Koford 277 Cynomys ludovicianus September 25, 1955 TRNMP, Medora, N. Dak. To 1954, he had noted no young & believed dogs remaining were concentrated one area. A juv. albino had appeared at S E entrance town, & probably still there. Several ranges had seen 2 bobcats hunting in that town this summer. Adult had little difficulty catching C.L., but young are clumsy at it. This a dry summer here!! Today cold & overcast & windy. // *Allie said: 1949 driest summer & fall since 1949 in SW S.Dak. 1950 spring slow. // Visited town in lane Paddock Creek. Saw 9 C.L. spread over 200 yds., only 2 per site, & wakeings indicating a few more present. All in area 200 yds. long & 50-75 yds. wide on about 5% slope, generally near upslope & up-canyon edge of burned area, but not in extreme peripheral burn areas. Grasses & weeds mostly dry & dead. Sha prominent on some sides, but shot. (Some stock grazing; droppings.) No bones found on sites. Dogs appeared large & very fat. One seen to eat green leaves of Cucurbita, growing as mound. No apparent jaws. Much Pego some sites, & Oen & Stipa ? (not com.) Loose spots. Much Artemisia frigida (still had been cut [now dry] & left lying; perhaps 9/10 of it at some sites). Many shallow-diggings not near mounds, as if for food - perhaps roots of falso. Little silver sage among Afg., but 1-1/2' tall when present). At up-canyon end of group, where holes lowest point toward bottom, 3 holes appeared to have been lodge dug this summer, one (No rain since late July; only one appears to be dug since rain). No carnivore scats or loose feathers or C.L. remains found atop ground. Apparently gopher works around base some sites, & even filling mouth of burrow at some sites (some dry or