Roford Cynomys ludovicianus January 31, 1955 wind Cave Nat'l Park S. Dakota ens + let them do it. He had no objection to C.L. in parks & found them as fine tourist sites (he was very proud of the inter- pretive prairie dog sign near Norfolk Dam town). This town now the largest one. There was no water in dam due to dry season last yr. He said that the S. Dakota legislature had sent a mem- orial to congress last (?) year requesting that all rodents be eradicated from National Parks lands in the state (this tied up with a Badlands boundary dispute, S. thought). Ferret- by range two escaped from Dennington's house (one later turns seen in Buffalo Flats town; Norfolk town who alone I could have got); one released in Shattail Canyon town). Cabela's had found releasing ferret line. Barnes of Custer (F.E.Wildlife) had caught the ferrets for release, taken near Midlands, S. Dakota. As to predator, E.S. said had seen coyotes recently. One man had re- ported 10 loggers near where elk pawed he thrown (last yr.). Wind Cave file as memo, dated Aug. 22, 1951, says that District can now authorize control native animals in parks, if surplus or damaging vegetation (Order No. 2 to 40, Sec. 14, June 11, 1951). In 1951, Aug., central authority near Badger. in Badlands N.M., but not yet in Wind Cave. Harvest ants (Pogonomyrmex occidentalis). Methods poisoning studied by Dept. of Entomology. Store up to a quart of seeds in nest (compete with Cynomys?). Number nests/A. series considerably. Does overgrazing favor establishment? Wrigled some mate & start new nests. In some areas Cynomys. Food for them? (ants, arachnids).