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controlled. These areas are properly posted and patrolled, and certain 

 portions made available for public shooting. It is the hope of the 

 Commission that this work will show the practicability of land owners 

 banding together, selecting a game keeper, and developing a profitable 



game crop. 



Experimental work on wild turkeys has been carried on with 

 encouraging results in some sections. One of the early plantings has 

 resulted in the raising of three broods in as many years since these 

 birds have returned to the wild state. 



EDUCATION AND RESEARCH 



Motion pictures of our wild life have been prepared and dis- 

 tributed, lectures have been provided for many meetings, schools have 

 been aided in their conservation studies and numerous exhibits have 

 been placed by the Bureau of Education and Research. In addition, 

 studies have continued on duck and game animal diseases, deer repel- 

 lents to minimize crop damage, and posion problems associated wdth 

 rodent control. This bureau works closely with other State and Fed- 

 eral agencies in all matters of research. 



Our small, but excellent library, has been maintained for the use 

 of Commission employees and a growing number of sportsmen and 

 scientists who find it of great value. 



California Fish and Game, the quarterly publication of the 

 Commission, has been placed on a subscription basis, and all bulletins 

 heretofore distributed free are being sold at the cost of printing. 



FISH RESCUE 



This small bureau, with the assistance of sportsmen and commercial 

 fishermen, has saved nearly 15,000,000 game fish during the biennium. 

 This is in addition to the many saved independently by the wardens 

 and sportsmen throughout the State. Considering the small cost of 

 the w^ork and the big results obtained, the Bureau of Fisli Rescue is 

 outstanding as a good investment. 



HYDRAULICS 



While California has excellent laws for the protection of game 

 fish from losses due to water diversions, dams and various types of 

 pollution, it has required a high order of tactful management to secure 

 the necessary cooperation from the varied interests. 



As this report is going to press, information has been received 

 that the right of the Commission to require adequate screening of 

 diversions to prevent loss of food fishes has been upheld in the District 

 Court of Appeal. This decision will be of great assistance in the 

 administration of the work of the Bureau of Hydraulics and will result 

 in the saving of many game fish for our sportsmen. 



LEGAL 



One of the major cases handled by the Commission's attorneys 

 Avas carried to the United States Supreme Court, which court upheld 

 the right of the Fish and Game Commission to prevent the transporting 

 of fresh salmon legally taken on the high seas, through districts at 

 times where possession of salmon is prohibited in these districts. 



