Journal may 17 Russian Gulch State Park, Mendocino Co., California Set 31 museum specials baited with walnuts (smashed) May 16 after roundup - at the edge of dense underbrush and thick, tall grass which had been cut. Most of traps set within a yard or two of a creek. Ground was very damp. Underbrush consisted of Equisetum, raspberry, thimble berry, & fern. Trees along creek in brush are red alders. The creek flows along the base of a steep hill covered with Douglas fir, lowland fir, and red alder at base near creek. Began raining during the night and continued raining in the morning. Examined traps at 5:30 A.M. - catch: 4 Sorex pacificus, 2 Sorex trowbridgii, 1 Sorex vagrans, 4 Peromyscus maniculatus, 1 Reithrodontomys megalotis. 3:00 P.M. Jean Borlase and I took North Trail up hill covered with redwoods which gradually gave way to Douglas fir & Bishop pine, and then when we reached flat country, found it overgrown with small trees and shrubs (Pinus muricata) and scattered tall Bishop pines - Cupressaceae (Pinus contorta v. bolanderi) pygmaea, huckleberry, small pine (sp.? Rhododendrons this known as Pine Torrens, thimble berry, manzanita, tanbark oak. Then we set 28 traps in low shrubs and along edge of pygmy cypress and low shrubs. Ground not fine & covered with rotting brown leaves. Set 4 traps on edge of dense forest of Douglas fir, Bishop pine, & redwood. Ground here matted thickly (someplace 2 ft) with old pine needles and leaves of the trees. may 18 Left camp at 7:AM to collect traps. One Sorex vagrans trapped in opening to burrow section which went back into a