J.G. Hall 1953 120 July 26 Sageshen Creek 3 mi. NW Hobart Mills, Nevada Co., Calif. guards the way they treat fir vs aspen. Aspen stumps almost always left un- touched + the trunk either cut + peeled or at least partially peeled but the with the bark of the upper trunks + smaller twigs being preferred but the firs are often barked completely in the lower trunks region without being felled: [barked drawing] or when felled the bark of the stump is almost always eaten and this practically never occurs w aspen. Even after being felled the bark of the upper smaller parts of fir is usually left untouched, the bark of larger diam being preferred. I don't know what this means but the beavers must have some craving for a certain material in the fir bark. This upstream area of current active cutting is continuous with the mole colony first identified on the N shore. Located chickadee's nest hole in asp on N shore of the mole colony where Mr. Miller had roughly lo- cated it yesterday. About a dozen brookies in main pond of the mole