For the past few years, a herd of at least 30 feral cattle has taken up residence in the remote lower canyons of Escalante River, a fragile desert riparian zone inside two of Utah’s marquee protected landscapes.
officials. However, the agency is hesitant to unilaterally rid the lands it manages of stray cows, which are technically the property of the county.
The cows are moving between Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, according to Mike Popejoy of the. The lands in question are federal grazing allotments that the trust paid to retire about 20 years ago with the aim of allowing these lands along the Escalante to return to a natural state.
“There shouldn’t be cows there,” Popejoy said. “It’s been more than a year, maybe a couple judging from the number of unbranded cows. Clearly, they are reproducing, and the herd is getting large.” “Those areas are closed and cows are getting down there from both sides of the river,” he said. “It’s challenging to have fences that are functional when there are floods every year.”
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