Field notes, v577
Page 87
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Culbreath 1942 Jan 14 Willow Creek to South Fork Mt, Trinity Co, Cal/ West facing canyon has been heavily logged up high on the slopes. Log tangles of slash are prominent and the only large trees remaining on the logged area are the Big Cedar Cedars. This west facing slope is characterized with its association of Douglas Fir Black Oak and Myrtle. Associate species will include Canadus speciosum and Manzanita. From the mouth of the Mad River to Kabel the country is broken up into pasture lands. The elevation at Kabel is about 200 feet. Leaving Kabel the road is a graded dirt road to Maple Creek. The road at first climbs to 1350 feet through cut-over land of Douglas Fir and Redwood. Good reproduction has now come in on this area and in many places the trees are in locked thickets. All this property is fenced and posted by the lumber company at Kabel. Eight miles from Kabel the road forks, with the road to the east and left going to Snow Camp and the right road to Maple Creek. At the fork in road the land becomes opened up and is being farmed for about one mile towards Maple Creek. The road then descends from this open ridge to 750 feet when it crosses a good sized stream. Nine miles from Kabel the