Field notes, v1703
Page 195
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phaeler 1958 Journal p. 5 June 20 Mt. Shasta State Fish Hatchery to Wagon Camp, Siskiyou Co. We pulled our traps on Lombardie's after collecting about 12 more gophers. Then packed and left for Wagon Camp with Ray Hill, son of the hatchery superintendent. We drove south of the town of Mt. Shasta about 4 miles, and turned east at the lumber mill on the road toward McCloud. After driving about 7 miles on a fairly good dirt road we turned north at a fork of the road and drove up it about 1/2 mile to Wagon Camp. Wagon Camp is a long, narrow meadow with numerous small streams flowing through it. One large stream has cut a deep gully (about 6' deep in most places). The entire area abounds in springs. There appeared to have been much marking of the meadow this spring. All the gophers in the meadow must have been marked. The only places where we found recent signs were in higher places along the edge of the meadow. We have been told that this was a "wet" year and this may account for the heavy marking of the meadow. There are still many snow drifts in the surrounding woods. In one place where it was protected by a fallen tree the snow was still about 4 feet deep. The sur- rounding area was covered by brush and second growth spruce and Doug fir (?). After lunch we set some gopher traps but recent markings were hard to find. I also set about 50