I would think the snake population would be on the increase as well then.
"I would think the snake population would be on the increase as well then."
Snakes are reptiles and hibernate during winter, usually in holes/caves below the frost line.
ESA has become make work for biologists. Time to cut it out.
True, but the primary predator would be the prairie rattlesnake. Small (fatal bites are virtually unknown) and somewhat irritable, most people don't keep them alive as neighbors...