337. this afternoon, (several hundred plants counted) and found about 2 dead to every one alive, and the live plants have had a great percentage of dead branches on them. The Quercus which is alive and recovering shows close brows; Perhaps 75% of the new growth has been utilized. This is considered by Jylander to be approximately normal utilization. But it should be remembered that this is 75% utilization of the remaining 20% of the normal range. Hence in round figures, the range should support at present only about 1/5 of the normal deer population. By "normal utilization" I think Jylander means that utilization which will allow of range recovery. However it seems to me that "normal" utilization should apply to sustained yield of an undamaged aged range; and that utilization of the present reduced range should be enough less than "normal" to allow of recovery from range improvement. The Soyalas region is reported to be the cougar area of the