Thacker 1960 Thomasys talpoides Apr. 12 7.5 mi N, 6.1 mi E. Litchfield, 4430+ ft. Lassen Co. Calif. Yesterday we set several traps along US 395 in this area. This afternoon we checked them and had one gopher here. All our sets here were right along the highway up where it crosses a wide level "moat flow". There is virtually no vegetation on the flat or either side of the road, and but little along the raised embankment of the road. It was here that on the highway embankment that all our sets were placed. CST 894 Apr. 16 Datter Ranch, 1.3 mi N. 0.4 mi W Loyaltan 4710+ ft. Sierra Co. Calif. After driving across the Sierra Valley farther N and then S toward Loyaltan we finally spotted gopher workings here. We got permission to trap in the pasture just N of the ranch buildings and took 4 gophers before 5 PM fair, dark. The soil is fine, loamy, fairly easy digging REG #'s 218-20 Datter Ranch, 1.1 mi E, 0.4 mi N Loyaltan 470+ ft. Sierra Co. Calif. We got almost 30 sets out in an alfalfa field here by 11 A.M. By 4:30 we had 14 gophers. This is at the edge of the valley on land that slopes off to the W. The field is flood irrigated and cut by several shallow washes. The gopher workings were strike! The soil medium dark, slightly reddish and somewhat stony CST 912-915