TROCHET, JOHN 1989 journal Juni Adrian Reservation McKinley Co. New Mexico July 30 trees emerged by saplings. Near the NE margin of the woodland, (Crit) marking the site of a dwelling formerly gone without trace, is a stand of 12-15 Tamarack Poplars, 50-60 ft tall, the tallest trees in the bosque. Scattered through the woodland are Siberian Elms, usually as understory trees of 15-25 ft height. In two places the woodland has grown to pure stands of Tamarix, which is also scattered at low density elsewhere. Also scattered more sparsely are Russian olives. There are several understory woody plants, including New Mexico olive, a few junipers, and several I can't identify. Western wheatgrass grows sparsely over woodland margins from there, parti- cularly near sunny borders, support good growths of Virginia creeper. Until a fire June 11 this year (detected a letter from David Cleary, a friend residing here), the one extensive interior opening was a park-like area near the west end of the bosque. In years past this was an area of entirely herbaceous growth, cropped closely by cattle which ranged the area. However, the cattle were removed in late 1985, and the "park" is being claimed by coyote willow mostly, the baseroot growth in the park diminishes this year by thistle, wild sunflower and cobblesburn. Other years grasses are more abundant than. The fire has scorched many trees in the N E central parts of the bosque, and destroyed much of its southern marginal trees. How much recovery there may be in the N E central parts remains to be seen. The stream through the bosque meanders over a wide area, and each new flood brings a change of course in the W part of the bosque. In the E, the Rio Juni is confined to a gravel-named channel, with large cottonwoods along its creek; and near the stream crossing by the road to Gallup, there