Koford 29 Journal May 1, 1955 Trapped (0783) Shot two Cypmup near Ft. Collins, took up traps in wheat field. Examined specimens. Farmer 6, 6lo. May 2, 1955, Took up traps & reset 4 near county dumps. Drove To Ackerman's about 10 mi. N. Ft. Collins, set 14 steel traps in Ace. 10. Shot 0784 (Cypmup) there. Set 2 lim traps & 2 snare near Atiplier in same area. Windy & concert; wind very strong in mid-afternoon. Checked 4 local traps; none opening by 5:30 p.m. May 3, 1955 4 local traps held; Syllisoguena c1. lost. Spent afternoon in conference on pocket gopher project with V. Schaffer, Elbert Reid, Paul Hickey, Marvin Hoon, & C. Terrell. C.B. Sigalites for appropriated $50 for gopher research. Fish & Wildlife may also get funds. || Partly overcast but very windy. Dr. afternoon checked 14 traps 4 mi. N. of Waverly & took 11 Cypmup for them. Reset traps. Saw one Phrynomus-thin. Yesterday Otoria next door (incomplete app. 27) had 2 eggs. May 4, 1955 Trapped near Ft. Collins held no Cypmup. Set 6 in same colony. || Visited Cypmup colony 9 mi. N. Waverly & took up 14 traps, taking 0799, in some traps where one ( ) taken yesterday. Three other spring. I shot two others (0798, #97), at about 70 yds. range. Some large mounds had on surface several small burrows a digging, or by Dipodamph. I saw no Citellus in area. Many more tracks north of burrow. At least 15 apparently body dry burrows found (how long ago? - perhaps last fall). Several burrows in or next to ant mounds. One angled under mound that still had active group of ants. Several caves of area Pseudoschistostoma (especially lower flat terrain sites), Muhlenbergia, Bouteloua gracilis, with much Atiplier grass.