coulterville mariposa 853 California Condor Eban McMILLAN 21 Aug. 1964 4+ State Forestry Station 2 miles north of Coulterville I could find no one who knew anything about Condor. In Coulterville I called Walter Mclean on phone. He lives 6 mi. E. of Coulterville. Is brother To Don Mclean of Calif. Fish and Game, retired. Walter Mclean said he had never observed Condor in the Coulterville area. Several other old prospectors who were on the sidewalk in Coulterville were questioned, even though some knew of the Condor Sanctuary in Ventura County, and one had been following the Sierra Madre Ridge Road Controversy, None had ever heard of Condor being in the Coulterville area. South of Coulterville I stopped at some Cattle Corrals where several ladies were preparing lunch for their men who were to come with a herd of cattle soon. One of these ladies, a leathery person of 80 years all of which had been spent in the Bear Valley-Coulterville area claimed to know all about the outdoors of this area. She nor any of the other ladies had ever heard of anyone seeing Condor in their area. At the U.S. Forest Service Station in Mariposa, where Ranger G.W. Liddicoatt was in charge I could find no one even mildly interested in my query for information about Condor. Upon stating the purpose of my visit to the young lady at the front desk, she immediately retired to a rear room from whence she soon returned with word that, "No Condor were seen". I then enquired, "Were there someone about that might furnish me some information regarding possibility of there ever being Condor in the Mariposa area. Actually I wanted to find out if anyone on the Rangers force knew what a Condor was. To my question-the young-