A.C.ZIEGEL 1961 JOURNAL SAGACHEEN CREEK, 6400±ft., 3 mi. NW Hastings Mills, NEVADA Co., Calif. JUNE 20 (CONT'D) BEECH CAUGHT FOR AT LEAST A COUPLE OR MORE HOURS. SET OUT A GRID OF 36 SMALL SHEMAY LIVE TRAPS IN MEADOW BACK OF STATION WHERE I FOUND A FAIR NUMBER OF MICROTUS RUNS. TRAPS SO FAR APART IN 250-FOOT SQUARE PLOT IS BEING COMPLETED. I TRIED TO PICK AN AREA WITH A VARIETY OF MICROHABITATS; TALL THICK GRASS, STREAM BORDER, WOODS ETC BUT ALL AREAS HAVE SOME AMOUNT OF GRASS. FOR TRAPS ABOUT 7 OR 7:30 PM + HAS + 1 EUMYIAS (AMOTRUS?), / MICROTUS MONTANUS. SAW 2 MORE MICRONS SP. AS I WALKED ACROSS FIELD. SEE TRAPS FOR RECORD OR CATCH FOR THE 5 OR 6 WEEK PERIOD THE TRAPS WILL BE OUT. THE "WATER SHEMAY" LINE IS RUN ABOUT 7:00 A.M. AND ABOUT 7:00 P.M.. THE "MICROTUS GRID" IS RUN ABOUT 8:30 A.M. AND 8:00 PM. THE SMALL SHEMAY TRAPS CONTAINING ANIMALS ARE PICKED UP, REMOVED BY A CHEMICAL PENNIESCO VREBETOO YEAR. THE DIRTY TRAPS ARE CLEANED, THE NUMBERS REMOVED AND REPLACED AS NEEDED IN THE GRID AT A LATER TIME. JUNE 25 GOT NO MICROTUS LONGICAUDUS IN GRID TO HAVE SO MOVED GRID UP MORE INTO OPEN CONIFER WOODS. THEREFORE ANY INFO FROM PREVIOUS GRID TABLE SHOULD START AT "P.M." RESULTS FOR JUNE 25, 1961 (AS MARKED BY RED LINE IN TABLES) WILL NOT MOVE GRID AGAIN REGARDLESS OF RESULTS.