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-75- It is recommended that after rotenone dissipation, rainbow be stocked in the Flaming Gorge Reservoir following the disappearance of ice cover in the spring of 1863. It is further recommended that the fish be two to four inches in size and stocking rates be .set at 200 fish per surface acre, based on the 6,000 surface acre minimum pool level. Stocking at this rate will require 600,000 fish from the State of Wyoming and 600,000 fish from the State of Utah. All fish stocking should be made far enough into the canyon area to keep the effects of silt, carried in the Green River during spring run-off, at a minimum. It is also recommended that the majority of these fish be planted from a boat to insure proper distribution. Under adverse stream and apparent .borderline eyeing conditions, it is recommended that kokanee salmon be removed from the list of game fish species being considered for the Flaming Gorge Reservoir. It is recommended that walleye pike not be stocked in the Flaming Gorge .Reservoir until all other species being considered have been given trial and proven unsuitable. It is recommended that following initial plantings of rainbow trout and the establishment of fluctuation patterns in the reservoir, a study be initiated to determine the feasibility of establishing largemouth bass. These studies should include the approximate water level at the time spawn- ing temperatures (60 to 68° F.) are reached, the location, and amount of suitable spawning area pres-ent, and habitat areas existing during full reser- voir conditions. it is recommended that following impoundment of the Fontenelle Reservoir of the Seedskadee Project, channel catfish be stocked in the section of the Green River between the two reservoirs and in the backwaters of the Flaming Gorge Reservoir, It is also recommended that no fish be planted in the Green River proper below the town of Green River until an adequate disposal system is installed. It is recommended, if coliform counts in the Green River below the mouth of Bitter Creek are not reduced to acceptable numbers by the installation of the sewage lagoon system at the Town of Green River, Rock Springs should then be requested to increase the efficiency of their disposal plant to further reduce these counts to acceptable health standards.