1969 Pearson 0.6 mi. NW Academy, 520 ft., Fresno Co Jan 24 To Academy with Benson, Young, Patton, and Carol Patton. Arrived 6:15 p.m., dark & rainy. Much rain past 2 weeks, everything soggy. Much rain overnight Jan 25 Put about 20 woodchucks near river (smaller) northeast of the cemetery at 7:30 a.m., all in sandy soil. Later increased to 30. Before noon caught 5 or 6 Thoroughpigs, mostly bright colored ones. A passing motorist told me worst rains in history. at noon moved to 2.9 mi N and 1.4 mi E Clovis and counted in field right for Mrs. Green's house. Got about 15 woodchucks at 1:00 p.m. and caught about 5 gobblers by 5 p.m. * Heavy rain overnight, Jan 26 Pun traps at 7:30 a.m. 3 or 4 more gobblers. At about 8:30 clovis, moved to 4.6 mi N 1.4 mi E, 400 ft. Much more standing water further on at 2.9 mi. N. The soil seems to be fairly sandy but quite red. In a mining pool operation at the 4.6 mi location the sandy red stuff goes down several feet but becomes consolidated into an almost-sandstone at about 4 feet, and a gravelly conglomerate (loose) about a foot thick below that. North of the levee is all flooded this morning, with marooned farmhouses etc. Set 2 woodchucks about 60 in red sandy on edge of boggy fields. Very few woodchucks visible.