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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