Author: Rachel Gabel

Rachel Gabel I watched on repeat the video of the five wolves released in Grand County and my response was surprisingly visceral. It was breathtaking. I’ve covered this wreck since the beginning, and there hasn’t been a day I haven’t thought about it, read about it, talked about it, or written about it. Breathtaking sounds like…

Rachel Gabel The nuts and bolts of the complaint filed by the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) and Gunnison County Stockgrowers Association (GCSA) in U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado is the failure of U.S. Fish and Wildlife to complete an environmental impact statement on the reintroduction of wolves. CCA and GCSA have filed…

Rachel Gabel Biosecurity in agriculture is paramount from the farm gate, to the ports, to the airports, to the border. Two diseases that have been prevalent in headlines and top-of-mind for producers are Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza and African Swine Fever (ASF). There is a 100% mortality rate for ASF and no vaccine, though, thus…

Rachel Gabel The five-page document outlining Colorado Gov. Jared Polis’s priorities for Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) Director Jeff Davis reads like it was ripped from the handbook of a wildlife advocate group. It could also double as a list of items that ought not be left to the legislature or the governor to cram…

Rachel Gabel The truck rolled into the Anderson’s ranch near Walden early on a Friday morning. By about 6 a.m., Brian Anderson was bringing cull cows down the alley and up the ramp into the bull rack trailer. The sounds of cows trotting down the alley, up the metal loading chute and onto the trailer…

Rachel Gabel Labeling food products is an interesting game. I recall many a debate regarding the difference between low-fat products and lower-fat labels, and I have been annoyed repeatedly about nonsensical labeling of items like gluten-free ketchup. I also shy away from packaging that bears the non-GMO label. There are 11 GMO crops grown in…

Rachel Gabel United States Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack offered the opening remarks at the Water in the West Symposium on the Colorado State University Spur campus on Nov. 8. According to a Department of Agriculture press release, Vilsack will discuss the USDA’s work to build rural prosperity by supporting producer income, bolstering local and…