Author: Rachel Gabel

Rachel Gabel President Donald Trump’s tariffs should be on the radar of every agriculture producer in the U.S. Our country is not only the top producer of beef at 12.1 million metric tons annually, but also the top importer of beef, consuming 12.7 metric tons annually. There are hundreds of other ag commodities that rely…

Rachel Gabel The opinion in a U.S. District Court decision that has made corner-crossing legal in the 10th District notes, “as Wyoming territorial justices observed long ago, ‘the fence is made for beasts; the law is made for man.’” Corner-crossing is much like making a checkers move diagonally, moving from public lands to public lands…

Rachel Gabel Despite author of Colorado’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) Douglas Bruce’s attempts to sway me, I wish the ballot-initiative process in the state would go the way of the dodo. I remain firmly opposed to what is now Initiative 35 seeking to “end gray wolf reintroduction and prohibit the importation of wolves from…

Rachel Gabel The management of wolves in states like Wyoming and Montana, which are red states, will always be different than in states like Colorado. Wildlife management shouldn’t be political, but it appears there’s no avoiding it. That was illustrated through the inappropriate appointments made by Gov. Jared Polis last year to the CPW Commission.…

Rachel Gabel Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commissioner Tai Jacober attended last week’s meeting virtually, explaining he’s calving, like many other ranchers in the state, me included. “I have 20 or 30 calves born per day right now with not very much help, so I decided to stay home, particularly with the matter of the wolves,…

Rachel Gabel In Oregon, where the first batch of wolves released in Colorado originated, ranchers have been watching the wolf situation in Colorado play out from afar. Most of the wolves migrated into the state naturally from populations released in Yellowstone and central Idaho in the mid 1990s. Wolves remained primarily in three counties in…

Rachel Gabel Dating back at least to the Roy Romer years, there was a table in the executive office of the state’s governor that would seat some 20-plus people. Meetings with governors past occurred at that table, where there were seats for representatives of the many stakeholders within the state. A meeting about rural Colorado…

Rachel Gabel If nominees to lead various federal agencies are any indication, it appears the western United States is rising again in D.C. President Donald Trump nominated former Wyoming Game and Fish Director Brian Nesvik to lead the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, adding another western U.S. leader who has a lifetime of experience living…

Rachel Gabel The federal government is preparing to take, potentially by eminent domain, a swath of private property in three southeastern Colorado counties spanning from five to 15 miles in width as part of the National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors (NIETC). In all, private property owners stand to lose control of 325,000 acres, taking homes…

Rachel Gabel Members of Congress are bringing the case brought by the Biden administration against a South Dakota ranching couple to President Donald Trump’s attention and calling a federal agency onto the proverbial carpet. Wyoming Congresswoman Harriet Hageman, Reps. Dusty Johnson, R-South Dakota, Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas sent a letter to Alison…