A successful relocation effort has brought prairie dogs back to the Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge.
In 2015, the prairie dog population there died out under unknown circumstances, freelance reporter Kaley Johnson wrote for Texas Highways magazine. Now, two relocated colonies have started having babies, a good sign that the new residents of Prairie Dog Town are settling in.
Johnson visited the nature center to learn about the little creatures (which are actually a kind of ground squirrel) and she brought her knowledge to NTX Now’s Miranda Suarez and Ron Corning…