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Fish aud Game District 3B, twelve iu 

 Fish and Game District IE, aud twenty- 

 one in Fish and Game District II, on the 

 three different trips into this refuge. 

 Eight lions have been killed in aud 

 around Sequoia National Park and twelve 

 iu and around Yosemite. 



COMMISSION FEEDS DEER AND 

 QUAIL. 



During February of this year the 

 extreme cold weather caused much suffer- 

 ing among the wild birds and animals, 

 especially among the quail aud deer, in 

 the higher altitudes of the state. Realiz- 

 ing the need for action iu the matter. 

 President Newbert of the Fish and Game 

 Commission circulated through the news- 

 papers the following letter : 



"This is the time that tells the tale 

 whether a man is just a meat hunter or 

 a real red-blooded sportsman. It may be 

 that many wild birds aud animals are 

 isolated in areas where it is impossible 

 for our wardens to find them, owing to 

 tlie deep snow. Nature teaches all wild 

 life when in need to seek man and 

 civilization. 



"Therefore, residents of farms or towns 

 are in a position to render aid by feeding 

 these wild birds and animals. Our com- 

 mission i-s more than willing to purchase 

 feed to tide over these storms, and will 

 authorize the expenditure of funds by our 

 wardens. 



"We ask all lovers of wild life to feed, 

 temporarily at least, birds aud animals 

 until such time as our local deputy or 

 district office may be notified." 



The enthusiastic response to this letter, 

 not only from the deputies aud forest ran- 

 gers but from many of the residents who 

 fed numbers of birds and animals gratis, 

 was very gratifying. In Plumas County 

 about 150 head of deer were saved from 

 starvation. In Siskiyou County several 

 large flocks of quail were fed, one flock 

 numbering 350. Fortunately no great loss 

 has been reported, though the quail above 

 the 2000-foot altitude were without feed 

 for four days. 



In Lassen County, deputies fed large 

 numbers of quail and pheasants every day, 

 as well as deer and antelope. The grain 

 and hay used was furnished gratis by the 

 pooi)le of the section. In Grass Valley 

 the estimated number of quail cared for 

 was 2500, and the number of deer about 

 400. Twelve hundred pounds of hay and 

 237 pounds of grain were fed at Indian 

 Valley alone, the work requiring the 

 assistance of several men, with teams, 

 pack horses and mules. 



REDDING DAM DISPUTE SETTLED. 



The controversy regarding the installa- 

 tion of a fish ladder on the dam of the 

 Anderson-Cottonwood Irrigation District 

 at Redding has at last been settled. An 

 in.iunction suit was brought by the com- 

 mission against the irrigation district, and 

 the case came up for trial on January 30, 

 1922, before Judge Herzniger of Redding. 



The commission fully demonstrated that 

 a suitable fishway had not been erected 

 and that as a direct result thousands of 

 salmon have found it impossible to reach 

 their spawning grounds. But in order 

 not to be too implacable in its attitude 

 toward the irrigation district, which is 

 already in financial troubles, the commis- 

 sion finally, on the fourth day of the trial, 

 agreed to a settlement. The following 

 agreement was signed by officials of 

 the Anderson-Cottonwood Irrigation Dist- 

 rict and by the executive officer of the 

 California Fish and Game Commission : 



"The board of directors of the Ander- 

 son-Cottonwood Irrigation District and 

 the people of the State of California, rep- 

 resented by the Board of State Fish and 

 Game Commissioners, will cooperate, with 

 aud by the advice of the engineers of said 

 district aud the engineer of the State 

 Fish and Game Commission, to use pres- 

 ent facilities offered by the dam of said 

 district for the purpose of passing salmon 

 over said dam, to the end that the flow of 

 water iu the canal of said district shall 

 not be impaired and the migration of 

 salmon shall not be obstructed, and to 

 that end the following recommendation is 

 made : 



1. Insert flash boards in the present 

 fishway to check flow of water through 

 the 12-foot space and from a pool below. 



2. If this proves inadequate, insert 

 flash board in vertical plane to perfect 

 tishwa.v. 



3. If this proves inadequate, sink a 

 timber box, 12 feet square, above the dam 

 at the fishway to form an additional pool. 



If it i.s found that said plan does not 

 operate as a fishway for the free passage 

 of salmon, then, and iu that event, said 

 district agrees to make such improvements 

 on said dam as will adequately facilitate 

 the passage of salmon over said dam. this 

 being the intent and purpose of this 

 agreement, and if any additional facilities 

 for the passing of salmon over said dam 

 are found necessary, should the proposed 

 scheme prove inadequate for passing 

 salmon over said dam, any further im- 

 provements made necessary shall be made 

 with due resrard to economy as well as to 

 the other purposes to be accomplished 

 herein. 



(Signed) Anderson-Cottonwood Irriga- 

 tion District; David Nelson, director; 

 Charies H. Spann, director ; W. F. Smith, 



