Thacker 1960 Journal p. 11 Apr. 15 (sat) Chysan Valley to Portola Plumas Co., Calif. turned west on Rt. 24 toward Chilcoot and Portola. We drove up [the] (North) thru the Long Valley on a dirt road for about 4 1/2 miles. Although this area looked suitable for gophers a casual inspection showed nothing. We returned to the main road and continued W into the Sierra Valley. About 3 mi. E of Beckworth we saw some gopher workings in farm land adjacent to the road but did not stop. I would suppose that there are probably T. Talpoides. At Beckworth we turned south toward Calpine and Sierraville on unnumbered road. We looked for gopher signs at one of the two the localities where I'd taken T. bottae last fall but saw nothing, at this locality (3.5 mi W, 1.8 mi. E Calpine, Plumas Co., Calif.) we drove [illegible] on a dirt road for about a mile before hitting posted property. - no gopher signs. We returned to Beckworth stopping en route to set and traps at a ranch 2.0 mi S, 0.5 mi. W Beckworth, Plumas Co. For the first and only time (I hope) on this trip we had a little trouble securing permission to set traps. The rancher seemed less concerned with his gophers and actually there were very few on [illegible] his ranch. However we did secure his permission and got out a few gopher traps. We then drove into Portola for supper and after many cups of coffee drove east