Author: Rachel Gabel
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Protection set for La Jara Ranch | Gabel
The State Land Board is meeting Oct. 15 to decide the future management of several significant properties, including the 46,000-acre La Jara Ranch in the San Luis Valley. CPW and DNR have partnered with NGOs to permanently protect recreational access and conservation values on the property, a process long in the making. CPW allocated $5…
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The latest effort to rewild southeastern Colorado | Rachel Gabel
The war on private property rights is one that battle tested ranchers in southeastern Colorado know all too well. Now, in a 1,500-page U.S. Forest Service draft assessment that seeks to inform the management of the Comanche National Grasslands in Baca, Las Animas, and Otero Counties, ranching and private property ownership are listed among the…
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Colorado’s own ‘Gipper’ left an amazing legacy | Rachel Gabel
Often referred to only as Dan or Our Dan by the media at the time, photos and articles about former Governor Dan Thornton were mainstays in the state newspapers in the 1950s. He was Colorado’s own Gipper, born in California, educated in Texas, and a West Slope cattleman who entered politics and served as Governor…
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Rescission of Conservation and Landscape Health Rule| Rachel Gabel
The Bureau of Land Management is proposing to rescind the Conservation and Landscape Health Rule, which was issued as a final rule last May. The rule, which puts conservation at the same level as other multiple uses like recreation, mineral extraction, grazing, and energy development, came out of the Joe Biden administration and earned fierce…
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Rescission of Conservation and Landscape Health Rule| Rachel Gabel
The Bureau of Land Management is proposing to rescind the Conservation and Landscape Health Rule, which was issued as a final rule last May. The rule, which puts conservation at the same level as other multiple uses like recreation, mineral extraction, grazing, and energy development, came out of the Joe Biden administration and earned fierce…
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Rescission of Conservation and Landscape Health Rule| Rachel Gabel
The Bureau of Land Management is proposing to rescind the Conservation and Landscape Health Rule, which was issued as a final rule last May. The rule, which puts conservation at the same level as other multiple uses like recreation, mineral extraction, grazing, and energy development, came out of the Joe Biden administration and earned fierce…
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COLUMN: American dairy producers lead the world
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A country that can feed itself is a country that can defend itself. Algeria is rich in oil and gas, but food security and producing enough food in dry conditions remains a challenge. The African country grows a great deal of dryland crops like wheat…
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COLUMN: Pheromones and their effect on stress and anxiety
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Sometimes the simple solution is the best. For most livestock producers in the state, fall is weaning time for calves, which is a stressful but necessary event for livestock. Now, the only essential oils I’m into are the ones that run out of a taco,…
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COLUMN: Recognizing the dignity of hard work
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save I’m currently researching and writing a history of the National Western Stock Show’s Catch a Calf program to mark its 90th year. The program began in 1935 with a group of boys who had entered the fat steer show that year. Among them were Joe…
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COLUMN: Dispute highlights ag industry questions
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A show cattle operation in Pueblo County is locked in a battle with the Commissioners and Planning Commission about whether their cow-calf operation is technically a feedyard or not. Much of the fight seems lost in translation, and at the end of the day, an…