J.G. Hall 1953 93 June 6 Soghen Creek, 3 mi. NW Hobart Mills, Nevada Co., Calif. of alders. 7:45 definitely found a dam farther up still. This is the spot I suspected earlier this afternoon. A Tremendous deadfall forms part of it. Aspen supply only fair on S slope & shows both spring & winter cutting. This may be start of a new colony be the 2 yr old written from one of the downstream colonies. Two deer. June 7 Upper colony. Cold, raw, snowing & raining intermittently. Lots of new work. Marking chart: D X ^ 2 III 4 1 6 II 7 1 11 1 1 (wiley) Dams all in v. good shape, main one sep. shows many fresh asp. logs added to it. Cutting mostly in med- um to large asp. near crouse on N shore. one 3' deep snow patch on N slope, others here & there but snow almost entirely gone. Many peeled sticks on pool bottom. Dead- fall dam in good shape, also true of a dam just below seabank. Lots of al- der use this winter. Light gray, 4" shrew zipped along shallow water 2" from shore & only 2' away from me. Near crossing tree a peculiar,