AZGFD Black-tailed Prairie Dog Trapping

AZGFD Black-tailed Prairie Dog Trapping

The Arizona Game and Fish Department needs help trapping Black-tailed Prairie Dogs from September 15th – 17th.

The Department has been re-establishing black-tailed prairie dogs since 2008 and every year they assess the animals health and determine an estimate of the population. You will have the opportunity to handle the prairie dogs and help collect measurements, weight, sex, age, and mark each animal.

Volunteers will be trapping from sunrise to sunset. To sign up for trapping, select a date(s) from the following link: https://doodle.com/poll/sx2ta4k8h5hcx8gv . AZGFD needs at least 6 volunteers and no more than 27 each day, so please encourage your friends to sign up for any day!

Trapping will start @ 8AM on September 15-17th. A few people will be opening traps at 6AM so feel free to come early.

!!RSVP ASAP!!

For more information contact: 

Kurt Licence of Holly Hicks

[email protected] or [email protected] or [email protected]

Directions:

The trip will take about an hour or less from Tucson and the roads
are passenger car friendly. To find the site, drive east from Tucson
on I-10 East. Take Exit 281 for Hwy 83 Sonoita/Patagonia and
follow the highway south for approximately 20 miles. You will pass
the border patrol check station and continue on for another mile.
Very close to MP40, you will see a sign for Empire Ranch and turn
left or east into the ranch. Follow this road for 3 miles until the road
T’s at a stop sign. Turn right or south and follow the road for another
1 mile or so. You will drive through a wash and the left turn will be
just before a cattle guard. Turn west or left on LC 6904. You will see

a big white sign that says “Black-tailed Prairie Dog Re-
establishment”.