Black-Tailed Prairie Dog Off Endangered List

The black-tailed prairie dog has been dropped from the federal endangered species candidate list, a decision that will help ranchers whose land has been damaged by the rodents, South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds said in Pierre.

“This will allow us to take a much more proactive approach in controlling the infestation of prairie dogs from federal lands onto private lands,” Rounds said.

South Dakota and other Western states have worked for years to come up with their own management plans so the prairie dog would not be placed on the federal list.