Tag: prairie dog

July 19, 2018

After research site sells, volunteers rescue prairie dogs

When Nebraska’s Doane University sold its research land to soybean farmers, volunteers stepped in to rescue the 230 prairie dogs on the site. The Associated Press reports that Nebraska Wildlife...

April 25, 2018

USFWS releases Utah prairie dog plan

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently released a general conservation plan intended to “protect the Utah prairie dog and benefit economic productivity.” This plan, released in consultation with the...

December 20, 2017

White-tailed prairie dog not to be listed under ESA

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has released a notice announcing that the white-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys leucurus) is not warranted for listing under the Endangered Species Act. Fifteen years...

December 3, 2015

USDA and Others Work to Protect Cemetery, Prairie Dogs

Earlier this year, a black-tailed prairie dog (BTPD) colony expanded into a remote, rural cemetery surrounded by U.S. Forest Service (FS), state and private lands. Internments, which began in 1915...