P. Brylski 1987 Journal ~16 mi. N. Jolon along County Rd G14, Fort Hunter Liggett, Monterey Co., Calif Elev. 2200' 30 July The road maps show the Jolon grade connecting Jolon and King City on County rd 14. We learned from a horse rancher that the road doesn't connect - it washed out several years back & hasn't been rebuilt. So we decided to find a suitable spot on the fort & take our chances. We settled on a camp at Milpitas Reservoir, a water hole used for fishing (also called Hunter- Liggett to Fishing Hole) & set traps in the chaparral to the east a mile or so. To get here take County Rd G,14 N. from Jolon . It becomes an earth road eventually and is then called Mission Creek Rd. Take this to Milpitas Rd & follow the turnoff for Milpitas Reservoir. From the reservoir follow the road (earth still) 1-mi or so east. Our dens are set in the chaparral just north of the road. The area here is quite pleasant. Short (grayed) annual grassland in the valley floors dotted by individual oaks. Moving upslope from the floor to continuous oak woodland covering gentle 5-15° slopes & some digger pine, alove the oak woodland, on the hilltops & steeper (10-35°) slopes is chamise. The chamise is well-developed: 2-3 m tall, in many places forming very dense thickets. Fire roads (GI maneuver access Rds?) provide convenient access to the chamise habitat interior. This chaparral habitat is quite extensive here. Goes on for miles. Soils are compacted w/ some organic content lower in elevation but gravelly, rocky, or sandy higher ups. Lark, scrub-jays