habitat harmony, inc. prairie dog relocation project at flagstaff mall expansion site 2003
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Habitat Harmony, Inc.
Prairie Dog Relocation Project at Flagstaff Mall Expansion Site
2003
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First Meeting Between Habitat Harmony and Arizona Game & Fish
November 2002
•We identified the common goal of protecting Gunnison’s prairie dogs.
• Game and Fish needed to locate a suitable release site.
• Habitat Harmony needed to locate a suitable capture site.
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Meeting with City of Flagstaff Planning Dept.February 2003
• John Silva, city planner, suggested we draft a Memo.
• We agreed on the Flagstaff Mall expansion site.
• The Memo was forwarded to Westcor, developer of the mall.
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FIELD WORK BEGINS – COUNTING BURROWS
April 29, 2003
• The mall expansion site covers almost 100 acres.
• We needed 15 volunteers to count the active burrows.
• It took several days and 135 volunteer hours to count 3,084 burrows.
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Plant and Wildlife Survey
•Dr. Randall Scott, botanist and NAU professor, prepared a survey of the plants at the mall expansion site.
•Erika Nowak, wildlife biologist, prepared a survey of the animals.
•Dave and Marcia Lamkin, members of the Northern Arizona Audubon Society, prepared a survey of the birds.
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Identifying Family Groups
• 34 family groups were marked off with color coded flags.
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Dusting for Fleas
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640 traps had to be assembled.
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Baiting and Placing the Traps
The bait was a mixture of molasses, cracked corn and sunflower seeds.
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The Flag System• Many traps were spread out over a large area.
•The sunflowers and bee bombs made the traps hard to find.
• By flagging every set trap and counting flags as traps were closed, we ensured that all traps were checked.
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Gathering the Trapped Prairie Dogs• Traps with Prairie Dogs were covered with burlap.
• Trapped Prairie Dogs were placed under a shady tree and the burlap was sprayed with water.
• Prairie Dogs were counted and loaded into trucks according to family group.
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Meeting with the Press
• The Arizona Daily Sun was interested in our project.
• KNAU aired an interview about prairie dogs and the relocation effort.
KNAU
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