Priority Species - Mexican Prairie Dog


Pronatura Noreste works for the protection of this species through the protection of its main habitat, the natural grasslands:

• Legal protection of 8,648 hectares (21,369 acres) of land containing significant colonies of Mexican prairie dogs, as well as some bird species, in the grasslands known as "Los Llanos del Tokio", in the States of Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí y Coahuila, through land conservation easements.
• Conservation Plan for the Site "Pastizales del Altiplano". (Highland grasslands).
• Campaign "For the Pride of Rare-Pronatura".
• Control of the use of land in the ejido-community called "La Hediondilla", an important habitat for prairie dogs (for more detail please see our Annual Report 2004).
• Tri-national study on the ferruginous hawk using satellite radio transmitters (www.ferruginoushawk.org)

• Monitoring of grassland birds: Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia), Mountain Plover and the Worthen’s sparrow.
• Grasslands with black tailed prairie dogs.
• In march 2005, Pronatura Northeast acquired, with the support of The Nature Conservancy, an 18,500 Hectares. (45,714 acres) property in the Natural Grasslands of Janos, in the State of Chihuahua. So far, it’s considered one of the most important land transactions done by a non-governmental organization.

• Property Inventory.
• Establishment of a Trust Fund for the Private Reserve called "El Uno".
• Base line: qualitative diagnosis of property.
• Organization of the first Workshop with experts for the drafting of the Management Plan.
• Support of the decree that establishes Janos as a Biosphere Reserve and includes the private reserve "El Uno".

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