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Koford, R.
1975
Journal
White Cloud campground, 11 mi. E Nevada City, Nevada Co., Calif. 4300 ft.
26 March drove up to the vicinity of Steephollow Creek. I
only saw 1 set of tracks in the open forest on
the flat ridge north of the creek in an hour
of walking around the area. I couldn't even
walk around on the north-facing slope with
dense White Fir cover to the south of the
creek, because the crust wasn't there. On the
way back I spent about an hour walking
around on top of the flat hill to the
north of Hwy 20 about 1/4 mile E of the
campground. I saw at least 5 sets of tracks
but since they were not in good condition I
couldn't be sure they weren't Gray Squirrel
tracks. Wes and Wendell said they'd seen one
only 100 m. west of the campground entrance,
and I saw one about 200 m. east of the
entrance on my way to Steephollow Cr.
I returned to White Cloud campground and looked for
squirrels in the study area, then went on a 1-hour
track-finding trip starting near the heliport and
going zig-zag to the west, then north along the
west end of the study area and across
the power line swath. I saw 12 sets of
tracks that looked like chipmunks and 2 more
that seemed to be Gray Squirrel tracks, being wider
apart and having the front paw marks further behind
the hind feet. I took a dinner break, then