Joe Kemmerich's manuscript collection, 1945-1951.

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Joe Kemmerich's manuscript collection, 1945-1951.

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This manuscript collection consists of two manuscripts written by Joe Kemmerich. Both manuscripts are about the history of fish hatcheries and the propagation of sockeye salmon in the Puget Sound area by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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Washington State Library, Office of Secretary of State

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Washington State Library, Office of Secretary of State

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is a bureau within the Department of the Interior. Its mission is to work with others to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. A 1940 reorganization plan in the Department of the Interior consolidated the Bureau of Fisheries and the Bureau of Biological Survey into one agency to be known as the Fish and Wildlife Service. The Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife was created...

Kemmerich, Joe (Joseph), 1886-1962.

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Joseph "Joe" Kemmerich was born on 14 October 1886. He was the son of August Kemmerich, who was one of the early pioneers in Birdsview, Skagit County, WA. Joe graduated from the local high school and went to work for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. By 1919 Kemmerich had been the foreman at the federal government's Baker Lake fishery. In July 1919 the Supervisor was going to be on a tour of inspections that would require at least two months of travel. Kemmerich was promoted to supervisor of B...