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An Economic Analysis Of Prairie Dog Control, Alan Robert Collins
An Economic Analysis Of Prairie Dog Control, Alan Robert Collins
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Prairie dog control was found to be economically feasible on the Conata basin in South Dakota with future annual maintenance control to prevent re-invasions. The large difference between the present net worth values of the two viewpoints ($2587 for the U.S. Forest Service acting as an agent of the sovereign and $109,011 for the ranchers) was due to the added costs of environmental considerations included in the U.S. Forest Service control program, but assumed not to be included in control by ranchers. In order for prairie dog control to remain economically feasible, annual maintenance control for the U.S. Forest Service …