"Groundhog Research"

Here are some good websites to help you with your groundhog research!

Canadian Wildlife Service Hinterland Who's Who

Fermilab Flora and Fauna

Missouri Conservation Commission

Dunkirk Dave

Stormfax Weather Almanac

Woodchucks belong to the marmot family.  There are 14 marmot species in the world, of which 6 species live in North America, and 4 species live in Canada. The Vancouver Island marmot is the only species listed as "endangered."  Click on the banner to learn how your school can help save this animal!

How Much Wood Could A Woodchuck Chuck?
A fish and wildlife biologist named Richard Thomas was intrigued by the famous woodchuck riddle: How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? So he decided to figure out approximately how much soil a woodchuck tosses when digging a burrow. Thomas found that the average woodchuck burrow measures 35 cubic feet, and that 1 cubic foot of soil weighs 20 pounds. So how much wood can a woodchuck chuck?

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