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The next largest amount was lost from the Union Oil tanker La Pla- 

 ceniia at Port San Lnis on July 30, 1921, and was due to the iiiiioranee 

 of one of the crew who failed to understand orders. Some 500 harrels 

 of fuel oil went overboard. The beaches at Pismo and Oceano were 

 "smeared," with consequent damage to clams and decided inconven- 

 ience to bathers. 



Pollution by small amounts due to breaking of loading hoses are of 

 fairly frequent occurrence but the damage is probably slight. 



This department receives frequent requests from other states for 

 information regarding our laws and their euforcement. These letters 

 indicate clearly that California has the reputation of having the cleanest 

 waters in the Union in spite of her area, length of coast line, enormous 

 production and use of petroleum and the magnitude of her manufac- 

 turing industries. We are fortunate in that the greatest percentage of 

 our firms and indntrsies are in favor of the enforcement of our pollu- 

 tion laws and endeavor to comply with them no matter at what cost. 

 Two millions of dollars have been expended during the last tep years 

 by corporations to prevent pollution without recourse to hnr! 

 Very truly, 



A. ^r. Fairfield, 

 Pollution Expert. 



NORTHERN DISTRICT REPORT. 



The Honorable Board of Fisli and Game Commissioners 

 of the State of California. 



Gentlemen: It would recpire a volume larger than the biennial to 

 do justice to the fish and game conditions of the northern or Sacramento 

 District. It contains a larger mileage of streams and lakes popnlated 

 with many species of fishes, and a greater area of hunting grounds than 

 any other district. A summary of the outstanding features ol; fish and 

 game conditions is all space will permit. 



CONSERVATION. 



Perhaps the most important outstanding feature of the Sacramento 

 Division during the biennial period is the marvelous growth of senti- 

 ment regarding the enforcement of fi.sh and game laws. A few years 

 ago a person who gave informati(m concerning game law violations 

 was classed as an informer or spy. Today not only sportsmen but those 

 who do not hunt or fish, l)ut who realize the value of California's won- 

 derful wild life asset report violations that come under their ol)servati<)n 

 as fearlessly as though it were a more serious crime. Tliis is particu- 

 larly true of the female sex — made possible perhaps l)y the family jiulo, 

 which brings them in direct contact with all things beautiful outdoors. 



So strong is the sentiment of game protection growing that many jus- 

 tices of the peace have a standard sclie(bde of penalties to lit the crime. 

 Game law violations are at a minimum in El Dorado County since a 

 well-known and popular justice of the peace has said to several offen- 

 ders: "My price for violating the deer laws is .$300; for killing a doe it 

 is 150 days in jail in addition." This lias a very deterrent etfect. Jail 



