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Koford
1955
Cynomys ludovicianus
January 3, 1955
Mr. Wellington, Colorado.
5. fence of the preserve. Ground there with almost no cover
at all - bare soil. Apparently on heavily overgrazed pasture.
Clear & sunny but fair breeze & lands now numbed
if not under cover (40°F?).
January 4, 1955. Weld Co., Colorado.
"Woody" Williamson, project manager of Land Utilization project
living headquarters Briggsdale, told me that the project
family had a man who spent full time on rodent patrol.
County agent has little to do with it. A F-4-WH many,
Crush, working out of Brush, does work now. This was
a large prairie dog town on land of Cyril Macchitok (a
four section) that was poisoned last year. Ben
Anderson, Mr. Sprange, & James Lawrence also have some
prairie dogs. Harvey Polloch said he had one lone one, now
somewhat of a pet, & he wouldn't trade it for a lot. Macchitok,
Polloch, & Calder are the principal old-timers in the L.U.
region. I met most of these men. They had no hard feelings
about prairie dogs, principally because they were mostly gone
through poisoning. A few were interested in them. Much worry
about prospects of grass in 1955 as old growth used up
in grazing in 1954 when rainfall law (= interim C.L.?).
January 6, 1954.
Mr. Ft. Collins, Colo.
About 3:30 p.m. I visited Spring Canyon Dam colony
where many tracks in snow Jan. 2. Cold about 4"
light snow. This had fallen as wet snow night of
Jan. 4-5. None fell after noon yesterday; over 24
hrs. ago. I went to both groups of mounds (p.13)
(12B - list of
12C colonies
1936 on
Antil Plains
(Cp. Range)