Prairie Dogs Deemed Not Endangered

The New York Times December 2, 2009 The Associated Press

Black-tailed prarie dogs are not being considered endangered species and were denied protection under the Endagered Species Act after officials conclued the speciers were showing signs of rebounding. These prarie dogs once occupied across 11 Central and Western States and estimated about 50,000 square miles. They are a primary food source for rare animals such as black-footed ferrets.
The Associated Press usually gets great information and it's good and bad that the black-tailed prarie dogs got denied because it's great knowing that they aren't endangered, but I'm sure it would have been nice having them under that species act just in case.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/03/science/earth/03prairie.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss