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More and more ranchers and farmers are becoming convinced that it may be more to their advantage to help the threatened burrowing rodents rather than exterminating them. Some are joining a project - run by a consortium of state and federal agencies - that offers the rodents sanctuary among the open spaces of landowners' fields and pastures. Salt Lake Tribune - Keeping prairie dogs off endangered list. Their goal is to discuss with private landowners a program devised to save the species...

What shall we do to this Irish Catholic? Penance? Purgatory? The Cooler? Meanwhile, Stebbijo Unzipped is looking for stories about homeless people here, Family Phil snapped a few good fair photos before his batteries died here, Herb loses sight of Bayview here, Cis reveals that she's becoming a grandma of many colors here, and Toad posts an "experimental expository" here. There's a lot of talk in the industry about blogs as a news source - after all, the public, in the aggregate, knows...

During one of her visits to a school, the children learned to feed the horse alfalfa cubes by hand without getting bitten. There are fewer farms and more subdivisions with dogs and cats, so it's a treat for children to be able to sit on 1,000-pound animals. She is a board member with Heritage Trail Partners inc. The group's goals for this year include installing Heritage Trail signs in Washington, Benton, Madison and Carroll counties and sponsoring Trail of Tears research at the Treasury...

This friendly restaurant has a huge seafood selection, including tasty ceviche, clam chowder and a shrimp scampi with huge shrimp and a delicious garlic-butter sauce. Try the Dagwood sandwich: breaded chicken breast with provolone cheese, bacon, avocado, lettuce and tomato on toasted sourdough. It's amazing how a small quantity of the specially prepared steak, enriched by a barbecue sauce, can cut into the stomach's usable space. You can't go wrong with the classic burger -- a thick,...