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Culbreath
1942
S. Fork Mt Hmi N. Mod River Rock, 3100 fut Trinity Co, Calif.
Jan 17
In th Douglas Fir good number of Crops
are working. In general few birds were
seen today possibly due to the wind.
Jan. 18.
This AM I left camp at 8:00 and worked
down th slope to the river. Fifty feet above
th river I checked two of my still sets
for Bobcats and then continued up th
river for about one mil. The country is
divided by low rounded ridges running
south west into the canyon bottom.
Manzanita and small pole size Douglas
fir from the cover on these ridges dividing
the ridges are small streams and gulies
that are in most cases grass covered, a
few as covered with Black Oak.
The ridge one mile east of camp that
I worked up to return to camp is about
90 % covered with Douglas Fir. The other
important associate species with the
Douglas Fir were Manzanita and some
Black Oak. Most of the trees are small pole
size with the exception of a small area
near th road. Hazelnuts and to a small
extent California dog wood from the only
brush under the timber. The manzanita
is found in the opening of the forest
canopy.
200 feet above the river I found a skeleton