california condor Eben McMillan 3 July 1963 Gladys McMillan and I left home at 7:30 A.M., traveling to Bakersfield via Blackwells Corner and Buttonwillow. Visited office of U.S. Department of the Interior, Riley Patterson, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Predator Control official, whose office is in U.S. Department of the Interior Office, was not in nor did they think he would be back until after the holidays. I then went to U.S. Forest Service Office in Haberfeldt Building where Opal Grimes, Official Secretary in this office introduced me to Ranger James Toland who heads the Greenhorn Division of the Sequoia National Forest. The following statements were made to me by Ranger Toland and are of interest to Condor Preservation. NO.1- Few if any sheep now summer on the Greenhorn Division of the Sequoia National Park. NO.2- Sheep or cattle that die on the Sequoia National Forest lands are only required to be removed 300 feet from running water, or springs, and the same is true of public roads, Otherwise these dead carcasses are left as Condor food. In all other National Forests, excepting possibly the Las Padres National Forest, all dead animals are required to be buried or burned. NO.3: Ranger Toland said that last winter a photographer from the Los Angeles area telephoned him for permission to go into the Forest and take motion pictures of Condor in their natural habitat. Mr. Toland told him that he knew of no Condor on Blackenridge Mountain and also that he doubted any natural habitat of Condor could be in a given area in Sequoia National Forest. NO.4: No sightings of Condor had come in this year from any Lookout personnel of the Greenhorn Division of Sequoia Nat. Forest. Both Ranger Toland and his Secretary Opal Grimes seemed very interested in Condor and asked to be kept posted on any new material we might find that would not be classified as secret information.