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According to a national group called NatureServe that looks out for America's critters, a century ago there were 95,000 Utah prairie dogs burrowed into the counties in southwestern Utah.It had been a tough half-century. Civilization was the bane of the prairie dogs' existence. Literally. If farmers weren't shooting them or poisoning them, developers were building subdivisions over them.
Suddenly, open season was over. Mess with a Utah prairie dog and you were in violation of federal law. In turn, the DWR would assume full management of the Utah prairie dog, which wouldn't be much of a stretch since that's the role the division is already playing. Central to prairie dog protection and preservation is the DWR's relocation system. When homeowners, farmers, ranchers and developers discover they need to have prairie dogs removed from their environment, DWR technicians show up to capture the creatures and transport them to wide open spaces where they can thrive. Federal lands are the most common destination .
Then there's their extensive underground burrows that provide two significant benefits: One, shelter and nourishment for all sorts of reptiles, amphibians, insects, spiders, burrowing owls and others; and two, all their digging aerates the soil, churning up nutrients that help plant life flourish.
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