ODESSA, Texas — They gathered as the children they are near the statue of a cowboy-hat wearing Prairie Dog in Prairie Pete Playland Park. But they left radiating the best qualities of adulthood ...

Odessa`s plan to poison its prairie dogs was derailed last year by the West Texas Humane Society ... The club built Prairie Pete Park and transplanted 20 of the animals into a quarter-acre ...

Sally and Andy Waskowski published their first book Native Texas ... things prairie from how to start to how to enjoy your prairie. If you have questions, call the AgriLife office in Odessa ...