02.04.2005

Hi, All.

Happy Friday!

A very brief review this week.

Just about all the ongoing projects I’ve mentioned in the past several weeks continue to be ongoing.

The wildlife crossing bill made it through the Colorado house and has now moved to the senate.

Marc Bekoff’s animal behavior talk on Wednesday was absolutely gratifying. Marc always presents a great combination of knowledge and entertainment. Does it really surprise any of us advocate-types that mice and rats play?

We continued to update our records of 600 Front Range prairie dog colonies in preparation for porting to the web. Our thanks to volunteers Katy Reagan, Gabriele Paul, and Heather Cox for their efforts to date. Preliminary design of the website is under way.

RMAD was again represented at Boulder City Council this week as council debated city management plans for prairie wildlife. Just when we thought it was safe for prairie dogs, the city is apparently considering coming up with its own plan, separate from the recently completed ordinance. If this means another two years or three years of wrangling, all we can say is “ugh”. We did manage once again to generate some ink on behalf of our prairie friends.

I wish for you all a weekend that is as fun/quiet/productive/whatever as you want it to be. Cheers!

-d

David Crawford, Executive Director
Rocky Mountain Animal Defense