18 REPORT OP TFTE FISH AND GAME COMMISSION. 



each, the fish pLmts made with data on the kind of fish, by whom 

 planted, when planted and the expense attached thereto, and the owner- 

 ship of the land bordering the principal fishing streams. The data 

 will be of particular value in connection with future fish planting 

 operations. 



Proper fish and game protection and legislation must be based on 

 accurate information on the abundance, distribution, food, habits and 

 life history of each fish, bird and mammal concerned. This information 

 is obtainable only through scientific investigations and the systematic 

 collection of data. Two departments of the commission, the Bureau of 

 Education, Publicity and Research and the Department of Commercial 

 Fisheries, are actively engaged in making available the data necessary 

 to the proper and efficient conservation of fish and game resources. 

 Furthermore, the records of the status of fish and game and of the 

 activities of the commission are being kept in such a way that endeavors 

 in the future may profit by them and laws and conservation measures 

 be planned accordingly. 



Game Refuges. 



In order to provide safe breeding grounds for game birds and mam- 

 mals a numl)er of game refuges have been esta])lished by legislative 

 enactment. Prior to 1915 there had been created but two large state 

 refuges. These were the Pinnacles National Forest IMonument, situated 

 in the counties of San Benito and Monterey, and a portion of the 

 Cleveland National Forest, in Orange and Riverside counties. To these 

 were added in 1915, an area in California Redwood Park, in Santa 

 Cruz County, commonly known as the Big Basin, a portion of the 

 Trinity National Forest, in Trinity County, and a large part of the 

 Angeles National Forest, in Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties, 

 the Trinity refuge comprising 64,000 acres and the Angeles 600,740 

 acres (see Fig. 6). 



In addition to these state refuges there are a number of national 

 reserves, such as the Klamath Lake Bird Reservation, in Siskiyou 

 County, the Clear Lake Bird Reservation, in Modoc County, and the 

 Farallone Bird Reservation, on the Farallone Islands. The national 

 parks should be counted as refuges along with these reservations, for in 

 them no hunting is allowed. 



The combined state game refuges now occupy an area almost equal 

 to the state of Rhode Island. There are 782,998 acres of national forest 

 lands set aside as game refuges, where all hunting is prohibited, except 

 that for predatory animals, under permit. 



Still other additions to the game refuges of the state have been made 

 under the law providing "that any person, firm or corporation, owning 

 and in possession of patented land in the state of California embracing 



