The NPS and USFS have confirmed plague as the cause of a prairie dog die off in Badlands National Park, Buffalo Gap National Grassland and the greater Conata-Badlands ecosystem.
One could be forgiven for thinking this is a national park you can see in an hour or so then move on along to the next big thing, because you can see so much from the road. To really get a feel for Badlands, however, you should spend at least a couple of days, if not more. This is especially true if you are a photographer loaded with cameras and gear.
The black-footed ferret is one of the most endangered mammals in North America. The ferrets prey on prairie dogs, which were decimated by disease in the late 2000s and early 2010s.
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