Aim: To identify potential landscapes for the conservation of the black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus; BTPD) ecosystem, across their historical geographical range within the United States.

Colorado State University researchers have identified priority areas for the conservation of the black-tailed prairie dog in the United States, extending from Montana to Texas and New Mexico to ...

Vol. 46, No. 4, Climate Adaptation Actions Machine Learning for Camera Traps Crippling Loss in Waterfowl (September 2022), pp. 1-16 (16 pages) The black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) is a ...

Plans to conserve black-tailed prairie dogs, a key animal in prairie ecosystems and a candidate for federal protection, are progressing on several fronts. More than 60 people from 11 states, tribes, ...

Groups frequently at odds with each other joined forces recently to lobby in Washington, D.C., for conservation of declining prairie species through landowner incentives. The contingent of ranchers, ...

DENVER (CN) — A divided 10th Circuit on Monday reversed a lower court’s approval of a Thunder Basin National Grassland management plan that removed protections for the black-tailed prairie dogs needed ...

When I headed to Montana to visit the American Prairie, I had bison on my mind. They are the quintessential plains animal and North America’s largest land mammal. But what I didn’t expect was for a ...

The federal government's decision not to seek protection for the black-tailed prairie dog Thursday appeased agricultural interests and angered conservation groups. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...

The black-tailed prairie dog, a type of squirrel, may warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Tuesday in response to a petition by wildlife ...

After being caged, dusted and inspected, 27 New Mexico natives were introduced Monday to new homes in Las Cienegas National Conservation Area, about 50 miles southeast of Tucson. Apart from being a ...