P Bryski 1985 Journal Freeman Cyn, 2 mi below Walker Pass, Kern Co., Calif remain at this elevation, though at higher elevations in the surrounding hills, snow is abundant. Gopher sign from the snow-pack days is in abundance, as at Rose Valley. Here and there are fresh mounds, indicating that there's been little recent activity. I set 15 sets of live-traps, most of them consisting of 2 traps/station. I stayed pretty close to the spur road going up Freeman Cyn (parallel to Hwy 178), so that I might easier find them at night. 6pm It's getting dark now and I've checked & rechecked the traps for activity. Several gophers responded to the challenge of an open burrow, but most did not, yet. No captures. 8pm Still no captures. 9pm Checked and reset trapes for last time tonight. I've reset nearly everyone, since the gophers are still out-witting me. Off to Inyokern to spend the night. 11pm had dinner at "Two Sisters Plus One" in Inyokern but no rooms to let. Convention time they say. So I drove back thru Freeman Cyn to Weldon, where I found a motel off the south side of the Hwy. $ 14.00 + tax. 24 Jan 9am Checked traps. 2 live captures, 1 frozen juvenile f. Swollen vteri, as at Rose Valley. Most of the other traps had been sit off. It seems the doors weren't closing all the way. Perhaps because of pushing the traps against the