Conservation Strategy for the Utah Prairie Dog
Utah Prairie Dog Recovery Plan Implementation Committee 1995, Bolander R, Bonebrake R, Foster D, Grandison K, Linner S, Mcdonald K, Ritchie M. 1995. Conservation Strategy for the Utah Prairie Dog. Utah Prairie Dog Recovery Plan Implementation Committee
The Utah Prairie Dog Recovery Plan Implementation Committee proposes a three phase conservation strategy: habitat improvement, research, and public information and education. Specifically, the committee calls for rangeland revegetation (burning and reseeding) at six new sites associated with existing prairie dog complexes, followed by translocation of prairie dogs from private land to mitigate impacts of land development. Research should be conducted on the population dynamics of existing complexes, the effects of range revegetation and grazing on the success of prairie dog translocations, and the consequences of extinction of local populations for prairie dog genetic diversity. Finally, in integrated program of information and education should be implemented by special teaching in public schools, using local prairie dog colonies as demonstration sites, and informing, through extension, agricultural producers of ways in which livestock and prairie dogs might mutually benefit.
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Utah Prairie Dog Recovery Plan Implementation Committee 1995; Bolander, Ron; Bonebrake, Rebecca; Foster, Dan; Grandison, Kate; Linner, Susan; Mcdonald, Ken; Ritchie, Mark
- Date of Issue
- 1995-07-18
- Publisher
- Utah Prairie Dog Recovery Plan Implementation Committee
- Units
- BRCA
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, habitat improvement, Mammals, Research, Rodent (Rodentia), Threatened-Endangered-Sensitive Animals, Translocation, Trapping, Utah Prairie Dog (Cynomys parvidens), Vegetation, Wildlife Management