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John Hoeven: “The idea that we can allow these prairie dog towns to go and…”

Featuring: John Hoeven, Republican | U.S. Senate North Dakota

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Hoeven Working with Interior Secretary, USFS Chief to Improve Grazing Access on Federal Lands

Published | Video Starts at 02:33

I mean they dug, it's nothing. But there's not a blade of grass left. It's just a bunch of holes. It's dangerous, you know, livestock goes over it. It's terrible. And The idea that we can allow these prairie dog towns to go and create that kind of situation that actually is detrimental to the environment. And so are you committed to helping us control or manage, I should say, the prairie dog population in a common sense way? Yes, sir. (02:33–02:44)

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Asserts that uncontrolled prairie dog populations are detrimental to the environment.

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