east slope of the Cascades. Elk season is open this year because the Forest Service wants the area for domestic grazing. Richard says the Forest super- visor said so. Cougar: five were killed by Clear Creek last winter. Grouse holding their own but "big hawks" after them. Richards kills as many hawks as he can. The hawks may be Goshawk or Swainson or even Redtail, he didn't know. At the top of Cowlitz Divide, 4800 ft., we saw 3 Sooty Grouse in and near a patch of Mt. Ash. The ash berries were very bright & abundant. Just over the divide, on the west slope, we came upon a- wolf track, 4 1/4 inches long 3 3/4 wide pad 2 1/2" wide. The tracks was clear cut, pointed & with a pointed pad. It could not have been a cougar's track, and it was much too large for coyote. There are no dogs in this region.