Vol. 19 , No. 5 
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^ - ^filtration of weeds and appearance of roadsides 
Nearl y the same number of cooperators expressing concern over weeds 
^^'hen'interv^ewed 3 ^^t°janua r y° a farmers 
and harvest. H r CtS weeds ma y have on crop success 
occasion!i°personai^ontact"w^th fT futUre yea f s wi " de ‘*™ine whether 
commitments by cooperators to delly mowing? S transplred last January, strengthens 
to otheTfa^st the^rea? Tcen?^, U i£r“r at, "» *" UTOrth0d °* ppa «'« 
connotes clean and efficient farm nra <-• ?° s > v, gorous roadside mowing 
Which farmers in thfrCMU have cut'acr^f^ ! pMot pro -* ect ' the a *ten? to 
mowing is encouraging. it is now timai r 6 J radl P attern for roadside 
to carefully plan and execute an approach^ 1 lnois De P a rtment of Conservation 
of the multiple benefits of developed road^ ° rm,n9 ! 5 read SpeCtrum ° f people 
program of education will enhance the social^ C p V ? r k-? d de,ayed mowing. This 
As developed roadside cover and dal* C 3 acce P tab * *«ty of the roadside program, 
farmers and theolAerat oCb1. V m ° W ' ng b6C0me more conventional to 
in delaying the mowing of roads ides^^ 0 ^ ' n th<2 program wi 11 be more consistent 
Ecology and Management of Squirrels 
C. M. Nixon, 
S. P. Havera 
totaMoirof^^ab^^d'Lpp?;:: 5 ^ o f ::A r r r f °* with a 
must seek ways to minimize the^ffects oAhis sMvT W,ld ! ,fe onagers 
and other species of wildlife that prefer old-growth hirdi^od^o^sts . 00 SqU, ’ rrelS 
at interva 1 s S to°de te rmtne™^ he? r^o ndIt •" P I° duCtS are USuaI1 y inventoried 
harvest of some type it s iuriL lcal ,y ^ the ^ aa '*bUity of a 
can best have an input into the silvir.lt ? 'nventory that wildlife managers 
must provide foresters with methods for inM ,! ySt ? m * ,n turn > wildlife managers 
parameters of the forest that mclud,ng m the stand inventory those 
as amount of b. se , ,d " M ^ Such characteristics 
potential for tree seed « Spec,es ° f trees with cavities, and the 
expect to estimate the probable effects"™^?1 Hi'*iTA* wi,dHfe onagers can 
applied to forest stands. wildlife of any proposed treatments 
per acre of sound seed) and suitable tree ca’r- f P ( ,eaSt 130 p0Unds 
four cavities per acre observabfe from thn!" f ? r nesting (a minimum of 
p ere ooservabie from the ground-about half those located from 
