creek, between upper and lower Squaw lakes. Carberry creek, one of the branches of the Big Applegate, from its junction with the Applegate to its source, including branches. Four Bit creek, one of the branches of Big Butte creek, from its junction with the south fork of Big Butte to its source, including branches. Middle Fork of Rogue river, one of the three principal branches of the Rogue, from its junction with the South Fork, to its source, including tributary branches. This plan is to keep these streams closed for a two year period, during which all fishing will be prohibited, and the streams restocked. At the end of the closed period these streams will be opened and another branch of east of the Applegate, Big Butte and Rogue will be closed for a similar period and restocked. By this plan, one headwaters fork of each important trout stream in the county will always be closed and restocked, thus insuring protection for young fish and a constant supply of fish to feed the main streams. Another year, branches of other main streams will be closed for restocking, as the supply of trout hatched increases, there always remaining two forks open for every one closed. Squaw creek between the two lakes is a spawning bed for the fish in both lakes and the slaughter of fish in it during the spring spawning season is fast exterminating the fish. Both lakes will remain open for fishing, but the creek will be permanently closed. Notices of the closing of the streams will be published and posted and anglers are asked to co-operate in the restocking operations by helping enforce the closure.