Federal officials have agreed to hold off poisoning prairie dogs in western South Dakota's Conata Basin until at least Oct. 11 while they try to work out a settlement with environmental groups that ...

Prairie dogs were first documented in the journals and diaries of Lewis and Clark and the men of their Voyage of Discovery expedition. They called them “dogs” because of the barking sound they made ...

She pointed out that even just one prairie dog running onto another's property constitutes an infestation under South Dakota law, and she repeatedly stressed that the original plea filed by ...

LINCOLN, Neb. — A new plan to manage prairie dogs on federal land in northwestern Nebraska and central and southwestern South Dakota that includes more liberal use of poisons could be in use by the ...

SCENIC, S.D. (AP) -- The prairie dog population in eastern Fall River County has been decimated, and officials believe the plague is responsible. Prairie dog deaths in the area make it less attractive ...

I have been a hunter all my life and find myself absolutely disgusted by Greg Gianforte and his proposed prairie dog “hunt.” Shooting prairie dogs or “gophers” is not hunting. It is simply shooting ...