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FORGET THE BEARS; BEWARE OF WOODRATS!

August 1st, 2009 Peter Walker No comments

Bushytailed_Woodrat

(National Park Service photograph)

by Peter Walker

 

There is great irony in wildlife damage to Division of Wildlife property.  But it happens.

 

I arrived in Colorado from Maine the end of March, 1984 on the tail end of one of the snowiest winters in modern history. The agency I joined was near the end of a major operation to feed big game through the long months of deep snows that had driven stressed and starving deer and elk into mountain valleys in their desperate search for something to eat. Read more…

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