Koford 1955 Cynomys ludovicianus March 18/1955 NE harimer G, Co lo. found. An eagle seen 1 mile distant 4 1 Butis lagopus over calmy. One burrow (crater around) had Lepus trocha going out in snow (L. townsendi uses C.L., holes prob.), One C.L. had dug hole out thru snow plug in burrow mouth. Scratching at mouths save burrows in damp soil, but no pock- ing of soil or obvious fur mound repair. About 8/10 of burrow snow plugged. Possibly had been some poisoning here, little dogs well scattered seen whole colony. Two seen at one burrow on several occasion. I shot 5 fromomination & missed about 5 others. Tamist can be approached to about 70 yds., When we had fed, many small scraps Buchloe' bases, No greening here apparent yet on surface. Opuntia about 1-2" high & not con- spicuously eaten; less than on Sec. 22, CPER. Probably this colony will be shot at rather heavily because next to road as N. Within 50 yds. of road but not yet crossed it to Antelope Refuge (heavily overgrazed area). Burrow spacing 10-20 yds., where many. Low limiting slope - why? Probably will persist but this year, // (in Sec.13, N. edge) Then 1 mile 5+1/2 mile E. of Rudy Ockerman's I shot a C7 (C7 46 ) that was with another dog in burrow 50 yds. from road. A few other fresh uppearing wounds in that area but no other trade. Apparently had been small colony here of a few acres, S.W. half of Sec.13 & apparently had been old colony for large regular mounds of gentle contour. When the C7 shot, slope 1-3% & grasses appar- ently mainly ring mubble & Buchloe'. Bare spaces 6 ft. wide between vegetation, Erythrix common but only 1-2" high. Old gentle mounds on nearly flat grounds but streamed at edge terraces drained it. // I drove to be. 22 colony at CPER