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August 27, 2002 Prairie dog land considered
DENVER — Black-tailed prairie dogs might occupy 255,773 acres in Colorado by 2011, compared with 214,000 acres today, under a plan being developed by a state task force.
July 10, 2002 Prairie dogs get second chance
Boulder Valley school district officials on Tuesday extended a deadline for prairie dogs to be relocated from school property, giving activists three more weeks to move the animals to city and county open space.
June 23, 2002 Prairie dogs faced chaotic Saturday
Prairie dog advocates estimate that at least 2,000 of the animals were poisoned Saturday on Storage Technology Corp. property in Louisville, while about 150 of the rodents were being removed live from Boulder Valley School District property across the street.
June 18, 2002 Prairie dogs' move begins
Volunteers have started trapping prairie dogs and are ready to start relocating them from several Boulder Valley schools to Boulder County open space land near Superior.
June 15, 2002 Boulder to close its prairie dog 'hotel'
Boulder's prairie dog hotel is closing at the end of the month, leaving the area's best-known prairie dog rescuer scrambling to find a place to keep the animals during relocation.
May 29, 2002 Prairie dog plans pass
Boulder County biologists will move about 50 prairie dogs from several Boulder Valley schools to county open space land near Superior this summer.
May 24, 2002 Prairie dog proposal advances
The Boulder County Parks and Open Space Department's advisory committee passed a proposal late Thursday night to let Boulder County biologists feed unwanted prairie dogs to black-footed ferrets and raptors during years when the county has no space to relocate the rodents.
May 23, 2002 Prairie dogs might be fed to predators
Boulder County biologists are seeking permission to feed unwanted prairie dogs to black-footed ferrets and raptors when the county runs out of space to relocate the rodents. They will also ask county leaders to commit to transforming old agricultural properties into to native shortgrass prairie, which may someday make good prairie dog habitat.
April 17, 2002 City reconsiders prairie dog plan
LAFAYETTE — The City Council plans to scale back a prairie dog relocation plan after hearing impassioned testimony from several residents Tuesday.
March 26, 2002 BVSD appeals to Boulder County
Boulder Valley School District officials see county open space as the best hope to avoid poisoning prairie dogs now living on school grounds.
March 18, 2002 Prairie dog plan draws criticism
LAFAYETTE — Some residents here are upset over a City Council decision to move about 100 prairie dogs to open space near their homes, saying the relocation area is heavily used by neighbors, kids and dogs.
March 17, 2002 Prairie dogs tunneling at Superior cemetery
SUPERIOR — High above Original Town, a burial ground holds the remains of town settlers — mostly miners and their children who met their fates more than 100 years ago fighting smallpox, diphtheria and the common flu.
March 6, 2002 Lafayette to move prairie dogs
LAFAYETTE — About 100 rodent residents will find themselves in new homes this spring or summer, after the Lafayette City Council voted Tuesday to move the prairie dogs from "undesirable" locations to a more suitable one.
February 13, 2002 Prairie dog proposal delivered
Acquiring land to relocate prairie dogs is the biggest hurdle in a formal proposal of alternatives to poisoning the animals on Boulder Valley School District property.
February 11, 2002 Prairie dog plan heads to BVSD
Prairie dog advocates probably will ask the Boulder Valley School District to give them until summer to move prairie dogs off school grounds.
February 7, 2002 Limits on moving rodents upheld
DENVER — A House committee on Wednesday killed a bill that would have given prairie dog advocates and others greater flexibility in moving the rodents from county to county in Colorado.
February 3, 2002 Vague animal cruelty codes in cities protect prairie dogs
Vague animal cruelty codes in cities protect prairie dogs
January 28, 2002 Injuries prompt colonies' ends
The Boulder Valley School District based its initial decision to poison prairie dog colonies at five schools largely on several anecdotal reports of student injuries at one school.
January 23, 2002 Landowners get protection push
DENVER — The Colorado Division of Wildlife has developed a pilot conservation program that would pay landowners to protect prairie dogs.
Prairie dog relocation has limits
The city of Boulder's grasslands may be seriously degraded if forced to accept all black-tailed prairie dogs displaced by development within the city, according to city biologists.
January 15, 2002 Judge: State fails wildlife
A Boulder judge Monday criticized the Colorado Division of Wildlife's current methods of guarding protected species but didn't order the agency to change.
January 11, 2002 Advocates discuss prairie dog solutions
Relocate the prairie dogs to various open space properties with the help of volunteers, fill in their burrows, use a variety of barriers to keep them out and closely watch for any attempts to move back in.
January 9, 2002 Prairie dog plans discussed
Animal rights advocates asked the Boulder Valley school board Tuesday to adopt a policy banning the killing of wildlife on school property to protect prairie dogs from extermination.
January 8, 2002 Prairie dog extermination put off
Prairie dogs living in 300 burrows at local schoolyards got a one-month extension on life Monday.
January 6, 2002 Longmont airport prairie dogs to be relocated
LONGMONT — From a distance, the tarmac at Longmont's Vance Brand Municipal Airport looks long, flat and perfectly safe for pilots taking off and landing.
January 5, 2002 Survey tracks prairie dogs on Colo. plains
The state's black-tailed prairie dog population is not as imperiled as previously thought, according to a statement released Friday by the Colorado Department of Natural Resources.
January 4, 2002 Prairie dogs dealt 2nd strike
For the second time in less than a week, a Boulder judge chose not to stop the Boulder Valley School District from exterminating prairie dogs at five schools.
January 3, 2002 Companies seek land to relocate prairie dogs
LONGMONT — Desperate to avoid killing prairie dogs, the Boulder County Business Center is asking private landowners across the county to find a new home for 100 prairie dogs.
December 29, 2001 Ruling clears way for burrow poisoning
A Boulder judge cleared the way Friday for the Boulder Valley School District to exterminate prairie dogs at five schools.
December 22, 2001 Group wants stay on prairie dog kill
An animal rights group has asked a district judge to stop the Boulder Valley School District from poisoning prairie dogs during the holidays.
December 13, 2001 BVSD might poison prairie dogs
The Boulder Valley School District is running out of options to deal with prairie dogs pushed onto school playgrounds and fields by development, and it may begin killing the animals.
December 2, 2001 Prairie dog plan a modest start, some say
A prairie dog conservation plan approved this month by 11 Western states is meeting mixed reviews from both Colorado environmentalists and cattle ranchers.
December 1, 2001 Plan to kill deer has some worried
State wildlife managers plan to kill as many as 40 deer on Sugarloaf Mountain this winter in an attempt to fend off a deadly deer and elk disease.
November 15, 2001 Ferrets returning to Colorado
Forty-five black-footed ferrets will be set loose in northwestern Colorado today by state and federal officials in the first year of a five-year program to bring the prairie dog predators back to the state.
September 15, 2001 Lafayette seeks new police chief
LAFAYETTE — The Police Department's No. 1 candidate to become police chief announced his resignation as a lieutenant to take a job with the University of Colorado, leaving two holes in the department's hierarchy.
July 30, 2001 EPA funds prairie dog study
In a classic children's book, a rural mouse discovers that the perils of the city are different from those in his country home. The same may hold true for prairie dogs.
July 24, 2001 Prairie dog concerns addressed
LOUISVILLE — A prairie dog relocation company explained to the Open Space Board on Monday why 60 percent of animals in a move last month did not stay at the new site.
July 20, 2001 Prairie dog relocation dug into
LOUISVILLE — The city's open space committee is reviewing the effectiveness of a recent prairie dog relocation amid resident concerns that the move was less than successful.
July 13, 2001 City aims for compromise in prairie dog policy draft
City aims for compromise in prairie dog policy draft
July 5, 2001 Activists: Prairie dogs should be sent to zoo
DENVER — An animal rights group says about 200 prairie dogs destined to become food for endangered ferrets could instead live out their lives in a Texas zoo and as pets.
June 21, 2001 Group requests ban on poisoning
Rocky Mountain Animal Defense asked for a temporary restraining order Wednesday to ban the use of some prairie dog poisoning methods until a judge decides whether the poisoning violates the state constitution.
June 17, 2001 Prairie dog relocation
On Saturday, two people protested the ongoing removal of the prairie dogs, which will be donated as food to a ferret breeding program. Dog Gone also used a vacuum pump to remove animals that had migrated to the school playground from a small, fenced area not used by children.
Relocation not end to prairie dogs' distress
Now she works full time with a staff of three people to move prairie dog colonies from areas where they aren't wanted to more suitable locations.
June 12, 2001 Prairie dog poisoning trial opens
District Judge Frank Dubofsky heard opening remarks and testimony from several witnesses Monday in the nonprofit Rocky Mountain Animal Defense's case against the state over the poisoning of prairie dog colonies.
June 11, 2001 Prairie dogs to be moved
LAFAYETTE — The city is about to hire a wildlife group to relocate a colony of prairie dogs from a neighborhood that has boxed them in.
May 31, 2001 Prairie dog holes filled in
BROOMFIELD — A resident and the city's open space director are concerned about prairie dog holes that were filled at the southwest corner of 128th Avenue and Zuni Street.
May 18, 2001 Horse Rescue puts off opening
"Threats of criminal mischief" from activists upset by the killing of prairie dogs on the Colorado Horse Rescue property last week have caused the nonprofit to postpone its grand opening until the fall, Horse Rescue President Julie Bernard said Thursday.
May 15, 2001 County warns rescue agency
The killing of prairie dogs last week on 50 acres operated by Colorado Horse Rescue appears to have broken Boulder County's patience with the nonprofit.
May 10, 2001 Agency accused of prairie dog abuse
Boulder County blamed Colorado Horse Rescue on Wednesday for poisoning prairie dogs on the nonprofit's 50-acre site off 65th Street near Nelson Road in Hygiene.
March 26, 2001 Prairie dogs to be relocated
LOUISVILLE — City officials will spend up to $30,000 to find a new home for a colony of black-tailed prairie dogs on land designated for a new police station.
March 15, 2001 County to prairie dogs: Stop growing
Boulder County open space managers are working against prairie dogs' instincts.
March 12, 2001 Prairie dog defenders unite to oppose bill
DENVER — Prairie dog defenders pledged this weekend to expand and connect their efforts — like so many underground burrows — to protect habitat by lobbying state and local officials.
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