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Hofner, ms.
1974
Journal
31 August (cont.)
9.5 mi. N. Johannesburg, 200 m. E of
Trona Rd, San Bernardino Co., 3200' Caly
1600 - We walked through the low
hills 2 W of camp to the locality
where we had previously observed
gopher diggings (shown to us by
David Hofner). We set 4 live traps
of the "McNeil" type down gopher
holes which showed recent digging.
We later returned to camp and
set out:
1) 100 live traps to be
checked hourly through the
night.
2) The remaining 74 live traps
to be checked once in the
morning and
3) 90 Snap-traps to collect
a monthly sample for David
I. Hofner and Diane Hofner.
I checked the traps throughout the
night. There was a full moon
the entire night and the wind was
approximately 1 MPH with gusts to
3-4 MPH the entire night. The
results of the trapping are on the