tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87892302455440223732024-03-07T22:00:30.735-08:00Bosque Farms Prairie Dog Relocation ProjectThe Road Not Taken, by Robert Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16737241212569028270noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8789230245544022373.post-64103189455697217622010-06-05T09:49:00.000-07:002010-06-05T09:52:42.814-07:00Donate $35.00 and name a Prairie Dog !As a fun, "<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">fun"draiser</span> we are again offering the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">opportunity</span> to name a Prairie dog with each $35.00 donated!<br /><br />Thanks for your <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">generosity</span>!<br /><br />KarenThe Road Not Taken, by Robert Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16737241212569028270noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8789230245544022373.post-38677438272205423772010-06-05T09:37:00.000-07:002010-06-05T09:47:48.971-07:00Tenative Capture and Relocation DatesWe heard from Prairie Dog Pals this last week and have a tenative capture date of June 19 and June 20 and possibly June 21 and 22.<br /><br />Our needs:<br />1. Volunteers to flag active holes.<br /><br />2. Money donations, can either be through our (blog) donate button or checks made out directly to Prairie Dog Pals or cash. Checks to PDP can be sent to:<br />Prairie Dog Pals PO Box 14235 Albuquerque, NM 87191 (please make a note on your check that this is a donation for Bosque Farms Prarie Dog Relocation Project, so this will count towards our fundraising efforts. Please also let me know what you sent as I am tracking our fundraising. Thank you<br /><br />3. Volunteers the day of capture.<br /><br />Thank you for your participation!<br />If you would like to volunteer please contact Karen at 505.934.8116 , either text or call.The Road Not Taken, by Robert Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16737241212569028270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8789230245544022373.post-73214127995174228822010-04-20T11:40:00.000-07:002010-04-20T11:45:09.761-07:00This is itHello all,<br />We promised to remove all Prairie Dogs from the lot at the corner of Bosque Farms Blvd and North Bosque Loop this year. So it is time to get started.<br /><br />We have started to have conversations with Prairie Dog Pals and they tentatively have room for our PDs for relocation.<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Needs list</span></strong><br />1. Volunteers the days of capture<br />2. Money to fund the project itself.<br /><br />This donation button is live.<br /><br />Please contact Karen at 505 934 8116 if you are interested in participating.<br /><br />thank youThe Road Not Taken, by Robert Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16737241212569028270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8789230245544022373.post-20452895149837350902009-08-08T14:44:00.001-07:002009-08-08T14:49:57.479-07:00Successful Capture DayWe just completed an successful day of Prairie Dog Capture. Prairie Dog Pals joined forces with us and captured 50+ <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">PDs</span>. we will <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">have</span> a final count this evening. We had many <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">interested</span> onlookers and took names of potential volunteers. A big thank you to the Valencia <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Bulletin</span> for stopping by and doing in depth interviews with us.<br /><br />Thank you to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Prairie</span> Dog Pals for their assistance and to Paul for his care and expertise in PD capture. And to Lee and David for 8 hours in the hot sun. Great job!<br /><br />KarenThe Road Not Taken, by Robert Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16737241212569028270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8789230245544022373.post-17654240909362681722009-07-25T07:49:00.000-07:002009-07-25T08:54:49.186-07:00Call for Volunteers and Donations July 25, 2009We are waiting for confirmation of a Prairie Dog Capture day. PDP and our group are currently looking at August 1st and/or August 8th.<br /><br />We will be hosting an Garage sale August 1st to raise the 260.00 dollars necessary to have Prairie Dog Pals come and capture for one day.<br /><br />If you would like to donate please use donate button on this site. For $35.00 we will name a PD after you. Thank you for your generosity.<br /><br />If you are interested in volunteering please contact Karen at <a href="mailto:karendremann@aol.com">karendremann@aol.com</a>. For more information about Prairie Dogs visit Prairie Dog Pals website.<br /><br />thank you<br />KarenThe Road Not Taken, by Robert Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16737241212569028270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8789230245544022373.post-78975126961233360412008-09-25T09:48:00.000-07:002008-09-25T09:57:44.513-07:00End of a SeasonOur prairie dog colony is spending less and less time out of doors, and they are all looking rather portly!. Happily we have had only two casualties this year, sad for the two we lost and glad it was not a blood bath this year. We received a thank you from a neighbor for having our road be clear of PDs for the summer and as time goes on there are more and more stories of PD advocacy in our part of NM. I hope we can turn this interest into action and funds to remove the rest of the colony to safer ground.<br /><br /><strong>For 2009</strong><br />1. Assist Prairie Dog Pals in obtaining a new relocation site.<br />2. Complete funding this years project. ~800.00<br />3. Set up fund for upcoming year and removal dates, volunteers. etc. ~3000<br />4. Set date and obtain PDP's assistance in next years relocation project.<br /><br />Thank you for all of your participation,<br />May our Bosque Farms Prairie Dogs have a restful hibernation.The Road Not Taken, by Robert Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16737241212569028270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8789230245544022373.post-64377362246605902742008-07-15T20:25:00.000-07:002008-07-15T20:30:14.830-07:00The Good NewsUsually by this time we have had multiple casualties on North Bosque Loop and to date we have only had one casualty. So we have met our first goal, to drop down the population enough to stop the Prairie Dogs from being pressured into the road in search for food and cover.<br />...... Now how do we get to the next goal, raise an additional 800.00 to complete our promise to Prairie Dog Pals and how to pay for another rescue before the PD capture season is over?<br /><br />Any ideas?<br /><br />KDThe Road Not Taken, by Robert Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16737241212569028270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8789230245544022373.post-28841051526615379342008-06-27T07:43:00.000-07:002008-06-27T07:47:58.303-07:00Short UpdateHello all,<br />Hope all is great in your world. Whew, almost the beginning of July and no casualties on North Loop as of yet. Whoppee!!! We sent some more funds to Prairie Dog Pals yesterday along with a copy of the news article. Hope we get a few more donations in so can complete paying them for promised funds. Looks like we still owe them around 811.16.<br />Have a great day.<br />KThe Road Not Taken, by Robert Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16737241212569028270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8789230245544022373.post-2128846951743930922008-06-21T11:15:00.000-07:002008-06-23T07:49:27.538-07:00We made the paper!While I know we are still all getting caught up in our lives, after lending two consecutive weekends to the BF Prairie Dog Project, we had a delightful event today. Our project made the paper, (no photos within the Internet version), we have a delightful front page photo and article in the Saturday edition of the Valencia County News Bulletin. Here is the link: <a href="http://www.news-bulletin.com/news/81088-06-21-08.html">http://www.news-bulletin.com/news/81088-06-21-08.html</a><br /><br />A big thank you to all who attended last Sunday. It was a long 10 hour , hot day for all of us. Thank you again to Prairie Dog Pals for a hard days work and for all of the continued relocation work.<br /><br />A few highlights of the day, talking to many locals who are clear PD advocates and talking to locals who are not PD advocates and have valuable experience with trying to control populations. (It is always good to hear all sides to an issue) 2. Getting the remaining PDs captured out of the field next to North Bosque Loop RD. 3.Having kids join us for part of the day. 4.Gaining a real love for ice. 5. Sharing the day with friends doing a task that provides a community service. 6. Hearing the PDs in the field next to us chattering at us and telling<span style="color:#000000;"> them</span>, "We are coming for you." 7. Knowing that even though we did not get them all, some of them are being moved to a better home.<br /><br />KarenThe Road Not Taken, by Robert Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16737241212569028270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8789230245544022373.post-60230501453994174632008-06-14T18:59:00.000-07:002008-06-14T19:02:39.380-07:00TomorrowTomorrow will be our second day of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Prairie</span> Dog Capture in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Bosque</span> Farms. It will be an early day for those of us working to capture as many <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">PDs</span> as we can. And it is going to be a hot one!!!!! We will have a canopy set up tomorrow with an information table and a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">place</span> for volunteers and the captured PDs to gain some relief from the sun.<br />Happy Father's DayThe Road Not Taken, by Robert Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16737241212569028270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8789230245544022373.post-53337624237985165772008-06-11T09:09:00.000-07:002008-06-11T09:19:37.879-07:00Upcoming Prairie Dog Capture DayWow, it was hard to imagine how much we would miss the prairie dogs that were in the field close to North <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Bosque</span> Loop. The daily experience of watching them feed, seeing the sentries watching over the colony, the yearly baby PD watch, is one that contributed to us all. Would be great to have a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Prairie</span> Dog Park in Valencia County as a source of education, conservation support and viewing enjoyment.<br />The Prairie Dogs that where captured last weekend are off to a sustainable home, one with healthy native grasses and no cars.<br />June 15<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">th</span> is the date of our last PD capture in this area. We could still use a few volunteers. If you are interested please e-mail me at <a href="mailto:bfprairiedogs@aol.com">bfprairiedogs@aol.com</a>. Thanks so much for your support.The Road Not Taken, by Robert Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16737241212569028270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8789230245544022373.post-75328786346520366492008-06-08T17:30:00.000-07:002008-06-09T06:05:56.830-07:00One little, Two Little, Three Little Prairie Dogs<div align="justify">I asked David what to title the post today. He said it has to have something about the beach, meaning the sand and sun, no water in site, except for the soapy water going down the PD holes.<br />We had a successful day today. Captured many <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Prairie</span> Dogs and they are off to be staged for a week and then to their new home. One with grass and no cars!!! A special thanks to Prairie Dog Pals, Yvonne and Eddie, Lee, David, and to John who took wonderful photos today.<br /><br />Next Sunday we will be doing an additional PD pick up.</div>The Road Not Taken, by Robert Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16737241212569028270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8789230245544022373.post-38321306296334992572008-06-07T20:17:00.001-07:002008-06-07T20:24:27.316-07:00Dominos DeliversToday was a long day as we prepared for our first PD pick up. We fed all the dogs, some this morning some this afternoon. We were joking about the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">PDs</span> in <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">their</span> holes tonight as a carrot came tumbling in, kicking back <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Whahoo</span>!!! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Dominos</span> delivers!<br /><br />Tomorrow at 7am we will be setting up silt fence so as we start to remove <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">PDs</span> the pups do not scatter and get in the road. Then meet at our house at 8:45 am for training and away we go.<br /><br />Bought 100 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">pds</span> of sunflower seeds today to go with the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">PDs</span> tomorrow to help with feed for the 7 to 10 days they will be held before release.<br /><br />Had two donations today one from Peg, $$ for Sunflower seeds and a 25 # bag of sunflower seeds was donated by the Western <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Mercantile</span> in Los <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Lunas</span>.<br /><br />Wish us luck with our captures tomorrow.The Road Not Taken, by Robert Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16737241212569028270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8789230245544022373.post-53715763447466504252008-06-06T18:28:00.000-07:002008-06-06T18:34:07.974-07:00Prairie Dog PurrsToday I visited the Prairie Dog Pals facility and had a long chat with Yvonne and Eddie. We coordinated logistics and have set two dates for PD pick up. One will be this coming Sunday and then another in a week.<br /><br />I met many Prairie Dogs today and was impressed with PDPs facility and the depth of their care. While I was there I had the opportunity to hold a prairie dog, one that cannot be released because of injuries. He was tame and handle able. Prairie Dogs in the wild are not meant to be handled.<br /><br />While I was holding him he started to gently shake. I told Yvonne I thought he was scared, she said no he is purring. Amazing Prairie Dog Purrs!The Road Not Taken, by Robert Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16737241212569028270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8789230245544022373.post-2047145145305282232008-06-05T14:17:00.000-07:002008-06-06T18:17:21.786-07:00June 5, 2009Today, thanks to Prairie Dog Pals, the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Bosque</span></span> Farms Dogs will have a new and safe home to be relocated to.<br />Our biggest need <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">currently</span> is donations. We have raised 664.41 to date!!! 100% of the funds we raise will go into this project.<br />We have finally set up a donation link that will accept all credit cards and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Paypal</span></span>.This is a key and vital component to our project. We have a goal of raising $7,000 to move all the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">PDs</span></span> in our neighborhood to safe ground, every $35.00 we raise moves a prairie dog to safe ground.<br /><br />A big thank you to Lee for being our landowner <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">liaison</span> in obtaining permission for this move. And thank you to Mr Trujillo and Mr <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Tabet</span> for permission, we appreciate their generosity. And thank you to Prairie Dog Pals for their continued partnership.<br /><br />I will get pictures up this week of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Bosque</span></span> Farms Prairie Dogs and the conditions they are currently living in.The Road Not Taken, by Robert Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16737241212569028270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8789230245544022373.post-36534941866384819162008-05-29T19:21:00.000-07:002008-05-29T19:25:31.798-07:00Day Two of the Bosque Farms Prairie Dog Relocation ProjectToday was a good day for the Prairie Dogs of Bosque Farms. I attended a Civitan meeting tonight and requested a donation and volunteers. This is a great group of people who consistantley give their time and money to worthwhile causes. They sponsored the move of three PDs and Michelle donated $50.00 for the move of one more and for food. They have lots of ideas to fundraisers and different groups that they thought might assit us in this project.<br />I so appreciate this.The Road Not Taken, by Robert Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16737241212569028270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8789230245544022373.post-35106173081887934872008-05-29T08:39:00.000-07:002008-05-29T08:43:09.749-07:00May 29, 2008Good Morning,<br />This is the first day of our project. I am excited to finally be getting the ball rolling on this project. This is not just my pursuit, there are other people living in my neightborhood who have been leaders in fostering this project and Prairie Dog Pals has been an long term advocate for the Gunnison Prairie Dogs in NM and we are appreciative to have their partnership.The Road Not Taken, by Robert Frosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16737241212569028270noreply@blogger.com0