California condor survey field notes, v1477
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California Condor Eben McMillan 24 June 1964 The roles that were shown me by Lookout Calhoun, on Frazier Mountain last fall spelled out these very same features, excepting possibly, the matter of forwarding the observations to the different Ranger Districts. This may not have been done, in the past. But I feel sure the information, should it have been properly recorded and sent in to the Santa Barbara Office, would have been available to any District Ranger who would have cared enough about it to have gone to the trouble to seek it out. What may I ask here, function does the wildlife officer perform out of the Supervisory Office. Should not this be his responsibility to see that this sort of information should have been going out all along? We discussed the feasibility of such a program. One thing seems evident. First, Forest Service personnel must be educated, within the range of Condor, that being concerned regarding non-game wildlife must become a reality and not a joke. This, before condor observations, or any other condor welfare movements can be carried out. We drove to Fillmore and to the home of [illegible] Miller, the New Condor Warden who has replaced Jack Gains, [illegible] Warden Miller lives on road that passes up west side of Sespe River from Fillmore. His house sits near this road and is about 1/2 mile short of entering the Sespe Gorge, or the end of public travel on this road. Mr. Miller was washing his pickup truck belonging to U.S. Forest Service - I mentioned that he sure was -