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Slide 15: Geologically the Black Hills is a dome whose central granitic peaks rise high enough for the establishment of coniferous forests as well as prairies.  The prairie dogs are on a protected grassland which is also home to Bison and other endangered or near extinct species.  Prairie dogs are a particularly important element of the natural prairie ecosystem.  Learn more about prairie dogs and other endangered species from the WWW Resources listed under Biology, Biogeography and Ecology.  See particularly the article entitled: A Rodent that can Outlast a Camel in the Desert - article in High Country News. 

Credit: Courtesy Robert E. Ford, Westminster College of Salt Lake City.


Created 25 October 1998. Last updated 25 October 1998  by JDH.