138 REPORT OF THE FISH AND GAME COMMISSION. 



REPORT OF SACRAMENTO DISTRICT OFFICE. 



Administration. 

 The Honorable Board of Fish and Game Commissioners. 



Gentlemen : In submitting a summary of the work of the Northern, 

 or Sacramento District for the pa.st two years, it may be pertinent to 

 state that the district consists of twenty-three counties, as follows : 

 Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Lassen, 

 ]\Iodoe, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Shasta, 

 Sierra, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama. Trinity, Yolo, Yuba and a portion 

 of Solano. Approximately 45,000 square miles of diversified territory 

 are included, an area almost equal to that of the state of New York. The 

 division office at Sacramento is under the able control of F. M. 

 Newbert, for five years president of the Board of Fish and Game Com- 

 missioners. An office force of four is maintained and twenty-two 

 deputies are under the direct supervision of this office. The location 

 at the state capital increases the importance of the work of this dis- 

 trict. 



The district ha.s approximately 14,500 miles of streams and about 

 400,000 acres of lakes, thus making it particularly rich in fishery 

 resources. Practically all these bodies of water contain, or are capable 

 of sustaining, edible fish life of many species. All of the large valley 

 streams contain such choice fish as salmon, shad, black and striped bass, 

 perch, sunfish, crappie and catfish, together with many other species, 

 while the snow-fed mountain streams and lakes contain nearly all the 

 kno^^-n species of trout, both native and foreign. All the northern 

 counties of the district contain game birds in abundance and possibly 

 more waterfowl are to be found in this district than in all the rest of 

 the state combined. 



Development of Public Sentiment Favorable to Game Protection. 

 So successfully has public sentiment been developed that many of 

 our people do not realize or see the necessity of a greater measure of 

 conservation. Increased interest in the protection of fish and game has 

 been very marked in the past few years. Residents and visitors are 

 now beginning to realize what a great asset fish and game are to the 

 community. In years past few arrests were made and it was almost 

 impossible to secure a conviction by jury even in the face of strong 

 and conclusive evidence. How different today! The commission now 

 fearlessly submits the equity of the game laws to a judge or jury. Due 

 to the steadily-growing belief of our best citizens that the fish and 

 game laws are of equal value with other laws on our statute books, the 

 commission and its officers receive the hearty cooperation of the county 

 prosecutors and justices. 



