- A growing epidemic
- Pine beetle infestations killing trees in Craig, insects also found as far north as Wyoming and east as Kansas
- May 3, 2008
- In Craig, pine trees are dying from beetles. That’s what Bill Ekstrom, Colorado State University Extension agent for Northwest Colorado, wants Craig residents to know.
- The great debate
- Sunset Elementary third-graders argue the ban on shooting prairie dogs
- April 26, 2008
- Recent news about a petition to ban prairie dog hunting has created some debate in one Sunset Elementary third-grade class.
- Community Agriculture Alliance: One group, many projects
- April 26, 2008
- In 1999, a group of Routt County residents thought agriculture was being threatened, and they decided to do something about it.
- When life gives you hogs
- Local boy turns hobby into diversified business
- April 25, 2008
- Sometimes you’re up early, and sometimes you’re up late. Sometimes, you’re up early and late, J.B. Chapman said.
- A whole lot of bull
- Northwestern Colorado Bull Sale today in Routt County
- April 19, 2008
- Save the day to save your dollars — it’s the sixth annual Northwestern Colorado Bull Sale, going on today at the Routt County Fairgrounds in Hayden.
- Parenting, cow style
- A look at the relationship between cows and their calves
- April 12, 2008
- The other afternoon, as I sat waiting for the stock tank to be filled with water, my attention was drawn to Sarah, an older Simmental cow, who came into the back part of the pasture and stood there bawling.
- 4-H around the world
- District retreat in Craig draws hundreds of people to make friends, learn leadership skills
- April 5, 2008
- “Huge activity. Kids love it.” Alisa Comstock, Moffat County 4-H Youth Development Agent, was referring to the annual 4-H District Retreat this year from March 28 to 30 at the Holiday Inn of Craig.
- Building a foundation for 4-H
- March 29, 2008
- The history of the local 4-H Foundation is a long one, dating back to July 17, 1962, but its intent remains the same: to develop an avenue for kids to sell their livestock and to develop funds to help support the 4-H program.
- Cowgirl up
- Stevie Brumback fulfilling childhood dreams
- March 22, 2008
- Robin Brumback remembers her daughter Stevie had lots of plastic horses as a child.
- Looking for ways to rejuvenate your pasture?
- Colorado State University Extension offers information about hay production, insect infestation
- March 15, 2008
- Pasture and hay production and the oystershell scale insect — while unrelated, they’re important issues for Moffat County residents, especially with spring just around the corner.
- Plowing the way
- March 8, 2008
- On the afternoon of April 22, 2007, members of the Yampa Valley Antique Power Club, families and friends gathered at an alfalfa field — which adjoined a dryland wheat stubble field — in the Breeze Basin area.
- Calving season busy for ranchers
- March 1, 2008
- Beginning around January, the conversation among ranchers inevitably turns to when to begin calving.
- Spring gardening is bound to come
- Plan ahead when choosing what seeds to plant
- February 23, 2008
- Although it may seem like the snow and cold will last forever this year, spring is bound to come.
- Unwelcome guests
- Foraging elk prove problematic for DOW officials, Craig and Maybell property owners
- February 19, 2008
- Randy Reno stood in his backyard Monday morning looking into a storage shed tucked behind his house at 1413 N. Yampa Ave.
- ‘It’s nature’s way’
- Jackrabbits spotted in increasing numbers across county, snow possible cause
- February 16, 2008
- The jackrabbit — whose original name was said to be “jackass rabbit” because of its long, donkey-like ears — is no stranger to Moffat County.
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