But unlike other urban wildlife, prairie dogs aren’t mobile, and their earthen homes are out in the open. Urbanization has confined prairie dogs into smaller and smaller areas limiting the availability of open plains habitat for them to move into. In Longmont, anyone wishing to clear out prairie dogs from a piece of land larger than 1.5 acres must “first attempt in good faith to relocate the prairie dogs” according to the city’s prairie dog ordinance. What’s next for Longmont prairie dogsBlack-tailed prairie dogs aren’t on the endangered or threatened species lists. “We removed over 600 prairie dogs, which 10 years ago never would’ve happened,” Bell said.