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Behle
1934
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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