P. Brylaxi 1987 Journal 6 mi [illegible] Panoche along County Rd J1 San Benito Co., Calif. Elev ~ 1750' 26 July 1230am Left Berkeley and drove south on Hwy 17 to Santa Cruz where I met up with several friends on Natural Bridges State Beach. My companion and assistant on this trip, Linda Clark, was there. We left Santa Cruz round 4 pm, headed south on 1, east on 129, south on 25, and south on County Road J1. We searched for an hour or so along J1 for a suitable trapping site. The problem is one of limited access into these hills. The roads to all ranches are blocked by locked gates. Several owners I approached denied access to us. Fire danger. General unfriendliness to strangers. Finally we settled upon this site - the McCullough Brothers property - posted with no trespassing signs of their names. We trespassed else we would not have left with any animals. The site here is hilly, slopes commonly 15-40°. Typically the canyons are grassland, upon which graze horse & cattle. Up from the grassland [annual], 6-18" tall but occasionally stubble due to recent harvest or heavy grazing) are oaks of unknown species (live oak anyway), digger pine, chaparral scrub - Eriogonum, chamise (Artemisia), and on the hill tops, Juniper trees. The eriogonum is all in bloom - all apparently the same species with a pink inflorescence, multi-florted standing