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Commissioners press for clearer plans on elk counts, hoof‑rot testing and wildlife‑area management
Summary
Advisory commissioners discussed rising elk presence, hoof‑rot testing, wildfire impacts to forage, lake‑level management and a desire for more coordinated state and federal action; commissioners asked for a follow‑up from state staff and proposed drafting a letter asking for updates.
Donner County Fish and Game Advisory Commissioners spent a lengthy portion of Monday’s meeting pressing state wildlife staff and each other for clearer information on elk numbers, disease testing and management of state wildlife lands after large wildfires.
Commissioners and residents described growing elk presence along the coast and inland, and they said recent wildfire burn severity has altered forage and may be influencing elk movement. "After the fire is a premium, a year or two after the fire is premium food time at property for wildlife. Everything sprouts back," one commissioner said; other commissioners countered that some local burns were so hot they left little regrowth and that elk are increasingly visible in valleys and near roads.
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