alifornia Condor Eben McMillan 12 June 1963 To L.A. Audubon Center Ian arrived here at 7:00 A.M. We loaded up my pickup and left for L.A. via Blackwells Corner and Taft. Between Maricopa and Gorman we were in rain squalls some quite heavy at times. Smog and clouds in Los Angeles basin, but no rain-we stopped at the dead pit of Newhall Land and Cattle Company at Saugus Junction, at 9:30 A.M. 20 plus Turkey vultures were about the dead pit area—several on the bank and some in the pit where two new cattle bodies had been dumped since we were here last week. No sign of Condor feeding here. We watched this pit area until 10:00 A.M., and seeing no Condor we then drove to the El Monte Audubon Center where we arrived at 12:07 P.M. and here met Paul Howard, the director who took us to lunch. The purpose of our visit to Audubon Center was to talk with Mr. Howard and see if he had noticed any weakness on the part of the Condor Preservation program in the Fillmore area as well as any thoughts he might have relative to the values accruing from this program in the Refuge area. Mr. Howard was happy to know we were getting on well with all the Forest Personnel and with Jack Gains in particular. Mr. Howard stated that no sooner had he returned from the Conference in Asilomar, than he had immediately contacted Mr. Gains—Mr. Parkinson—and had learned from Mr. Gains that Mr. Hansen, Supervisor of Las Pados National Forest, had issued orders to all concerned that nothing was to be done towards the Condor Study until further orders from him had been received. Mr. Howard also said that Jack Gains had told him by Mr. Gains that is, knew that Mr. Hansen had never received the letter from Mr. Buckheister's office advising him, Mr. Hansen, of the Commencing of the Condor Survey and who was to do the research in the field. Mr. Howard has [illegible] praise for Mr. Jack Gains. He told Ian and I that he had told Mr. Gains that he