California condor survey field notes, v1476
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California Condor Survey Eben McMillan 13 June 1963 Lightening and Thunder in the distance most of the night, and several light showers of rain fell. We were up at 6:00 A.M. The air was clear, crisp, and some clouds and fog was about the Segge area. We watched for Condor from the Squaw Flat Oil Well Sight until 8:40 A.M. When we left for Ojai, arriving there at 10:00 A.M. only to find out Ranger Parkinson was not in so we drove on to Santa Barbara and met Clem Crouch in his office there-Superintendent Hansen not being in his office today. Mr. Crouch was in good spirits and we enjoyed a productive meeting with him- It was agreed with Mr. Crouch that we would wait until Dr. Koford came and the exact date of our going into the Condor Refuge with him known, it would then be that we would call Mr. Crouch, who in turn would have all things in order that we could go into the Refuge with Dr. Koford for purposes of getting Dr. Koford's reaction to different aspects important to Condor welfare as well as documenting the Changes that had taken place since Dr. Koford worked in this area, on the former Condor Study, Mr. Crouch thought Dr. Koford's Coming and Going into the Refuge to be a good thing. Mr. Crouch stated that it would be best if we took up the matter of getting a key to the Santa Ynez area with Ranger Parkinson at Ojai, matters such as Tone Coetz—history of Sheep Pasturage on the South Section of Las Padres National Forest— Poison Woods—were discussed—Mr. Crouch also felt that most Personnel of the Forest Service felt the Condor Warden Job to be the Lowest one Could