I am refering to Crotalus viridis. What I meant by the high numbers is I have been field collecting and activly maintaining manny local species for 13 years now and never in my life have I been able to observe so manny of this species in one relitivly small area. The business dose not help at all by leting broken up concreat stack up on the back of the property witch aparently gives Crotalus viridis an ideal habitat, Would toy recomend me move them more than a half mile, This is a realy hard deal I mean the snakes must go eather way you look at it. Should they stay they will be killed. The employer has in the past killed them with a BB gun witch more than likly was a long painfull death. I dont feel bad about doing this as at least there is a chance they will survive, While that chance may be a small one there is still a better chance than leting them hang around and get shot at with BB guns. No matter how manny times I tell myself that this is there land and they should be left I must keep reminding myself I am in a fast growning area and I myself will not stop the encrochment of this land. I realy would like to relocate them to a place I know of where human encrochment is never likly to occur as its a national forest but that would mean relocating them about 60 miles wich I am sure is not recomended.

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