CEDAR CITY, Utah — Spring has sprung, and for many Utahns, that means enjoying the warmer temperatures and getting those gardens ready for planting. But for the Division of Wildlife Resources, spring ...

SALT LAKE CITY – Nine states have stepped into a lawsuit over the Utah prairie dog to support a ruling that animal activists say threatens to undermine the Endangered Species Act. The attorneys ...

CEDAR CITY, Utah (AP) -- The government is offering private landowners money to protect southern Utah's prairie dog populations. Five landowners already have applied for a program that buys ...

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Law360, New York ( November 26, 2014, 12:41 PM EST) -- Bucking the decisions of five federal courts of appeals, a Utah district court has determined that federal protections for an endangered species ...

Prairie dogs will stand upright and watch for any signs of danger, ready to signal to the group if trouble approaches. Prairie dogs aren't dogs at all but are actually a species of ground squirrels.