Poito, Dear 2005 Journal Lake Italy and Little Bear Lake, John Muir Wilderness, Sevira National Forest, Fresno Co., CA July 18 cl left most of my stuff at my camp above Lake Italy to the east. cl walked to the outflow of the lake, since a friend of Bob Hansen (Pole Mitchell, cl think) had listed "Hilgard Branch, Lake Italy outflow, c.11,000'", as a site where he saw Hydroantes. The creek was raging and cl didn't see anything that looked like good habitat, although cl looked along the stream for about 30 min. (37.34762°N, 118.81922°W [WGS 84, 10m acc.], 3275 m elev.). cl walked up the slope south of the creek, below Teddy Bear Lake. There was an enormous amount of seep habitat here, with lots of rocks in the wet areas. It looked good for salamanders and cl looked for 30 min but found none (37.34536°N, 118.81705°W [WGS 84, 7m acc.], 3325 m elev.). cl then hiked over the unnamed pass above Beartrap Lake and down to Grout Lake. The outflow from Grout Lake looked like great habitat, but cl was unable to look at much of it since it dropped off in a series of step waterfalls. cl looked at the upper part for 30 min but didn't find anything (37.33145°N, 118.81841°W [WGS 84, 6m acc.], 3462 m elev.). Finally, cl went down to Little Bear Lake, since Hansen's friend had also reported a salamander from the lake outflow. The outflow creek was high and fast, and just as at Lake Italy cl didn't see much suitable habitat.