Write, Dean 2006 Journal March 29 Margaret Ann Spring, Argus Mountains, China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station, Kern Co., CA Ted Papenfuss and I met Tom Campbell, a biologist at China Lake NAWS to look for Batrachoseps in China Lake in the Argus Mtns. It rained heavily the day before in Ridgecrest and high areas were covered in snow. We drove towards Junction Ranch on a paved road and then turned off on a dirt road towards the east. We went to the point where the road started downhill and parked. We walked down the wash closest to the or through Joshua trees - it was the second wash from the south. There was water flowing in the wash but once we got about halfway down. We eventually reached a junction with another small canyon that was filled with willow and other trees. We continued downstream a little more until we reached Margaret Ann Spring, at the confluence with another small canyon (35.96156°N, 117.46152°W [WGS84, 7m acc.], 1493 m elev.). This area was in a rocky canyon with dense willow growth and some talus spilling down into the willows. Ted thought it looked suitable for salamanders, so we put in 17 pitfall traps (paint cans with wood chips/bedding, covered with square tiles or stones) along the south side of the creek in leaf litter near talus. There was also a north facing wall of the canyon with some mossy seepage. We cut a tarp into 4 pieces and placed it over the base of the seepage, weighing it down with stones. The whole canyon was rather wet in this area, with lots of leaf litter. We went back