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RECENT FINDINGS: SAGINAW SOUTHERN, RAILS IN THE WOODS

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 RECENT FINDINGS: SAGINAW SOUTHERN     I consider the National Forests and environs near Williams, Arizona as my back yard. Here I have thousands of acres to roam, with respect and consideration. I do my best to keep my own property in the best of shape, likewise I treat the forest with even more consideration.     One of the benefits is that on any given day, I can decide to revisit sites that were previously explored. Some of the spurs of the Saginaw Southern, south of Williams, can be challenging to locate and document. One such spur has been mostly recovered by nature or reclaimed by man, as roads or recreation areas. The earliest spurs have largely disappeared into the forest floor, yet natural occurrences will reveal man's past travels through the land. I recently was out harvesting natural grass seed to restore my property, and in so doing was in a location where a spur was once laid. Little remains, but then again, I decided to walk along the creek, where the original logge