All Blog Posts Tagged 'prairie' (3)

Aftermath of the prairie dog kill

A few weeks later, the field still looks pretty much the same from my house. Out the window, you wouldn't know that the prairie dogs are gone. The weeds in the former colony are still short and the prairie dog mounds still prominent. Based on other ghost colonies I've seen, the mounds can last for at least a few years. Closer up, there have been a few subtle vegetation changes since the prairie dogs were killed. There's a small patch of snow on the mountain blooming, and another of curly cup… Continue

Added by John Giezensomething on August 23, 2008 at 11:08pm — 2 Comments

The city killed my prairie dogs today

My prairie dogs are all dead. When I got home from work, Whitney said she'd noticed on her walk that almost all of the holes were plugged up with dirt, and there was a dead prairie dog lying on the ground. Then I heard from my dad what I've always feared – there was a city truck and signs this morning that said “Westminster prairie dog management: Stay on path.”

It poured rain today, probably the biggest rain we've had this year. It would have been so nice, but once I learned that,… Continue

Added by John Giezensomething on August 6, 2008 at 10:00pm — 2 Comments

Wind on the Coalton and High Plains trails

Whitney and I went for a walk yesterday, and we couldn't have picked a clouder, windier day for it. Really, the conditions were pretty unpleasant. Luckily for us, hiking in bad weather builds character, or something. It was a trail I've never seen, despite its nearness -- the Coalton trail in Superior, off of McCaslin Blvd. It was a few miles east of the trailhead for the Greenbelt Plateau trail that we hiked on Valentine's. It was a strange trail -- really more of an unpaved road -- that was… Continue

Added by John Giezensomething on March 14, 2008 at 5:02am — No Comments