Journal, v4151
Page 389
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Wm S. Richardson 1935. General Account. traps and are Mole traps. The major portion of the traps were set along the stream side and on the moist hillsides. In general the country here would be described as the basic Sierra, wooded principally with Quercus engelmannii. Along the rivers are willows, cottonwood, and near by are numerous buckeyes. On some areas there are patches of chaparral (Live oak, Manzanita etc.) but these are not large in area due to the shading of the oaks. There are also many granitic rock outcrops especially on the south facing slopes of the canyon and in these I observed many wood rat signs. There is a trapper in the canyon who has a gray fox skin under the automobile tires. Dec 21 4mi NE Springville, 2800 ft. Tulare Co, Calif. From the traps this morning I took 6 gophers, 1 mole, and 14 Peromyscus. Removed 25 small mouse traps and reset some of the gopher and rat traps. Don did not get anything in the