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California Condor
Eben D. Schrillman
19 October 1963
heavy usage in the past was in evidence. Of the four Camp-
Stoves in this Campground all but one had their Chimneys Fiddled
With bullet holes. The door to a newly constructed toilet house of
wood with a plastic Corregated roof had been torn from its
hinges and carried a distance away where it appeared it was
used as a target. Bullet holes splintered the wood of this door
and tore large pieces of its framing away. The plastic roof of
this Toilet had numerous bullet holes through it. Planks that
had been bolted to the Camp tables as Seats had been
Chopped away and used for kindling. A sign designating
Trail direction that stood near this Camp had been chopped
to the ground for kindling. A large Oak, within this Camp,
[illegible] had scars of bullets having been shot into its trunk.
Where Cross Camp Campground and Last Chance Campground lacked the
facilities that could be defaced, they nevertheless were objects of
General disrespect by the Public, for at Cross Camp Cans, soiled
overalls, a large Canvas that had been used as a ground cloth,
and splinters of glass covering the nearby rocks as evidence of
their having supported glass objects that were used as targets by
People with firearms. It is very apparent that wherever the
Forest Service personnel do not come periodically to clean up behind
the Public who use these [illegible] for Camping and Picnicking, they soon
become a Slum. What is important, is that Condor Nest Roost
Within one mile of Cross and Big Bone Campgrounds.
Hiking on down Towards Santa Paula we met with Signs that
evidenced someone had been up the Canyon for a mile above the
Ferndale ranch in a motorvehicle and had torn off all the paper-
Santa Paula
Canyon
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