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Ronto, Jean
2006
Journal
Aug. 2 Wapama Falls, Hatchetchy, Yosemite National Park, Juneau C., CA
I drove from Berkeley to Mariposa and then to Bridalveil to get my data logger, which I offloaded and pulled at 1455. The 140 was closed by a rockslide after Bridalveil so I couldn't get to my logger at Hite Cave from there. I stopped at my logger site at the Bear Creek tributary, pullout between Bridalveil and Midpines but could find no sign of my data logger- something must have happened to it. I drove back through Mariposa and then on 49 to Bagby, where I stopped to offload and pull my logger at 1610. Finally, I drove to Hatchetchy, where I camped.
After dinner I walked along the N side of the reservoir to Wapama Falls, arriving after dark. The flow was greatly diminished from when I was here in April 2005. I searched a small area on the E side of the falls where lots of water was flowing down the granite face, but found nothing from 2050-2105. I walked around to the W side of the falls and searched the spray zone which was quite wet and buffeted by spray, from 2127-2137 without success (37.76416°N, 119.76690°W [WGS84], 11m ase.), 1201m elev.). The habitat looked pretty good for salamanders, but there were few wet rock-on-rock areas, and not many cracks in the granite walls. I think the salamanders probably don't live here. I noticed that Jewelala Falls is now completely dry- it looked like a good site in April. The day was sunny and hot, and the night was clear.