![]() As predicted, the numbers are definitely down from the past few years, maybe only a third as many, but there are fish in there. The good news is that we captured some healthy redbands. Today I helped with the first of four days of fish sampling on the Crooked River below Bowman Dam. Unfortunately, this is not an unusual story. To be clear, I have no problem with people pursuing their hobbies and look forward to eating this locally raised beef, but clearly this is problematic. Even the less rocky land where he has wheel lines is not good enough to raise hay, whatever grows is what the cows eat, and he supplements with hay he buys. ![]() He has old, leaky wheel lines and can’t afford to fix them. He is on a lateral where he and his fellow patrons have their gates open all the time, constantly filling their ponds, and run their wheel lines pretty much nonstop. COID has told him he needs to water it all or lose some of his rights, so he is going to do it. He has 17 acres of COID water rights, but some of it is for extremely rocky land. He has a few cows but does not make a profit, he hopes to break even at some point, but the cows are simply a hobby at this point. Of course, I asked about the seller’s operation. This afternoon I bought a quarter of a cow raised a few miles from where I live.
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