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M.F Smith
1982
JOURNAL
Gold Run Creek, 3 mi. S, 0.5 mi. W Susanville, Lassen Co., California, 43204
Mar. 24 property. Then Jim drove up to drop me off at Nagel's Reservoir and he went back down to work the remaining lines in between.
Of the fifteen holes I left open overnight eight were plugged, I reset those as well as two fresh mounds in the field. Then I set the mounds at the base of the bank holding in the reservoir. I caught two dead animals early in the afternoon, and two live animals at about 3:00 pm. I walked back down to the car to process those four animals.
At about 5:30 pm Jim and I drove back up to Nagel's Reservoir. I had three more animals. The remaining holes Jim set with live traps so they could be left open overnight. Much of the activity in this field seems to be at night or in the early morning. On the way back down we checked Jim's traps.
We caught a total of 31 gophers today (three still alive to take back).
Mar. 25 Caught one animal in a live trap in the field next to Nagel's Reservoir. Reset those that had been plugged overnight. Carol and Maria Gloria were looking for mounds in the fields west and south of Nagel's Reservoir. I followed the road around and found a wire fence that would prevent us from driving across