prairie dogs

Early on we talk about the overwhelming cricket population in the tiny town of Edgerton, Wyoming before jumping into the bigger villains of summer: scotch thistle, Russian and spotted knapweed, prairie dogs, and grasshoppers.

To help black-footed ferrets, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and others plan to vaccinate prairie dogs against plague in several Western states later this year.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — State wildlife officials have denied a request by the U.S. Forest Service to move as many as 2,000 prairie dogs in northeast Wyoming. The plan was unpopular among ranchers on the Thunder Basin National Grassland in Converse, Weston and Campbell counties...

GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — Some people in Campbell County are expressing concern about a plan to transplant prairie dogs in northeast Wyoming. U.S. Forest Service officials propose to move prairie dogs away from homes in Weston and Converse counties...