92 Journal R.E.Johnson Aug.23 Anaconda-Pintlar Wilderness, Montana (cont.) personal on the way out from a week of trail work in the storme. They were snowed in! The trail crew ran onto a large group of people (pack outfit) at Big Johnson lake who were using a power saw (illegal in the wilderness area). They told them the saw shouldn't be used & got lots of lip out of it. [The packers] refused to identify themselves. So, on my arrival, I checked to see who they were. Turns out they are the American Forestry Association trail group (Trail Riders or Wilderness Riders) packed out with a Mr. Ritchie (sq?) who normally packs Ward Russell into the Bitterroot country each Fall elk hunting! The AFA has been known to have a weak view of wilderness values, use, & preservation so it all figures. I saw nor, saw, but the fresh sawdust & large wood stocks suggest they may have had one. They have 85+ head of stock! I don't know how many people Birds around the lake include: Spotted Sandpiper, Stellar Jay, Clark Nutcrackers, Mallard & (with 2? ducks with green instead of blue in the wing. Otherwise they were very similar). The lake is surrounded by forest (Lodgepole Pine, Englemann Spruce, Subalpine Fir) except at the upper end where a meadow skirts the shore (the site of the large camp). Meadow species include Yarrow, Aster, Red Heather, Dwarf Huckleberry, Bog Orchis, & Elephant Heal & Blue Gentian. Mosquitos were common- the 1st I've seen this summer. Trail mileages as judged by trail signs aren't too