CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME, 
CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME 
A publication devoted to the conserva- 
tion of wild life and published quarterly 
by the California State Fish and Game 
Commission. 
Sent free to citizens of the State of Cali- 
fornia. Offered in exchange for ornitho- 
aCe ical, mammalogical and similar period- 
icals. 
The articles published in CALIFORNIA 
FISH AND GAME are not copyrighted and 
may be reproduced in other periodicals, 
provided due credit is given the California 
Fish and Game Commission. Editors of 
newspapers and periodicals are invited 
to make use of pertinent material. 
All material for publication should be 
sent to H. C. Bryant, Museum of Verte- 
brate Zoology, Berkeley, Cal. 
OCTOBER 28, 1920. 
It cannot be expected that wild life 
resources, if left to themselves, will con- 
tinue to yield food and sport indefinitely. 
A constant supply can only be maintained 
through carefully planned protection and 
propagation, and the necessary expense in- 
volved in such an undertaking is justified 
by any results which are as outstanding 
as those of fish and game. 
COMMISSION’S DUTY TO PROTECT 
FISH AND GAME. 
We often hear unjust criticism of 
the Fish and Game Commission, because 
of the wrong attitude taken by many 
sportsmen. There are many persons who 
seem to think that the hunter or fisher- 
man is better qualified to dictate as to 
what the law should be than the Fish 
and Game Commission. They fail to 
realize that they view questions from 
rather a_ selfish point off view. The 
members of the Commission are in a 
better position to know conditions and to 
judge as to needs than any individual or 
group of individuals, for it is their busi- 
ness and not simply their hobby. The 
Fish and Game Commission must stand 
as a barrier to protect fish and game. 
Tt takes into account the safety of the 
different species more largely than the 
desire of the man who hunts and fishes. 
SUMMER RESORT EDUCATIONAL 
WORK. 
The educational work in the Yosemite 
National Park carried on under the joint 
auspices of the National Park Service 
and the California Fish and Game Com- 
mission this past summer proved to be 
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very popular and very much worth while. 
The work was designed to bring useful 
information regarding wild life and the 
methods of conserving it to the summer 
vacationist. The term “Nature Guide 
Service,’’ applied to it, but partially ex- 
plains the different fields of endeavor. 
In addition to the scheduled field trips 
for both adults and ‘children, jformal 
lectures and campfire talks were given at 
the various resorts. Such game birds as 
the band-tailed pigeon, mountain quail, 
Sierra grouse and spotted sandpiper en- 
countered on the different field excursions 
gave splendid opportunity for the dis- 
cussion of the present status and the 
methods for the conservation of these 
different game species. Wild life films 
and stereopticon slides were used to il- 
lustrate the lectures. An office hour held 
at the National Park Service office gave 
Yosemite visitors a chance to have ques- 
tions answered. <A total or nearly 1400 
persons, a large number of whom were 
children, were given first hand informa- 
tion regarding birds, mammals and fish 
through the medium of field trips, and 
over 25,000 persons through the medium 
of lectures. Thus does the plan grow 
for making “conservationists out of sum- 
mer vacationists.” 
THE GRIZZLY. 
In the Conservationist for August, 
1920, Mr. Enos Mills has contributed a 
short appeal on behalf of the vanishing 
grizzly. The need for the protection of 
this splendid animal in California was not 
appreciated soon enough. California, 
where the grizzly was but a short time 
ago found in considerable numbers, is 
now without a single representative, and 
it is to be trusted that the people who 
live in the sections of our country where 
he is still to be found will not be so 
short-sighted. 
Mr. Mills says: “The grizzly is dis- 
tinguished by keenly developed senses, 
alertness, sustained curiosity, and superior 
mentality. 
“Although the grizzly in not ferocius, 
and although he does not eat human 
flesh, most people unfortunately believe 
the contrary. One is as likely to be 
assaulted by a jack rabbit as by a 
grizzly, and far more likely to be chased 
by a tame cow or a civilized dog. 
