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the south by the American River and the Tahoe state highway, on the 

 east by the Georgetown Junction-Wilson-Blakely road and on the north 

 by the north fork of Silver Creek and Silver Creek. The area included 

 is well stocked with deer, quail and grouse. 



Refuge 1-P, containing 55,700 acres, is bounded by well-known roads 

 in the vicinity of Dixy Mountain in eastern Plumas County, and 

 includes an excellent section well stocked with various species of game. 



Refuge 1-Q is one of the largest and also one of the best of our Cali- 

 fornia sanctuaries. It comprises an area of 300,000 acres in eastern 

 Lassen County, is well bounded by roads, streams and ridges. On the 

 east it borders on a similar refuge in the state of Nevada. Within the 

 boundaries are represented more species of game than in any other 

 refuge in the state. There are hundreds of antelope, mule deer, prac- 

 tically the only white-tailed deer in the state, a small band of mountain 

 sheep, thousands of sage hens, and both valley and mountain quail. 

 There is also some area within the refuge where waterfowl find con- 

 genial conditions and where ducks, geese jacksnipe, and other shore 

 birds may be found nesting. 



Refuge 3-G, comprising the property of Leland Stanford University 

 in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties, was set aside so as to give the 

 university authorities the opportunity of studying our fauna without 

 interference from outside influence. Studies will be made of the effect 

 of various conditions on the abundance of wild life that will be of great 

 value to conservation work. The 8500 acres within the refuge is well 

 stocked with the fauna of our California coast range. 



Refuge 4-G is an area of approximately 20,000 acres near Mt. Jacinto 

 in Riverside County. The western boundary is the crest of the San 

 Jacinto range reaching over 10,000 feet. The eastern boundary is mid- 

 way between the ridge and the floor of the valley near Salton Sea. 

 The refuge can only be approached through two trails on the west. 

 The one trail from the east is practically impassable. There are many 

 southern mule deer within its boundaries and it is likely that there are 

 a considerable number of mountain sheep. 



REFUGE SURVEY 



During the past year a survey has been made of the thirty-three 

 game refuges in the state. The men on this work have not only been 

 running and posting boundaries but have secured data regarding better 

 boundaries and abundance and general condition of game in the 

 refuges. 



It is our intention to eliminate wherever possible boundaries by sec- 

 tion and township lines and to use only boundaries that can be easily 

 located — streams, ridges and roads. We now have set aside by legis- 

 lative act more than 3700 square miles of game sanctuaries. In addi- 

 tion to this there is half as much more in national parks, in which hunt- 

 ing is prohibited, or a grand total of 5567 square miles, approximately 

 6 per cent of our game area, set aside for breeding ground. This is an 

 area almost equal to the combined area of the states of Rhode Island 

 and Connecticut. 



It should not be overlooked that there are many hundreds of square 

 miles of privately owned land upon which all hunting is prohibited and 

 many more upon which there is restricted hunting. Everything con- 

 sidered, there is little need to fear that any of our native species are 

 now in danger of extermination. 



