Koford Journal August 28, 1955 Wichita Mtns., Oklahoma and muggy today. Blue grama & buffal grass present here, fruit 2-3' tall Andropogons dominant. Many lakes, perhaps artificial, a refuge, & well trod by people (800 000/yr. soap manager). Talked with manager Ernest Bremwolt & toured prairie dog areas with him (see Cyprynus ludovicianus notes). Heavy grazing mescite mesquite trees here; gross decrease plum thickets. Rain about noon, almost all day. Drought of past 3 years (not this) killed many blackjack oaks. August 29, 1955. Hot & muggy but no rain. Photos & noted Cyprynus an official prairie dog town. Talked with Maroger Bremwolt and assistants. In evening & night much lightning & thunder. August 30, 1955 1.72" of rain last night. Partly overcast today. Cauted & cropped C.L. an official town. Visited a small Cyprynus town among mesquite trees near Sandakoma. Short visit to Baker Mtn. area. Saw wild turkey, elk, & white-tailed deer (many) an refuge. Turkey vulture common, but only one hawk seen (red-tail). Cooler today. August 31, 1955. Partly cloudy; but p.m. Spent day with Jean Matthews of Soil Cons. Service, Lawton, Okla., looking over Cyprynus accession refuge & mesquite area with C.L. near Cache, Wich. Mtns., Nat'l W.L. Refuge, Okla. September 1, 1955 Took photographs. Spent most of day with Arthur Halloran, biologist here. Set 5 still traps for Cyprynus, First all clear day since I arrived. Cut open a dead Castor canadensis & found 2 Peromyscus in stomach. September 2, 1955 Studied vegetation on Brazos Mtn. plot. Drive via Altus to Canadian, Texas, where several men working on a game management area. Mr. Canadian, Texas September 3, 1955 Looked over rodent study project and a Cyprynus tour or game management area among sandhills.