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CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME 



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Vol. 20 APRIL, 1934 ' No. 2 



G. D. NORDENHOLT APPOINTED DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT 



OF NATURAL RESOURCES 



George D. Nordenholt was appointed by Governor Rolpli to the 

 Directorship of the Department of Natural Resources on February 5, 

 1934. Mr. Nordenholt has an enviable career behind him that seems 

 to fit him particularly for his present position. 



Born in Illinois in 1884, Mr. Nordenholt spent his youth in that 

 State until he completed two years of study at the University of Chi- 

 cago. He then went to Colorado where he attended that State's 

 School of Mines for four years and incidentally won all-American 

 recognition for playing fullback on its football team. After gradua- 

 tion from college, Mr. Nordenholt came to Los Angeles in 1908 where 

 he became tunnel foreman on the Los Angeles Aqueduct and broke a 

 world's record in tunnel driving. Since that time he has devoted his 

 energies to mining engineering and petroleum geology, which work 

 has carried him from Alaska to Central America. 



While mining and oil have been Mr. Nordenholt 's business, fishing 

 and hunting have formed his favorite recreation. He had his first 

 shotgun at the age of ten and has ever since been an enthusiastic 

 hunter. A gun and fishing rod formed important items in the equip- 

 ment for his wide travels and wherever these led him, he always found 

 wild life and the conditions affecting it of the greatest interest. Mr. 

 Nordenholt has been a successful big game hunter, but he now prefers 

 duck and quail shooting. He shoots a 20-gauge double-barreled gun 

 on waterfowl and a 28-gauge on quail. 



Mr. Nordenholt is also an enthusiastic fisherman. He has enjoyed 

 much ocean fishing in southern California in addition to his favorite 

 sport, trout fishing, which he has been so fortunate as to have followed 

 in Alaska, Canada and in many states besides California. The Klamath 

 River is his favorite stream in our State and he is intimately 

 acquainted with conditions on this river. The new Director ties his 

 own flies and confesses that he has one or two variations of his own 

 invention that he likes best. He has taken an active part in matters 

 affecting fish and game for a great many years. 



