Wildlife Damage Management (Mora County)

WILD LIFE CONTINUE TO CREATE PROBLEMS IN THE COUNTY. OUR BIGGEST CONCERN IS THE PRARIE DOG POPULATION CONSUMING OUR HAY CROPS AND DISTROYING MANY FIELDS. ELK ARE ALSO A PROBLEM WITH THE CROPS.
WE USE BAITS AND THE RODEX 5000 TO CONTROL PRARIE DOGS.FIFTEEN PRODUCERS HAVE USED THESE TWO METHODS WITH SUCESS ON THE DOGS. I DO ON SITE DEMOS FOR THE PRODUCERS WHEN NEEDED.

PRARIE DOGS ARE A PROBLEM IN THE VALLEYS WHERE HAY IS HARVESTED. THREE PRODUCERS USED THE RODEX 5000 TO ELEMINATE THE DOGS FROM THE PASTURES. EIGHT OTHER PRODUCES USED BAIT FOR CONTROL. THE PRODUCERS BNEFIT BY INCREASED HAY PRODUCTION. THE AGENT DOES ON SITE DEMOS FOR PRODUCERS WITH EITHER THE RODEX OR BAIT AP0PLICATIONS.

Short, medium and long term objectives accomplished to date:
1) Farmers, ranchers, and Master Gardeners have been educated on contemporary practices to reduce or eliminate animal damage problems.
2) Research is currently being conducted on the Corona Range and Livestock Research Center to evaluate the impact of carnivore predation on wild ungulates as related to prey condition.
3) Approximately 250 certified pest control applicators were trained on the safe handling of pesticides used to control animal damage problems in 2007.

C. Skip Finley has signed on to support Wildlife Damage Management within Mora County.