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2 years when we collected squirrels. P 9 fal1 durin 9 ] 976 and I 977 , the 
of .PrahMe ^Wckens^ ^to Habj_ta_t Manipulation 
R* L. Westemeier, 
D* R. Vance 
A total of 124 Drairip ,~u : i 
was f 9 U oe COUntl ? S ° f SOuth -centraM | Mnoi sTn & °" f ’’ Ve C6nsus areas 
censu/afT" 1 '° Wer than counts made on the s a ^ SPn " 9 ° f ' 978 ' Thi = total 
flocks. ef ^ OI "t ^ coveted a„ areas of , I 
cocks in [s77 k and ^cock^ln^ (fiWRL V ?UM e ^? encia 11 y unchanged, with 75 
the fK™ 1 -"' which dates back to L 1 963 The bUt re,nained 22 percent below 
flock at Bogota totals 1,001 acres 9 3 ‘ The Sanetuar >' acreage supporting 
21 cocks M In ri i; 7 8: U a nt d^oToMS k pe n ^I ar V^ d F eCl - ined ^ 90 «n 1977 to 
the long-term mean ,.u: u , Percent. The Farina flo rU k ^ to 
flock hL kl ? ' * h,ch a,so ^tes back to iqA? -rt! k . 33 P ercen t below 
althdu h^r 6 apt addi °^a7 sudpdrt°fod a dhis a F r a y ri nfl: ‘ ' ^cre'^y "udi t $ 
"!»)y «qul*M e (^M^7’o?7) r L«e 'T™!™*' 0 . 7^*; 
SxIS-K-'isFar- 
.srwi rja:,£S 
The f , Prairie chicken nests, 
meanl "which da^eTbaV*£ 'sTercenTato^ 
Increased %! 'YIYoYYmTT^' 0 "'’ hm *" r > both 
unt was 13 percent above the lonn 977 and 7 cocks ' n 1978 . The 1Q78 
inIIea 5 se r or P aTt b ' y $ ° '° W that °nHr LTh^chesV 69 *" ' 969 ' Both 
ncrease or at least maintain the populaUon fevlu. 0 " C °" traSt to *>"•) can 
«L frrSfrf; s^ld^rreL^r^h 77 ,^!!" tha ' a - paragraph, 
