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The refuge, with the Rocky Mountains clearly visible to the west, is home to black-tailed prairie dogs, hawks, coyotes, bald eagles and deer.
Rocky Mountain Arsenal Now Officially A Wildlife Refuge AP 2010
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The refuge, with the Rocky Mountains clearly visible to the west, is home to black-tailed prairie dogs, hawks, coyotes, bald eagles and deer.
Rocky Mountain Arsenal Now Officially A Wildlife Refuge AP 2010
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Species known to be susceptible include elk, red deer, muledeer, white-tailed deer, black-tailed deer and moose.
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For example, the black-tailed prairie dog or beaver of the grasslands creates living space for scarlet mallow and prickly pear cactus, also making food and shelter for insects, birds, mice, rabbits, hares, and the endangered burrowing owls reoccupy old prairie dog burrows.
Dr. Reese Halter: Protecting Our Wild Prairies Dr. Reese Halter 2010
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The refuge, with the Rocky Mountains clearly visible to the west, is home to black-tailed prairie dogs, hawks, coyotes, bald eagles and deer.
Rocky Mountain Arsenal Now Officially A Wildlife Refuge AP 2010
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Species known to be susceptible include elk, red deer, muledeer, white-tailed deer, black-tailed deer and moose.
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The refuge, with the Rocky Mountains clearly visible to the west, is home to black-tailed prairie dogs, hawks, coyotes, bald eagles and deer.
Rocky Mountain Arsenal Now Officially A Wildlife Refuge AP 2010
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He lost his wife to cancer, is a deep thinker – especially when out looking for a pectoral sandpiper or a black-tailed godwit – badly dressed, anti-consumerist and becomes convinced that, for all the police efforts, society is falling apart and "anarchy rules".
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To prepare these endangered captive-bred predators to hunt in the wild, people working in this program provide them with live black-tailed prairie dogs and golden hamsters.
Marc Bekoff: Using Hamsters to Save Ferrets: The Need for Compassionate Conservation 2010
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A politician with ties to old time western extractive industries like ranching and mining, Salazar joined with Republicans in actually threatening to sue the federal government if the black-tailed prairie dog was declared endangered.
Nikolas Kozloff: Anatomy of an Oil Disaster: Heckuva Job, Kenny! 2010
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