S.B. Ruth Journal 7 Feb 107 Amphibian Collecting Trip 1/2 mi. NE Ellicott RR station Santa Cruz Co., Calif. wood fermites (small), meal worms, carabid like mollusc eating beetles. RCS would like to speculate the bottom of Ellicott pond may be close to the water table. Mr Marinovich says that water for agriculture comes from wells and runoff and that there tends to be a shortage of water for homes in the area during the summer. Over much of the year the area is foggy and the humidity high. Oak forest could be seen extending for a great distance from the hill E of the pond but was interrupted by farm- land. There has been talk of extending the KOA trailer park into the pond area but it is not doing well. Were it