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<br />There is some documentation of similar hunts in earlier years (around 1900) that were organized <br />to rid the fields of roving bands of coyotes. <br /> <br /> <br />Circa 1920 <br /> <br />"Are rabbits feet really lucky?" <br /> <br />To emphasize the impact of natural predators, there were two state disaster declarations made for <br />grasshopper plagues and their impact upon agriculture in 1980 and 1981. In 1931, 1937, and the <br />late 1950' s, all the sugar-beets in the community of Ovid were lost to grasshoppers. The cost of <br />spraying for the eradication of the insects was split 3 ways between the Federal, state and local <br />governments. Below is a typical grasshopper density map. <br /> <br /> <br />Colorado Density <br />Grasshoppers I Yard <br />1998 Adult Survey <br /> <br />.15+ <br />. 12 to 15 <br />.8 to 12 <br />.5toB <br />.3to5 <br />.O,to3 <br /> <br />(867,088 acres) <br />(1,016,586 acres) <br />(2,571 ,366 acres) <br />(7,205,804 aores) <br />(6,667,611 acres) <br />(19,644,037 aores) <br /> <br />The most current threat to the livestock and people of northeastern Colorado is West Nile Virus <br />(WNV). Throughout the planning area in 2002, horses and birds were infected with the virus, <br />with documented cases of several animal deaths as a result. In 2003, the spread ofWNV grew <br />significantly - though not uncommon for the "second year" in an area. As of October 02, 2003, <br />Colorado had the most confirmed cases ofWNV in the United States, 2,134 --- including 524 <br />within the 11 county Planning Area. To date, there have been 44 human deaths in Colorado - <br />including 4 within the 11 county Planning Area, including four human deaths. One county within <br />the Planning Area (Weld) has authorized more than half a million dollars to eradicate the impacts <br /> <br />23 <br />