M.F. Smith 1980 JOURNAL c.a. 4 mi. S La Joya, 4700 ft., Socorro Co., New Mexico May 14 Drove back to the refuge headquarters to spin the blood samples and consulted with the staff person there. He said it would be possible to drive along the west east side of the Rio Grande if we went down to Escondida and took the gravel road through the game refuge. He gave us the combination for the lock at the entrance to this area. We were able to drive up as far as our previous locality where Dave had set traps right at the constriction, set along the gravel road just south of the previous trapping area. The mosquitos were very bad. After checking the traps a few times we drove along the river and across a big stretch of salt flats. Passed the San Acacia dam and drove on down the road but saw no good places to trap. Drove back to the cottonwood trees near the dam and Dave found one mound to set while we processed the animals we had caught earlier that day. Dave then took a bag of traps and walked across the dam to set in the field at San Acacia where John, Dave, and I had trapped in Aug.- left. of 1979. The rest of us drove back to bring in the traps from the 4 mi. S of La Joya site,