Koford 279 Cynomys ludovicianus September 25, 1955 Theo. Roosev. N.M.P., N.Dak. lay c.l., included in it. // I saw two c.l. out a pull-up 4" dry forb (other?) and eat base or roots. Many shallow diggings on many mounds and an intervening ground. Stub of root (many Sphaeralcea sage) found in several, top of root eaten. Areas of turf - like Brg. dotted with seedlings, + most of grass blades thin loose, cut or broken off near ground sur- face level: One could scrape up loose grass with fingers, leaving mostly stolils & few blades growing. Apparently food is getting short for c.l. here. Green forb rare < 1/4 % set. 0 case, Sphaeralcea, but Daw gey & silver sage (to 6" tall) may provide some food. Upslope, to W. of road, greens more false, stuper. Many c.l. here apparently jive. // Badger seen at 2 p.m. near SW corner colony. It strid into dug out c.l. burrow. Another dug out 10 yds. distant. About half of mound leveled on 180° of it on side of digging. Many evident badger - dug hole in other parts of Beef Corral colony, apparently dug this summer. + such in 50 yd. distance (line); 5 in 50 yd. drain; 6 more found in 20 min. of search. But no bones or other remains seen. // Badger made heaviest of any colony I have seen, but colony huge & proportion of burrows dug perhaps 5 % in main area. Bobcats, eagles, coyotes also appear- ently hunt here some seasons. // At Paddock Creek I had set 3 still traps this morning. Foured one with prairie dog foreleg in it, pulled off of dog set scapula attached. Probably taken by carniver (bobcat ? coyote?). // At site many yds. drain within main area w/o. of Beef Corral town, Asim in high proportion, 4-40" tall, erect, & Brg. seed- stalks, dry, erect. Probably do not cut often start to dry, & there areas not cut earlier in yrs. (due too much tall grass?). // Does cutting seedstalks in summer change plant habit (to turf) and make more favorable for winter food? // At Beef Corral, at site old corral (50 yrs. ago) mostly