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The Little Missouri National Grasslands is home to about 5,000 acres of prairie dog towns, and the U.S. Forest Service is offering a plan to manage them and keep them off private property.

Prairie dogs are often thought of as “environmental engineers,” she said, because they construct extensive burrows and nibble down prairie grass, keeping short-grass ecosystems intact.

Prairie dogs are often thought of as “environmental engineers,” she said, because they construct extensive burrows and nibble down prairie grass, keeping short-grass ecosystems intact.

Prairie dogs are often thought of as "environmental engineers," she said, because they construct extensive burrows and nibble down prairie grass, keeping short-grass ecosystems intact.

Prairie dogs are often thought of as “environmental engineers,” she said, because they construct extensive burrows and nibble down prairie grass, keeping short-grass ecosystems intact.