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California Condor.
Eban McMillan
25 February 1964
On the morning of Tuesday, February, 18/1964, taken Mr.
Burton to the heliport, that is not in the corridor area, and which
he should not have done, and so did without the prior consent
or knowledge of Mr. Hansen. Mr. Hansen stated that permission
had been granted patrolman Gains to take this photographer,
Mr. Burton into the corridor, but not off the corridor, by the
forest service Office in Ojai, that is under the jurisdiction
of Ranger Jack Parkinson. Mr. Hansen denied any knowledge
of the affair. This, he said, is why he had requested a detailed
report of the whole incident from Ian.
At this point Ian told Mr. Hansen of receiving a letter from
him asking for a statement from us, regarding our thinking
concerning the value of the Condor Refuge in Sesquoye
River's Falls Canyon, and what its impact on Condor.
Preservation might be. Ian explained to Mr. Hansen that
our association with the present Condor Survey was such
that it was vitally important that we not take sides in any
issue such as that presently raging over the construction
of a Sierra Madre Ridge Road and especially not allowing
our names, as connected with the Condor Survey, to be used in
any way that would show when we had passed official
djudgement until all the facts are down and have been completely
compiled and evaluated following the completion of the study,
Mr. Hansen said he did not want us to make any statement that
he felt could not be used, that he only thought we might have
something to pass on about the relative value of this refuge to the
future of Condor Preservation or lack of value.