. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. Hunter and dog getting set for the next fiight of birds on the Napa marshes. —Fish and Game Photo. The goose bag is holding up very well. During the 1957 season, 366,900 geese were reported from the mail surve>-. This is slightly below the four-year aver- age of 369,300. Mail survey's reveal a surprising amount of coots bagged. During the biennium, coots taken exceeded the numbers of geese bagged. WATERFOWL MANAGEMENT AREAS State w
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. Hunter and dog getting set for the next fiight of birds on the Napa marshes. —Fish and Game Photo. The goose bag is holding up very well. During the 1957 season, 366,900 geese were reported from the mail surve>-. This is slightly below the four-year aver- age of 369,300. Mail survey's reveal a surprising amount of coots bagged. During the biennium, coots taken exceeded the numbers of geese bagged. WATERFOWL MANAGEMENT AREAS State waterfowl management areas now total 53,- acres (Table 55), of which 47, acres are owned and 6, acres are leased. Since the acqui- sition and development of these areas, waterfowl dep- redations on agricultural lands is no longer a serious problem. The feed and water available on these lands give the birds living space during the critical early fall depredation period when it is most needed. Not the least of the benefits derived from these areas is the hunting recreation provided. During the bien- nium a record number of hunters made a record bag of waterfowl (Table 49). State-owned and state- operated federal areas produced 104,641 man days of hunting and a bag of 314,862 birds. At Honey Lake and Grizzly Island, development is virtually complete with activities confined to water- fowl food crop production and general maintenance. During the preceding biennium, additional areas were purchased with Wildlife Conservation Board funds at Gray Lodge, Mendota and Imperial. Devel- opment of these acquisitions is proceeding according to plan. Water control structures, pumps and ditches were under construction at Mendota. These are financed by Grasslands funds. Pumps, wells and ditches were un- der construction at Gray Lodge to develop some 4,000 acres of crop and ponded areas. Financing is by Wild- life Board funds. Upon the recommendations of the department, the M
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