Koford Cynomys ludovicianus January 30, 1955. Nr. Ft. Collins, Colorado. about 6 x 6 ft. covered with diggings, to about 3" deep, apparently to get at roots (one juicy root 3/4" diam. obviously eaten off). Around some mounds tracks cover ground in all directions for 5 days or more. Like badger bed thick with Xanthium bruns; at same site after about 10% have been opened (probably) by C.L. to get seeds. Tracks at top snow show wide-apart leg gait. 3" 0 00 → 00 0 0 → 1 4" | pads Cleat + pads too conspicuous in tracks atop hard snow. In soft snow where snow is 2"; tracks appeared 0 0 4" → (possibly double prints). 0 0 4" → 1 < 9 in. → January 31, 1955 Wind Cave Natl. Park S. Dakota, Driving from Ft. Collins to Lusk (Wyo.) saw best apparent C.L. country (most rolling, least broken) in Cheyenne region & N. to Mrs. Bean Mtn., || In Wind Cave Park we saw several C.L. out foraging on Buffalos Flats town or Highway. Supt. Armstrong friendly. He said they had poisoned prairie dogs near boundaries in accordance with Cole's recommendations. The team on SCS soil moisture site had been poisoned out & frame removed (so not exclusive now in parks), Grazing intensity much reduced by reduction of elk 4 years past (?) year, & more bison increased by removal fences. Poeture said to slow down until it's at a point outside parks. They had "rubbed out" two times with 1080 poisoned grain, he said. One area near border, they had given poison to rancher