Habitat Harmony, Inc'

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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
  Gunnisons 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

• We agreed on the Flagstaff Mall expansion site.

• John Silva, city planner, suggested we draft a
  Memo.

• The Memo was forwarded to Westcor, developer of
  the mall.

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FIELD WORK BEGINS COUNTING BURROWSApril 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
KNAU

• The Arizona Daily Sun was interested in our
  project.

• KNAU aired an interview about prairie dogs and
  the relocation effort.

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