P. Davis 1949 Berkeley, Alameda Co., Calif. to Red's Meadow, 7500 ft., Sierra Nat'l For., Alameda Co., Calif. June 27, 1949 Left Berkeley 0030 (midnight+30) Monday a.m., and arrived at Red's Meadow, via Sonora Pass, at 11:30 p.m. Found our old camp site open and moved in. At an early supper and then went to get our fire permit at about 5:40. The ranger is Mr. Verret, who was here last year. He remembered me. Conversation with him brought out the following. The road from Red's Mammoth Lakes P.O. to Red's Meadow is usually open by the 10th - 15th of June. This year the first party came in on May 27, the earliest in several years. The early opening was to establish a road camp at Agnew's Meadow, and work is in progress on a road from Agnew's to Red's which would eliminate the most dangerous section of the present road. The snowfall has been subnormal in this area the last few years, but last year's was about normal. However, the weather this spring & summer has been far warmer than normal, and in spite of heavier winter snows, there is less snow now than last year at this time. A state forester came in after we left last fall, and went to work on the serinids, especially Tidelus veldingi, with a view to eliminating serinids around camp sites from the standpoint of disease hazard.