How do you keep Prairie Dogs out of the Parowan Airport?

Build a big fence!


http://www.thespectrum.com/article/2...irie-dog-fence

Unfortunately that link won't work for many because of the crudely implemented pay-wall (no I am not going to subscribe to your little newspaper to read one article...).

The top search result here will get you to the same article...

http://www.google.com/search?q=spect...+fence+parowan

(Personally I would have blown the damn pests up... they'll get the message.)

Darryl

On Feb 14, 12:03*pm, Darryl Ramm wrote:
Unfortunately that link won't work for many because of the crudely implemented pay-wall (no I am not going to subscribe to your little newspaper to read one article...).

The top search result here will get you to the same article...

http://www.google.com/search?q=spect...+fence+parowan

(Personally I would have blown the damn pests up... they'll get the message.)

Darryl

"linier" ??? What is it more liney than? I guess they don't pay
much for newspaper editing these days...

On Feb 14, 9:19*am, mattm wrote:
On Feb 14, 12:03*pm, Darryl Ramm wrote:

Unfortunately that link won't work for many because of the crudely implemented pay-wall (no I am not going to subscribe to your little newspaper to read one article...).

The top search result here will get you to the same article...

http://www.google.com/search?q=spect...+fence+parowan

(Personally I would have blown the damn pests up... they'll get the message.)

Darryl

"linier" *??? *What is it more liney than? *I guess they don't pay
much for newspaper editing these days...

http://www.rodenator.com/

Not pretty, but it looks effective.

Craig

On Feb 14, 10:29*am, Craig wrote:
On Feb 14, 9:19*am, mattm wrote:

On Feb 14, 12:03*pm, Darryl Ramm wrote:

Unfortunately that link won't work for many because of the crudely implemented pay-wall (no I am not going to subscribe to your little newspaper to read one article...).

The top search result here will get you to the same article...

http://www.google.com/search?q=spect...+fence+parowan

(Personally I would have blown the damn pests up... they'll get the message.)

Darryl

"linier" *??? *What is it more liney than? *I guess they don't pay
much for newspaper editing these days...

http://www.rodenator.com/

Not pretty, but it looks effective.

Craig

The many attempts to accommodate the protected beasts on the airfield
in the grassy areas have failed, since they ended up digging up both
the access road and runway. (A couple of years ago at Region 9 there,
a prairie dog popped his head up in the middle of the runway ahead of
me as I started my take-off run.) The damage to the runways and other
infrastructure has led to the latest attempts to keep them out. We
shall see!

I'm afraid the Rodenator and other gas or explosive-based means are
not permitted to be used on protected species. That would have been
my choice too!

Mike

On Feb 14, 9:50*am, Tim Taylor wrote:
Build a big fence!

http://www.thespectrum.com/article/2...40315/Parowan-...

We needed to hire Carl Spackler! He's an expert in rodent
removal.......

The inground portion is "six feed deep"... how long is a "feed"? If
you feed them, won't they stay?

Since these are dogs, can't the county just put collars on them with
electronic zappers as part of an "Invisible Fence" like I see in the
pet stores?

(Okay, okay... I get they idea that they're big rodents, They look
somewhat like the Canadian "Ground Hog", although slimmer... the
Canuck version probably needs the extra insulation).

Back here in the East, we have ground hogs (Punxatawnee Phil) and keep
them away by dropping moth balls down their holes.
Sometimes that does not work if the ground hog is determined so we
take other measures.

Tom

On Feb 14, 1:36*pm, Tom wrote:
Back here in the East, we have ground hogs (Punxatawnee Phil) and keep
them away by dropping moth balls down their holes.
Sometimes that does not work if the ground hog is determined so we
take other measures.

Tom

A tablespoon of gas dumped into the hole, stand back and throw a
lighted match in the hole. There follows a 'crump' sound (just like
in the old war coomics), and the little guys don't appear.

It was advice from a farmer and it worked for me.

On Feb 14, 10:40*am, Mike the Strike wrote:
On Feb 14, 10:29*am, Craig wrote:









On Feb 14, 9:19*am, mattm wrote:

On Feb 14, 12:03*pm, Darryl Ramm wrote:

Unfortunately that link won't work for many because of the crudely implemented pay-wall (no I am not going to subscribe to your little newspaper to read one article...).

The top search result here will get you to the same article...

http://www.google.com/search?q=spect...+fence+parowan

(Personally I would have blown the damn pests up... they'll get the message.)

Darryl

"linier" *??? *What is it more liney than? *I guess they don't pay
much for newspaper editing these days...

http://www.rodenator.com/

Not pretty, but it looks effective.

Craig

The many attempts to accommodate the protected beasts on the airfield
in the grassy areas have failed, since they ended up digging up both
the access road and runway. *(A couple of years ago at Region 9 there,
a prairie dog popped his head up in the middle of the runway ahead of
me as I started my take-off run.) *The damage to the runways and other
infrastructure has led to the latest attempts to keep them out. *We
shall see!

I'm afraid the Rodenator and other gas or explosive-based means are
not permitted to be used on protected species. *That would have been
my choice too!

Mike

Is there a "grassy knoll" near the grassy areas?