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- Continued - California Condor
4 June-1962
implicated in promoting the use of Trail Bikes by the
U.S. Forest Service, as well as favoring their use on the public
lands, by the public, and as being a salesman for the
Mr. Parkinson stated, to 9am and 9, that he had asked
and been given, 1400 dollars to repair that portion of
Pole Canyon Road that continues up on top of Hopper
where it goes through the thick brush patch just before
to the Gate that is located in this brush patch and
the last gate before entering the Condor Refuge, on this
Pole Canyon Road, as well as to construct a flat pla
where cars proceeding up this road can turn around
and return without entering or proceeding past the
spot where the Pole Canyon and Percy Jeep Road converge,
at this point a berm would be thrown up that would
prevent further vehicular traffic along the present
Hopper Rim Road past this spot. The Hopper Rim Road
could then be "Put To Sleep" as Ranger Parkinson put it,
meaning that it would be drained to prevent further erosion
that no further use of this road would be permitted to automo
traffic, except in case of a fire.
Ian and I then drove to Fillmore and stopped at the
home of Tackle Gains, whose wife told us he would not
back until 5:00 p.m., it being his day off. We then drove
up Hopper Canyon to the Percy Ranch - Mr. Percy was
just recovering from "The Flu", and still coughed considera
We ate lunch with him under the trees in his front yard
discussing weather, agricultural and Condor topics,
Mr. Percy told us that it had been either foggy or
cloudy for the last two months and that he had
occasions
only been able to see the sun on odd occasions;
that he had only seen odd Condor Pass by his
ranch area - Percy also stated he had lost very few
if any cattle this spring. Finishing our lunch.