Hunting & Fishing Field Guide

The Belding’s Ground Squirrel – His Pros and Cons

The Belding’s ground squirrel has his faults. He likes it where the living is easy. Put an alfalfa field in his neighborhood and a young ground squirrel moves down out of the hills to live in the big green commune. Here, he finds everything he wants: a place to live; free food – cultivated by a two-legger on a tractor; an irrigation system; and recreation with the neighbors.