ARM 12.9.1010. CRITERIA FOR SENDING AREAS

(1) An area may qualify as a sending area when one or more of the following conditions exist at the sending area: (a) the landowner/public land manager needs or desires to reduce prairie dog density or overall acreage of prairie dog towns; (b) the area supports sufficient acres and density of prairie dogs to provide donor stock without significantly impacting prairie dog density or overall acreage of prairie dogs; (c) the presence of prairie dogs conflicts with urban expansion or agricultural production and there is little to no opportunity to reconcile conflicts between these land uses and prairie dog occupancy; or (d) prairie dog colonies are threatened by lethal control.