Revisits, Sean 2005 Journal Fish Creek trail, San Gorgonio Wilderness, San Bernardino Co., CA July 14 I drove to Big Bear Ranger Station this morning to meet with Marc Stoner, a USFS biologist. I'm here to look for the salamanders seen on Ten Thousand Foot Ridge by Barney Tomberlin in 1963. I parked at the Fish Creek trailhead and began hiking at 2PM. Near the trail above the Fish Creek campsite, I stopped to look at a small stream/seep coming from some snowy areas on the slope above (34.11865°N, 116.79570°W [WGS 84, 9m acc.], 2736 m elev.). There was a large area of snow near the trail, and above this a small stream flowed over granite with lots of rocks in it. This looked like great Hydromantes habitat, except that the area of habitat is quite small and looks like it might dry up soon. I walked for the Fish Creek Saddle and down towards Dodgepole Spring. I found a 4cm-long juvenile trout (Bulfo trota) in a muddy area near the springs (34.11842°N, 116.82247°W [WGS 84, 7m acc.], 2652m elev.). I also found black beetles that may be in the genus that Sean Schrire studies (34.11841°N, 116.82181°W [WGS 84, 7m acc.], 2653m elev.). I flipped rocks and logs all along the stream up to Dry Lake from 7:50-9:20PM but saw no salamanders. There is lots of decomposing wood here and the soil near the stream is damp, so it looked like potential Ensatina or other salamander habitat to me. The soil away from the stream is very dry, and the soil everywhere is quite sandy. also saw a spotted coral root orchid here