Prairie Dog Poisoning
by the City of Lubbock 
on the Lubbock Land Application Site (LLAS)

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Appears at the Top of this Page

April 7, 2006
We have been told by the City of Lubbock 
that they have stopped poisoning 
the prairie dogs for the time being.  

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City of Lubbock Again Poisoning 
Prairie Dogs & Burrowing Owls
March 31, 2006

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 Burrowing Owls in Danger 
on the 
Lubbock Land Application Site

-- March 6, 2004 -- 
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 A Bleak Picture for Prairie Dogs, Burrowing Owls and other animals on the LLAS

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-- February 28, 2004 -- 
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 Update on the LLAS

-- November 16, 2003 -- 
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 Update on the LLAS

-- February 15, 2003 -- 
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 General Update

-- February 6, 2003 -- 
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 Lubbock City Council Meeting,  
Approval of "Prairie Dog Management Plan"

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LEAS' position 
regarding the plan

-- December 19, 2002 -- 
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1) Prairie dog.  2) Fresh prairie dog mound -- elevated entrance typical of black-tailed prairie dogs.  
3) Cattle grazing under pivots.  4) More cattle grazing.  5) Prairie dog mounds near pivots (note lush vegetation).
6) Burrowing owl using vacated prairie dog hole.

 


 meeting with City of Lubbock, 
LEAS, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, 
and Texas Parks & Wildlife Dept.

-- November 8, 2002 -- 
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Contamination Map of the LLAS

-- as of July 2001(Large Version)
(more current data on 
contamination was withheld 
from our Freedom of Information request)

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Since TCEQ rescinded its notice of violation to the City of Lubbock and the City is revising its compliance plan, the wording on our original petition no longer applies.  Many thanks to those who took the time to sign this document.
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 Suit to Halt Prairie Dog Extermination

Conservation Groups Charge Lubbock Removal Plan is Illegal

PRESS RELEASE #4
 -- by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, 
Defenders of Wildlife,
Humane Society of the United States, 
Forest Guardians,
Great Plains Restoration Council, 
Animal Legal Defense Fund, 
and LEAS
October 7, 2002
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 Prairie Dogs get Reprieve -- State Repeals Order to Kill Animals in Lubbock to Allow Further Study

-- The Dallas Morning News --
SEPTEMBER 30, 2002
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City of Lubbock Needs 
to File Amendment --
Prairie Dog Plan 
Wastes Taxpayers’ Money

PRESS RELEASE #3
 -- by LEAS
 SEPTEMBER 30, 2002
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Opinion Editorial
 -- by Ellen Roots McBride
in the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal on
SEPTEMBER 28, 2002
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Letter to TCEQ
 -- by Terry Austin,
Vice President, National Audubon Society
 SEPTEMBER 25, 2002
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Letter to City of Lubbock
 -- by Terry Austin,
Vice President, National Audubon Society
 SEPTEMBER 25, 2002
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 Prairie Dog Burrows' Effects on Groundwater "Infinitesimal"

Texas Tech Study Refutes Agency's Allegations in Lubbock

 PRESS RELEASE #2
 -- by LEAS
 SEPTEMBER 23, 2002
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Response from Dr. Warren Wood
 -- SEPTEMBER 20, 2002
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Macropore Article
 -- Wood, Warren A., Ken A. Rainwater, and David B. Thompson.  Nov-Dec. 1997.  Quantifying Macropore Recharge:  Examples from a Semi-Arid Area.  Ground Water, 35(6):1097-1106.

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State Wildlife Agency Blasts Prairie Dog Removal

 TCEQ Misled Public, Admitted It Lacks Evidence Dogs Cause Contamination

PRESS RELEASE #1
 -- by Texas PEER, LEAS, and the Great Plains Restorative Council
 SEPTEMBER 18, 2002
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Historical Background
 -- September 17, 2002
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Compliance Plan
by the City of Lubbock
 -- Accepted by the TCEQ 
on September 10, 2002
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Land Management Proposal
 -- Submitted from Jill Haukos, 
Conservation Chair of LEAS
on August 19, 2002
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Update from LEAS -- August 15, 2002.

 


Click on icon below for advertisement that LEAS and The Humane Society placed 
in the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal on August 4, 2002.

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Texas PEER Press Release
 -- July 30, 2002
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LEAS Position Statement
 -- June 29, 2002
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**NOTE RE PRAIRIE DOG EXTERMINATION:  

There are multiple articles and letters to the editor from the local newspaper, the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, regarding the proposed extermination of prairie dogs on the City Farms in Lubbock.  If you are interested in following this thread, click here.  

 


Notice of Violation
 -- Issued by the Texas Commission of Environmental Quality (TCEQ) 
on April 4, 2002
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Updated 15 November 2006 .