FORTY-FIRST HIENNIAI, ki;i'ORT 27 



WATERFOWL PROJECTS 



/'rojcrt No. Name, location Slnlnx 



507 liutte Sink Watorfnw 1 Arci ikiI yd .•ic(iiiirc(l. Ac(|iiisil inn in limnls 



Management Area i.f I'niilic Works Board. 



(Colusa County) 



550  Delta Waterfowl Man- I^and puii ii.iscd March .'JO, llloO. J'^iiiipniciiL 



as'ement Area ordered. Supervisory pf^rsonnid hired. Fed- 



(Solano County) era! aid (h'\ clnpnicnt jii-ojcct ("alifui-nia 



4(»It api>rn\cd ct'lcclivc July 1. I'.I.IO. 



523 Honey Lake Waterfowl rrojcct coniplclcd. rnrdicr dc'\(l<ipnn'nts enr- 



Manasenient Area rcntly iiein;; nia(h' witii fi'ilcr.il .lid funds. 



(Lassen County) (California FA .'JS-D-li. ) 



536 Imperial AVaterfowl Project completed. Further devclopincnis cur- 



Management Area rently being made with fcdiT.il ,iiil funds. 



(Imperial County) (California FA .'UM).) 



548 Lower Butte Creek Area not yet acquired. 



\Vaterfowl Manage- 

 ment Area 

 (Butte County) 



506 Lower San Joaquin Area not yet acquired. 



Waterfowl Manage- 

 ment Area 

 (Merced County) 



522 Madeline Plains Project completed. Further develupnient with 



Waterfowl Manage- federal aid funds. 



ment Area 



(Lassen County) 

 532 Madera Waterfowl Area not yet acquired. 



Management Area 



(Madera County) 



551 Upper San Joaquin Area nut yet acquired. 



Waterfowl Manage- 

 ment Area 

 (Kern County) 



GAME INVENTORY POLLS 



Another noteworthy event that occurred during the biennium was 

 the joint game inventory poll conducted by the Opinion Research Center 

 of the University of Denver and the bureau. Information gathered by 

 these two surveys was used to determine the annual kill of game species, 

 and evaluate the State's game resources. The information was obtained 

 by instigating a dual plan as follows : 



1. The Opinion Research Center contracted to furnish state-wide 

 and regional records of the kill of the several game species. The method 

 employed was to interview 1,250 respondents randomly selected from 

 the 1948-49 hunting license stubs. 



2. Bureau personnel selected a random sample of 2 percent of the 

 purchasers of 1948-49 hunting licenses, distinct from the personal inter- 

 view sample, which was used in mailing post card questionnaires. Infor- 

 mation derived from the cards returned was projected to obtain the game 

 kill by counties and for the State as a whole. In order to minimize any 

 error in the post card answers, either accidental or by intent, a portion 

 of the personal interview respondents were mailed coded questionnaires. 



