Cogswell 1949 Journal 67 Big Lagoon, Humboldt Co., Calif. Aug. 18 At 6:35 a.m. I walked from camp up Maple Creek valley and canyon, going via the "pasture" just S. of our camp & thence along the road which crosses the bridge 1/2 mi. from camp for a short distance. Finding it continued thru spruce-alder forest with alder & willow along the stream, I returned to the bridge & went up the canyon of Maple Creek proper via the road following W. of it. This road continues about 1 mi. upstream from the bridge where it ends in a series of gravel & dirt workings, both in the stream bed & on some terraces on the mountainside just to the west. After the first 1/2 mile or less the vegetation is that of recovery from logging & burning & is predominantly Epilobium angustifolium, Petros aquila, with alnus rubra & salix sp. in the slightly lower draws & even occasional aler macro- phylum. Baccharis pilularis, and Rubus parviflorus & R. vitifolius form thickets on the canyon bottom & lower slopes. Scrophularia sp. and various composites, including an everlasting, are abundant also. Dr. Miller says he was told by Hammond Timber Co. officials that this area was logged 5-6 years ago, and burned 3 years ago. In the dusty road within the first 2/3 mile from the road junction I saw tracks of the following animals: Cuniculus americanus ( [illegible] ), Procyon lotor, snakes, rabbits, Saphortyx californicus, and unidentified rodents.