Earth Ear
Air Date: Week of June 25, 2010
White-Tailed Prairie Dog. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
A chuckle with the White-Tailed Prairie Dog.
Transcript
YOUNG: We leave you this week with a chuckle.
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YOUNG: These white-tailed prairie dogs might have been laughing at producer Jeff Rice as he recorded their calls with a large parabolic microphone in Deseret Ranch in northern Utah. But the well being of this species is no laughing matter. Their populations – and habitat - are in decline due to disease and development, yet the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service just declared the white-tailed prairie dog does not require protection under the Endangered Species Act. Jeff Rice recorded them for the University of Utah Marriott Library, westernsoundscape.org.
White-Tailed Prairie Dog. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
Links
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Information on the White-Tailed Prairie Dog
The Institute of Museum and Library Services funds the Western Soundscape Archive
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