What is the biggest obstacle in finding solutions to help prairie dogs?
The biggest obstacle is, without a doubt, continuing negative perceptions and attitudes toward the prairie dog. Such attitudes are difficult to change and affect major political and land management decisions. Until public officials and agencies acknowledge the importance of the black-tailed prairie dogs and the prairie ecosystem they help to sustain, state and local policies will continue to sanction the destruction of prairie dog colonies and overlook the need for designated preservation land.
