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California Condor
Of them and thereby knew he was not seeing the
same birds over again.
Paul Howard thought most Forest Service employees
thought the Condor warden job in the Sespe River area,
was far below the dignity of any able-bodied man.
Mr. Howard said that Jack Gains seemed quite proud of
his job of watching out for the Condors and had
developed a protective attitude toward the Condor.
Mr. Howard asked us if Mr. Gains had shown us
where any of the Condor nest sites he knows of
were located- We told him that Mr. Gains had shown
us locations of Condor nest sites that he said he
knew had been active. To this Mr. Howard said
that Gains must be cooperating with us for he had
not shown nest sites to any one else.
Mr. Howard stated to us that the more you know
Jack Gains the more you feel he is a wonderful
person.
After lunch we returned to El Monte Audubon Center
and were shown about the grounds by Paul Howard
who seemed very proud of the Center area and
very devoted and satisfied with his position.
We left El Monte at 2:30 p.m. and drove into
Los Angeles where we had a brief meeting with
Mr. Jantzen and Mr. Fullerton who is in charge
of the Bureau of Patrol of Calif. Fish and Game for Southern
California- Mr. Jantzen being Director of the Southern
California division of Calif. Fish and Game.
Ian and I after meeting and shaking hands with
Director Jantzen and Chief Warden Fullerton, went to
some detail in describing the purpose of our visit and
that the matter of keeping our operations as
much from the public eye as possible were