W. Riemer 1952 Journal 30 May Calif: vicinity lake Almanor, Plumas Co. Bwiefel and I, driving my suburban, left Berkeley 0720 arrived at Chico 1100. Continued directly on to Butte Meadows just off State Hwy 32. Objective here as well as all other stops of trip to collect Rana boylii and Triturus. Butte Meadows consists of extensive areas of open marshy grassy ground along tributaries of Big Butte Creek. Creek itself is now a boiling torrent. Only a single Triturus taken, no Rana but did take 1 Thamnophis elegans vagrans, an oddly blade, narrow headed form as compared to those I remember from the Great Basin, snake had a trout in gut; several oddly yellow green Gernhanotus coerulescens, several Hyla, an Ensatina eschscholtzii platensis. Scleropus gracilis common in very open sunny areas but apparently dacking in meadow areas and in shade of forest. Meadows in typical transition zone with incense cedar, yellow pine, Douglas Fir all common. Spent several hours in area then drove NE 5 miles to Joneville beyond which road closed by snow. More extensive boggy meadows with Jeffrey and lodgepole pine. Returned to Highway 32 by dirt road running W from