Mountain Lines
by Nelson Haas
WOODLAND JUMPING MOUSE
Living with two Rodent Control Specialists, I am, at times presented with a fresh ball of fur neatly placed on the front step. I’m supposed to look down and say: “Good Kitty.”
Half of the time, the ball of fur is the Woodland Jumping Mouse because I live in the mouse’s favorite habitat described as: “….cool, moist boreal woodlands of hemlock/hardwoods where streams flow from woods to meadows…”