Author: Kansas. Department of Wildlife and Parks

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Published: 2002

Total Pages: 33

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The Kansas Black-Tailed Prairie Dog Conservation and Management Plan is designed to minimize and potentially eliminate the current threat to prairie dog populations. ... The five threats are as follow: 1. Present or threatened destruction, modification, or curtailment of its habitat or range. 2. Over utilization for commercial, recreational, scientific, or educational purposes. 3. Disease or predation. 4. Inadequacy of existing regulatory mechanisms. 5. Other natural or manmade factors affecting its continued existence including Control (Poisoning) and Habitat Fragmentation.