Eijhty acroa of brush wore burned on the California 

 Lumber Company's sale cree by Ranger Babbitt. The Corey 

 Station area of 4<8 acres, the lliohol r s sale area of about the 

 same area, and the email sale and free uso area near Sierra- 

 villo, v:ere also cleaned up. 



Cne hundred pcunda ef timothy, red top and clover 

 seed has been sown en the Siorreville Ranger Station pasture.. 

 There wa an abundance of water on the tract last year, but 

 the crop was largely weeds and undesirable grasses. 



The records show that forty-six inches of snow has 

 fallen in the Sierra Valley during the past V/inter and tho 

 Valley is new entirely clear, with the sn^w at the Yuba Gap 

 Summit but four feet doep. Tho records wf the proceeding 

 season show that eleven feet of snow fell at Siorraville and 

 en ?Jerch 17 there xvas four feet ef solid snow on the level. 

 At Yuba Gap Summit, jn the scrao date, there was fifteen feet. 



Charles Bwnta, Forest G-.u:rd last Sunnier, reports 

 that he and his brother J?rank have killed twenty coyotes to 

 date in Siorra Valley. The animals wore smaller than tho 

 average and the hides were poor. It is believod that the 

 coyotes that have infested tho V,<lley this 7/inter worked in 

 from llevsdc. and replaced! tho large numbers that were trappe/" 

 and shot last ./inter. 



Ranger Xing of the DJwnievllle District reports it 

 has boon a very dry ./inter in that section and every Indica- 

 tion points to a scarcity of water this Suramor. The gauge 

 height now stands at low rator rr.crk for last sumer. The old- 

 est settlors claim the river is lower this year at this season 

 than at any time they can recollect. 



There have been a number of srsell cordwood sales in 

 the Dome r vUle District this .linter, as well as considerable 

 free use. The open ./inter has given the local residents the 

 opportunity of cutting their wood for nert ".Vintor. 



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