FORTY-FIRST BIENNIAL REPORT 



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WATERFOWL PROJECTS 



Project No. 

 507 



550 



523 



536 



548 



506 



522 



532 



551 



Name, location 



Butte Sink Waterfowl 

 Management Area 

 (Colusa County) 



Delta Waterfowl Man- 

 agement Area 

 (Solano County) 



Honey Lake Waterfowl 

 Management Area 

 ( Lassen County) 



Imperial Waterfowl 

 Management Area 

 (Imperial County) 



Lower Butte Creek 

 Waterfowl Manage- 

 ment Area 

 (Butte County) 



Lower San Joaquin 

 AVaterfowl Manage- 

 ment Area 

 (Merced County) 



Madeline Plains 



Waterfowl Manage- 

 ment Area 

 (Lassen County) 



Madera Waterfowl 

 INIanagement Area 

 (Madera County) 



Upper San Joaquin 

 Waterfowl Manage- 

 ment Area 

 (Kern County) 



Status ' 



Area not yet acquired. Acquisition in hands 

 of Public Works Board. 



Land purchased March 30, UIHO. Ecpiipment 

 ordered. Supervisory personnel hired. Fed- 

 eral aid development project California 

 40D approvi'd effective July 1, 1950. 



Project completed. Further developments cur- 

 rentlv being made with federal aid funds. 

 (California FA 38-D-2.) 



Project completed. Further developments cur- 

 rently being made with federal aid funds. 

 (California FA 36-D.) 



Area not yet acquired. 



Area not yet acquired. 



Project completed. Further development with 

 federal aid funds. 



Area not yet acquired. 



Area not yet acquired. 



GAME INVENTORY POLLS 



Another noteworthy event that occurred during the biennium was 

 the joint game inventory poll conducted by the Opinion Research Center 

 of the University of Denver and the bureau. Information gathered by 

 these two surveys was used to determine the annual kill of game species, 

 and evaluate the State's game resources. The information was obtained 

 by instigating a dual plan as follows : 



1. The Opinion Research Center contracted to furnish state-wide 

 and regional records of the kill of the several game species. The method 

 employed was to interview 1,250 respondents randomly selected from 

 the 1948-49 hunting license stubs. 



2. Bureau personnel selected a random sample of 2 percent of the 

 purchasers of 1948-49 hunting licenses, distinct from the personal inter- 

 view sample, which was used in mailing post card questionnaires. Infor- 

 mation derived from the cards returned was projected to obtain the game 

 kiU by counties and for the State as a whole. In order to minimize a.ny 

 error in the post card answers, either accidental or by intent, a portion 

 of the personal interview respondents were mailed coded questionnaires. 



