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Conservation 74
A Report of the Department of Conservation
EUREKA OF THE STATE THE ATE
THE CALIFORNIA OF
On the Cover
(Left) - Firefighters return to camp after a
Ronald Reagan
day on the fire lines in Riverside County.
Governor of California
(Middle) - The seismogram of a major
Norman B. Livermore Jr.
quake in the Leeward Islands as recorded
Secretary for Resources
in Sacramento October 8 at 3:00 a.m.
Ray B. Hunter
(Right) - "Roughnecks" work with drilling
Director, Department of Conservation
equipment at an oil well near Bakersfield.
Conservation 74
My insistence that this report contain a measure of
timeliness has forced the abbreviation of 1974 - the words that
follow concern themselves with the period between January 1
and October 31.
It seemed important, however, that we tell Californians with
dispatch about the work of the Department of Conservation
during 1974 and that our report of stewardship concern itself
with recent rather than distant history.
But while we tell of only ten months activity, they have been
months that reinforce my belief that departmental personnel
are not alone dedicated to serving California with diligence
but that they also perform their tasks with efficiency and
economy.
Californians can look with pride upon the work of the divisions
of forestry, oil and gas, and mines and geology. They have
been served well by the staff of the three organizations and by
those who serve in department headquarters in Sacramento.
I know they will continue to serve well during the months
ahead.
Ray Biburter
Ray
3 Hunter
The Year in Review
1974 was an active year for the three divisions of the Department of Conservation.
Wildland fire protection, for example, was provided for more than 33 million acres of California land by the
Division of Forestry.
The Division of Oil and Gas issued new administrative orders for many oil, gas, and geothermal industry
operations and established more demanding training regulations for drilling crews.
The strong-motion instrument program of the Division of Mines and Geology entered its second year of
operation with 150 instruments installed throughout California to provide data concerning earthquakes.
Other highlights of the year were:
Fencing, screening, or pumping of 710 of the 817 oil sumps in the San Joaquin and Sacramento valleys repor-
ted to be hazardous to wildlife.
Implementation of the Forest Practice Act and the hiring of 48 additional foresters to provide inspections
required by the new state law.
Establishment of special geologic study zones encompassing the San Jacinto, San Andreas, Calaveras, and
Hayward faults.
Operation of 12 S-2 airtankers during the fire season with each aircraft averaging approximately 150 hours
flight time.
Development, in cooperation with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, of a remotely located,
automatic fire-weather station.
Processing of more than 16,300 applications from business, industry, agriculture, schools, and hospitals
requesting emergency allocation of gasoline and diesel fuel.
Providing assistance concerning problems of forest management and protection of small timber ownerships
to almost 1,300 landowners.
Distribution of almost 6 million seedlings for reforestation projects throughout the state.
Review of 200 geological and seismological reports on proposed hospital sites in California.
Licensing of more than 1,600 professional foresters in the state.
Investigation of selected mineral commodities to anticipate the state's mineral needs and its mineral resource
potential.
Testing of infrared and light-amplification equipment for use in nighttime helicopter firefighting operations.
Conduct of range-improvement studies to investigate safe methods of using fire, mechanical, and chemical
brush treatment.
Administering of the Open Space Subvention Program which returned almost $10 million to city and county
government.
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The mission of the Division of Forestry is to
prevent and suppress wildland fires on more than 33
million acres of private and state-owned lands, to ad-
minister and enforce the Forest Practice Act, and to
conduct range improvement programs. The division
is also responsible for the management of state
forests and the conduct of forest and fire research
programs.
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Division of Forestry
Forest Practice Act
After reviewing the com-
mittee recommendations, the
board received further recom-
Following its appointment in
mendations from governmental
late February, the new Board of
agencies, industry, and the
Forestry formulated and adopted
public.
regulations to implement the
In September the board
Z'berg-Nejedly Forest Practice
adopted initial forest practice
Act.
rules for each of the three forest
Included in the actions were
districts, the rules becoming ef-
the establishment of coast, north-
fective November 9.
ern, and southern forest districts;
An additional 48 foresters
granting and setting of timber
were hired to perform in-
operator permits and fees;
spections required by the act. By
classification of timber sites;
late fall the foresters had
creation of stocking standards for
received special training in
understocked areas; and im-
forest practices, soils, and law
plementation of standardized
enforcement to prepare them for
sampling procedures to deter-
their inspection tasks.
mine the adequacy of forest
During the year the division
stocking after completion of tim-
processed and filed 2,490 timber
ber operations.
harvesting plans and conducted
Three district technical ad-
3,202 forest practice inspections
visory committees were ap-
of 1,440 operators for com-
pointed in April by the board,
pliance with the state forest laws
each with three members from
and regulations.
the forest products industry, one
from the range livestock industry,
and five from the general public.
The committees held 25
Firefighter trainees take a lunch
meetings to develop forest prac-
break after a morning of field
tice rules for presentation to the
training near Camino in the
board.
Sierra foothills.
S
Air Program
Seven helitack crew units
were in operation during 1974.
Heliports were maintained at
Fernwood, Bieber, Vina, Boggs
Mountain, Columbia, Laytonville,
and Smith Creek.
One helicopter was
destroyed after striking
telephone wires while working
on a fire near Wilbur Springs.
The pilot, alone in the craft,
sustained minor injuries.
Modification of a prototype
and nine produion S-2 air
tankers was accomplished and
12 S-2's were in operation during
the 1974 fire season. Each S-2
air tanker averaged ap-
proximately 150 hours flight
time.
Thirty-one S-2's were flown
to California from the Davis-
Monthan Air Force Base in
Arizona under agreements with
an Arizona contractor and the
California Air Tanker
Association. Aircraft not being
immediately modified were
stored at the Fresno Air Terminal.
An additional 19 S-2's were
delivered to California naval air
facilities by the Navy, bringing to
At the Vina helitack base, 20
miles north of Chico, a
firefighting crew "scrambles"
during a training exercise.
55 the number of S-2 aircraft
State Forester Lewis A.
creased by 7% during 1974 while
leased to the state on a "no-cost"
Moran criticized the new
man-days of training increased
basis. The Navy also supplied 60
organization structure and staff
by 6%.
replacement engines.
reassignments which Director
A capital outlay project, now
Two accidents involving F7F
Ray B. Hunter ordered. Moran
underway and to be completed
tankers under contract to the
was subsequently demoted to his
early in 1975, will add 14 dor-
division claimed the lives of both
civil service rank of chief deputy
mitory rooms at the facility near
pilots and resulted in the total
but later he and Hunter signed an
Ione. A new building houses fire
loss of the aircraft.
agreement which led to Moran's
simulator equipment which was
retention of the state forester's
obtained from the federal
Reorganization
post and a pledge by Moran to
government.
implement the organizational
An agreement was reached
Headquarters of the div-
changes ordered by the director
with San Joaquin Delta College
ision was reorganized March 1.
in Stockton to grant credit for
Administrative services of the
Surveillance
basic fire control classes given at
division were integrated with
the Academy.
cameras
those of the department and
organization of the fire control
A grant from the Office of
San Mateo Fire
section altered to include fire
Criminal Justice Planning will
prevention and manpower
fund a two-year project to
Protection
programs.
develop and procure a
Three new sections (engi-
photographic surveillance
At the request of the mayor
neering and materiel services,
system to aid in the identification
of San Mateo, the governor on
fire protection, and resource
of arson suspects. The system will
August 7 ordered the division to
management) were formed and
include camera units that will
provide fire protection for the
continued to serve in a staff func-
maintain
unattended
city after firemen had left their
tion to the state forester.
photographic surveillance of
jobs in a labor dispute.
Five assistant deputy state
roads in areas where fires are
The first fire crews arrived
forester positions were moved
being set. The cameras will
by chartered aircraft within three
from Sacramento to regional of-
operate day and night and record
hours after receiving the gover-
fices in the field, providing each
the image of vehicles, license
nor's orders. Four stations were
of the regional deputy state
numbers, date, time, and
completely manned by the end of
foresters with two chief
location.
the day.
aides-an administrative officer
Ninety division personnel -
and an operations officer.
Academy
including eight Ecology Corps-
Several deputy state
men - provided fire protection
foresters also received new
Divisional employees trained
for a period of 20 days. During
assignments as part of the
at the Academy in the fire scien-
this time, the division responded
organizational changes.
ces and law enforcement in-
to 84 alarms.
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1974 Fire Season
camps (1120); 5 youth camps
(400); 3 county camps (200); 1
The 1974 fire season record-
federal camp (80); 8 ecology
ed an increase in the number of
centers (500).
fires and, at the same time, a
In addition, the Department
decrease in the number of acres
of Corrections and the Depart-
burned. There were 7,601 fires
ment of Youth Authority operate
during the season as compared
training centers at the Sierra
to a five-year average of 5,630
Conservation Center and the
fires. Acreage burned decreased
DeWitt Nelson Training Center in
from the five-year average of
cooperation with the division.
103,822 acres to 89,286 acres.
The largest fire occurred in
Reforestation and
August, burning more than
18,000 acres in Riverside
Nurseries
County, and was fought by per-
Distribution of tree seedlings
sonnel from the division and the
from the division's three nur-
U. S. Forest Service.
series increased from 5.6 to 5.9
million, representing 1,900 in-
Ecology Corps and
dividual orders. Approximately
Conservation
23,000 seedlings were planted in
state forests and at division ad-
Camps
ministrative sites.
A stable population level
Two regional nurseries in
was maintained in the Ecology
Santa Cruz and Butte counties
Corps and conservation camps
completed their expansion,
during 1974, although the Cham-
bringing their capacity to 9
berlain Creek Conservation
million trees.
Camp was changed from an 80-
Seed for the nurseries comes
man federal camp to a 60-man
from cones collected by Con-
state facility.
servation Camp and Ecology
Quotas established for the
Corps crews in the state's
year were: 18 adult state inmate
forested areas. More than 3,200
bushels of cones were collected.
When the seed is extracted and
Ecology Corpsmen construct a
cleaned at the Davis headquar-
portion of the Pacific Crest Trail
ters nursery, there will be more
in the Inyo National Forest west
than 1.5 tons of seed available for
of Independence.
planting.
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Twelve reforestation studies
creased timber prices. The quan-
were conducted at divisional
tity of timber sold, however, was
sites and on lands owned by the
approximately the same as in
U. S. Forest Service and in-
previous years.
dustrial tree farmers. In addition,
One objective of the forest
five seed orchards to supply
system is to demonstrate that tim-
genetically improved tree seed
ber management and recreation
are being established on land
are compatible. There were more
controlled by the Department of
than 113,000 visitor days report-
Corrections, the division, and a
ed for state forests during 1974
industrial tree farmer It is
with the most popular recreation
estimated that these orchards will
activities being hunting, fishing,
supply superior seed for some 10
camping, and sightseeing.
million seedlings within the next
ten years.
Brushland Range
State Forests
Improvement
The California state forest
Seventy-three control burns
system comprises seven areas
were conducted by ranchers
totaling 69,384 acres.
during 1974 on 47,635 acres of
Three small forests were gifts
land in Central and Northern
to the state with access or deed
California. There were no burns
restrictions limiting management
conducted on private land in
activities mainly to custodial
Southern California. Fourteen
protection. The four larger
control burns "escaped," burn-
forests have full-time staffs which
ing an additional 3,097 acres
conduct timber sales and per-
outside the intended control
form experimental forestry work.
lines.
Commercial forest areas are
Two range-improvement
managed as prescribed by
studies were also conducted.
statute to determine the
These investigated safe methods
economic feasibility of artificial
of fire use, mechanical and
reforestation and to demonstrate
chemical brush treatment, and
the productive and economic
ways to establish desirable plant
possibilities of forest
species.
management practices.
Estimated timber sale
Division of Forestry employee
receipts for 1974 reached an all-
Dennis Perry begins a rappel as
time high of more than five
he undergoes training near
million dollars because of in-
Santa Cruz.
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proved operationally successful
Forestry Advisory
Riverside County, night-vision
although more precise sensing
goggles were used by helicopter
Services and Pest
elements were believed to be
pilots to drop 15,000 gallons of
needed. A second unit using the
Control
water along a flank of a major
new elements will be installed at
fire.
Mt. Zion. In both cases, the
Assistance concerning
stations will transmit data to an
problems of forest management
earth satellite, which will send
Additional Fire
and protection of small timber
the information to a receiving
ownerships was provided to
station in the Mojave Desert and
Protection
1,278 landowners involving
then to a computer located in
250,000 acres. Forest advisors
Virginia. After establishment of
The amount of vegetative
also provide assistance for the
complete weather data and fire
fuels in the mountains of Santa
Forest Incentive Program and the
danger indexes, the information
Cruz, San Mateo, and Sonoma
Resource Environmental Con-
will be forwarded to the
counties was greatly increased
servation Program of the U. S.
division's Sacramento dispatch
by a heavy, wet snowfall in
Department of Agriculture.
and command center by the
January.
Pest losses continued to in-
Ames Research Center, all in a
To provide an increased
crease during 1974. In Southern
matter of seconds.
level of fire protection, $353,000
California, Conservation Camp
The division continued to
was appropriated for additional
and Ecology Corps crews were
participate in the U. S. Forest
personnel and equipment.
used to control bark beetle in-
Service's Project Firescope. In
In Sonoma County, 19
festations. Six insect control
1974 an operating plan and
firefighters were added to the
projects required the treating of
procedure was completed for a
existing initial attack force at five
5,639 trees. The division ex-
"single incident," multi-agency
fire stations. Additional fire
pended $50,147, an amount
command which will permit all
fighting equipment was also
matched by local agencies and
wildland fire protection agencies
provided at key stations in the af-
the U. S. Forest Service.
to work more effectively. The
fected areas.
project also developed a
Detection capabilities were
procedure for establishing an
increased with the full-time man-
Research and
operations and command center
ning of the Red Oat Mountain
to be used by agencies during
lookout, previously manned only
Development
emergency fire situations in
during days of extreme fire
Southern California.
hazard.
Newly developed infrared
In San Mateo and Santa Cruz
The division cooperated with
and light amplification equip-
counties, initial response man-
NASA's Ames Research Center,
ment for use in nighttime
ning was increased with the ad-
in the development of a remotely
helicopter operations were
dition of 18 firefighters. Chain
located, automatic fire-weather
tested by the U.S. Forest Service
saws and portable pumps were
station. One unit located at Sunol
and the division. In one test in
also given to seven fire stations.
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Board of Forestry
With passage of the Z'berg-
Nejedly Forest Practice Act, a
new Board of Forestry was
established during 1974. The
nine-member board was com-
prised of five representatives
from the general public, three
from the forest practices industry,
and one from the range livestock
industry.
Representing the public are
the following (the year in which
an individual's term expires is in
parentheses): Howard Nakae,
Newcastle (1975); Markham
Salsbury, Altadena (1976);
Thomas Lipman, El Monte
(1975); Phillip Berry, Berkeley
(1978); Leo Tamamian, Fullerton
(1977).
Members representing the
forest products industry are:
Henry Trobitz, Arcata (1978);
William Beaty, Redding (1977);
William Holmes, Strawberry
Valley (1975). The representative
of the range livestock industry is
Robert Flournoy, Likely (1976).
Twenty-five board meetings
were held during the year in-
cluding two 3-day sessions and
one 3-day field trip.
Division of Forestry personnel
look for indications of a fire's
cause during training at the
division's Academy.
Fire Prevention
the U.S. Department of Trans-
Soil and
portation, to identify fire-causing
Education
problems resulting from the in-
Watershed
stallation of emission-control
An individualized instruction
devices on vehicles. The
Management
teacher's kit, an enrichment of
program will seek to determine
the pre-school and elementary
whether increased exhaust-
teacher's packet, was developed
system temperatures resulting
Classification and mapping
to complete the division's "five
from catalytic converters and
of upland soils and vegetation
point" conservation and fire
thermal reactors will increase the
were continued in Tuolumne and
prevention education program
potential of vehicle and wildland
Siskiyou counties by the State
for children from kindergarten
fires.
Cooperative Soil-Vegetation Sur-
through third grade.
vey. Field mapping was com-
pleted on 63,500 acres of
Engineering and
Professional
wildlands in state and private
Materiel Services
Forester
ownership. Greater emphasis
was given to field checking and
Registration
editing maps for publication than
The division completed a
in preceding years. Maps of 15
statewide project involving the
quadrangles (approximately
fabrication of roll-bars at the
By July 1, 1974, 1,663 per-
450,000 acres) are being
Davis equipment facility. The
sons were licensed as
published.
new cab-support system provides
professional foresters in Califor-
Only two areas burned by
additional safety to firetruck OC-
nia. All but 26 renewed their
wildfire required emergency re-
cupants when an accident occurs
licenses during the year.
vegetation to provide a protective
in which the truck rolls over.
Four examinations for
plant cover. Approximately 1,360
To reduce fuel consumption
registration have been ad-
acres of privately owned lands
for water heating, a scale model
ministered, resulting in licenses
were seeded with annual
of a solar water heating device
being granted to 32 persons.
ryegrass.
was designed. The prototype unit
Thirty-three persons, whose
The division cooperated with
will be installed in a Northern
applications were denied, ap-
the U. S. Forest Service in a sur-
California fire station.
pealed for an administrative
vey of damage and evaluation of
hearing. Twenty-one appeals
needed rehabilitation measures
Fire Prevention
were decided, with one applicant
on forested and watershed lands
receiving a license.
in Northern California damaged
Engineering
Charges were filed against
by floods during the winter. The
one person for practicing without
division also advised on fire and
The division initiated a
a license and one licensed
watershed protection measures
research program, in conjunction
forester was reprimanded for un-
including roads, fuel breaks, and
with the Air Resources Board and
professional conduct.
other fire-defense improvements.
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The mission of the Division of Mines and
Geology is to collect, develop, and disseminate
geologic information and to actively encourage a
broad understanding of the geology of California.
Special legislation authorizes the division to
delineate earthquake zones and to review geological
reports concerning hospital sites.
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Division of Mines and
Geology
Alerting the public to
astride potentially active faults.
geologic hazards and providing
Intensive review of 200
for the continued use of Califor-
geological and seismological
nia's mineral resources was the
reports on proposed hospital
central focus of the division's
sites were made under provisions
programs during 1974.
of the Hospital Safety Act.
In cooperation with local
The division also reviewed
government and the U. S.
the geological and seismological
Geological Survey, the division
aspects of 130 environmental im-
participated in several programs
pact reports. In addition, an
to map potential geologically
examination was conducted of
hazardous conditions. One
various elements of the coastal
program delineated active faults
zone plan now being prepared
to assist local government in Los
by the California Coastal Zone
Angeles, Orange, Santa Clara,
Conservation Commission.
San Bernardino, Sonoma, Marin,
The strong-motion in-
San Diego, and Riverside coun-
strument program entered its
ties in preparing the seismic
second year of operation. Since
safety element of their general
program initiation, 150 in-
plans.
struments have been installed
A similar program to aid
and maintained throughout
local government was conducted
California to provide data essen-
under the provisions of the
tial for the design of earthquake-
Alquist-Priolo Geologic Hazard
resistant structures.
Zones Act. The division
The division conducted in-
established special study zones
vestigations of selected mineral
encompassing the San Andreas,
commodities to anticipate the
San Jacinto, Calaveras, and
state's mineral needs and ap-
Hayward faults. Special studies
praise the state's mineral resour-
of the terrain within these zones
will be required of developers to
Core drilling is used by the
assure that structures for human
Division of Mines and Geology
occupancy are not constructed
to gather geologic data.
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ces potential. Another aspect of
the mineral and environmental
program entailed cooperation
with the Solid Waste
Management Board in
determining the geological fac-
tors involved in solid waste
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ESTATIONS
management, including recovery
of minerals and metals and the
proper selection and operation
States
of disposal sites.
Medicary
Visitors to the Resources
Building in Sacramento watch
the printing of earthquake
waves being detected by a
seismometer 100 miles away.
The mission of the Division of Oil and Gas
is to supervise the drilling, operation, maintenance,
and abandonment of oil, gas, and geothermal wells in
California. It is also charged with preventing damage
to the natural resources of the state and with the
protection of fresh-water resources from oil and gas
contamination.
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Division of Oil and Gas
The division continued its
During the first nine months
program of regulating oil, gas,
of 1974, the division's fuel
and geothermal operations.
allocation unit processed more
The number of oil and gas
than 16,300 applications from
wells drilled in California during
business, industry, agriculture,
1974 was approximately 70%
schools, and hospitals requesting
greater than the year before. Also
emergency allocation of gasoline
during 1974 there was an ap-
and diesel fuel. Each month the
proximate 80% increase in the
unit was responsible for the
number of geothermal wells
distribution of approximately
drilled in the state.
25,000,000 gallons of gasoline
During the year, 710 of 817
and 7,000,000 gallons of diesel
oil sumps reported to be
fuel to those who were unable to
hazardous to wildlife in the San
acquire a sufficient amount from
Joaquin and Sacramento Valleys
distributors.
were fenced and screened or
Administrative orders were
eliminated by pumping. All
adopted to regulate offshore
remaining sumps are scheduled
drilling, well spacing for new
to be eliminated or screened in
pools and fields, well aban-
1975. The program is a
donment, environmental protec-
cooperative effort of the division
tion, and geothermal operations.
and the Department of Fish and
During April a "blowout" of
Game.
a natural gas well occurred at the
California, the third largest
Donald Island gas field near
oil-producing state, joined the in-
Stockton. There were no injuries
terstate Oil Compact Com-
but the well burned for 19 days.
mission in 1974. The purpose of
After public hearings conducted
the commission is "the ad-
by the division, the oil and gas
vancement of good conservation
supervisor established more
programs through laws and
regulations by state authority."
The Geysers geothermal area in
Legislation authorizing California
Northern California produces
membership was sponsored by
400,000 kilowatts of electrical
the division.
energy.
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stringent regulations for drilling
wells and required increased
crew training on methods of
preventing "blowouts."
Oil-well drilling operations,
frequently conducted "round-the-
clock," are regulated by the
Division of Oil and Gas.
Standard Oil photograph
Executive and
Management Services
Public Affairs
Aerospace Museum. A 15-minute
film on the air attack program
The Office of Public Affairs
was issued for public showing. In
continued to inform the public of
addition, approximately 300
the policies and operations of the
films were loaned for training
department and its three
and informational purposes.
divisions.
To this end, information was
Fair Labor
provided the printed, visual, and
Standards
aural media. Internal com-
munications were maintained
Passage of amendments to
through monthly publication of
the Federal Fair Labor Standards
Communique, a newspaper
Act in late April expanded
distributed to all employees.
coverage to include state em-
Also during the year, the of-
ployees.
fice responded to approximately
Late in May information re-
8,000 telephonic and 1,000 mail
garding rules and regulations
requests for information. Five
was made available by federal
brochures were issued providing
authorities and it became evident
information concerning the
that to meet the new minimum
energy crisis, state fire laws, the
wage standards for seasonal
division of forestry, the role of the
firefighters it would be necessary
department and the air tanker
to reduce their work week from
program.
120 to 60 hours.
Nine filmed public service
Field units of the Division of
announcements were issued to
Forestry responded by in-
all television stations in Califor-
creasing the number of seasonal
nia, furnishing information on the
firefighters employed to have an
air attack program, fire preven-
tion, and the Ecology Corps.
The Office of Public Affairs
A display featuring a five-
makes a film at Hemet ex-
minute film on the S-2 airtanker
plaining the role of the S-2
was placed in the San Diego
airtanker in fire suppression.
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effective force in the field shortly
training program was initiated.
computerize well production
after July 1. The Ecology Corps
Ten courses, ranging in content
records.
was also affected and pay and
from basic supervision to middle
Departmental offices also
work hours were altered to be in
management, were conducted for
employed computers in their
compliance with federal law.
152 employees. The program was
daily operations, with the ac-
a joint effort of the training of-
counting office programming
Program
ficer and the Public Systems In-
payments of invoices as part of a
Development
stitute, a private concern serving
continuing effort to improve the
as a consultant to the department.
department's financial in-
The Office of Program
formation system.
Development continued to ad-
Computer
minister the Open Space Sub-
vention Program. A certified
Utilization
report on local government en-
Safety
titlements for the 1973-74 fiscal
Computers became
year was completed and warrants
valuable and effective resource
The departmental safety of-
totaling $9,683,840 were sent by
for the department during 1974
fice coordinated driver-accident-
the State Controller to eligible
as the three divisions put com-
prevention and injury-reduction
counties and cities. Funding was
puters to various uses.
programs.
available to pay full subvention
The Division of Forestry
The driver program had as
entitlements.
computerized its fire-prevention
its goal 8.3 accidents per million
Environmental impact re-
inspection reporting system
miles driven. For the twelve
ports and negative declarations
which collects fire-hazard in-
month period ending June 30,
were prepared for the Division of
spection data, maintains an in-
1974, an average rate of 8.4 was
Forestry's 1974-75 fiscal year
ventory of hazards, and provides
achieved. During the first six
capital outlay projects, timber
management information of fire-
months of the year the rate was
sales, and timberland con-
hazard inspections.
reduced to 7.5.
versions.
State fire marshal reports
The injury-reduction pro-
Continued progress was
were also compiled by com-
gram had a goal of 16.8 "lost-
made on the preparation of a
puters to meet legislative man-
time" injuries per million man-
master environmental impact
date that all fires in the state be
hours worked. The number of in-
report for the development of
reported to the marshal.
juries actually recorded for the
geothermal resources in portions
The Division of Mines and
twelve-month period ending June
of Sonoma, Lake, and Mendocino
Geology utilized computers for
30, 1974 was 15.8. For the first
counties.
its seismology unit. Maps
six months of the year the
showing fault lines and other
average was 20.6.
Training
geological aspects in various
In addition, the physical fit-
areas of the state were processed
ness program for the Division of
The implementation of a
and stored. A study was initiated
Forestry was placed under super-
department-wide management
for the Division of Oil and Gas to
vision of the office.
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Officers of the Department
Appendices
Director - Ray B. Hunter; Deputy Director - Edward D. Ehlers; Assistant Director, Special Services - Lawrence H.
Hustedt; Assistant Director, Public Affairs - Gerald E. Newton; Assistant Director, Management Services - Alfred S.
Roxburgh.
State Forester and Chief, Division of Forestry - Lewis A. Moran; Oil and Gas Supervisor and Chief, Division of Oil
and Gas - John F. Matthews, Jr.; State Geologist and Chief, Division of Mines and Geology - James E. Slosson.
Department Counsel - Ralph W. Gatien; Program Development Officer - David G. Stump.
Offices of the Department
Division of Forestry
Region headquarters: Fresno, Monterey, Redding, Riverside, Santa Rosa.
Ranger unit headquarters: Auburn, Bishop, Camino, El Cajon, Felton, Fortuna, King City, Mariposa, Morgan Hill,
Orange, Oroville, Perris, Red Bluff, Redding, San Andreas, Sanger, Saint Helena,
San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Santa Rosa, Susanville, Visalia, Willits, Yreka.
Training academy: Ione.
Division of Mines and Geology
District headquarters: Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Francisco.
Division of Oil and Gas
District headquarters: Bakersfield, Coalinga, Long Beach, Santa Maria, Santa Paula, Woodland.
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Expenditures of the Department
(in millions)
*Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year
1973-1974
1974-1975
Watershed and Fire Protection
Fire control
$51.0
$58.0
Fire protection (under contract
to local government)
13.6
15.9
Ecology centers and conservation camps
5.3
5.9
Fire prevention
3.2
3.7
Forest, range, and watershed
management
3.0
4.8
Miscellaneous
0.5
0.3
Total
$76.6
$88.6
Geologic Hazards and Mineral Resources Conservation
Environmental and economic geology
2.4
2.6
Geologic data
0.4
0.4
Total
$ 2.8
$ 3.0
Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Protection
Oil and gas regulation
1.7
2.0
Geothermal regulation
0.1
0.1
Subsidence abatement
0.1
0.1
Fuel supply coordination center
2
-
Total
$ 2.1
$ 2.2
Department of Conservation Total
$81.5
$93.8
*The fiscal year extends from
July 1 until the next June 30.
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Office of Public Affairs
Department of Conservation
1416 Ninth Street
Sacramento, California
95814
1174-3500-LDA-10-4