Hidden under the snowy ground of a Longmont neighborhood open space lives a colony of prairie dogs. Their fate will soon be decided by their neighbors, the Harvest Junction Village HOA. Amid ongoing ...

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 ...

Prairie dogs are a big part of what makes Colorado special. They’re a native animal we see all the time, and they do a lot of good for our grasslands. They are what we call a “keystone species,” which ...

What’s an antsy prairie dog to do when her life on the plains is humdrum? Move to the bright lights, big city, of course. That’s the premise of playwright Diana Grisanti’s “The City Dog and the ...

Over one hundred prairie dogs that live next to the Harvest Junction Village neighborhood in Longmont will likely be killed in March after the Homeowners Association board voted to move forward with ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LONGMONT, Colo. (KDVR) — A group of Longmont ...

LA PLATA COUNTY, Colo. (KKTV) - A mass die-off of prairie dogs in a Colorado county has health officials concerned that it could be the plague. La Plata County Public Health Department (LPCPH) ...

Colorado State University researchers have identified priority areas for the conservation of the black-tailed prairie dog in the United States, extending from Montana to Texas and New Mexico to ...

Thank you for your recent coverage of prairie dogs (“Weekly Why: Why do Coloradans care so much about prairie dogs?” Jan. 15). It’s an important topic, and I appreciate your efforts to highlight it. I ...