D. Watson (in letter of January 16, 1957) reported that he has seen
muskrat tracks many times along the Mancos River. He also relates a
report received from Chief Ranger Wade and D.A. Spencer who saw a
muskrat, no doubt a wanderer, on the Knife Edge Road on a cold winter
night. These men, both reliable observers, stopped and saw the muskrat
at a distance of two feet, where it took shelter under a power shovel
parked beside the road. Reports of dens seen along the Mancos River are
available for 1944, 1945, 1946, and 1947.