2() I'^ISH AND OAME COMMISSION 



Project 7-]), i)r()vi(lin<:- for resurveyiii*;- and posting tlie boundaries 

 of legislative game I'efuges, operated for almost a year before the shortage 

 of personnel occasioned by the war mad<" it necessary to suspend opera- 

 tions for the duration. 



The construction of new levees aud the improvement of old, together 

 with the instaUation of spillways aud gates on the Gray Lodge AVaterfowl 

 Refuge near Gridley was made possible by the approval of Project 13-D. 

 Two hundred tAvelve thousand, four hundred and ninety cubic yards of 

 earth were placed on 12| miles of levee. Over 1,000 feet of concrete cul- 

 vert of varying diameters, 18-inch to 36-inch, w^ere placed and 135.43 

 cubic yards of concrete were used in the construction of headw^alls. 



The construction of a drift fence approximately five miles long on 

 the western boundary of the Tehama Deer Winter Range, Project 14-D, 

 was begun in the spring of 1944 and was still under way at the close of 

 the bienuium. The purpose of the fence is to control trespass by domestic 

 livestock. 



Land Acquisition Projects 



Both Project 10-L, Tehama Deer Winter Range, and Project 11-L, 

 Honey Lake Valley Waterfowl Management Area, were continued 

 through the bienuium. Twelve hundred acres were added to the Tehama 

 Range and three parcels of land totaling 1,447 acres have been added to 

 the Honey Lake area. 



