Thomas 7 April Indian Cave, Joshua Tree Nat'l Mon., San Bernardino Co., Calif. 3,000 ft. While eating lunch about 1 p.m. we noticed a small grayish rodent come out of a hole under a shrub (Laurca ?) 35 ft from us and nibbled at the base of a forb 10" high. After short 5 sec. + dashes the critter cut the plant down and tossed it - backwards and head first into the burrow. No fresh dirt about the hole - color of soil bleached white-gray decomposed granite. after several more forags - Jim shot the pacher gopher - nm 8 683