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PDP Newsletter march 2026

The newsletter is out, you can download a copy at NEWSLETTER...

PDP General Meeting 2026

The annual meeting was conducted on 31 January 2026 .  Highlights of the meeting follow: The board...

Spring Garage Sale

Prairie Dog Pals had it’s spring garage sale on 16 and 17 May.  The event takes a lot of time...

The pdp newsletter is out!

The 2024 newsletter has been published. You can download it at: 2025 Newsletter...

UNM Researchers Find Live Hantavirus is Carried in More Than 30 New Mexico Small Mammal Species

Ever since 1993, when a deadly disease outbreak in the Four Corners first revealed the presence of...

Federal judge buries Colorado environmental group’s third lawsuit seeking to block prairie dog kills

DENVER (CN) — A federal judge on Monday dismissed an environmentalist group’s third lawsuit against...

Prairie dogs in steep decline

Dear EarthTalk: “Are prairie dogs threatened or endangered these days?” – Joseph P., via...

Green Urge Federal Protection For Prairie Dogs

EarthTalk Q&A Shashwat Mishra March 12, 2025 Dear EarthTalk: Are prairie dogs threatened or...

Wild Cam: Watch coyotes hunt with badgers

March 11, 2025 by Olivia Milloway ‘Uneasy alliance’ may provide benefits to both mesopredators Emma...