California condor survey field notes, v1476
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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 P. 379