Title: California fish and game
Identifier: californiafishga38_4cali (find matches)
Year: [1] (s)
Authors: California. Dept. of Fish and Game; California. Fish and Game Commission; California. Division of Fish and Game
Subjects: Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons
Publisher: (San Francisco, etc. ) State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Game
Contributing Library: California Department of Fish and Game
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454 i CALlF'3RNIA FISH AND GAME laboratory in Berkeley. Merton Rosen, Arthur Bischoff, John Azevedo, and Alvin Hightower assisted in collecting the deer and making parasite examinations. Gratitude is expressed also to ranchers in the area for their generous cooperation, and especially to Glen Keithly for the benefit of his keen observation and the information he gave on brushland manage- ment. He is a pioneer in this work, having started a program of brush control for sheep and deer years earlier. Much of the work presented here was done on Keithly's ranch. Appreciation is expressed to the folloAving who critically read the manuscript: Keith Arnold, H. F. Heady, AV. E. Howard, A. S. Leopold, AV. M. Longhurst, R. M. Love, A. AV. Sampson, K. AY. AVagnon, University of California; AV. P. Dasmann, Ben Glading, Dan Tillotson, Department of Fish and Game; L. T. Burcham, State Division of Forestrv; F. P. Cronemiller, Al. AA\ Talbot, U. S. Forest Service; R. AI. Bond, Soil Con- servation Service; G. H. Sharrer, Bureau of Land Alanagement; E. N. Dye, Ralph Leavers, California Farm Bureau; X. AI. Hughes, Associated Si)ortsmen; Glen Keithly, rancher. DESCRIPTION OF CHAMISE BRUSHLANDS The brushlands studied are typical of western Lake County and much of the North Coast ranges. Data on vegetation, soils, and climate are taken from the study areas, or nearby, but are applicable to a much greater range. Vegetation In general the chamise brushlands in Lake County comprise two cover types, those in which chamise (Adenostema fasciculatum) predominates and those which contain a mixture of broad-sclerophyll shrubs and small wm,-.
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FIGURE 1. Close view of chamise brushland in Lake County. Chamise predominates on the south- facing (S) exposures while a mixture of taller broad-sclerophyll shrubs and small trees ore found on the north-facing (N) slopes. Lake County brushlands hove long been famous deer hunting grounds. Water from springs is well distributed in the ravines.

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