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<br />taken during the past winter. All of these pictures. were taken on land <br />which is irrigated. Those deer are just not socializing, they are eating. <br />These ~ere t~ken around Meeker and some were taken' in the Fruitland Mesa <br />area. This pasture l~nd.is'9ne of their favorite spots.: Here are the <br />deer. A.. lot of people say that once you .build a farm. y:ou .run the game <br />off. As a matter of fact, you practically: have to run. over them to get <br />them out of your way .in many. cases. During.,the wintertime, they come <br />on the farms and the farmers .will actually feed many of them. . . <br /> <br />These pictures show them on agricultural farm land. As you can see, <br />they adjust to civilization quite easily. They are not easily fright- <br />ened off, particularly if they are hungry. I have seen them in my years <br />over here:many times. driving between Delta: and Gunnison. I have' seen <br />farmers. on the. Blue Mesa and nearSapinero throwing them.hay. The <br />Division of Wildlife says that hay kills them but they look pretty fat <br />to me after they eat it. This is a bunch of elk up in an orchard. For <br />every. acre of farmland, the complaint..is. that we ruin it. for deer' habitat <br />or elk or whatever. Every rancher knows better than that because they <br />graze on the meadows quite extensively, partucularly.in the winter <br />months, but also during the spring and sununer.in many cases also. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I ~ . . . <br /> <br />The irony of the whole thing is that: the. report says that if you take <br />5,0,00 Jacres..for the Savery-Pot Hook, then 5,QOO acres of: land. are taken <br />out of natural habitat. It's already intermittent land with farm units <br />that are operating. They say that it will ruin it for the deer and the <br />antelope. On the other hand, their.request that we put up a.lot of <br />money to keep the deer and t~e antelope out:o~.the farms--they put up <br />stockades to protect the farmers and the Division of wildlife has to <br />pay damages. So on the one hand they say we are dri~ing them out and <br />on the other hand inviting them in. I wish the hell they.would make up <br />their minds. <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: Is there anything we need to discuss further about the <br />next day and a half's program? All right then, Ifwe,don't'seethe. <br />memb.ersof the Board before.. 7 :30 tomorrow, I would like .to have us all <br />sit together ,and be a functional.Board after this/meeting. <br /> <br />MR. FURNEAUX: Why don't we try to get together about 6:30 and have <br />breakfast together or <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: I had lunch here. I don't know about 6:30, whether you <br />can have breakfast or not. I wonder if we could go. to the ,'Ramada? . <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />MR. SPARKS: That is going to be a madhouse. <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: <br />See if we can't <br />Mary, I am sure <br /> <br />Well, Mary has a great way of'getting these things done. <br />have a.. table 'at6:30 tomorrow morning 'for the BOard. ",' <br />that you can handle that. <br /> <br />-26- <br />