Dempson Bogachiel Guard Station to Calawah River & Return April 25, 1934. Marie picked up 5 bobcat and 1 cougar droppings today. We saw no tracks, howe- ver elk tracks numerous all the way. Browse abundant, especially vine maple, huckle- berry (most of this), and some salmon berry. Deer tracks seen only a few times. There was no sign of over-browsing which I could detect, although numerous signs of browsing. A salmon, 1 perhaps 2 ft. long was playing in Calawah River by trail crossing. Certainly there is no scarcity of browse in the woods at present, but this has been a mild winter with early spring. It is reported that snow is abundantly found all over region we have covered this time of year. During dead of winter I imagine food in the forest would be scarce for deer & elk. It is at such times that the reported starvation & over-browsing must take place. As one proceeds up rivers, notably the Hoh, underbrush thins out & disappears. Old timers say it has been killed out by elk. There is no remnant of it, but than wood rots rapidly in this damp forest. The question is: Has this been done by elk, or if it a normal transition from brushy to open forest?