Journal Providence Bay N.Slope Alaska 25 July (cont'd) @ my 26 June notes for listing of his vegetation units. It looks as if we will be able to deal with most of them, although he has obviously brought a different eye to the problem than that of an ornithologist. The clutuchman, for example, between M2 and M4 seems to rely largely on the basis of the presence of 2 mosses: M2 = Drepanocladus crepidiformis, M4 = Scopadium scoparium. Skip has difficulty at times telling these 2 apart. But M2 maims (given this line between M2 + M4) between a fairly rich stand of Carex spp., Eriophorum ang., Pedicularis sudetica, Salix arctica, Salix lanata, Saxifraga cernua, etc. (including Drepanocladus plus other mosses) to something barren save a mat of Drepanocladus, Carex spp. and a few scattered herbs such as P. sudetica. His physical appearance at this end of the spectrum is essentially - virtually - M4, except for Drepanocladus. I may change his categories a bit to correct this. Otherwise most is straightforward. It may be splitting to finely in separating out the Bad F site (M1, U1) because of the increased range of lichens - particularly Ochrolechia thure. Birdwise today there was little of note. Stocking Phloxia dominica continued to move past. Junivula C. pusilla are on the tundra, and beginning to appear in groups along lake shore margins. P. Ph. lobatus are flocking but also some still molt. P. Ph. fuliginans largely gone, with juveniles fuliginans becoming more apparent. C. melanotica in environment, with occasional 49 coming in to molt: no juveniles yet. C. himantopus has appeared in a flight by Deadhorse. Weather today was sunny with a strong E wind. Temp ~ 45-50°. 26 July spent another day in field w/ Walker. weather atrociously Barrowesque, with fog and strong E wind dominating: One saving grace compared to Barrow was warmer temperature - in mid 40's so that properly gabled the wind did not suck it out of you. We visited Drill site 2-[Little Pat River], West Dock, and East Dock. Most of team went to measuring these depths, with Bob Dave + I helping @D myself with wandering around collecting Carex spp. Birding was next to impossible with the wind and fog. there wasn't that much around anyways: flacks of Phloxia dominica, Caledris pumila and Phalegus lobatus. Spent the evening discussing the Providence area with Skip. I convinced him it was botanically useful to think about "regions" in the Providence Area, and try to delineate them. He did so on map on opposite page. 3 river regions- Sag, Pat + Ryp, with the first somewhat confined by the extreme sand dune dominated area, and itself a distinct region: sand dunes. There are 3 other regions,