Koford Cynomys ludovicianus May 21, 1955 Medora, N. Dakota Slope very slight, almost flat, probably sometime will be flooded. Soil all gray clay with little rock. Much Agrophila & yellow water. On upper slope, on 10% slope, much Artemisia frigida a few inches high, white sage adm. to 5" high. Cacti present but not eaten. Fair amount Bantilona. Plums slowly low & stubby. No decrease population noted here. Some cattle & horses graze here, but few. Part of this colony has extended over low part of ridge to E. // On Paddock Creek canyon 100 feet; Holiday Ranch woods, a 30+4 colony on gentle 5% slope when almost no dogs left. Active (very) last year. Much Artemisia frigida a few inches high, Agropyron smithii, a birdseed (?) on darn acres. Some Badger diggings. Little Bantilona. A few survivors on at head of slope on W. side. /Another dead town Paddock creek. Artemisia frigida had fruiting stalks to 12" above ground (not present active town). Much Agropyron, little grass. Black widow spiders in mouths of many burrows. Some Cacti patches show little picking. Bottoms have cattails, choke cherry, juneberry, that would seem good cover for Lynx. All men said bobcats had been seen to catch C.L. here & that there were many. Coyotes had been seen on towns in winter, & seen carrying dead C.L. Only one colony on a definite N-facing slope (14d. Paddock Creek). // About ½ mile S. of headquarters, a town abandoned winter '53-'54. Very few logs. < 1/ Acre. Part flooded out in 1947. This is an arm of Laura Creek town.// Main Laura Creek town is site of range transects put in in 1952 by Loren Potter & students. 4 10 meter lines in town, 4 to E. in area where dogs might invade. Almost no lodgepole here. In uninvolved area much Agropyron & Bantilona, few forbs. Essentially no C.L. here. (In afternoon studied -