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US to now adopt such a constructive program, so tlie present study has 

 been instituted to secure the required information in as practical and 

 speedy a manner as is thought possible. 



The natural course to pursue to procure this information would 

 be to put two or three trained biologists into the field to work out the 

 problem. On account of reduction in income and lack of funds for this: 

 purpose, it is impossible for the Division to do so at the present time. 

 Because we believe that it is imperative to secure information on the 

 subject at once, we have, therefore, decided to do the best we can with 

 our available man power and observations will be made by game 

 wardens and predatory animal trappers under the supervision of two 

 of the Division's biologists. 



Three game wardens, A. A. Jordan, P. Kehrer and F. R. Starr, 

 men with proven ability to make accurate field observations, will con- 

 duct prescribed courses of study in as many areas in Siskiyou and 

 Modoc counties. Each of these men will have a predetermined work 

 area on which he will be required to do several days' work each month. 

 The exact location of these areas will not be divulged for the obvious 

 reason that such a course would probably interfere with the study, 

 which it is desired be made under absolutely natural conditions. 



Three State predatory animal trappers, A. L. Brown, J. L. 

 McDonald and 0. R. Shaw, who were selected on account of their 

 ability to make and record wild life observations, will, in addition to 

 their trapping and patrol duties on State game refuges, conduct 

 similar programs of study on portions of their respective areas. One 

 of these men is located in Modoc County and two of them are stationed 

 on Lassen County game refuges. Thus one man will conduct the study 

 in Siskiyou County, three in Modoc and two in Lassen counties. The 

 writer will direct the work of the game wardens and D. D. McLean, 

 Bird and Animal Economist, Bureau of Game Refuges, will supervise 

 the activities of the trappers. Junior Range Examiner F. W. Johnson, 

 U. S. Forest Service, will cooperate with all the workers and his excel- 

 lent knowledge of range plants will greatly assist them in tlie study 

 of food plants and range conditions. 



The course of study outlined below was prepared at a meeting of 

 Joseph Dixon, Field Naturalist, Oi^ce of National Parks, Buildings 

 and Reservations, Dr. E. Raymond Hall, Curator of Mammals and 

 I. McT. Cowan, University of California IMuseum of Vertebrate 

 Zoology, J. S. Hunter, Chief, and D. D. McLean, Bird and Animal 

 Economist, Bureau of Game Refuges of this Division, and the writer. 

 The meeting was held in Berkeley, November 22, 1933. 



The writer presented the program adopted at this meeting to 

 members of the the U. S. Forest Service and State game wardens at 

 Mt. Shasta November 27. Among those present were : Sujiervisor T. J. 

 Jones, of the Shasta National Forest, Junior Range Examiner Jolin- 

 son and other Forest Service employees. Captain of Game A\^ardens 

 S. R. Gilloon and game wardens Brice Hammack, Jordan. Kehrer and 

 Starr. These men all agreed upon the practicability of the program and 

 considered the study vital at this time. It is a pleasure to acknowledge 

 the endorsement of and promises of assistance to our study program 

 that Supervisor Jones and members of the Forest Service provided at 

 this meeting. 



