TWENTY-SEVENTH BIENNIAL REPORT. 



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NUMBER AND VALUE OF ANIMALS REPORTED CAUGHT BY THE LICENSED 

 TRAPPERS OF CALIFORNIA FROM OCTOBER 15, 1919, TO MARCH 1, 1920. 



1 Skunk 



2 Coyote 



S Coon 



4 Gray fox 



5 Mini: 



6 Marten 



7 Wildcat 



8 Fisher 



9 Ring-tailed cat 



10 *B9aver 



11 Snotted skunk . 



12 River otter 



13 Muskrat 



14 Bear 



15 Red fox 



16 Wolverine 



17 Badger 



IS Kit fox 



19 Mountain lion 



20 'Possum 



21 Weasel 



22 Mole 



Totcil 



19,052 



3.896 



5.398 



5.222 



1,704 



452 



3,783 



102 



1.286 



75 



3.586 



97 



359 



116 



28 



7 



107 



129 



20 



90 



17S 



27 



45,804 



*raken under permit. 



''Trapping Licenses — About 4500 issued. Of these, 1300 reported their catch. 

 Persons under 18 are not required, under the present law, to report. 



"Estimated Total Income — The catch of $200,292.24 reported liy the 1300 licensed 

 trappers is found to be about 40 per cent of the entire value of the catch which 

 totals $500,000. 



'"Average Income — About $110 per licensed trapper. The 1300 trappers reporting, 

 including many professional trappers, averaged $1G0. 



"J^'otc — The muskrat is not protected by law in California. For this reason tlie 

 25,000 muskrats valued at $31,000, which investigation has shown to have been 

 caught in the Imperial Valley in 1919-20, were not reported. The figures for the 

 mountain lion and coyote are also low since 220 lions were killed, and their hides 

 presented for bounty, in 1920. Animals trapped and poisoned by predatory animal 

 trappers working under the direction of the Biological Survey of the U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture are not included in the above report. 



JOSEPH DIXON, 

 October 10, 1922. Economic Mammalogist." 



UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE COOPERATION. 



For many years the United States Forest Service has cooperated 

 splendidly in fish and game conservation w'ork. Tliat this cooperation 

 might be improved and might have a common basis an agi'coincnt was 

 drawn up and signed by officials of the Forest Service and the Coinmis- 

 ion earlv in 1920. The agreement reads as follows: 



AGREEMENT. 



In order to secure closer cooperation with the Fish and (Janic Coniniissioii, llie 

 following informal agreement has been executed : , ,. , 



Whereas, the wild life on the national forests of California is a product of the 

 forest and a great resource, which adds materially to enjoyment of the national 



