Black-tailed Prairie Dog
Photo: Joe Ravi, CC BY-SA 3.0
Efforts to extract first prairie dogs from tunnels engaged Corps most of a day. Two captured later sent to Jefferson.
In the NPS atlas of species the expedition described
Black-tailed prairie dog
Near The Tower also known as Old Baldy, efforts to extract first prairie dogs from tunnels engaged the Corps most of a day. Two captured later and sent to Jefferson.
Encyclopedia of Life page for Black-tailed prairie dog (opens in a new tab) On the atlas map
Partially sourced from the National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.
Where it’s being seen today
36 research-grade iNaturalist observations between 1989–2025. Most recent: 2025-10-11. Sourced from Terrain360 trail captures, cached locally.
Journal References
1 journal entry mentions Black-tailed Prairie Dog
