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October 22, 2025 – Washington, D.C. After a week of growing anger from ranchers over President Trump’s beef import remarks, the administration rolled out a sweeping recovery package designed to reassure rural America that “America’s ranchers come first.” The new plan, announced jointly by Agriculture Secretary Brooke L. Rollins, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, Health and…
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by Norman L. Kincaide, Ph.D. 719-388-8844 norman.kincaide@yahoo.com The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act requires Federal agencies to identify and evaluate additional potential rivers for inclusion in the System during Agency planning. The Forest Service Land Management Planning Handbook provides guidance for conducting a Wild and Scenic River eligibility study during land management plan revision. The…
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Livestock owners across Colorado will see an increase in brand inspection fees starting October 1, 2025, with the five-year brand assessment fee also set to rise in January 2027. The State Board of Stock Inspection Commissioners has approved these changes after a comprehensive rulemaking process that included extensive stakeholder engagement. The Brand Inspection Division, which…
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Sam Konkel was the editor of one of the two Boston Colorado Newspapers, The Boston World (1886-1889) and later the Springfield Herald /Springfield Democrat Herald (1913-1930). It was in 1918 -1919 during this time in Springfield where he relived and wrote during the stories of his time in Boston, which we used as the foundation…
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I am often amazed by the historical connections to Baca County which have bubbled to the surface because of our digital world. When I discover a single name on a news clipping I have learned it isn’t always just a name. A single name can lead us down a path to a better understanding of …
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Recently the Herald had the opportunity to visit the Wild Animal Sanctuary in Keenesburg, Colorado and talk with its founder and executive director, Pat Craig. He showed us some of their habitats, talked about the animals they have living there, and explained how and why they do what they do. Some of the Sanctuary’s big…
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As we come upon the Thanksgiving holiday, and as with everything in the society we are livin’ in, I can hear the distant rumble of controversy. Now I’m not wantin’ to get in the middle of this controversy. It’s your choice whether you celebrate or not. I will say, we here at Three Feathers choose to…
