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6 August 1980 Titanium Canyon
Hiked down to Lostman Spring (#199) and
Fern Springs to pick up cameras.
#200 Fern spring is a pool approx. 2 ft x 3 ft x 8 inches
deep under a rock overhang on the N side of a
small canyon. Around the pool is dense growth
of vegetation, grasses, rushes, epipactis and a small
"maiden hair" fern Adiantum capillus - veneris.
Sleep trails led up to the pool - evidently sleep
drink here with some regularity. About 50 to 100
feet up canyon from this pool there are a
series of two small rock pools, the largest
approximately 2 feet by 1.5 feet, filled by a slow
trickle that comes from a seep. These, too,
seem to be used by Bighorn. I put two cameras
to watch over these water sources. One (camera
number 6) watching the Fern spring (proper)
pool, the other watching the rock pools
(camera #5). Put these cameras in on 30 July,
picked them up today.
#199 Lostman Spring [illegible] is a dense patch
of vegetation, including cottonwood trees,
on the E side of Titanium Canyon.
Above it are steep rocky canyon walls,
while immediately around it are rather
rugged talus slopes, rocks about 6" to 1 ft
across. Large animal trails penetrate
the thicket. Grass walked down indicates
large animals lie down in the cool shade.
Under a fallen log is a small puddle