M.F. Smith 1980 JOURNAL 3 mi. S La Joya, 4700', Socorro Co., New Mexico May 11 Checked the traps several times during the afternoon and reset any that had caught animals. Took tissues from dead animals and saved the live ones for karyotyping. Discovered that the freezer didn't work, so left the blood on ice to be spun later; put tissues in liquid nitrogen. After dark skinned and stuffed animals, finished at about midnight. May 12 I checked my traps and processed the new animals. Then went back and pulled all my traps, including those just set this morning. Walked south with my traps planning to set south of Dave's area towards the constriction. Kept going south until I finally ran into Dave right at the constriction. He had already set most of the available mounds between the gate and the constriction. I walked on a bit farther to see what happens. The Rio Grande is quite high right now. It flows right up against the east bank at the bend in the river, cutting out most of the flat areas where gophers would ordinarily be most numerous. At the constriction the river comes within a few meters of rocky hillsides with no apparent sign of gophers. I followed the gravel