hrito, Dean 2008 Journal March 31 Big Pine, Barrel Spring and Charlie Canyon, days NF, days G, CA (cont) dry conditions. I searched a little higher up but found nothing more. I searched here for ~1hr total. I went back to the car and drove to Independence and then up Magnavica Canyon Rd into the chynas, to Barrel Spring. I wanted to see riparian desert salamander habitat to compare it with the springs at China Lake. I hiked up to Barrel Spring and turned the four stores that I saw. After about 30 min of searching I found 2 juvenile Batrachoseps campi under small rocks in leaf litter, just above where the spring water emerges down a man-made chute into a tank. I left them back under their rocks and drove back through Independence to Charlie Canyon, N Fork Oak Creek. I walked up the creek to the salamander site where my data logger is. I flipped many of the nearby large rocks and found 1 sulbadult, 1 sulbadult or small adult and 8 juvenile E. platycephalus. I looked along the stream for about 30 min, but this was hard to do because of the dense willows, and I did not see any salamanders out foraging. I was surprised not to see any adults, but it looked a little dry and it may still be early in the year. I searched from approximately 6:45-7:45PM. I released all salamanders where I found them. Today was cool and cloudy in the afternoon. I left Charlie Canyon to start the drive home.