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Thompson
Quinault
April 28, 1934
leave a certain watershed during the course
of a day and wander over to the next stream.
Toward evening a bear would come out of
its day's sleep at the original elk site,
pick up the elk trail by scent
and follow the trail as a dog would
do until it comes up to the band again - this, the antics of the
fawn eating bear.
Martens, skunks, fisher have been
trapped for years in the Olympics. Fishers
and martens are now rare in the
moment. Most of them were
trapped out of the monument 15 years
ago! Cougars are the worst enemy
of martens. When the snow is deep,
martens in crossing open areas
are easily caught and killed by
cougars.
Otters are common along streams
of the region. A few years ago on the
Skamptupips, otter were not trapped
for several years. Trout below the
dam were practically cleaned out
by the otters.
Coyotes. Coyotes have never been
on the west side of the mountains,
to Olson's knowledge. A few years
ago a forest fire on the east side
somewhere in the Rosewallips region,