Author: Rachel Gabel
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COLUMN: Aftermath of failed measure to ban mountain lion hunting
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commissioner Jessica Beaulieu told the Commission that she read the public comments submitted prior to last Thursday’s meeting and wanted to clarify that she and Commissioner Jack Murphy did not communicate about writing the op-ed that appeared in papers across the…
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Lessons learned from 10 acres of tomatoes
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A wise man once told me that so long as someone in a family, who is still living, had hoed a row of tomatoes, your family was connected enough to the past to be successful in the future. His great grandfather had made his way…
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COLUMN: Animal measures mean high prices for consumers
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Those without a crystal ball to see the future Colorado’s grocery consumers are facing need look no further than California. The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued a report last week compiled by the economists with the USDA’s Office of the Chief Economist (OCE) that reflects…
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COLUMN: Wildlife management is better off without marketing campaigns
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save There is no more frightening individual — not one with a gun nor an agenda — than a voter informed by marketing campaigns. There have been two anthropomorphic pitches tossed to voters recently and it’s an insult to people who think and reason. Julie Marshall,…
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Wildlife Commission controversy still continuing
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Jared Polis administration was saved from embarrassment by members of the Senate who refused to heed the recommendation of the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee regarding the confirmation of Jessica Beaulieu to the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission. This came to fruition after…
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Recent fires will have major impact on the cattle industry
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Spark and wind carouse around like the town drunks, a green Mickey’s wide mouth within reach. Spark, undoubtedly, has a burning cigarette in his yellowed, stubby hand. Wind, though, is always present around town but he’s unpredictable. When he’s at his worst, he is abusive.…
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What will Senate do as wolf-weary ranchers grill Polis’s CPW appointees? | GABEL
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The three appointees of Gov. Jared Polis to the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission faced the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee at the start of the month. It was as fiery as I could have anticipated and, with the committee sending Gary Skiba and Jessica Beaulieu to the full Senate, saddled with an unfavorable…
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Nominees to CPW commission face tough questions
The three Jared Polis appointees to the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission faced the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee on Thursday. It was as fiery as I could have anticipated and with the Committee sending Gary Skiba and Jessica Beaulieu to the full Senate saddled with an unfavorable recommendation. Jack Murphy goes to the…
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Successful management of Colorado’s wildlife depends on voters
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Throngs of visitors to the Mile High City make their way to the National Western Stock Show in Denver each January. For many, it’s a tradition to take in a rodeo or a draft horse pull, wander through booths with a red beer in hand…
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COLUMN: Legislation will impact Colorado’s ag community
There is a shortage of veterinarians, especially large animal and food animal veterinarians in rural Colorado. We live on a cow calf operation in northeastern Colorado, and we utilize our veterinarian for tasks like ultrasound for determining pregnancy in cows, administering Bangs vaccinations and the accompanying tattoo and tags for heifers prior to breeding, bull…