Residents urge predator-control plan to protect sage grouse and desert tortoise
Public commenters at the Elko County Commission meeting urged the board to prioritize predator control—particularly ravens and corvids—as a driver of sage grouse and desert tortoise declines and asked the county to coordinate with state and federal partners.
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Multiple residents used the meeting's public comment period to press the commission to make predator control a county priority to help struggling sage grouse and desert tortoise populations. "The raven really is extremely more destructive than we realize," one commenter said, arguing that predator control rather than ranching or habitat change is the principal threat.
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