Thompson 129. Zion National Park May 28, 1931 Trip with Woodbury or floor of valley. Hard rain all night every thing wet this morning. But the season is unusually dry and early this year. No snow on top of the rims. About 10:00 AM this morning rain set in & continued for 2 hours. We saw many deer tracks down along the stream behind the stables leading up into the canyon which comes right there. The deer cross the stream especially in this locality. The Deciduous chaparral is very dense and green in this region, and provides excellent covers for browse for the deer. Woodbury & others have seen Mt. Sheep in the Carmel Highway Canyon. It were reported there in one band. Woodbury thinks they occur all through this rough region. Beaver used to be in the Canyon. Woodbury is considering whether they could be re-introduced. The area is so small and the shade so important that it does not seem feasible to me. Woodbury thought it would be well if they were limited to one family. This is the Colorado River Beaver,