Armory developers agree to move prairie dogs to conservation area

BOULDER — The city of Boulder and the company redeveloping the Armory site in Boulder have reached an agreement to relocate the prairie dog colony from the property at 4750 Broadway.

The prairie dogs will be relocated to a city-owned habitat conservation area south of Boulder that is managed by the city’s Open Space and Mountain Parks department.

As part of the agreement, Armory Community LLC, led by Bruce Dierking and Jim Loftus, will withdraw its lethal control application and pay the cost to transfer the prairie dogs, the city said Wednesday.

The city and the developers negotiated a $60,000 fee that is…