WB Davis 1935. Arco, Butte Co., Idaho, June 7, 2. 4/7 Gophers were reported as numerous - squirrels scarce. I hunted for and made 5 sets for gophers in a wheat + alfalfa field. Got two 2. townsendie after waiting until about 6: P.M to look at my traps. Did not reset. According to this rancher a few years ago there were very few gophers in his fields, but since the formation of the American Falls Reservoir they have been a serious pest and at the present time the canal company is offering a 10c bounty on them. He attributes their presence there now to their being forced out of the river bottom by the rising water, thus forcing them into the irrigated areas. Here again we find Thomomy townsendie on both sides of the river - here and in the Nampa area, but between these two widely removed areas they are supplanted by the smaller quadrates on the south, and frescua on the north side of the river.