Thompson Bryce Nat'l. Park. June 3, 1931. Podunk Point trip with Cope & Dixon. saw 10 porcupines crossing the meadow in 3 days. Cattle men & Forest Service rangers kill porcupines wherever they see them, & are instructed to do so. From Podunk Point, we looked down into a pine, aspen & chaparral clad valley on the east side of the cliffs. This is partly in the newly acquired park territory, and here sheep are to be grazed under Forest Service supervision. 2700 sheep graze in this area. Cougar range around the rim here & are said to be a menace to the sheep. The sheepmen want the Park Service to trap or otherwise kill the cougars in order to make sheep grazing in the park & adjacent to it safe. No action has been taken yet. I, personally, see no justification for such a move. Cougar trapping here last year resulted in 1 cougar being caught. It was still lying across a log near the natural bridge.