Roford 40 Journal July 29,1955 Rocky Mtn. Nat'l Park, Col. Citellus, Cuttamus, Richardson Citellus all present & rather tame in field. Tame Clark marten workers near Bear Lake. (PER Weld Co. Colo.) July 21,1955 Spent most of day mapping and examining Cypr maps colony at Sec. 22, (PER. Overcast with thunder afternoon.) July 22,1955 Pt. Collins, Colo. Office work all day on maps, transits, collections. July 23,1955 To Wind Cave N.P., S. Dak. Departed Ft. Collins about 7 a.m. Drove to Briggsdale & visited Woody Williamian. Then on to Sterling, Bridgeport (Nebraska), & Hot Spring, S. Dak. (about 330 miles). Rain for 2 hrs. afternoon. Heavy overcast Hot Springs; Drove to Custer & visited trapper George Barnes. Some sprinkles at night. || Between Sterling (Colo.) & Dollar (Nel.), I saw 7 Citellus 13-lineatus. A freshly dead Mustela frenata on highway near New Raymer. Several young pheasants seen at edge road or dead on road. A dead badger on road near Sidney, & an other about 20 mi. N. || Sterling area about 3900 ft., guns & stamp compound to Weld Co. plains, & much cultivation in area. W. Neb. too much cultivated, grain & corn. Rolling, not flat, plains. Some (15% est.) cattle range in Neb. along route I took (Nel. #19). Near Chadron a State Park with a five thousand acre ponderosa pine in hills. Near full moon but overcast night. Coyote chorus in Shirtail Can, July 24,1955 Overcast a.m., clear & 15 mph wind (S) by noon. Work ed at counting & mapping on Cypranga town Shirtail Canyon. July 25,1955 Clear early, overcast by noon, rain afternoon, evening. Counteda mapped at Shirtail Cyprange Town. Spent afternoon with George Barnes & Harold Hatcher, Ft. Col. Service, visiting & penning a Cyprange Town. A few crow in Shirtail C., but magpies now rare.