Prairie Dog Pals

Dedicated to the Preservation of Prairie Dogs and their Habitat

Indian School Update

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To date we’ve captured and relocated 125 prairie dogs from the NE and SE corners of Indian School and Tramway.  The prairie dogs are being relocated to make way for landscaping.  There are a few left that we are trying to trap before the end of the season.  In fact Margaret D caught another one this week.  Apparently there will be another town meeting to review the landscape plan.  Read on to learn details for the meeting.

Save the Date & Call to Action!

When: Aug. 23, 2017–6 to 7:30 pm

Where: Lomas Tramway Library
Community Room

Agenda: Findings & Plan for Landscaping
Tramway/Indian School Rd.
This is a great opportunity to hear from Sites SW, the landscape consultants contracted by the City of Albuquerque, as they present their findings for a plan to landscape portions of the Tramway and Indian School Rd. intersection. Before a plan can be adopted the preliminary work of humanly removing the prairie dogs is being done by Prairie Dog Pals of New Mexico. The governmental entities being asked to review this plan for approval are the City of Albuquerque and the State of NM Highway Department. See You August 23 at 6:00 pm in the Community Room of the Lomas Tramway Library. Check us out on Facebook and NextDoor.com.

Mary E. Lee Park Prairie Dogs Being Relocated

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SAN ANGELO, TX – The prairie dogs at Mary E. Lee Park in San Angelo are being relocated to a new home.

What started as a small family five years ago quickly became a colony of about 500 prairie dogs.

Parks and Recreation Advisory Board members came to a decision to relocate the animals. Lynda Watson with the prairie dog management service was called to capture and safely relocate them to a more natural permanent residence.

After capture each prairie dog is put under quarantine and observation at a facility in Lubbock for approximately two weeks before they are turned out into a new location.

Read More:  Lubbock

3 People Have Caught Plague in New Mexico This Month

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Three people in New Mexico have been infected with plague this month, which is close to the number of plague cases that the state saw in all of 2016, according to health officials.

This week, the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) reported two cases of plague — one in a 52-year-old woman and one in a 62-year-old woman, both living in Santa Fe County, in the northern part of the state. Earlier in June, the state reported a case of plague in a 63-year-old man, also living in Santa Fe County. All three people were hospitalized, but all of them survived, NMDOH officials said.

Read more:  Plague

 

 

Fleas that bite rodents infected with the bacteria that cause the plague can transmit the disease to people.

Credit: Janice Haney Carr/CDC

 

TISA building construction displaces prairie dogs

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Over the roar of giant construction engines, small chirps made by frantic prairie dogs can still be heard in a freshly plowed field once dotted with the small piles of dirt marking the homes of the desert-dwelling rodents.

Read more:  Taos

Learning More About The Abilene Prairie Dog Town

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ABILENE, Texas (KTAB) – The Red Bud Park prairie dog town has been around since the 1970s. Although there’s nobody left on the Abilene city staff who was part of the original “founding” of the prairie dog town, the town has thrived in the years since it was established.

Read more:  Abilene