Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts has upheld the state’s Black Tailed Prairie Dog Management Act. He vetoed LB 449, the measure that would have repealed the regulation. State Farm Bureau President Steve Nelson thanked the Governor for keeping the law intact that allows for proper management of the species that can be devastating to livestock producers.
He says prairie dogs compete with cattle and other livestock for forage and leave a destructive path in their wake.
Nelson says some species need protection however prairie dogs reproduce so rapidly they become difficult to control.
Senator Ernie Chambers sponsored the repeal of the Black Tailed Prairie Dog Management Act that passed on a vote of 26 to 13 with 10 Senators absent.
