Alaska field notes, v4411
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was a patch of windfall, about a half mile wide and three quarters of a mile long which was one of the worst that we had found yet; and that was saying a good deal. A new growth lead spring upcovering the old dead tree trunks and had grown so thick that it was impossible to see more than 10 or 20 feet in any direction. Bears found easy places to make nice dry beds under the upturned tree trunks, and we judged from the various sized tracks that there were at least 10 bears staying in that one patch of windfall. From this patch there were broad (1 1/2 to 3 ft.) well trodden trails leading down to the creek along which were various other smaller trails going in almost every direction. The bottom of the creek was also all tracked up where the bear had been catching salmon