Trachet, J 1992 Journal Little Colorado River 6.5 miles W of Holbrook Navajo Co Arizona Elevation 5150 ft July 27-29 visiting the Schweiners in Utah before pushing on through Capitol Reef, (CoRt) across Glen Canyon, Monument Valley, Kayenta, Mooney Farms, Chinle, Navajo, Chambers and finally to Holbrook where I spent the night in a motel. Before dawn I returned to a place on the south side of the river that I scouted during my 19 visit, one mile downstream from my first field site. This place is reached by going west from Holbrook 10 miles to Joseph City, S across river at Wonderland Zone, to junction t a paved road coming from S. Holbrook, turn left onto this road, back track- ing a short distance E as a dirt road going NE to a grove of cottonwoods visible in the distance. Riverenda map: JOSEPH CITY-3 MILES N TO JOSEPH CITY WILLIAMS X-NET SITES TAMARISK GRAVE LITTLE COLORADO R. COTTONWOODS COTTOWOODS PAVED ROAD- WAISH DIRT ROAD HOLBROOK-6.5 MILES OSCT TRAIL (PARALLELS A FENCE) 1 MILE TO HOLBROOK This area is a plain sloping gently to the south bank of the Little Colorado River, with a wash leaving intermittent surface water roughly, running parallel to the dirt road access to this wide grove. When the wash drains into the river, there is a grove of fairly large tamarisks, The grove extending away from the river some 70 yards along the wash, and scattered trees even farther. Upstream from the wash is a grove of mostly medium size cottonwoods (20-35') of about 3/8 mile in extent. The grove has a pretty understory of tamarisk, crypta willow, cresta-berry, and a few wildflowers. There are scattered large cottonwoods (40-45'), tamarisks (20-25') in the upriver grove & along the lower section of the wash. Otherwise, the vegetation is usual shrubs, mostly 2-5' tall, inclu-