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J. G. Hall
1952
July 4 Sagehen Creek, 3 mi. NW Hobart Mills, Nevada Co., Calif.
12:15 PM. Followed path past roadside colony
down to large colony found July 2. Some
10 & 11" aspens below the main dam. Well-
worn path from stream below dam
to 12" aspen felled roughly parallel
to creek & 10' from it. Upper part
lodged in another aspen but main
trunks still parallel to ground & thus
available to beavers.
Bark stripped
from lower side.
Rapouche's
nest hole in stream-side aspen 12'
from ground. Several large aspen,
one 14-15" diam., have beaver tooth
marks about 18" from ground. Will
check to see if these trees are ever
cut. Impression of youngness of
pond again confirmed by presence
of many impounded pines which
would have been dead by now if
the colony had been long established.
Some show signs of dying. Great
stand of dead lodgepoles about 500
yds. below this colony which made
me suspect another colony but no
colony or sign of one could be found.