J.G.Hall 1952 June 27 Sagehen Creek, 3 mi. NW Hobart Mills, Nevada Co., Calif. some typical-looking sprouts by counting nodes & growth rings and they were 3-4 years old. We'll have to do this more system- atically later & see if we can tell when the stumps were first cut. Only question is: how soon after being cut do sprouts begin? If these sprouts are 3 years old not counting this year's growth, the stumps were cut in 1948 or earlier. Small branches of small l'poles have been bark- ed clear to tips in some cases. Probably porley work. Beaver don't seem to be cutting these small aspen sprouts at all, don't know why not. This past winter when snow was deep they cut some 3 & 4 inch trees as far as 30 yds from water and as high as 10' from the ground. Lodge con- structed around a giant fallen l'pole on north shore. A feeding pile of aspen logs (peeled) lies on shore. Very little but these con- torted aspens seems to be able to