Non-Typical Solutions

Not sure exactly what year the bypass was completed going around Nutrioso! I remember having to slow way down before the bypass and how quaint it was! Small post office! There was one really cool cabin type building on the south side of the road! And of course the sawmill! Initially the bypass had like an old sailboat and maybe an old truck on the south side of the road! Now seems like every time I go through there another junker minivan or truck! What’s up with the junkyard? 😬

Behind my dad’s place in Alpine is a pasture with pipe fence maybe 6’ tall a mesh wire hanging on it! We’ve seen elk, wolves, coyote and turkey! This spring a cow elk had a calf inside the fenced area and as family has come and visited each has mentioned seeing the mamma and calf! We arrived last Friday and for the first time Sunday afternoon all the sudden we see the calf (maybe 6weeks old) standing up in the tall grass! We watched it bed down again and never saw it again the rest of the afternoon! Grandkids all got to see it through spotting scope and binos so now they are all on the watch today! About 4:30 today a cow elk appears in the meadow! It wanders around cuts across the meadow to a treed ridge disappeared for a bit then appeared again! We watched her cautiously creep into the meadow straight beeline to the last spot we saw the calf yesterday! Calf jumps up and heads straight for mamma and Starr’s getting dinner! As far as we can tell that mamma has been jumping fence nightly taking care of her calf and that calf just lies low during the daytime!!!

Dug up this old thread! Maybe we could train them to attack feral horses in unit 23?🙃 https://www.google.com/amp/s/ktar.com/story/2632453/conservation-group-proposes-bringing-grizzly-bears-back-into-arizona/amp/

I’m just glad to see we haven’t lost oneshot! Always says it like it is!

Baby steps 😂😂😂

Great information reminder!

Man and I thought name calling was grounds for the NUKE button or dungeon at best

Black River yes! Been 13 years since going to this spot! Hate paying the fee but the fishing was unreal! Again! His mother made him what he is!😂😂😂

No crowds, no noise, very thankful to those who have served and those currently serving!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Looks like NIKE thread just got NUKED???

Gotta be careful Thom things are real touchy feely don’t hurt my feelings out there!!!

Knitting club bans Trump conservative conversation........ https://www.vox.com/2019/6/27/18744347/ravelry-trump-ban-backlash-community-reaction

Good post.....I admit I love bringing up political things that are happening in our society and honestly feel like the campfire is a perfect place for talking politics. If we are going to use name calling as a reason to get kicked to the dungeon there is alot of cleaning up to do on this CWT board! I'm not a fan of name calling, I like that the site is kid friendly most of the time but it does disappoint me that we get sent to the dungeon just for wanting to talk politics with hunters.........

FOTB

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The devastation between Omaha and KC along the Missouri was unbelievable!

Ft Leavenworth it is!! My wife takes me on these genealogy trips and I’m like all the sudden whoa this is that Ft Leavenworth 😂🙄

Any recommendations for add on temporary towing mirrors? Need to attach onto a 2015 F150 Ecoboost!!!

Minding our own business this afternoon playing cards and then we had this visitor! Mesa RV Campground! Gunnison, Colorado!

You still up here? That trip is on our list!

By John Kolesza In Arizona, a small parcel of land in the Heber area was designated a wild horse territory in 1974 as prescribed in the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971. At the time of designation, there were seven horses present and the area was designated as being roughly 19,000 acres. During the 1980s and early 1990s, the horses in this area died out. By 1995, the Forest Service could not find a single horse living in the wild horse territory. In 2002, the Rodeo-Chedeski fire destroyed over 500,000 acres of forests in areas surrounding Heber. With fences down, tribal horses streamed onto forest lands. By 2005, there were over 250 horses when the Forest Service announced intentions of rounding up these trespass horses. Lawsuits by horse advocates followed. The federal court issued its ruling in 2007 and directed the Forest Service to develop a management plan for the horses. Conservationists across Arizona have seen the dramatic changes in the forest areas of Heber and the horse numbers are estimated at between 500 and 1,000 head. If there is a culprit in this, it sits in the total lack of accountability with all of the forest supervisors and staff that have allowed the situation to fester over the past decade. A reasonable number of horses and a plan needed to be developed. The Apache Sitgreaves National Forests has created a climate of hostility and resentment, as well as an entitlement attitude by the horse advocates. The 19,000 acres that were designated as the horse territory has been expanded. The total land that feral horses now inhabit is over 400,000 acres. The “wild” horses are no longer wild, they graze with impunity at campsites. They are often referred to as the “bullies” of the range as they hoard water holes and drinkers to the exclusion of other wildlife. It is simply unacceptable that feral horses are managed differently than resident wildlife, lawful grazing, and at levels that clearly cannot be considered to exist within a “thriving ecological balance” as prescribed by law. This summer, public comments should occur (if the Forest Service can find the time) and that a plan will be put together. The wild horse advocates will scream in protest and file lawsuits so that the plan is on hold indefinitely. Sadly, these advocates do not care at all about any other wildlife. Last, but not least, illegal activity by frustrated people who do not share the passion that horse advocates do is reprehensible. Frustration at the inept forest management is the cause. The Apache Sitgreaves National Forest employees allowed this mess to fester for over 10 years with no action. The forest in another four years will be decidedly worse off and the number of horses will double by that time. Shame on the horse advocates for not being reasonable. They want the whole forest and the way things are going they will soon have it. I pity all of the other wildlife that is being forced out by the bullies of the range.