Prairie

Is it important to maintain the colonies of prairie dogs in Colorado? What exactly makes prairie dogs so important? Who supports them and fights for them, and what is killing them? Prairie dogs, like many other livings on Earth, are valuable to our ecosystem. They are responsible for keeping the cycle of life going and helping to maintain a healthy structure in the wild, both as predator and prey. There are wildlife activists who support prairie dogs and who support non-lethal methods of removing them and will go as far as buying land for the small creatures. Then there are conservationists, who see the importance of prairie dogs, but who also see the importance of conserving the land they call home. They will try to keep as many of the prairie dogs alive as they can, but they aren’t immune to lethal methods of removal. Other enemies of the prairie dogs include farmers and ranchers, who see them as rodents and pests that are dangerous to their livestock. There are also land developers, who only care for creating something new for the people. Then, the deadliest enemy of all to the prairie dogs happens to be the plague that takes out colonies in alarming numbers. The issue of helping prairie dogs keep their homes and fighting against the companies who are taking them is becoming a very…

language that prairie dogs speak is very interesting. I believe that prairie dogs language has many aspects that human language has, but they don’t possess all of the same aspects. I don’t believe prairie dogs language uses displacement, prevarication, or reflectiveness. And I am unsure if the possess the ability to be creative with their language. However, I also don’t think enough is known about the prairie dogs language to be completely sure they aren’t able to lie or refer to other places or…

Part One The Great North American Prairie covers 1.4 million square miles and is made up of the following U.S. states; Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico. It is also made up of a few provinces in Canada including Alberta and Manitoba. Rainfall is more common in the East than it is in the West of the prairies. Rainfall levels can reach up to 21 inches and go down to 12 inches depending on where you are within the prairie. It's…

The prairie dog has a very advanced home. The prairie dog is a small rabbit-sized rodent. Prairie dogs are small rabbit-sized rodents that live in grasslands in North America. They live in underground burrows, large tunnels, and chambers marked by mounds of dirt by their entrances. Burrows also have nurseries, toilets, sleeping quarters, and they even have listening posts. Prairie dogs are pretty advanced, for an animal. Prairie dogs live in large colonies, in underground burrows in grasslands…

a small rodent sits waiting for a clear coast to jump out and find something to eat. These smaller animals sometimes have it hard trying to find a place to live, something to keep them from predators and finding something to eat. The prairie dog may be found in the region of south-central Canada to northeastern Mexico, has tan and brown fur covering most of its body, and has a diet of mostly grasses, plants, and weeds. The Black-tailed prairie dog lives from south-central Canada to northeastern…

Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie is the first national tallgrass prairie in the country was established in 1996. The remnant prairie land once housed part of the former Joliet Army Ammunition Plant is now Midewin. Since the land transfer from the Department of Defense to the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Forest Service along with other federal & non-governmental partner manage the restoration of the 19,161 acres of the historical prairie habitat. In 2004 Midewin was opened to the public. Forms…

Savannas are bumpy grasslands with distant shrubs and trees. They are normally in a warm climate year round, with only two seasons, very long and dry season and the wet season. Roughly the temperature stays above 70 degrees F all year. This is a generic description of a generic savanna, but the Oregon Oak Savanna in Oregon is no where near generic. The Oregon Oak Savanna is home to many plants and animals that are massively influential on the human race. One of the most important organisms in…

Overall Description Savannas are characterized by flat, grassy plains with few trees. The word “savanna” comes from zabana in Taino (a language used by a now-extinct Native American group that lived in the Bahamas). Zabana was used to describe vast, dry, and treeless fields, but definition has expanded over time to even include grasslands of Florida and plains with palm trees in Venezuela. Climate Savannas normally undergo wet summers and dry winters. During the dry season, most of the little…

and the European polecat[1]. They are fossorial and nocturnal hunters that can be seen during the day[1]. Most of their diet is prairie dogs, but they do eat voles, rabbits, and mice on occasion[1]. They hunt for their food year-round, even in deep snows and negative temperatures[1]. They are capable of digging well, but instead utilize pre-dug prairie dog burrows as their homes[1]. It is said that they can live in the wild for 3 to 5 years, and that male BFFs are larger than the females[2].…

And the reason that is hurting their existence is because not only do they lose their homes, but also their prey’s home. The Black Footed Ferret eats squirrels, mice, and other rodents, but their main course is the prairie dog. The Ferrets size allows them to go into the burrows of the prairie dog, and because they are nocturnal predators, they kill the prairie dogs while they are sleeping. Then when the ferret’s homes are attacked by their predators, they rely on abandoned prairie dog burrows…