California Condor Ben Mcmillan Page 11 11 February-1963 A meet gan at shandon at 6:15 A.m. joining him in driving to Santa Barbara, Calif. where we arrived at 9:00 A.m. supposed to meet with the National Forest Service people in Santa Barbara at 10:00 a.m. We spent the time in between with Waldo Abbott and Cliff Smith at the Museum of Natural History of S.B., discussing matters relative to the Condor study. We went to the office of Mr. Hansen, superintendent of U.S. Forest Service Los Padres National Forest and his assistant, Mr. Crouch, at 10:00 A.m., where we went over matters relative to our relationship with these people during the course of the Condor Study. Hansen & Crouch, according to their testimony, had not as yet received word from Carl Buckheitler of Nat. Audubon Society, even Though Gan had received his Carbon Copy Last Saturday Friday Feb. 8-. This, as expected, caused some misunderstanding to begin with but these were quickly straightened out and a further constructive meeting was the result of our trip. A severe storm lasting since last Friday evening and only clearing this morning, has been general throughout the Condor range. Three inches of rain falling at Paso Robles and a like amount on down the coast to Los Angeles. One inch fell in Soda Lake area of Carrissa Plains. Heavy rains fell in the Fillmore area. The Temperatures have been mild throughout the storm