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M.F. Smith
1976
JOURNAL
Hopland Field Station, Mendocino Co., Calif.
Mar. 12 Left Berkeley at 10:30 am. Mileage 30602.
Ate lunch after Cloverdale along Russian River,
Arrived Hopland ~1:15 pm. Mileage 30707. Unloaded
gear at bunkhouse and stopped by office to check
on location of weather data in office. Drove up to
chaparral patch in Orchard Pasture. Pecked out the
area at the bend in the road for the transects. Set
2 lines of 20 each in chamise and out far edge into
shrubs & trees.
^1-40^
Finished there at 3:15 pm. Drove to
Dz Parasite Pen. Set 41-80 in 4 lines. 41-60 in
glass with scattered trees (1st row), live oak grove ^
glass (arrow). 61-80 in glass with no trees. Lots of
Microtus runways visible in short green grass.
Finished there at 4:15 pm. Drove to Foster,
Set 81-100 in creek bed. Some puddles of water
this time. Live oak, Calif. Laurel, Madrone,
Bucheye along creek. Set 101-120 along
bottom of hill 30% slope scattered madrones
and live oaks. (101-110 on steeper hillside; 111-120
start in grass, then trees on 15° slope. Finished
there at 5:30 pm. Set 40 non-folding Sherman's
around Rock Pile, Live Oaks, and Madrone on
outer margin. Also Manzanita near end of pile.
East
46-60 on south side ^92 south side near lake.
South West
61-80 on N + E sides. Finished there at 6:15 pm.
Still some light,