Article Contributed on: 10/8/2007 11:01:46 PM
If Metro Districts, the HRCA, and developers such as Shea Homes would leave nature alone, natural predation would "manage" the "vital-to-our-ecosystem" prairie dog species. By poisoning, separating and denuding colonies AND NOT intentionally PLANNING for natural corridors between colonies, native predators have been dispersed and exterminated. Greedily building too much too close to open space should never be allowed.
Somehow, Highlands Ranch residents have passively allowed our "leaders" to create a chronic, ill-spelled legacy for our children and for our wildlife.
P Hinrichs