FISH, WILDLIFE & PARKS SEEKS VOLUNTEERS FOR REGIONAL PRAIRIE DOG...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 26, 2007 ;     348 words ......FWP begins implementing the Region 6 Prairie Dog Distribution and Objectives Plan. This Prairie Dog Implementation Committee (PDIC) will...assure that implementation of the Region 6 Prairie Dog Plan is done in a coordinated, biological...

Prairie dog won't find shelter on endangered list Government cites lack of...

Rocky Mountain News;  February 8, 2006 ;   Todd Hartman, Rocky Mountain News;   637 words ...Efforts to have the Gunnison's prairie dog listed as an endangered species have...protections for the animal. The Gunnison's prairie dog scampers about the Four Corners region...and is distinct from the black- tailed prairie dog found along the Front Range. The announcement...

Celebrate Prairie Dog Day - Ground Hog Day of the West.

PR Newswire;  January 31, 2008 ;     297 words ......kind of future does the diminishing prairie dog 'predict' for the plains? DENVER, Jan...WHAT: While it is uncertain if the prairie dog is an accurate predictor of the weather, many scientists believe that the prairie dog can predict the future of the plains...

Gunnison's prairie dog not endangered,for now,feds say

Albuquerque Journal;  February 8, 2006 ;   James W. Brosnan BROSNANJ@SHNS.COM / (202) 408-2701;   699 words ......hunters aren't enough to put Gunnison's prairie dog on the Endangered Species List. So ruled...to legal protections for Gunnison's prairie dog, a species that ranges over the Four...Lynn Diehl, outreach coordinator for Prairie Dog Pals in Albuquerque. "It would have...

Prairie dog won't find shelter on endangered list Government cites lack of...

Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  February 8, 2006 ;   Hartman, Todd;   641 words ......News Efforts to have the Gunnison's prairie dog listed as an endangered species have...protections for the animal. The Gunnison's prairie dog scampers about the Four Corners region...and is distinct from the black-tailed prairie dog found along the Front Range. The announcement...

I wish I were a prairie dog.

Boy's Quest;  October 1, 2004 ;   Garbers, Alan J.;   382 words ...I wish I were a prairie dog. If I were a prairie dog, I would have a big family with lots of brothers, sisters...tender, young grass. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] If I were a prairie dog, I would be brave and sit high on my mound watching for...

U.S.: Prairie Dog Endangered

Albuquerque Journal;  February 2, 2008 ;   RAAM WONG Journal Northern Bureau;   381 words ......government has determined that Gunnison's prairie dog populations in parts of New Mexico and...government biologists determined the prairie dog is threatened only in the higherelevation...said the designation of the Gunnison's prairie dog as threatened is a high priority for...

Plight of prairie dog sees light of day

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  November 20, 2004 ;   Lynn Arave Deseret Morning News;   474 words ......federal protection for the white-tailed prairie dog. The Wildlife Service said there wasn...endangered species list. The white-tailed prairie dog is generally found west of the Continental...petition has raised awareness of the prairie dog's plight. She also said Utah is at the...

Preserving the humble prairie dog

The Topeka Capital-Journal;  March 6, 2003 ;   Capital-Journal;   732 words ......Lenz: Legislation may help stabilize prairie dog population When I think of animal symbols...the Missouri River in the 1800s, the prairie dog was considered a nuisance, not a symbol...have openly encouraged hunters to thin prairie dog populations or have used other methods...

Federal agency is reconsidering protecting Gunnison's prairie dog

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  September 1, 2007 ;   Associated Press;   260 words ......reconsidering whether the Gunnison's prairie dog should be protected under the Endangered...petitions seeking federal protection for the prairie dog, found in the corners of Arizona, Colorado...involved. The new review of the Gunnison's prairie dog follows a court- ordered ...

ANIMALS' RELOCATION GETS PRICEY BOULDER DIVIDED ON PRAIRIE DOG SOLUTION

Rocky Mountain News;  July 30, 2005 ;   Julie Poppen, Rocky Mountain News;   438 words ......seven animals makes a mountain of a prairie dog hill. But in Boulder, the matter of...park neighbors who fought a proposed prairie dog fence saying it would be ineffective...Wild Places for $7,800 to monitor the prairie dog colony and possible encroachments onto...

Who's Home in Prairie Dog Town?

Click;  September 1, 2005 ;   Ripley, Catherine;   496 words ...It's a busy morning in prairie dog town. "Grrr! Grrrr!" argue two black-tailed prairie dog brothers, grinding their teeth. Close by...the danger loudly. "CHIRK!" In a flash, the prairie dog families dive into their burrows. They wait...

The prairie dog: Pest or pet?(USA)

The Christian Science Monitor;  August 13, 2002 ;     787 words ......week it was bitten off by an ornery prairie dog she was trying to pull from its hole...probing, barehanded up to her elbows in prairie dog holes, racing the grim reaper, as she...from L.A. to Tokyo). In Lubbock, where prairie dog tunneling has playedhavoc with the city...

Saving the Hated Prairie Dog

The Washington Post;  August 16, 1999 ;   Mark Matthews;   787 words ...To many people, the prairie dog should really be called the "prairie rat." The rodent...this spring to consider listing the black-tailed prairie dog as a threatened species. "Prairie dog populations have declined by 99 percent, and there...

REGION 6 PRAIRIE DOG DISTRIBUTION, ABUNDANCE STANDARDS RATIFIED

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  April 24, 2006 ;     204 words ......issued the following news release: Final prairie dog abundance and distribution document available A document that details a range of prairie dog abundance and distribution across north-centr...for public distribution. The Region 6 Prairie Dog Abundance and Distribution Objectives...