California Condor Eben McMillan 26 December 1963 Received, in the mail from the Los Padres Chapter of the Sierra Club, a mimeographed account of future dates for field trips of this group, as well as accounts of events that had taken place and projects of special interest in the field of conservation. One of the Notations was a review of an inspection trip that several members of this chapter had accompanied that included officials of the Santa Barbara Chapter of Sierra Club - officials of the U.S. Forest Service, members of the Santa Barbara Audubon Society, and other interested personnel, interested in conservation and orderly use of Natural Resources. This trip was to look over the proposed public road that is planned and ready for construction by the U.S. Forest Service that will travel along the Crest of the Sierra Madre Mountains to the west of the Coyame Valley where no public road now goes. This mimeographed account of this trip mentioned that on December 7, 1963 when this trip was taken, that a Condor was observed flying along this area, known as the Sierra Madre Ridge and which area is being vigorously defended from development for public vehicles by both the Santa Barbara Chapter of the Sierra Club and Santa Barbara Audubon Society on the grounds that it will serve its best purpose by being left undeveloped. One of their strong arguments against development of this area is that the Sierra Madre Ridge is used as a flight pattern for California's Condor and the opening of this area to public usage would bring in the irresponsible element with their guns with which they shoot all living objects and inanimate objects as well - To this I [illegible] [illegible]