Pearson-1992 21 December 10- Conference with Gustavo Iglesias re. S.N.A.P. (Sociedad Naturalista Andino Patagonica). Lunch with Michael and Patricia. Nature Conservancy has expressed interest in their group. Eleda Bettinelli came by, and Werner and Joanna. The new Peace Corp person planning an Interpretative Center for Puerto Blest is Tamara Olson. Ellen and Glenn, her predecessors who left abruptly, apparently "didn't work out". Met the photographer Jorge Olaverry at his exhibit in the Natural History Museum. December 11.- Bariloche. Temp. mild, overcast all day. Visited Ecotono in the morning. They had pellets from the airport, but tiny, with bird remains and two lower jaws of ?Ako. xantho? Pygmy owl? or kestrel? The stomach of the Notiomys contained only pieces of small arthropods, including a few small legs. Some white "meat", no recognizable plant parts. December 12.- Bariloche. Cloudy, mild. Drove up Cerro Otto to our bamboo patches. The meadow along the road is lush with tall green grass, dandelions in seed, etc. Lots of tuco diggings. A few clumps of bamboo with several but not all of the culms dead, severed at the rhizome or above the rhizome by tucos. Note that they die if they have been severed, even if there is a significant piece of rhizome still attached. The marked clump in the woods (A2) had a couple of dozen new green shoots. Al out in the open had no new green shoots although it did have two live yearlings, so it still has the potential to produce some more shoots. Michael Christie came by in the evening. He had been trapping with Eileen Lacey while they caught a sociabilis along the Limay. The traps are wire mesh with an electric beeper that goes off when the trap shuts. He also brought an adult male Reithrodon carcase that he had found dead near the trapping place. No visible external damage except blood from the mouth. When skinned, however, it had broken back, thoracic punctures, and broken skull. December 13.- Bariloche. Broken clouds, windy. Drove to the Llao Llao Peninsula and looked at bamboo. Lots of new shoots on most plants. More limbs fallen. December 14.- Bariloche. Temp. 53. clear. Worked on Volcan Hudson report. Dinner with Jorge Vallerini and Patricia. He says that INTA has done exclosures in steppe habitat and that the result was that the existing plants got bigger. Period. December 15.- Bariloche Temp. 56, clear. Went to INTA and talked with Carlos Lopez about the Hudson eruption. He agrees that there must have been a lot of eruptions in recent years and that ash-in-the-air might be the "normal" condition. Met the new Peace Corp volunteer,