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Colorado Senate Bill 99-111, now codified as state law under C.R.S. 35-7-203, must be repealed. This law (now commonly referred to as SB111), which was enacted by the Colorado State Legislature in the spring of 1999, requires the approval of county commissioners to relocate prairie dogs across county lines. With few exceptions, SB111 has essentially stopped inter-county reloactions, whether by public agencies or private parties. Relocating prairie dogs across county lines makes sense, given cost-prohibitive land prices and scarce land availability in certain counties. Because of the prevalence of myths surrounding the prairie dog, county commissioners are generally unwilling to allow prairie dogs to be relocated to their counties. Governor Bill Owens and members of the state legislature need to hear that this law does not make sense.
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