{"id":181,"date":"2017-04-13T00:52:22","date_gmt":"2017-04-13T00:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/larryr\/?page_id=181"},"modified":"2017-04-13T00:55:15","modified_gmt":"2017-04-13T00:55:15","slug":"gray-ranch","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/larryr\/gray-ranch\/","title":{"rendered":"Gray Ranch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Prairie Dogs in a Shortgrass Ecosystem<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Objectives:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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  • Describe attributes of vegetation and soils on and off prairie dog towns, e.g., vegetation composition, ground cover, frequency and size of bare soil openings, and height of vegetation.<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    • Measure differences in available nitrogen on and off prairie dog towns, i.e., determine the C\/N ratio of vegetation and surface soils.<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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      • Measure rate of colonization of non-colonized areas<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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        • Determine use of prairie-dog disturbed areas vs other areas in the same pasture<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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          • Demonstrate integrated methodologies to manage the density and distribution of prairie dogs.<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Where:<\/span><\/b><\/td>\nCrowley County, north of the Arkansas River<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Soils:<\/span><\/b><\/td>\nsandy loams<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Established<\/span> colony:<\/span><\/b><\/td>\ntown center probably about 25 years old<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Town size:<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n400 to 500 acres in this pasture, but total extent may be several hundred additional acres on adjacent private land.<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Other towns:<\/span><\/b><\/td>\nadjacent prairie dog towns can be found within 1 to 3 miles on the east, south and west. The town is blocked to the north by a canal.<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Population<\/span> density:<\/span><\/b><\/td>\nunknown at present<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Active holes:<\/span><\/b><\/td>\nunknown at present<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Present pasture
\nmanagement:<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/td>\n		pasture has been seasonally deferred and grazed mostly in the winter for at least the past 10 years. The area was formerly winter-grazed by horses, but is now fall and winter grazed by cattle.<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nFINDINGS
\n1999 Gray Ranch<\/a>
\n2001 Gray Ranch<\/a>
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