We Relocate Prairie Dogs!Our group has relocated many prairie dogs from areas marked for development to safer habitats. We can always use help, either volunteers and/or donations. Please contact us if you know of any prairie dogs that need to be moved. We will try to get and/or already have the needed permits, and carefully follow safety protocols. Please use the contact form on our home page to ask for help. We love our local White-tailed Prairie Dogs and want to help them survive.
Current NewsPrairie dogs teaching us about wildfire management:Scientists discover that prairie dog colonies make fire behave differently because of how they alter the landscape and keep grasses short and fresh. For centuries, they have provided a safe refuge from fires for other species living in the prairie, but humans continue to exterminate prairie dogs for development. How can we learn from the prairie dogs and work with them to protect the prairie landscape we live in? Read more here: What can prairie dogs teach us about wildfire management? - University of Arizona |
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Our Kiosks
We developed a kiosk with information about the local white-tailed prairie dogs, a keystone species. WSSC coordinated with Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the Bureau of Land Management on this. Here are the three posters in the kiosk which is near North Pond, also called 6 and 50 Reservoir, off Highway 6 &50, west of Mack. Thanks to everyone involved!
Left poster on top, center poster in center, right poster on bottom.
We had a fun celebration at the newly-installed prairie dog kiosk. It was a beautiful day, the artist and the news media showed up. Hopefully this effort will help white-tailed prairie dogs and their ecosystem!
from our friends on the eastern slope-
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