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Comments on the Status of the Gunnison’s Prairie Dog

Date
October 29, 2007
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Wildlife   Gunnison’s prairie dog
#EndangeredSpeciesAct, #ProtectPrairieDogEmpires
WildEarth Guardians and a broad coalition of groups and organizations originally petitioned the Service for Gunnison’s prairie dog listing in February 2004. Under court order, the Service must issue a finding on that petition on February 1, 2008, on the eve of Groundhog Day, which western conservation groups have renamed Prairie Dog Day.

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