24 FISH AND GAME COMMISSION 



A second intricate problem which your honorable board directed 

 the Executive Officer to perfect was a system of recruiting and per- 

 sonnel management to the end that the Fish and Game Commission 

 might have at its command the best possible type of personnel, care- 

 fully trained and selected for the purpose of carrying out the fish and 

 game management program essential to the welfare of the State. 



The State Personnel Board and the civil service laws of the State 

 made it comparatively easy for us to perfect one of the outstanding 

 recruiting and training systems for fish and game personnel in the 

 United States. A system, by the way, which has attracted national 

 attention and has been studied and complimented by many of the 

 States in the Union. 



The procedure is comparatively simple. A recruiting grade 

 entitled assistant fish and game warden with specifications broad 

 enough to permit the use of this personnel in all functions of the 

 Division was established. From this grade, a system of promotion was 

 inaugurated making it possible for us to encourage college trained 

 men of high type to enter this recruiting grade with an opportunity 

 for a career as all positions between that of assistant fish and game 

 warden and the chiefs of the various bureaus are filled b.y promotion 

 from the grades below. 



I submit herewith a chart showing all of the positions in the Divi- 

 sion together with their salary ranges and a brief glance at this chart 

 will indicate to you just how the personnel management program is 

 worked out. Like the financial charts, this is self-explanatory and I 

 will not attempt to go into detail in this report. See Chart on page 25. 



May I point out, however, that there are two additional positions 

 needed in order to make the system of promotion uniform and 

 equitable without giving one branch of the service a greater degree 

 of attraction to our recruits than another. The first of these posi- 

 tions is that of junior economic biologist in the Bureau of Game Con- 

 servation to fill the gap which you will notice there to provide a posi- 

 tion comparable with that of junior fisheries researcher and junior 

 inland water fisheries researcher, a recruiting grade to that of eco- 

 nomic biologist which you will note is a higher position. In the 

 Bureau of Patrol there should be established a position of fish and game 

 warden. Grade I to fill the gap between assistant fish and game warden 

 and fish and game warden. You will note that the maximum salary 

 for assistant fish and game warden is $140 per month, whereas the 

 minimum salary of warden is $170 per month. There should be an 

 intermediate grade corresponding with that of supervising trapper and 

 fish hatcheryman in other bureaus so that promotion may be uniform. 



I think one of the most outstanding accomplishments during the 

 biennium is the establishment and development of the California Junior 

 Game Patrol. This has attracted wide attention in the State and 

 much favorable comment. It is essentially an organization of young 

 men of an average age of 15 to 16 who have been uniformed and 

 officially recognized by the Fish and Game Commission. They are 

 organized into units known as troops for the purpose of teaching them 

 the principals of conservation, the art of fishing and hunting, the 

 game laws of the State and reasons for them to the end that when 

 these boys reach maturity they will be law abidinu' citizens having full 

 appreciation of the principals of conservation and the necessity for it. 



