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This dataset is a simplified/smoothed data set of the standard Prairie Dog Colonies. This dataset is created by using the simplify tool (1ft) for providing a smaller file to be downloadable in Open Data. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GIS polygon data developed to track the spatial extent of black-tailed prairie dog colonies on OSMP-managed lands, including any held in fee and on conservation easements where the department has a management agreement in place. What is the need? Black-tailed prairie dog colonies create a unique habitat on the landscape. They create habitat and food for other animals of federal, state, and local conservation concern (e.g. burrowing owls, ferruginous hawks, bald and golden eagles, American badger, etc., (see the OSMP Grassland Ecosystem Management Plan for more details)). Their burrowing activity also causes conflicts when it occurs on parcels where the management focus is on agriculture or other purposes. The conflict can be especially high in areas of irrigated grasslands since the burrowing activity can alter how water is applied to the landscape, and prairie dog browsing can remove graminoid cover and encourage invasions of tenacious non-native form species. Why does the data exist? System-wide mapping was first initiated by the mandate to monitor black-tailed prairie dogs in the “City of Boulder Grassland Management: Black-tailed Prairie Dog Habitat Conservation Plan”. This plan was approved by the City of Boulder Open Space Board of Trustees on March 13, 1996. Annual system-wide mapping began that fall, and continued each subsequent fall starting on Sept 1. In 2012 a field was added to distinguish active vs inactive colonies. At this time we began also collecting inactive colony boundaries.
What is it for? The spatial data informs the public, lessees, academic researchers, and partnering agencies as to the extent of the black-tailed prairie dogs on our properties. This data informs conservation planning... |
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This dataset is a simplified/smoothed data set of the standard Prairie Dog Colonies. This dataset is created by using the simplify tool (1ft) for providing a smaller file to be downloadable in Open Data. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GIS polygon data developed to track the spatial extent of black-tailed prairie dog colonies on OSMP-managed lands, including any held in fee and on conservation easements where the department has a management agreement in place. What is the need? Black-tailed prairie dog colonies create a unique habitat on the landscape. They create habitat and food for other animals of federal, state, and local conservation concern (e.g. burrowing owls, ferruginous hawks, bald and golden eagles, American badger, etc., (see the OSMP Grassland Ecosystem Management Plan for more details)). Their burrowing activity also causes conflicts when it occurs on parcels where the management focus is on agriculture or other purposes. The conflict can be especially high in areas of irrigated grasslands since the burrowing activity can alter how water is applied to the landscape, and prairie dog browsing can remove graminoid cover and encourage invasions of tenacious non-native form species. Why does the data exist? System-wide mapping was first initiated by the mandate to monitor black-tailed prairie dogs in the “City of Boulder Grassland Management: Black-tailed Prairie Dog Habitat Conservation Plan”. This plan was approved by the City of Boulder Open Space Board of Trustees on March 13, 1996. Annual system-wide mapping began that fall, and continued each subsequent fall starting on Sept 1. In 2012 a field was added to distinguish active vs inactive colonies. At this time we began also collecting inactive colony boundaries.
What is it for? The spatial data informs the public, lessees, academic researchers, and partnering agencies as to the extent of the black-tailed prairie dogs on our properties. This data informs conservation planning... |
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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>This dataset contains field mapped perimeters of all active prairie dog colonies. Data was collected using GPS and clipped to the City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks (OSMP) and Boulder County Parks and Open Space (BCPOS) properties. It has been collected yearly each fall since 1996, by OSMP wildlife staff.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> |
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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><P><SPAN>https://bouldercolorado.gov/services/open-data#section-4148</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV> |
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