The Endangered Species Act

CNE victories

After submitting the petition, pressured BLM to drop oil and gas lease sales on 40,000 acres of white-tailed prairie dog habitat; succeeded in encouraging Montana to end white-tailed prairie dog target shooting on state and federal lands; permanent shooting ban within a black-footed ferret recovery area in northeastern Utah, and a seasonal ban throughout the rest of the state.

We've had some other good white-tailed pdog news lately. Montana renewed
its wtpd shooting ban (federal land) and made it a biennial rule (now up
only every other year instead of annually), Utah adopted a seasonal wtpd
shooting ban statewide (federal and state lands) as well as renewed its
total shooting ban in the black-footed ferret recovery area. FS Region
added wtpd to its Sensitive Species list, as did the state of Utah. We also
secured NSO stipulations for a drilling lease within the largest remaining
prairie dog complex in Montana (on the Custer NF). For a rundown visit our
wtpd page (http://www.nativeecosystems.org/prairiedogs/whitetailed/).

ACEC?

90-day petition finding by October 31, 2004
b) if the 90-day finding is positive, a 12-month finding by October 31,
2005

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Salt Lake Tribune Groups rallying to protect the prairie dog (3/15/04)

Deseret Morning News Prairie dog deadline is near (3/12/04)

Rocky Mountain News Agency sets deadline to look at prairie dog status (3/12/04)

Colorado Daily.com Prairie dog champions dig in for bureaucratic battle (2/25/04)

Billings Gazette Enviros sue U.S. over prairie dogs (2/25/04)

Deseret Morning News Utah writer joins suit to force protection of prairie dog species (2/25/03)

Salt Lake Tribune Protection sought for vanishing prairie dog (2/25/03)

Coalition Secures Court Victory for the White-Tailed Prairie Dog Fish and Wildlife Service Must Respond to Endangered Species Act Petition

March 11, 2004