The Chipmunks’  frenetic activities can be entertaining but this summer in New England, the varmints are making a nuisance of themselves. Darting to and fro, digging holes in gardens, and tunneling under lawns, they can be quite a nuisance.

A bumper crop of acorns last fall meant there was extra food on the ground when the chipmunks emerged from winter and got busy breeding this spring, People shouldn’t get too alarmed over the bumper crop of chipmunks because small mammal populations are prone to boom-and-bust cycles.