United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Biological Survey

Wildlife Research and Management Leaflet BS-54
Washington, D. C. Rev., December 1936

RODENT CONTROL AIDED BY EMERGENCY CONSERVATION WORK

By Stanley P. Young, Chief, Division of Game Management

Contents

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Need for rodent control[1]
Federal, State, and local cooperation[2]
Training of E.C.W. crews[2]
Timeliness of emergency aid[3]
Forest and forage protection[3]
Aid in erosion control[4]
Examples of benefits derived[4]
Safeguarding harmless species[5]
Control work illustrated[6]
Prairie dogs[7]
Ground squirrels[13]
Pocket gophers[15]
Kangaroo rats[20]
Rabbits and hares[25]
Porcupines[27]
A typical E.C.W. crew[30]