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J.D. Anderson
1958
Journal
June 6
Berkeley to Modoc Co., Calif.
Left Berkeley at 12:30 pm. Drove out US 40 to Woodland turnoff then into US 99 W. Followed 99W north to Redding's.
5pm
Held up 15 min for good work. Ate supper in Redding then took 99 NE towards Canby. A very good road. Drove thru Biggs Pine-Blue Oak belt for quite a while. Soon after climbing we hit Yellow Pine, Incense Cedar & Doug. Fir. Juniper & sage came in soon to make a rather strange mixture of plant types. Stopped for the night just below (W.) Hatchet Summit. Actual locality 7mi. W. Burney, 4200ft., Shasta Co., Calif. Got 2 Amblystoma macrodactylum & 2 Rhenconotus croceolures dry turning logs & bark. After dark I hunted for frogs & salamanders with no luck. Light showers throughout evening. War'd & red hunted owls with no luck. Did not hear any. At 10 pm a loud chorus of Coyotes sounded off on ridges all around. Want to bed with that sound in our ears.
June 7.
Burney to 10 mi. W. Canby, Modoc Co., Calif.
Up at 5:30 am. Drove over Hatchet summit and had breakfast in Burney. The country from Burney to Canby is diverse. Many open plots of Juniper & Artemisia, interspersed between mixed Yellow Pine-Juniper forest. Lots of water in all meadows. Bill River is way high. Stopped in Canby for gas. Saw local Forest Rangers. They told us that the old campsite at Hoehnne was non-existent & directed us to a new camp at Cottonwood. Ranger said that they have seen