Utah Prairie Dog Recovery Efforts 1999 Annual Report
Day K and Bonzo TG. 2000. Utah Prairie Dog Recovery Efforts 1999 Annual Report. Utah Prairie Dog recovery efforts annual report. 00-35. Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. Cedar City, UT
Utah prairie dog recovery efforts in 1999 consisted of conducting annual spring counts, administering the translocation and control programs, conducting habitat vegetation studies, implementing a county-wide Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) for Iron County. A total of 5,114 adult Utah prairie dogs were counted rangewide, an increase of one animal over 1998 figures. Counts on public lands increased to 1,229 adults, while counts on private lands decreased to 3,885. UPD on private lands comprised 76% of the total population. Counts in the West Desert Recovery Area increased 2% from 1998, while counts in the Paunsaugunt Recovery Area increased 6%. Counts in the Awapa Plateau Recovery Area decreased 43% from 1998, the fourth consecutive year of decrease. In the Paunsaugunt Recovery Area, 182 UPD were translocated from 4 different colonies to the Johnson Bench translocation site. A total of 201 UPD in the Dominguez-Escalante translocation site were translocated from 9 different colonies to the Dominguez-Escalante translocation site. Weekly counts revealed that at least 195 prairie dogs at Adams Well translocation site and at least 42 prairie dogs persisted into September at the 1996-98 Adams Well translocation site. Fifty-nine control permits allowing take of 2,496 UPD were issued to 35 individuals. Reported take was 1,233 prairie dogs.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Day, Keith; Bonzo, Teresa
- Date of Issue
- 2000-12
- Publisher
- Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
- Units
- BRCA
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Census, Colonies, Habitat, Land Use, Mammals, Population, Public Land, Rodent, Threatened-Endangered-Sensitive Animals, Translocation, Utah Prairie Dog (Cynomys parvidens), Vegetation Studies