Theodore 1955 Journal Pages June 17 Mt. Shasta, Siskiyou Co. Calif. We got up at 7 A.M. and had breakfast in town. Then went to Forest Service Hqts. (Trinity-Shasta Forest) Shasta Div.) We inquired about camping - were told we could camp anywhere in the Forest. The head ranger showed us St. John Camp - Merriam's gopher locality of 1897. He said we could drive most of the way there, perhaps all the way. Next signed out of the hotel and went to the Mt. Shasta Fish Hatchery. Mr. J. Walter, the man in charge was out of town but we talked with Mr. Hill. He gave us permission to use the garage and shop for working and sleeping. He also introduced us to Mr. Joe Lombardi who owns a farm about 1 1/2 mi. WNW of the town of Mt. Shasta. Mr. Lombardi gave us permission to trap gophers in his oat and alfalfa fields - seemed very pleased at the prospect of getting rid of his gophers. He claimed they caused about $100 worth of damage to crops and mowing equipment / yr. He has done some trapping and claimed he'd caught about 500 (?) gophers from one field of alfalfa (now in oats) last year. After securing wire to support markers we had lunch in town. We started to set out gopher traps about 1:30 P.M. All told we put out about 84 traps, I had out 40 soite of which about 6