Page 131 Continued California Condor Eben McMillan 24 June 19 It is also of historical interest that sheep ranged the Sisquo river drainage extensively throughout the part of the 19th century in great numbers. Remains of tree stumps, as well as decaying logs, testify to at an earlier date much of the mountain country of Santa Barbara County was well timbered and there much more open and devoted to grassland than the case today. Forests no doubt covered many of the slopes that are today pure stands of Chaparral. Mrs. Reyes stated that she knew little of future plans for development of the Sierra Madre Ridge for public recreation purposes but that she would vigorously vigorously oppose any move to put a road through Santa Barbara Canyon or through the Potreros on the Sierra Madre Ridge portions of which she owns. apparent that either the Forest Service is withholding information of future developmental plans from Mrs. Reyes or else she is disinterested in the matter to the extent of not seeking information. Mrs. Reyes stated she would help us by recruiting the help of her son Freddy Reyes in watching and reporting any Condor activity they might observe in the area. We drove to Cuyama Ranger Station and returned gate keys to Ranger: [illegible]. His memory was somewhat hazy as to a report he had given Jan sometime back regarding his seeing two dead Condor in the Cuyama Valley near the river, to the east of the Town of Old Cuyama. He stated he had physically observed one dead Condor there. He had not reported this incident to the proper authorities nor had he made any note of it in his daily journal of activities. We were home by 4:15 P.M. Late in the evening a Mr. Robert Whiting, wh