CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME. 



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TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST GAME REFUGE. 



By E. V. Jotter, Chief Forest Deputy. 



The Trinity National Forest Game Refuge (Fish and Game District 

 No. 26) situated to the east and south of Big Bar, Trinity County, 

 includes approximately 65,000 acres, of which 2,377 acres are alienated 

 land. 



The area extend.s from the head of a little gulch on the north, at an 

 elevation of approximately 3,500 feet across the Trinity River (eleva- 

 tion 1,300 feet) over Hayfork Bally Mountain (elevation 6,000 feet), 



Fig. 24. Lookout on Hayfork Bally, highest point on the 

 Trinity National Forest Game Refuge (District 26). From 

 this section can be heard practically all gunshots within 

 the refuge. 



across Hayfork Creek (elevation 2,000 feet). This range in elevation 

 and the south exposures afford both summer and winter range, so that 

 game need not leave the refuge at any time. The area also includes 

 a number of licks much frequented by deer. 



An almost equal distribution of timber and brush types is to be 

 found, the latter usually being found on the steep south or west expo- 

 sures. The timber includes both fir and pine tj'pes, the latter having 



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