Field notes, v4215
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14 August 10:30pm n 41°2'16.2" w123°37'37.0" Hoopa Valley Six Rivers Natl. Forest Humboldt Co. This morning's trap check yielded no animals. Not too surprising given the lack of sign. They used to be in the area so I suppose with more effort we would find them, but onward, for the time being, perhaps I will return. Taking the 101 to the 299 then North on the 96 to the town of Hoopa, we arrived at about 2:00 p.m. The search for woodrat houses was on! The most promising one was deep in a patch of blackberry. Hoopa Valley runs in a North-South direction with the Trinity River running down the middle of it. The site dominated by coast Redwood, Lithocarpus, and bigleaf maple. Again, very little sign but the abundance of fallen logs and amassed debris may be masking the usual house building I'm