Notice of Hearing on the Application to Use Sodium Fluoroacetate ...

52. +lr. Bartcn +i,artza, 3iy3ctcr cf Fish and Nil,,? if?
, for t~?
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<strong>of</strong> New, Plex'i co 2nd 2 ';r; Tries: for 'Xycmi ng , 2t 21 . ., "7 r 7 2cl 8 ;:hat 5assd
on contacz w i ~ n members <strong>of</strong> his iarniiy and o~her ssocknen in the
Puebl o, both coyo~g numbers and predasi on have i ncreassd ivlmense i y
in the region-since cancellation <strong>of</strong> the use <strong>of</strong> 1080. He submitted
the results <strong>of</strong> a survey <strong>of</strong> sheap producers in the Pueblo hich
indicated that auring the ;eriod July 1 cnr~ugh Octaber 30, 1577
to pregators, chiefly coyotes, l ambs
and 124 rams. AIt5ough he s~aced
7 0
there wer? a~proximazely io,COO
heads <strong>of</strong> shes? on the r2servation at the tine <strong>of</strong> the hearing,
inventory figures for 1977 were no; repor~d and i: is ns1 ?ossibl?
to convert these loss fi~gres ta percentases. Fron aesz figurgs,
-27; ~~~~;~
i: appears