Field notes, v4224
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notes, Dean 2004 Journal July 9 Milly's Foot Pass to near Nadette Meadows, Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park, Inlaware-Fresno Co., CA Dean Schindle and I crossed the Kings-Kern Divide over Milly's Foot Pass. On the north side, there was a large amount of seep habitat above some lakes (36°41'22.4"N, 118°25'58.7"W (9m) NAD 27, 3455m). We searched a lot of it by flipping rocks and didn't find any salamanders although the habitat looked great. We continued downward and passed Reflection Lake, where Irovin appeared to have some good seeps and waterfalls. We hiked down to East Lake to look for a population reported by the NPS (as "East Lake Basin"). We went up to a spring system with many waterfalls on a southern exposure to the west above the lake (36°43'23.0"N, 118°27'21.0"W (8m) NAD 27, 3078m). We searched for about half an hour but found no salamanders. The habitat looked good except for a lot of shrubby vegetation growing around the water. We found a single Rana muscosa adult in a seep below all the small waterfalls, and Dean said it looked healthy. We then continued hiking to near Nadette Meadows. The weather was sunny and warm all day. July 10 Nadette Meadows to Owin Valley, Kings Canyon NP, Fresno Co., CA We hiked out from Nadette Meadows over Kearsarge Pass to Owin Valley, where my car was. We drove to the Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Lab (SNARL), where we left my salamanders in a fridge, and camped at some nearby hot springs.