Field notes, v510
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Behle 1934 231 Sehman Cr, @500 ft., Snake mts. White Pine co., Nevada. Sept. 18, 1934 temporary appointment. Does not impress me favorably. Knows little about the birds or country and talks wildly. About 3 miles up Sehman Cr. are some baracks which are the quarters a relief project under forestry supervision. They are building a road up to the lakes five miles beyond the public camp. Around the cave entrance and vicinity are junipers and Pinon pines. Up Sehman Cr. you have willows and aspens along the stream side with now and then a patch of yellow pine. Up the center of the canyon and on the south facing slope is a heavy stand of Mt. Mahogany extending up away beyond the public camp. On the north-facing slope is a dense stand of yellow pine and White Fir with some Douglas Fir and probably Engleman Spruce. There are scattered patches of aspens, especially in gulley floors. The slopes are quite rocky, entirely so above timber line. This morning I progressed up than the Mahogany's. Junipers were