J.G. Hall 1952 21 June Sagehen Creek, Nevada Co., Calif. 10 AM. Started upstream from camp (at the springs) looking for beaver signs. Lots of aspen, all sizes untouched all the way up to the old trestle. Ground still very damp + marsly in places. Patches of snow left here & there in deep shade. Stream v. high. Aspen very thick still and about 1/2 mile or so we came upon what must be the large, new colony Bob Hoff- man + Eli Dietrich have been referring to. Some signs of win- ter cutting and a good deal of recent cutting. One 10" aspen cut so recently that the new leaves (most of the aspen are still in new leaf, the largest about 3/4 max. size) were still unwilted. The tree lay where it fell and the beavers had strip- ped off much of the bark on the basal section up to about the 20' mark. According to what the lit. says, the young, upper sections of bark are supposed to be favored over tough old