Chris tinson 1959 8 March Pinnacles National Monument, San Benito Co., Cal. Al Galvin, Susan and I left Berkeley at 6:45 a.m. and arrived at the Pinnacles Monument about 9: a.m. The hills of San Benito Valley - were green with short grass and with many Quercus douglasii in the rolling to flat areas - few Q. agrifolia. The canyon & stream valley into the monument is studded with deciduous oaks. A decrepit farm house sits on an isolated mound that certainly appears to be an Indian mound. The hills are open brush-grass to areas of pure oak woodland. The monument - lower elevations - open brush & grass with many deciduous oaks and in some places P. sabiniana. The shrubs are Ericogonum fosculatum, Artemisia Calif., Salix melanifera - mixed amounts of Chamise. The north facing slopes are luxuriant with much Margarita, chamise, Cercocarpus (?), Ceanothus, etc. Coast Live Oaks and P. saba. The higher elevations had to be Chamise with much Margarita (A. glauca ?) which form two - after 10'N slope. I saw no evidence of fire in here. The Margarita indicated no spreading. We took the circular trail - caves, Bear Brush Reservoir, High Peak trail and down to Blue Gulch - about 5 1/2 mi. Very enjoyable & fairly easy over very rough country. The country to the NW from Grand Peak shows evidence of fires in the brush. Turkey Vultures and white throated swifts were