conditions. That part f the area which is fairly open 

 can be gone over in the summer by one or two raon rapidly 

 and this data supplied. On the area covered by dense brush 

 this will be more difficult. 



From our first cair.p our work lay in a region 

 which forced the wintering grounds of a band of antelope 

 and of the mule tail deer, and it was not^ommon to see as 

 many as twenty deer during tho course of a day's work. At 

 this camp too we were near a settlement, and a couple sleigh 

 rides to dances at the school house several milos distant, 

 a party &t our nearest neighbor's, and a chicken dinner given 

 one Sunday in camp to our friends were among the social events 

 of that period. 



Tho snowfall in that region was unusually heavy 

 last v/inter. Our first two camps had boon selected with the 

 expectation of working there with little snow, waiting until 

 the snow had settled in the mountains, but we had lasting 

 snow on the plains as v/ell. 



Our third camp was up in the hills and was moro 

 difficult* V/e took our equipment by team as far as snow 

 would allow the horses to go. then the horses were sent home 

 for the balance of the season and two sleds were constructed 

 with the skis for runners, and we pullod our equipment five 

 milos, up to our camping site. Hore we had a good spring 

 of water but had to dig dotm over five foot to reach it. To 

 pitch our tents on the jrroxuid we had to clear off from three 

 to five feet of snow in a sheltered spot. While we were at 

 this camp we had a blizzard, during which it snowed five days 

 almost constantly and added several feet more to the depth 

 of the snow. Our work lasted until we were called to Slsson 

 for the ranger meeting the latter part of March. Prom our last 

 camp we hauled our equipment ten miles to the nearest railroad 

 point, but this being down hill and them across a wide stretch 

 of level land was not very difficult. 



The other reconnaissance party lived in cabins, as 

 they had much deeper snorr than we did at our first two camps. 

 They hauled in their provisions on sleds made for that purpose 

 along the lines of the sleds used in Alaska. Their methods 

 of field work were oimilar to those described for our camp. 



We f ound our quarters in the tents could be kept 

 very comfortable throughout the winter, and the work was 

 healthy and enjoyable. The reconnaissance experience will be 

 of great benefit to the rangers in their work, and the amount 

 cf work accomplished during an oxpeptionally stormy winter 

 proved not only the feasibility but also the success of winter 

 reconnaissance on the Shasta Forest. 



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