P. Brylski Journal 10 mi. W. Benton Hot Springs along Hwy 120 Mono Co., Calif. 3 Sept. 8:30 am left Josy Lang's house in Sacramento w/ the intention of trapping heteromyids in Mono Co. Same night. Between the traffic in S. Lake Tahoe and my car's snail pace through the mountains, I hit Benton Hot Springs a bit later than expected ~ 5 pm. Route of travel was Hwy 50 -> Tahoe -> Pony Express Hwy to 395, -> Hwy 120 East -> Benton. At this locality I noted favorable habitat -- and the Chrysothamnus is blooming here. But I drove to Benton H.S. hoping for even better conditions near the megacephalus gilsonius type locality (2 mi S. Benton Station). Didn't make it that far before I decided this was the best place to trap, to the east several miles are alkali sinks -- Antelope Lake being one of them. Unfortunately I couldn't drive out that far on the earth road -- the soils here are very sandy to gravelly. My VW would not have made it. Instead I'm camped at the stock tank in the section noted above. Habitat is sagebrush - rabbitbrush scrub. Plant height is ~ 40-50 cm, quite uniform in height, density and species composition over much of the area. The terrain slopes gently to the east, to the edge of the alkali flats, where a low chain of hills rise several thousand feet above the flats