LIDICKER 1975 Aug 27 cont. overnight field trip to Hass Creek. Left labs at (Steve last day) N F (Last N. County) ~1140. Stayed at Fox Lake ? Fairbanks to fill own water jug - famous Fox Spring. Continued N on Elliott Highway. It's dist = 4 1/4 hr. Drive to Hass Creek cave (~21 mi NW Livermored by cir). It rained most of the way but began to clear up when we got there. Second mi: to N of the Hass Creek Bridge. There is a farm area that burned in 1968 & 69. Do not know when Steve had found Microtines xanthographus for the 2 previous years on set trips. Sign was abundant & we could leave the radio equipment anywhere - on either side of the road. We set 21 by Shannon traps (7 ea.) on the east side of the road (dry outwood habitat). About 12: further 5 in and traps along the edge of the muckland forest. Have an area 19 Sg. Showers - I and ? of them is a grazing area where there was a small part of microtine sign (W side Road.), but not Mx sign, & along the edge of the black spruce forest. Steve & Jerry set 6 ea. The in and out set 5 min species. I set mine 1 number on E side of highway when there was sign of Mx. Jerry's 5 were in the forest. Then we went back to Hass Creek, crossed it, & set 5 mins sp. and in a black spruce bog & 5 were on along the edge of a small bog lake (a few cut-tops were seen in the latter area. Along the W side of the cottonwood Creek an 2 fetid gums. Have an area now Mx.