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E. M. Brock
1956
Journal
May 13 Dungeness Fish Hatchery: 500 ft, 4 mi. SSW Sequim Clallam Co., Wash.
The boats slowly "coming back to life." Dr. Benson took
10 more to prepare as skins while I took the
remains and weighed them; measured the
forearm checked the embryos and saved the
skulls only. Benson went out in the evenings to
set some more traps and came back with a
snowshoe rabbit he had shot. Set out three
steel traps in some mountain beaver
run ways in a small meadow...
May 14, Picked up the trap line this morning and retrieved
all specimens. Two water shrews had been caught
near a weir across the Dungeness River. Also
other
Two other species were caught. A mountain Beaver
was caught in one of the steel traps. Preparing the
shrews took all morning and preparing the
mountain beaver took all afternoon. Twenty
traps have been set out tonight around and
on the weir crossing the River.
May 15 Elwha River, 3/4 mi. SW Olympic Highway (Sec 33, T30N, R7W) Clallam Co., Wash
No animals were caught in the 20 traps that had been
placed on the weir at the Dungeness hatchery. A
crow was caught in a steel trap that had been
placed out for raccoon. It had been attracted
by the intestines that (from the snowshoe
rabbit) which had been used as bait. At about
1:00 o'clock we broke camp and went to
Port Angeles and from there to the Elwha