ben mcMillan California Condor Project 24 may-1963 we were at Jack Gains home at 8:00 a.m. but he was in Ojai, so his wife told us. Dan called Fred Eissler, in Santa Barbara and finding he would be home we drove there and discussed what knowledge he had of Condor and their whereabouts. From there we went to the home of Dr. Mary Erickson, in Santa Barbara, and gleaned what information we could from her as well as alerting her to our need of any unusual Condor observations she might have or would be having. Dr. Erickson told us of having gone to the Sespe Corridor with some of her students to observe Condors, some time last Spring 1962. Two of these students were in the process of packing some lion meat up on the ridge, to the East of Squaw flat, in order to entice Condor in when they were accosted by Jack Gains and processed with a warrant for breaking the law in leaving the Corridor area, or posted area. Dr. Erickson said nothing had been heard of this further and she felt the charges had been dropped. Jack Gains had related this incident to us formally and said Dr. Erickson along with the two students in question, and two [illegible] from Germany, were with her. Gains told us of serving the warrant on the two student violators, and that these warrants were still sitting on the desk of a Federal Court, either in Santa Barbara, or Los Angeles and had never been processed to date. Jack Gains said "we" are trying to arrange to have these wildlife area violations processed through the local Courts, as are the Fire Closure violations, where prompt and punitive action is taken. Home at 6:00 p.m. via. San Luis Obispo + Paso Robles