NATURAL AREAS AND REGIONS 



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miles of creosote bush desert showing a 

 scattered stand under extreme arid 

 conditions, the brush supporting two 

 species of grasshoppers that are common 

 in autumn; scorpions and lizards numer- 

 ous; horned rattler present. Providence 

 Mountains 10 mi. southeast with moun- 

 tain sheep present. Kelso, California, 

 immediate environs; Salt Lake Route 

 Railway; water station with a restaurant 

 for railroad men and probability of 

 lodgings among the few residents. Con- 

 venient points for study of Mohave 

 Desert. V. E. Shelf ord. 



Desert Moving Dunes. An area of 25 

 sq. mi. of desert moving dunes just south 

 of the L. A. & S. L. R. R., between Flynn 

 and Kerrens. Kelso. California; 5 mi. 

 west to Flynn, California. V. E. 

 Shelford. 



Mohave Yucca Forest. An area of 

 about 720 sq. mi. including one of the 

 finest of tree yucca forests and the un- 

 settled parts of the Tehachapi Moun- 

 tains, Antelope Valley, and the Sierra 

 de la Liebre, the pine-clad slopes of Mt. 

 Frazier, and finally, the arid desert at 

 the mouth of Jawbone Canyon. The 

 fauna includes a few antelope (1914), 

 black-tailed deer, black bear, cougar, 

 and bighorn sheep together with the 

 smaller mammals, birds, and reptiles, 

 commonly associated with these animals. 

 The geological features are interesting. 

 The San Francisco earthquake rift with 

 springs and lakes along it, runs through 

 Fort Tejon, Elizabeth Lake, and Palm- 

 dale. There are important fossil beds 

 at Ricardo, in Red Rock Canyon. 



Los Angeles and Kern counties. Teha- 

 chapi, adjacent to the mountains. S. F. & 

 S.P.R.R. Mohave-Inyo R.R. gives access 

 to northeastern portions in the regions 

 of Jawbone Canyon and El Paso Moun- 

 tains. Saugus, Southern Pacific, adja- 

 cent to the southern portion. Bakers- 

 field-Los Angeles Highway crosses 

 through Tejon Pass near the base of Mt. 

 Frazier. Chas. L. Camp (1922). 



California's game sanctuaries 



California is assured a perpetual sup- 

 ply of game by having set aside areas 

 where no hunting is allowed and where 

 game is allowed to breed unmolested. 

 The state is responsible for the creation 

 of most of them, the Federal Govern- 

 ment for others. Certain areas known 

 as Game Refuges have been set aside by 

 legislative enactment. Others known 

 as State Game Preserves have been 

 created by the Fish and Game Com- 

 mission after the owner of the property 

 has ceded all hunting privileges to the 

 state for a period of not less than ten 



years. The Federal Government has set 

 aside three Bird Reservations and pro- 

 tects all of the wild life within the Na- 

 tional Parks and National Monuments. 

 As a consequence, game is now abso- 

 lutely protected on nearly 3,000,000 

 acres within the State of California, an 

 area roughly equivalent to three per cent 

 of the total area of the state. On these 

 areas fishing is allowed. 



Game refuges (C3) 



State game preserves (G7) 



Federal bird reservations (H8) 



Approximate. 



H. C. Bryant. 



