Journal TROCHET, J. 1970 Padremanagot Valley from Piko to Lower Padremanagot Lake Junior Co., Nevada. Elevation approx 3500 ft. August 10 goldfinches, and I found lots of them, especially in the (coit) of Red Springs. At the National Wildlife Refuge, I fell as on a picnic table and slept for two hours, when a refuge w came by. I asked him how I might get permission to use on one of the properties bordering the stream in the valley, Cotton. He referred me to Ed Sharp, postmaster in El Mr. Sharp suggested contacting Edwin Higby at Burns Ranch I went to the ranch and, after speaking to his son, was Mr. Edwin Higby, who readily assented to my collecting the goldfinches on his property. I had already set up a cage at the National Wildlife Refuge, with the permission of the F officer I met, so I went back to fester my mist nets and set up 2 nets in promising spots and returned to my c In the Padremanagot Valley runs the White River, which is near Ely in the White Pine Mountains and terminates at Lower Padremanagot Lake. Its local summer flows are due to three large springs between Piko and Red Spring, last being the largest. The valley is almost entirely devoted to cattle ranching, with lots of irrigated alfalfa fields. are numerous cottonwood along the stream course and several trees, mostly large old trees without understory, where along the floodplain. There are some fallen fields, most are irrigated around Piko and just above Ash Spring to the source of Upper Padremanagot Lake. Weather today are hot, temps 70-100°F. No wind. Clear early, turning off mostly by 10:00. Thunder clouds began &