Field notes, v656
Page 317
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Erickson 1935 Klamath and vicinity, Del Norte Co., Calif. present or not. Made 10 sets, seven in pastures, three in hay fields; one in black sand, two in reddish brown loam, rest in gray loam. Pasture with usual vegetation, fine grass, plantain, dandelion, yellow and white clover, dock, etc., mostly under six inches in height. Hay field recently cut. Mounds scarce in fields, and mostly old in pasture; more numerous and fresher where meadows along creek give way to forested hillside. In afternoon took five gophers; other sets untouched, made one new set in gray sand in hay field. June 10. Took two gophers from beats; one in hay field taken up; three filled in, opened and reset; made six new sets, one in pasture set in slope at edge; one in open hole took gopher while I was setting others. Late afternoon from sets in pasture took one gopher, took up one of sets. Went to Chapman's ranch on south side of Klamath River. Place is 3 miles by road from Klamath, is on hills above rising steeply from the ocean, about 1 mile south of the mouth of the Klamath. Mr. Chapman reported taking an occasional gopher in garden, but considered them rare. Looked through pastures without finding many gopher mounds, and the ones found not very fresh; made 5 sets; holes in all but one small, scarcely large enough to set traps, elevation estimated at 200 ft. Mr. Chapman has a bison, secured from Curcul (Park?), which runs with cattle. Soil light reddish brown; plants usual ones + large clumps of lupine.