Field notes, v654
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Engler 1936 W side Truckee R, 4900ft, 1/2 mi W Verdi, Washoe Co., Nev. July 3 General description of first camp The camp site was in a narrow meadow about 100 yds south of the New State Fish hatcheries. The meadow ran N+S. On the W side was a low hill with a few scattered pines & aspens. Beyond this hill was a small vale in the center of which was a reservoir for the Fish Hatchery. The E side of the camp was bordered by a row of aspens which bordered the Truckee River. At the south end of the meadow was a grove of pines. Just N of the fish hatchery was a boggy pasture land bordered on one side, E, by the river & on the W by a low hill both covered with boulders & artemesia. Ground squirrels were seen in this habitat. (No mammals als were seen in the boggy pasture). W of this small hill was another larger hill covered with pines. It was in these pines that the chipmunk was taken. The weather throughout our stay was warm but not uncomfortably so. The afternoon & evening of July 1 there was