Teresa / J. 1991 Journal Bower Creek Wildlife Management Area, 10 mile NE Cañon City, Thomson Ct., Colorado. Elevation 6100 ft. June 19-23 dbr typical. Tree reproduction has recently been good with (cout) many small trees and saplings also present. Peach-leaf willow was also fairly common as a co-dominant, less common was box elder, and these were generally smaller trees. Labraty shrubs were distributed in frequent thick clumps the length of the explored riparian zone (about 600 yards). These included squawbush, currant, wild rose, and crypts willows. With the exception of a well-worn fisherman's trail, the ground elsewhere was heavily grown to 6-15" grasses and great clover, immediate with a scattering of other wildflowers. Away from the riparian zone, green grassy fields on gently rolling slopes covered the ground between the creek and two fence line just south of the road, punctuated here and there with scattered, mostly medium sized brooklime and cottonwoods. Between the parking lot and the creek was an old shack and broken down corral. The fencing near too shack and the south side of the shack itself was overgrown with Virginia creeper. The surrounding uplands were not explored or carefully studied floristically. They were seem- ingly dominated by Colorado Penyon & Junipers sp. North of the creek, the slope also had some scattered ponderosa pines. These pines grow most abundantly in a drainage south of the parking lot. The creek itself was quite crowded today with trout fishermen. I didn't see any fire token. After supper I set up four sight nets, but did not open them since little day- light remained. Weather at Bower Creek WMA June 19 was partly cloudy.