By Shannon Lukens.
(Warning: Wolf Depredation photo below.)
Another yearling calf has been killed on the same Grand County ranch where four yearlings were killed by wolves on April 17. Colorado Parks and Wildlife has confirmed the Sunday morning kill was from a wolf. Confirmed Gray Wolf Depredations
Conway Farrell is the producer and one of the owners of the cattle.
“We’ve tried working with the higher-ups, meeting with these guys and telling them all this, and telling them how big a problem we’re having, and they’re so worried about the activists’ side coming at them if they remove one of these wolves. And it needs to be done. This has to be done. It’s causing so much stress, so much stuff that nobody sees and that we would have never imagined seeing, by having these things on the landscape.”
Yearling calf killed April 28 in Grand County. Photo courtesy Conway Farrell.
Middle Park Stockgrowers from Grand County, the Grand County Commissioners and Sheriff, and North Park Stockgrowers from Jackson County have requested Colorado Parks and Wildlife remove the wolves that are killing cattle. That’s according to the Wolf Commission Plan for chronic depredators, which are wolves that continue to kill livestock. Here’s Grand County Commissioner Merrit Linke.
“We have asked respectfully, and civilly for action to be taken in this matter and all we’ve gotten is denial. Stockgrowers in Middle Park and North Park and across the state are incredibly frustrated.”
CPW Director Jeff Davis responded to the two requests from Middle Park Stockgrowers April 23, saying they won’t remove the male wolf thought to be doing the killings because they think a den has been set up nearby which could result in the death of the impending wolf pups.
The letter said, “Removing the male breeder at this point would be irresponsible management and potentially cause the den to fail possibly resulting in the death of the presumed pups.”
Davis added, “This is not a desirable result and I am therefore not going to take action at this time to lethally remove this animal.”
Much more on the Story — ANOTHER POSSIBLE WOLF KILL IN GRAND COUNTY TODAY
The Routt County Sheriff’s Office would like the public’s help in identifying a darker colored minivan that passed a school bus in a No Passing Zone on a double yellow line south of Oak Creek on Thursday. That video can be seen on our Facebook page and website.
Video from Routt County Sheriff’s Office
Yampa Valley Electric has three board members who will stay on for another three-year term. During the nomination process, no one else was nominated.
- Glynda Sheehan will continue to represent District 1 which is Baggs and Savery, Wyoming.
- Scott McGill will represent District 8, which is Steamboat Springs.
- Ken Rogers will represent District 9, which is Yampa, Toponas, and Bond.
The announcement for confirmation will be made at YVEA’s Annual Meeting at June 25, at their offices in Craig. Agenda
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The hot pool and water slide pool at Old Town Hot Springs is still not open after cleaning last week. In an email to members Sunday night, it said when the pools were turned back on, there was a “failure in unexpected areas.” An outside pool repair company is being called in to try to fix the problem. Until then, the main hot pool and water slide pool are still closed.
The Routt County Humane Society is at the halfway mark of raising $60,000 for new veterinary equipment. They have received a matching donation of $10,000, which will be matched for all future donations, which can be made at www.RouttHumane.org
Howelsen Ice Arena closes today for annual maintenance.
Construction begins today on the new Howelsen Hill Skatepark. It’s replacing the old one in the back of the parking lot next to the basketball hoops. There is a black concrete pad there now. The new skatepark should be finished by the end of May.
Check out what’s happening in the Yampa Valley on the Community Calendar on our website.
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