Landowner offers relocation site for Boulder prairie dogs

An unnamed Colorado landowner has offered to rescue a prairie dog colony threatened by impending construction.

The Daily Camera reports that the property owner offered land about 8 miles west of Boulder, where developer Bruce Dierking wants to build 200 middle-income apartments at the Colorado National Guard Armory site. Roughly 50 to 100 prairie dogs live there.

Boulder officials approved the plan despite concern from wildlife advocates. Dierking has filed a lethal control permit but has said he will pay for relocation if an alternative habitat can be found.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials will vet the land for habitat suitability. That includes evaluating soil quality, vegetation and good stock, among other things.

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Information from: Daily Camera, http://www.dailycamera.com/