On a tract of land in front of the Montezuma County Sheriff’s Office on Mildred Road and Empire Street, holes about the size of a tennis balls pock the dirt every few dozen feet. Prairie dogs have ...

Boulder County commissioners agreed Thursday to lift a seasonal moratorium on lethal prairie dog control in an attempt to better address burgeoning prairie dog colonies on agricultural lands. The ...

INTERIOR, S.D. - Two years after state and federal officials first took steps to control a vast prairie dog colony just south of Badlands National Park, neighboring ranchers are fuming. The damage to ...

Ensuring a vital population of black-tailed prairie dogs is key to the survival of the federally protected black-footed ferret, which the Fish and Wildlife Service has reintroduced into Wyoming. The ...

A program was undertaken to develop zinc phosphide as a replacement for the more hazardous toxicants currently available to control black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus). Four field trials ...

If a landowner put little leashes on his prairie dogs to keep them off neighboring land, would that count as a management technique, asked Sen. Ernie Chambers during debate on a black-tailed prairie ...

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Dozens of ranchers asked the South Dakota Supreme Court on Monday to reinstate their lawsuit seeking state compensation for damage from prairie dogs. Ranchers in an area near ...

Boulder County’s proposal to lift a seasonal moratorium on lethal prairie dog control is well overdue and much needed in the eyes of many residents who tuned in to a virtual meeting Tuesday night. “We ...

Prairie dogs and livestock consume similar forage, raising the question as to how much the existence of prairie dogs on livestock pasture affects livestock production. Despite many studies trying to ...