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Larimer County works with advocates on possible prairie dog relocation

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As Larimer County officials work to start construction on the new county building at First Street and Denver Avenue in Loveland, some residents are advocating that the prairie dogs on site be relocated first.

For months, the Larimer County commissioners and the Loveland City Council members have been receiving emails from prairie dog advocates asking that the animals on site be located to another area, rather than poisoned and killed.

While prairie dogs are not considered a protected species, advocates argued that relocation provides many benefits.

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A National Park for the Father of Parks

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The U.S. National Park Service has been celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2016.

Woodrow Wilson, America’s 28th president, established the National Park Service in 1916 to “protect the wild and wonderful landscapes” in the United States.

But it is an earlier leader who is considered the father of the America’s national parks. In 1906, Theodore Roosevelt, America’s 26th president, signed the American Antiquities Act. The law permitted him – and future presidents – to take immediate action to protect important cultural or natural resources.

This is an extremely timely article as B. Obama just designated two areas in Utah as parks and there are those in the government that would seek to reverse this decision.  In fact some would like to PRIVATIZE our public lands!  In the words of Mark Twain: Buy land, they’re not making it anymore.  And perhaps he wouldn’t mind if I changed that to PROTECT our lands, they’re not making anymore.

Anyway it is a very nice article with great pictures including, of course, prairie dogs.  So check out the article at:  PARKS