P. Brysio 1982 Journal 3.6 mi E, 10.1 mi N. Amboy, San Bernardino Co., Calif. March 19 8pm Arrived here round 5 pm, having driven from Irvine, California. Left Irvine round # 11:30 am drove north Hwy 55 -> 91 -> 60 -> Interstate 10 -> Hwy 62 -> Twenty nine Palms : Adolee Rd -> Amboy Rd -> Amboy -> "old Nat'l Trail Hwy" -> Kelbaker Rd. And here I sit in the van, parked on an earth access road, which leaves Kelbaker Rd 1mi S q Hwy 40, to the west. Round 500 yds west q the pump station. Upon arrival I set 150 Sherman in 8 transects among the creosote - desert scrub habitat. Many washes cut the landscape slightly there (none forms a true channel -- no, perhaps one which now has a bank 4 ft above the channel bed. The storm over the last 3 days no doubt moved a lot q sand here. No standing water anywhere in vicinity but ground is moist. The terrain slopes South at 3-7° and the habitat is uniformly q moderate to sparse canopy cover q creosote and other xeric plants (shrubs). The cyucca mi vicinity. Creosote is dominant, Standing at height q 3-6 ft (occasionally 7 or 8 ft.), The ground is gravelly to coarse sandy. Small boulders dot the landscape. Rodent burrows are in abundance at the bases of the shrubs. The habitat appears quite good for D. marriami, though not D. deserti. Probably P. longimuris a few P. formosus as well. The biggest