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Sierra County approves wildlife services contract, forms ad hoc committee as wolf depredations rise
Summary
The Board authorized an agreement to reinstate county participation in USDA APHIS wildlife services and created an ad hoc committee after officials reported about 60 livestock kills this spring and summer.
The Sierra County Board of Supervisors voted to authorize county participation in a contract with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Wildlife Services, and directed staff to form an ad hoc committee to coordinate the county response to rising wolf depredations.
The action — introduced at the Aug. 11 meeting — reinstates the county’s wildlife damage management activities that had been paused after a prior lawsuit, and directs the agriculture commissioner to serve as the county’s authorized representative under the contract.
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