RBC | Did you know moose can run up to 35 miles per hour and are excellent swimmers? Or that a bull moose’s antlers can grow up to 1 pound a day. Have we peaked your interest? Do you want to learn more about the Shiras moose? Join Colorado Parks[Read More…]
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Conservation Corner: Hummingbird Fun Facts, Part 2
They are the only birds that can fly backwards, side-to-side and hover due to the structure of their wing joints allowing them to rotate 180 degrees. Their wings move in a figure 8 pattern. A hummingbird beats its wings on average 53 times a second, that’s 3,180 beats per minute.[Read More…]
CONSERVATION CORNER: Hummingbird Fun Facts
There are over 360 species, with 15 of these species residing within the United States. The weight of an average hummingbird is less than a nickel. The hummingbird bee weights less than a penny and is the smallest bird in the world. Hummingbirds are solo migrators. We are still discovering[Read More…]
CPW Commission to meet in Edwards July 21-22
RBC | At a hybrid in-person/virtual meeting in Edwards, the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission will discuss closing the 2022 hunting season for greater sage-grouse in GMU 2, updating the disease testing requirements for cervids in commercial parks, 2023 Snowmobile Program Grant Funding recommendations, implementing the Keep Colorado Wild annual[Read More…]
COUNTY BEAT: July 12, 2022 Meeting
RBC | Newly appointed as the director of the Rio Blanco County Public Health and Environment department, Karen Dinwiddie told the county commissioners Tuesday, ““There’s a lot to learn,” after her first week. Dinwiddie has been working at public health for a little over a year, but is new to[Read More…]
It’s Showtime livestock club report
RBC | We started our meeting on Sunday, July 10 at 4 p.m. First, we did our Pledge of Allegiance and our 4-H Pledge led by Cambrey Rogers, Milo Brennan and Brodee Kilduff. Then, we had an “ice breaker.” Hadley Franklin and Marryn Shults demonstrated how to give a good[Read More…]
New options for VA care
RBC | Rio Blanco County military veterans may be eligible for the “new and improved” Veteran Community Care Program (formerly the Veterans Choice Program, which ended in 2019) to obtain faster access to VA-funded medical care in their local community from civilian physicians under certain circumstances. According to va.gov, veterans[Read More…]
DAYS GONE BY: July 14, 2022
The Meeker Herald125 years ago • The following is from an Independence Day address delivered in Washington by Hon. Benjamin Butterworth, and is worthy of careful consideration: “There is not a legislature today under this flag that has not its organized banditti within its midst who buy and sell legislation,[Read More…]
NEWS NOTES: July 14, 2022
OHV poker run this saturday RBC | The Wagon Wheel OHV Club’s annual poker run is set for this Saturday, July 16. Meet at Lake Avery and follow the posted signs. Card sales start at Station 1 at 9 a.m and end at 11 a.m., and are to be submitted[Read More…]
Repairs to Lake Avery dam slated to begin in 2023
RBC | Discussion of expanding Lake Avery — aka Big Beaver Reservoir – has been going on since shortly after its construction, Area Wildlife Manager Bill deVergie of Colorado Parks and Wildlife told a packed room at Smoking River Brewing Co. Tuesday. White River Alliance organized the presentation to discuss[Read More…]
Days Gone By: July 7, 2022
The Meeker Herald125 years ago • Experts say that mental dwarfs are much more common than physical ones.• Just as happened oft before, as soon as haying is fairly underway the rainy season sets in in earnest.• E.A. Proctor of Curtis Creek is home again after an extensive trip through[Read More…]
Obituary: Violet Marie Frazier
Oct. 25, 1936 ~ Nov. 1, 2021 Violet Marie “Vi” was born Oct. 25, 1936, in Butler, Custer County, Oklahoma, to George Thomas and Ina (Earp) Rushing. She lived in Oklahoma and Texas until her family left Oklahoma to be a part of the Okie migration to California following the[Read More…]
