Vol. 
^ojoax JUd Management of Squirrels 
21, No. 6 
Page 2 
C. M. Nixon, 
The hi Lr L. P. Hansen 
favored"** ^"^Tal/g'tf^spe^el 1 '-* and bitWr . 
£sa oT^,^. hi9h ,B - 2*. a Li:;:;:rx is a 
(exceprfo V ri h i , ' c t l e e ?:= a ?« n i ^;; a S n h f D :^ard i n 9 seed production for the genus 
commercially valuable and hickorv wonH P C ?V * probably because the nuts are not 
questions as frequency of see!? clXX' IX USed for Produets Such 
3?±rr“ w ' --- 
tojoresters and wildlife .nager^J-^^^ 
For the past 6 years (1972-1077^ 
trapped seed was examined aftej seed°fan d 17 aCh f ree tC co1 lect seed. AU 
sorted ,nto three groups: sound, unsound/" IZltT. Ute N °'' ember was 
s. r for - —« 
at leist s"ome Ve s r ound°s f eeS'd *** PSrCent (l6/54 f °r6ye^s/oV l^ft rk ( ~ " 9 
two thirds of the"trees d produced°seed *” hi 7 i$77° Z?" 
percent o/XXTX FOr p, ' 9 " ut hickory (N = it trill) T" f ° r $ha 9 bark 
to 72.2 percent in 1977"? X XrageXr ^"k'" 9 f ? ° n,y S./pereenf |° f 1976° 
•2 percent, ranging from , 7.6 percent in^Hnd 976 °/ # I ' 7 tra «> “ aa 
For fhP £ 976 t 70 * 6 percent in I972. 
hickory when only^ of^^sam 1 ? 7 h ^ 1976 were obvi °usly p00 r seed 
Responses of 
Prairie Chickens 
to Hab ? tat 
Menjpula tinn 
R. 
During the sprinq of 1 Q 7 R cn 
and visited the prairie ch cken boom ™ 95 totali "S 333 people made 
season for visitation by thf^^o " 9 9r ° unds Jasper County. 
23 April, for a total of 30 mornings. ^ a ° d termina ted the 
L. Westemeier, 
D. R. Vance 
reservations 
We started the 
season on 
