THIRTY-FIRST BIENNIAL REPORT 



REPORT OF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 



Honorahle Board of Fish and Game Commissioners 

 of the State of California, 



San Francisco, California. 



Sirs: During this bieiiniiini tlie personnel and ortjanization of the 

 Fish and Oamo f'onimission, with 'Sir. I. ZelIoH)aeh, of San Francisco, 

 as president, and Mr. K. Fernald, of Santa Barbara, and ^Mr. Geo. B. 

 Clarkson, of Los Ant;eh.s, as members, continued unchanged until 

 April 1, 19.30, when the resignation of ]\[r. Clarkson was accepted by 

 the Governor. The vacancy continued unfilled during the remaining 

 tliree months of the biennial period. 



On April 1, 1929, Mr. Eugene D. Bennett resigned as executive offi- 

 cer of the Division of Fish and Game, and the undersigned, who had 

 been previously employed as Mr. Bennett's assistant, was appointed 

 executive officer. Mr. Bennett continued to act as attorney for the 

 Division. 



The other more important changes in the administrative personnel 

 included the appointment of ]\Ir. E. L. ^lacaulay as chief of the Bureau 

 of Patrol on January 1, 1929, and the resignation of Dr. Harold C. 

 Bryant as head of the Bureau of Education and Research, effective the 

 last day of the biennial period. Dr. Bryant left the division to accept 

 an appointment as director of the educational work of the National 

 Park Service, a work which he eflTectively organized in Yosemite 

 National Park as one phase of the educational Avork of this division. 



Following the resignation of ]\Ir. Frank Vore on December 31, 1929, 

 as head of the Bureau of Publicity, the work of that bureau was con- 

 tinued with the Bureau of Education and Research. 



During the biennium the work of the Division of Fish and Game 

 has continued along the same general lines established during the pre- 

 ceding two bienniums. Each ])ureau has been allotted definite amounts 

 of money to carry out the work assigned, and each bureau head has 

 been held accountable for efficient operation within these funds. 



Realizing that the field men of the division determine largely the 

 effectiveness of the policies which have been adopted by the Fish and 

 Game Commission, every effort has been made to build up the high 

 standard which has been previously maintained. The Civil Service 

 Commission has conducted examinations to establish eligible lists, and 

 during the six months' probationary period of new employees we have 

 endeavored to make certain that all men finally selected for permanent 

 employment would be a credit to our service. All too few people 



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