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The 2024 newsletter has been published. You can download it at: 2025 Newsletter
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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 hantavirus in North America, New Mexicans have been warned to be on the lookout for deer mice, which harbor the microbe and can spread it through their droppings. Read more at : Virus Hantavirus precautions Seal holes and
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 the U.S. Department of Agriculture seeking to block Colorado prairie dog kills. “Here, the third time is not a charm,” wrote U.S. Judge Regina Rodriguez in a 16-page order. Prairie Protection Colorado, a nonprofit based in Sedalia, Colorado, sued the
Prairie dogs in steep decline
Dear EarthTalk: “Are prairie dogs threatened or endangered these days?” – Joseph P., via email Prairie dogs play a key role in grassland ecosystems but encounter many threats. These cute 18-inch tall tan rodents live in small pockets of habitat across 10 western U.S. states: Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South
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Green Urge Federal Protection For Prairie Dogs
EarthTalk Q&A Shashwat Mishra March 12, 2025 Dear EarthTalk: Are prairie dogs threatened or endangered these days? —Joseph P., via email Prairie dogs play a key role in grassland ecosystems but encounter many threats. These cute 18” tall tan rodents live in small pockets of habitat across 10 western U.S. states: Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska,
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Wild Cam: Watch coyotes hunt with badgers
March 11, 2025 by Olivia Milloway ‘Uneasy alliance’ may provide benefits to both mesopredators Emma Balunek was combing through hours of trail camera footage in northeastern Colorado when she saw something surprising. Amidst the swift foxes, pronghorn, ravens and endless golden eagles was an unlikely pair: an American badger and coyote. Click on the link
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Hantavirus: New Mexico’s long trail of disease, death
By Olivier Uyttebrouck / Journal Staff WriterMar 7, 2025 Updated Mar 8, 2025 Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, the illness that killed Betsy Arakawa, wife of the legendary actor Gene Hackman, has a history of death and illness dating back decades in New Mexico. The deadly virus has caused illnesses nearly every year in New Mexico since
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First outreach event of 2024
On March 4 3:30 pm Jim T presented his Prairie Dogs in Peril lecture to 4 classes of 1st and 2nd graders at the Reginald F Chavez Elementary School in Albuquerque. This was well received by very enthusiastic students! They loved seeing species ambassadors Sunny and Rusty who were both very alert to the crowd.
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PDP General Meeting
The PDP annual general meeting was conducted on 1 February 2025. You can read the minutes by clicking on the following link: Minutes
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Mountain West could be key for prairie dog conservation, study finds
If you drive through a grassland, it may seem quiet at first – until you come across a colony of prairie dogs. “As soon as you do, the life of the prairie is there,” said Ana Davidson, a research scientist with the Colorado Natural Heritage Program based at Colorado State University. Prairie dogs dig complex
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