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Had similar problem while backpacking with Chipmunks trying to chew threw my stuff. Problem was solved when I'd put some tissue paper out for them by putting a rock on top to keep it from blowing away. They were after material to add to their nest, same with squirrels. Their prefer choice would be insulation.

Here's some photos I took of the Glen Thomas Site from Oct. 2015. I did not see any golden-mantled ground squirrels, (maybe they were hibernating), but I did see pikas and timber tigers.

The late Glen Thomas claimed several sightings in Oregon in the late 1960, right around the time the P-G film was shot. John Green wrote about him first, in his 1968 book but it was only later, in Sasquatch by Don Hunter with René Dahinden, that his name was first printed in a book. That was in 1973.

I don’t use such canisters. If the bear shows up, it will be war just like with the ground squirrels. I’ve used 55 gallon environmental drum over packs to store gear in the field. I would bury them to within a few inches of the top, then cover the top with wood and debris. Every single one was found by human thieves and burgled, even those hundreds of miles up rivers from the highway. Once I even caught a camp of scumbags redhanded with my stuff. When I collected the stuff remaining in the drum and even under their asses (camp chairs), it nearly started a gunfight, but I was good with it. I’d have killed them all, not for the gear, it for their attitude and the deadly mistake of flying the flag. Actually, that happened two different times..........

I suppose you could do that. I always just add it on top after it's done. I always use bacon drippings to fry my steak, gives it some smokey flavor. Cast iron is the only way to go. Got to have your pan good and hot for that initial sear.

Those aren’t pikas. Those are Arctic ground squirrels. Rats with pretty tails. If they would respect my temporary presence while caribou hunting, they would fare much better, but the little rats steadfastly try chewing into my tents, including the one that does not and never had food in it. And there are hundreds of these things per acre.....maybe thousands. Upon setting up camp, one must shoot these pests back for a couple of days so one can leave camp for an hour or so and not return to find your camp utterly destroyed. The first year we found that valley, our tent and sleeping bags were destroyed and all our food fouled by the rats while we hiked up the mountain to glass for sheep. As we were returning, we could see movement from afar in our camp. Eyeing camp with binoculars, we could see the little vandals running all about and some even bouncing on the tent as if it was a trampoline. The following year we brought a dog and staked him down at camp to guard it from the pests, but when we hiked up the mountain, he howled and cried non-stop or hours. We could hear him for miles..........and so could the sheep, caribou.........and bears. We were then afraid that he would end up as lunch. Now I just shoot several dozen of the little rats upon my arrival, and that seems to put the scare into the rest of them for a day or two. LOL.......my war with the ground squirrels might be why Mrs. Huntster doesn’t want to go anymore. The year she shot her first caribou, we were sitting on a knoll feeding the little rats out of our hands. As long as I don’t have a camp to defend, I think they’re cute. But when I have $1000 worth of tents, cots, and sleeping bags set up, it’s war...........

LOL!: https://expertvagabond.com/hunting-eating-chipmunk/ I can’t discuss the taste of Oregonian rodentia from experience, but I am eminently qualified to say that I can’t stomach Arctic ground squirrels. I can’t even get past the smell of their fat to cook them. The bears and eagles can have them, and as far as I’m concerned, the sasquatches can have the timber tigers. Pikas are the cutest little critters there are! I shared a camp with one for a week, and loved his company!

The location was Estacada, Clackamas Co., OR Learned I had some ancestors that were original settlers in that area (and in northwest OR and Washington state) after I made some field trips west. Thom Powell has visited the area on some field trips in the past and apparently it is quite the boulder field. Joe Beelart of the forum could probably comment more on it, as I have not been there yet.

Musk steps down as CEO as Tesla. Wait til you see what he does with the sole focus on SpaceX. Take that #oldfoagies!!

I wanted to edit my post but I can't. I wanted to add, I meant no disrespect on using the word fiction for the book. You have obviously thought this out quite a bit and have an ideal ending in your head should it work. I'm sure there would be people interested in a fictional (as in it hasn't happened yet) account on how this could play out.