SHUTTING OUT HUNTERS

To influence wolf policy, ranchers are targeting a state revenue source: hunters who use private land.

By James Sinks / The Bulletin
December 11, 2005

On Mike Colton's sprawling ranch near Baker City, you'll find rolling sage-covered hills, thickets, black angus cattle and a year-round slough that attracts flocks of waterfowl.

But you won't find any hunters or fishermen anymore.

The gates are locked at the 3,000-acre Colton spread, which....

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