City will continue to use lethal control methods and maintain a pilot program that helps landowners pay for barriers.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Prairie dogs are the Paul Reveres of the Great Plains: They bark to alert neighbors to the presence of predators, with separate calls for dangers coming by land or by air. “Prairie ...

Longmont officials plan to move a large prairie dog colony from Dry Creek Community Park to the U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot in Pueblo. The move makes way for future ballfields, a water plaza with ...

Prairie dogs aren’t dogs at all but are actually a species of ground squirrels. They are cousins of the squirrels we find in our backyards. Prairie dogs live in big social groups called prairie dog ...

People who “massacre” prairie dogs in Colorado should have to pick up the lead-riddled carcasses, says a group calling for more regulation of hunting ...

LONGMONT, Colo. (KDVR) — A group of Longmont residents are upset over changes coming to a local park and the euthanasia efforts of prairie dogs who live there. Dry Creek Park sits on the Southwest ...

When I headed to Montana to visit the American Prairie, I had bison on my mind. They are the quintessential plains animal and North America's largest land mammal. But what I didn't expect was for a ...

Editor’s note: This article has been updated to correct the group affiliations of Longmont residents who spoke to the City Council. The Longmont City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to refer a ...