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Thompson
(Note: error in p.numbers) 97
Interview with James Moffitt
Calif. Fish & Game March 25, 1931
Concerning Mt. Sheep
Robert Little, F.&G. warden at
Banning Calif. is one to ask about
sheep in the San Jacintos & vicinity.
He says there are 1500 Mt. Sheep/
on San Jacintos & south to borders,
Many others range across clear to
the Colorado River.
Ober, F.&G. warden at Big Pine
for data on Mt. Whitney Region:
Moffitt says: "Mount Form,
directly west of Round Valley
particularly the eastern slope,
holds upwards of 60 head of sheep
at all times. Most of the others
are found around Mt. Baxter saw
mill and Oak Creek farther west
of Independence."
Sheep are found also in:
White Mts., Home Stake Canyon,
Mt? Pine Mt., Beverage Mt., Marsha
Mt., Dead Canyon, Head of Willow
Creek, & on down as far as Cerro Gordo.