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RE: PETITION TO OPEN A COUNTY ROAD BETWEEN SECTIONS
28 AND 33 AND BETWEEN SECTIONS 29 AND 32, IN TOWN-
SHIP 12 NORTH, RANGE 64 WEST OF THE SIXTH P. M. ,
WELD COUNTY, COLORADO.
WHEREAS, a petition on behalf of Cedric Hallock, Grover,
Colorado, has been received in the office of the Board of County Commiss-
ioners, Weld County, Colorado, requesting that a county road be established
to serve the necessities of the public between Sections 28 and 33 and
between Sections 29 and 32, in Township 12 North, Range 64 West of the
Sixth P. M. , Weld County, Colorado, and
WHEREAS, pursuant to and in accordance with Resolution
of the Board of County Commissioners, Weld County, Colorado, passed
and adopted October 12, 1889, said request for a county roadway to serve
the necessities of the public may be granted by the Board of County
Commissioners, Weld County, Colorado, and
WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on April 17, 1973, to
receive testimony, evidence and other remonstrances regarding the
public need and necessity relative to the establishment and opening of
such County roadway, and
WHEREAS, the petitioner withdrew his petition requesting
the opening of the aforementioned roadway.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of
County Commissioners, that because the petition of Cedric Hallock
requesting such county roadway to be established as hereinabove described
was withdrawn, there is no question before the Board to decide; conseq-
uently, the situation is moot and the petition is denied.
Dated this lstday of August, A. D. , 1973.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
WELD COUNTY, COLORADO
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ATTEST:
County Cl and Recorder
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Deputy County Clerk
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KAROWSKY. WITWER & OLDENBURG
CHARLES A.KAROWSNY SUITE 315.5TH AND 8TH BUILDING
STOW L.WITTER.JR. GREELEY,COLORADO
R.SAM OLDENBURG 80631
AREA CODE 303
351-3151
July 12, 1973
Board of County Commissioners
Weld County Courthouse
Greeley, Colorado 80631
Re: Cedric Hallock
Gentlemen:
On December 1, 1972, this office, on behalf of Cedric Hallock,
filed a Petition with the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County
to declare as a public way a two-mile roadway across property owned
by Mark Cox, III. Pursuant to the Petition, a public hearing was held
to receive evidence and other remonstrances regarding the public need
and necessity. Certain events transpiring subsequent to the date of this
hearing have resulted in Mr. Hallock's requesting that the Petition be
withdrawn and requesting that the Board of County Commissioners take
no further action.
On behalf of Mr. Hallock I would like to extend his sincere appre-
ciation for the time and effort that the Commissioners have given to this
matter. It, however, appears that further efforts on Mr. Hallock's
behalf and the time necessary to pursue this matter to a conclusion by
the Board of County Commissioners far outweigh the benefits that Mr.
Hallock would receive by having access through the property of Mr. Cox.
Very truly yours,
KAROWSKY, WITWER & O DE BURG
. am Oldenburg
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COUNTY OF WELD s$.
cc: Mr. Harlan Balaban Filed with tic Clerk of the Board
Mr. Cedric L. Hallock of County Commissic-- s
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U L 16 1973
COUNTY L'FRK AND ECa RDA,
By _Deputy , • r •.-f
12 GREELEY (Colo.) TRIBUNE Thurs.,riI 19,1973
Commissioners hear argument_ s on openin •
) „y tA a a' ,, ;' sf Jerry Burnett of Grover
x' set „. testified that he formerly used
�.= w:. „oro te . the road often to visit the
S ) vet. Iallocks but now had to drive
twice as far.
v 39 Albert Lower of Grover
a.. 'w"": testified that he was a retired
, • ' federal civil service employee
gr', who hid lived in Grover
x.�l II. =4.a , previously and said that in his
-k ' memory the road was open
before and that it was con-
- sidered to be the best way to
Cheyenne.
He said that closing the road
,i made it many miles out of the
way for Hallock to take care of
his cattle.
Alk 1 ,
Fred Werner of Briggsdale
�� said that. he had lived in the
, ''? — area 60 years and that he
•ic," ., couldn't remember the road
being closed before.
Juanita Lower said the road
,,,,,.�......, should be open for thh peace of
mind of the Hallocks and that
7 since it had been closed she had
noticed tension and fear in Mrs.
Hallock that had not existed
(.tki, ,n '�aC` before.
)'' Chris Koenig said he lived
LISTENING TO TESTIMONY — Cedric involved in a dispute overuse of a road through about 12 miles southeast of the
area
Hallock, left, who ranches near Grover, and the Cox property. Hallock has petitioned thein dispute a road
and that there
had been since 1910.
his attorney, Sam Oldenburg of Greeley, are commissioners to open two miles of the road to
Richard Kimmel,
superin-
shown here during testimony at a hearing allow him access to land he has been leasing drool before the Weld County Commissioners in for a number of years. (Tribune photo by Red Grove Gdenr of the Pawnee School in
Gror said he thought the road
Greeley Wednesday afternoon. Hallock and a Edgerton) _ should be opened and main-
neighboring rancher,Mark Cox III.have been Hallock then testified that tamed by the county so that
January, 1972, from Dean there was no way to get to his children could be serviced by
A lengthy hearing was held' Prosser and the leased land lies leased land now except by the Grover school system.
Wednesday afternoon in the west and north of the road in alternate routes, one of which He said Grover buses could
office of the Weld County dispute makes a trip 01 40 miles and the now go only as far as the Eagle
Commissioners regarding a Oldenburg said that Hallock other 47 miles one way. Hallock Rock ranch or the Al Timm
said that by using the Cox road place. He said that Cox had not
petition to open a road on a was using part of the roadway
county section line near the through the Cox property under the distance is about 10 miles. denied access to school buses,
Wyoming border. permission and license given to Hallock said it was im- but the district felt the road was
The petition was brought by him by Cox. possible to get children at his not in good enough shape to risk
Cedric Hallock through his Oldenburg then pointed out ranch to the Grover school and sending buses.
attorney, Sam Oldenburg of that in May of last year,the use that he had been having trouble Mrs. Fred Werner of Grover
Greeley. of the roadway was revoked getting hired men to stay on the testified that Mrs. Hallock is
Other parties involved in the and barricades and locks were lob. her niece and that she thought
hearing were Mark T. Cox III, placed on the roadway, along Hallock said that at one time, I the road should be open. Mrs.
who was not present at the with spiked planks and the road an armed guard pulled a gun Werner said it was difficult for
hearing, but was represented was patrolled by armed guards. from his holster when he tried her to check on Mrs. Hallock
by his attorney Harlan Balaban Following this, according to to get through to feed his hot'- now, because of the extra
of Denver and his son William Oldenburg, a petition was filed ses. He said, however, that the distance to drive.
('ox of Cheyenne. with the commissioners for man had not pointed the gun at Alden Prosser of Wheatland,
The hearing was brought on opening the road. him, but had unholstered the Wyo., said he grew up on the
by a continuing dispute between After the petition was filed, gun. ranch now leased by Hallock
the two ranchers over use of a Oldenburg said, the road was Mrs. Hallock testified that and said that Hallock had been
road running through the Cox reopened for a time and after she had been .heckled and a good rancher and a respon-
property. the petition was withdrawn, the followed after dark by men sible tenant and had taken good
Oldenburg opened testimony road was a in closed. patrolling the road and that one care of the ranch now being
on the hearing by stating that time she had been shouted at leased.
Hallock had leased property in through a loud speaker.
Hat an :a a.an, Denver
attorney representing Cox,then
took over the hearing andfa
questioned all the people who •
had testified in behalf of
Hallock. •-"n'.'ver, t at no tours will lift .ountain sheep, had been
He also said that his client "conducted through the area et 'fond riddled with .22 bullets.
petitioned for access across a the
Cox ranch in dispute. The commissioners voted is
certain portion of Prosser land ' Gretchen Cutts, representing take the matter under eon-
which was being leased by the Greeley Audubon Society, sideration, but advised both
Hallock and the Cox petition also spoke against making a parties to seek a means of
public road through the area in compromising their dif-
was as valid as the Hallock
dispute. Reasons were that the ferences.
petition.
Balaban said Hallock had research area should be Commissioner Glenn Billings
been barred from use of the pp��''eserved and that such a road said that the commissioners
road because he had failed to �rould upset the delicate eeo- had received a letter May 14,
abide by the simple ranch rules, Isystem. She also noted that a 1372,stating that Cox agreed is
which included no hunting and county road would be expensive let people in the area use the
fishing on the Cox property. from a maintenance stand- road and wondered why that
Earl Cochran of Ault was point. was not now the case.
called to testify by Balaban and Don Anderson, director of Commissioner Billings
stated that he was a Colorado wildlife research for the that the disputed area was
Wildlife Conservation officer. Audubon Society also testified his district and that he h.-. -.'
Cochran said that the area in against a public road for much the situation could be resolved
disputecontained a few deer as the same reasons as others to the satisfaction
tiocnmmll p roes,
.
well as antelope; eagles and representing the Audubon without she
prairie falcons. He noted that Society. having to take steps to forte
about a year ago, Cox had
Amado Gonzales, Cox ranch .:ction on the part of anyone.•
applied to the Colorado Game manager,said he had talked to _, _.
and Fish department for a Hallock at the gate of the
license to keep exotic animals. Prosser and Cox properties and
He said if the road were to be told`i dhecould ranch r use
opened to the public it would be 1 ro have found said rranc loeem-
a headache since people would ployes
shoot game",just to see it fall." chains and
d signs.gn of Cheyenne,
Balaban then called on Dr. Robert
Richard Olendorf of Fort i who said he was a friend of
Collins to testify. Dr. Olendorf i William Cox, said Hallock had
is a field representative of the '.been told to stay off the road.
American Museum in New " He said that he and William
York City. Cox had stopped Mrs. Hallock
Dr. Olendorf is an expert in on the road one night and told
the study of raptors,or birds of her to stay off the road.He said
prey. He said the 24 square Cox told her through a loud-
miles involved in the dispute :speaker installed in Malden's
contains 22 pairs of eagles and car.
When asked why he had a
various hawks and this is the
largest such concentration he loudspeaker on his car, Maiden
knows of in one area.He said he said it was used to announce
had spent two summers coffee breaks.
studying birds and knows the Balaban then called William
area well. Cox to testify and Cox said
He said making a public road Hallock had been barred from
through the area will have a the road because one of
bad effect on the birds and . ilallock's riders had been °b-
other wildlife. He urged that served crossing unauthorized
large ranches and access to territory on horseback.
theme reservpresered taat wsareas
He said Hallock had
can be preserved for hawks and " destroyed ranch property as
eagles, which are endangered' Well, but under questioning by
species. .Oldenburg said he had not seen
Robert Turner, regional Hallock doing this nor had any
representative of the Audubon ranch employes.
Society, testified that the area He said that he had
was part of a unique eco-system established a game preserve
related with the Pawnee for rare and exotic animals and
Grasslands and that he felt it the preserve was bounded by
should not be disturbed.He said the road. He said one of the
the national convention of the
animals in the preserve,a rare
Audubon Society will be held in •
Denver in June and that during
the convention, field trips will
be conducted through the
Pawnee Grasslands. He n. -
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Letter's b to se The e these darter,,. wo
em to be to put me in the light of beie'�
the proverbial villain, who would single
out poor Mr. Hallock, harass him and
to the create an almost unbearable hardship
for him and his family. To make my hat
even blacker, the story goes that I will
Tribune not even let the school bus cross the
ranch, thereby preventing poor, inno-
cent, young children from attending
school. This is absolutely not true.
Mark Cox states Eag
le reason E 1 e Rock Ranch has
been, over all these years,closed to the
position on road public is to protect the unusual, wonder-
To The Tribune: ful wildlife we are fortunate to find within
Thank you for this opportunity to tell it our borders —with special reference to
like it is regarding the public road County eagles, falcons, swanson hawks,
Commissioner Glenn Billings is con- feruginous hawks,horned owls, as well
sidering building on my Eagle Rock as all other wildlife abounding on Eagle
Ranch,and I say on my ranch because it Rock. Anyone who understands wildlife
would be exactly that — beginning and knows what disastrous consequences
ending on Eagle Rock property. This would result from a public thoroughfare
public road would serve to connect the crossing this area.
Easterday Farm on my east with the Regarding construction of the road,the
Dean Prosser Ranch on my west and pressure is on — the screws are being
would cut my property in half. Both the tightened — and the arm twisting is
Easterday Farm and part of the Prosser already under way. We recognize Hal,
place are under lease to Cedrick Hallock. lock—a banker,large-scale farmer and
The principal purpose of this public road political figure —is a powerful man in
would appear to be for the personal northern Weld,but we will not be bullied
convenience of Hallock
. into making him the only exception to out.
I would not attempt to say how much
ule in effect almost 40 years.
benefit from this road would accrue to Mark Coi
taxpayers of Weld County in general.
II That is a question each taxpayer can ask
himself.
The point I wish to clear up insofar as
the record is concerned is the fact that
stories have been floating around that
Eagle Rock Ranch has always been more
��. or less open to the public and that free
access has always been given to resi-
dents of that general area. This is not
true. Everyone involved knows it is not
true.The fact is that over many decades
during which we have operated the ranch
it has been posted with "No Thorough-
fare" and "No Trespassing" signs and
the gates have been kept locked. Access
to the ranch has been on a,private, per-
sonal.and an individual basis, and these
persons have always been furnished with
keys.
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Material presented at hearing by various
organizations.
I am Dr. Richard R. Olendorff, Field Associate of the American Museum
of Natural History in New York City. I currently reside at 3317 Olympus Drive,
Bremerton, Washington 98310. In addition to my association with the American
Museum, I am a consultant for the Natural Resources Ecology Laboratory of the
International Biological Program and Colorado State University in Fort Collins ,
Colorado, and for the Ecosystems Department of the Northwest Division of the
Battelle Institute, the prime contractor for research done on the Atomic
Energy Commission Hanford Reservation near Richland, Washington. Today, how-
ever, I represent myself, not the institutions with which I am associated.
I have conducted full-time field research on the birds of prey of Weld
County, Colorado, for two six-month periods during the summers of 1971 and
1972, and part-time research on the same birds during the summers of 1969
and 1970. The results of this research are recorded in a technical report
which I will leave with you for information to supplement that in the brief
statement I will make today.
As I am sure most of you know, public interest in birds of prey has
been directed through the years toward either indiscriminate destruction or
total protection of the birds . A trend toward total protection has developed
in the United States during the past 30 years or more, mainly through in-
creased interest and understanding of birds of prey. The most recent step
toward protection was the signing in 1972 of a new migratory bird treaty bet-
ween the United States and Mexico which placed all birds of prey under federal
jurisdiction.
Protection of birds of prey as a valued natural resource can never be
total even here in Weld County, but many positive things can be done toward
that end. Examples of the problems which exist are the eagle 1) poisonings,
2) shootings and 3) electrocutions in Wyoming and Colorado in recent years .
Gerald Craig of the Colorado Division of Wildlife and I have found at least
23 golden eagles electrocuted under one 3?-mile stretch of REA distribution
lines in the northeastern corner of Weld County. Other problems of birds
of prey include 4) increased demand for raptorial birds by falconers,
zoological gardens and pet keepers, 5) increased nest interference by amateur
ornithologists, photographers, hikers, rock climbers and arrowhead hunters,
and 6) shooting or plinking by irresponsible hunters. The death of no fewer
than 4 hawks on the Eagle Rock Ranch last summer is probably attributable to
plinking or, at least, to unauthorized and illegal destruction of the birds
by man. In addition to these immediate or proximate factors, there are
several subtle, ultimate causes of raptor population declines. These include
7) habitat destruction, 8) continuing global development of intensive
agriculture and the attendant use of chemicals indiscriminately toxic to
animals, and 9) continuing emission of environmantal pollutants in general.
The key issues which have strong bearing on this hearing are the various
types of human disturbance mentioned above (points 4, 5 and 6) and habitat
destruction (point 7) .
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All of the above problems exist when, in fact, a) birds of prey, as
end-of-the-food-chain organisms, have proven to be important barometers of
environmental contamination; b) most are important components of balanced
ecosystems such as the grassland ecosystem which forms much of the economic
base of this county; c) raptorial birds are aesthetically pleasing to a
growing number of people who appreciate birds and wildlife in general (wit-
ness the tremendous public response to the recent eagle killings) ; and d)
many birds of prey are declining in numbers , some to the point of being con-
sidered rare and endangered species by many authorities. It follows from
the above that naturalists, conservationists, farmers, ranchers and mankind
in general (whether they appreciate the fact or not) stand to benefit from
the preservation of birds of prey and their nesting habitat .
The point that you as county planners must weigh properly relative to
the professional opinions which follow,is that the information and public
backing does exist for a more widespread and effective action by thousands
of concerned residents of this county and others throughout the State of
Colorado and the United States through the involvement of local, regional
and national conservation organizations . I hope you will be as attentive
as the electric industy has been on the issue of eagle electrocutions,
because adequate solutions to their problems are being effected, and the
industry is currently reaping a bonanza of positive ecological publicity
for their efforts .
The northern 35 miles of Weld County provide nesting habitat and food
for one of the densest populations of birds of prey in North America. These
birds abound in the shortgrass prairie when it is broken by scattered trees,
forests along creek bottoms , isolated rock or dirt outcroppings, and major
cliff lines. In fact, the northern portion of Weld County is a relative
sanctuary for birds in general, not just hawks, falcons , eagles and owls.
This is true even though man has nearly all private and federal land either
under cultivation or set aside for grazing.
There are two very important liabilities of man's use of Weld County,
as far as birds of prey are concerned; these are cultivation and human
interference, particularly during the nesting season, but throughout the
remainder of the year as well. The level of cultivation in the northern
portion of Weld County is not excessive with regard to the future of viable
populations of birds of prey, although my research has shown that nesting
of birds of prey immediately adjacent to cultivated land is practically non-
existent. Only 12 of 347 nestings of birds of prey in northern Weld County
were in or adjacent to cultivated fields between 1970 and 1972.
Thus, the majority of birds of prey nest where grazing is allowed.
Furthermore, the populations are clumped where nest sites are available,
mainly in untillable land near creeks and cliffs . The area with the highest
density of nesting hawks, falcons, eagles and great horned owls in the
county is the general area known as the Chalk Bluffs , a prominent set of
cliffs near the Wyoming Border. Also included in the area are the head-
waters of Simpson Creek and the North Fork of Geary Creek. The land of the
Eagle Rock Ranch in this area is particularly suitable for nesting by birds
of prey.
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For example, in the 24-sq. mile area around where the proposed road
would be constructed there nested, in 1972, at least 8 pairs of prairie
falcons, 3 pairs of golden eagles, 4 pairs of red-tailed hawks, 4 pairs
of great horned owls , 2 pairs of ferruginous hawks, 1 pair of Swainson's
hawks and an undetermined number of pairs of American sparrowhawks. This
density of 22 pairs of large birds of prey in 24 sq. miles is extremely
high. The density of prairie falcons in the area described (1 pair per
3 sq. miles) may not be exceeded anywhere in the range of the species,
with the possible exception of certain stretches of the Snake River in
Idaho. The productivity of these falcons in 1972 (3. 38 young per nesting
attempt) was higher than any area ever studied to my knowledge. The
area should be preserved for these falcons , if for no other reason.
Thus, the Weld County planners have in their area of control one of
the truly great reservoirs of breeding habitat for birds of prey in North
America to preserve or to squander on unnecessary county development.
Two further points should be made. First, 30.0 per cent of all birds
of prey in the northern portion of the county nest at man-created nest sites .
Man and birds of prey now live in the area rather amicably. Before man
came to this large, shortgrass prairie, however, trees were restricted
primarily to forests along creek bottoms and to small groves near natural
springs . The homesteaders of the late 1800's and early 1900's planted
native and exotic trees near their houses and windmills, thereby unknowingly
but substantially changing the future habitat composition of the area. Most
of the homesteaders were driven from the area between 1915 and 1933 by
drought conditions. Today the trees at the abandoned farmsteads, along
the abandoned ditches and near artificial water impoundments are used ex-
tensively by birds of prey as nest sites . We must now guard against
development which will reverse the positive effects man has has on the popu-
lation levels of birds of prey in Weld County.
Secondly, and of great importance, ranchers , particularly those with
large land holdings, have kept human disturbance at a minimum on their land,
thereby protecting the birds of prey, again inadvertently but effectively
nevertheless. The establishment of the Pawnee National Grassland has
helped to some degree, but more birds of prey nest in the large private
holdings, such as those of the following ranches or families : Terry, Horton,
Prange,. Sidwell, Prosser, Cox, Magnuson, Johnson, Bashor, Tenny, Blake,
Smock, Foster, Bucher, Nelson, Best (now Walker) , Box, Artzer, Younglund,
Wyatt, Pauling, Ohare, Toedeli, Chappel , Uhl, Moyer and others . In fact,
the vast majotiry of these ranchers actively protect the resident birds of
prey from human disturbance when such is brought to their attention. The
Eagle Rock Ranch owned by the Cox family is by far the most important area
to nesting birds of prey in Weld County, although it may be nearly rivalled
in some respects by the general area of the Nelson ranch.
Thus, I strongly urge that the large ranches of Weld County be preserved
as intact and as undisturbed as possible, and that roads not be constructed
that would in any way provide more public access to large semi-natural areas
than is already provided. There is nowhere between Colorado Hiway 85 and Weld
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County Road Number 71 (41/2 miles west of Hereford) , that north-south access
through the Chalk Bluffs would be advisable. The fact that these bluffs are
almost completely controlled by the owners of only three ranches (Lazy D,
Eagle Rock and Breeden) is very important . All of the owners of these
ranches understand and appreciate the natural beauty and wildlife of their
land and are both aware and protective of the birds of prey which nest there.
The area can be preserved very easily if the Weld County planners are at all
interested in maintaining places where wildlife can breed relatively un-
molested. I contend that this should be one of your very important concerns,
particularly when it involves no expense by the county. A county road would,
in addition to costing the county a considerable amount of money, greatly
endanger the aesthetic and wildlife resources of the area in question by
opening it up to public access and the undesirable effects of increased nest
interference and plinking.
In summary, I have tried to point out to you 1)that the future of birds
of prey depends upon the preservation of their habitat and the elimination of
most human disturbance at the nest sites , 2) that man and birds of prey have
and can live side by side under certain conditions for mutual benefit, 3)
that much of Weld County and especially the Eagle Rock Ranch is important
nesting habitat for birds of prey, and 4) that any further provision of free
public access to any part of the Chalk Bluffs will certainly be detrimental
to the wildlife in the area, particularly through increased human interference
of nesting birds. The birds of prey of Weld County are important to far
more of the county residents than the proposed road would be. We simply must
be cognizant of the wildlife of this county and temper our decisions with
sound habitat management.
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The Greeley Audubon Society is vitally concerned with the proposed new
road construction as this would seriously affect our sanctuary in the area.
Nature education programs and field trips are planned for this unique ecosystem
as a way to acquaint our community with its natural history value.
We believe the proposed road should not be built for four basic reasons:
I. To protect a unique research area
A. The large number of raptors attests to the fast that the area is
virtually pesticide-free, an important and rare thing in research
areas. Raptors are indicatcrs of pesticide contamination because
they are at the ends of food chains (each step of the chain
concentrates the chemicals further).
B. Things other than raptors can also be studied as nowhere else
because of the small amount of contamination.
C. The cooperation of ranchers in this large area that is part of the
same eccsystem as the adjacent National Grasslands make the research
potential (both national and international prominence) even greater.
Nest in bluffs trees; feed on prairie; can study total lives of
birds, travelling mammals.
D. Anthropologists and paleontologists should also have a chance for
research before Sunday collectors and bulldozers have too much chance
at it.
E. Numerous Colorado State University studies are conducted on the flora,
fauna, and historical/archeological factors.-
II To preserve the quality of the area itself as well as the recreational value
of the adjacent National Grasslands.
A. The bluffs, with the creek and its trees at the base, can be seen for
miles, from public land; a road cutting them would offend the senses..
B. Disturbing lives in the bluff/creek area would alter recreation an the
adjacent Grasslands More recreational use is made of the grasslands
in the sense of people watching birds that use the' bleffa for nesting
and for hiking than most of us can realize. People from all over the
area go there regularly, and the thrill of seeing a golden eagle is a
big reason. During the National Audubon convention in June, 500 to
600 people from throughout the U.S, are paying money to see the area,
it°s so unique.
III. For economic reasons:
I, If a county road, then there would have to be county maintenance; the
- . past winter should remind us what kind of an expense this could be.
I. ` Will the road be through or over the creek? In its floodplain? If so,
then there would be additional periodic expenses.
d,. Building the road up the bluffs would certainly increase the cost over
the usual coat of constructing 2+1-3 miles.
$. Increased costa to Mr. Cox of patrolling, especially during hunting
season.
$„ Loss of raptors will result in, greatly increased numbers of grasshoppers
and rodents for all neighboring`ranchers. Researchers have pointed out
that the value of these birds amount to hundreds of dollars per nesting
ono" 150200 jack rabbits per pair assuming 2 young in 5 months.
I?. For purely biological reasons of upsetting a delicate ecosy.,tcam:
A. During construction Noise, (i.e. machinery, blasting, roices) scaring
ail species, not just raptors. This is expecially ser uuue if construction
is done during reproductive seasons. Areas trampled sid cut are left
bare for new species of plants to invade (well—establishes, climax species
usually cannot grow on disturbed areas); thus paving ''.-!a e'ay (no pun
intended) for a gradual change over a much larger arcs than the small
one initially disturbed, and up through the entire fu.d c ?in.
B, After construction is finished
naavertei cars passing. Pichickers_ Fossil hunters. Bird
watchers. Hawks, eagles, deer, antelope did, and then of
course the populations of the things that they 'geed on also
change tremendously. Discouraging a few falco:s could mean : as
more grasshoppers and rodents miles away the i;qlowthg year', as
one example.
20 Willful ® shooting on private land whore the .saner dcesn2t want it
Perhaps Professor Wallace Stegner said it best, though he was :speaking of
the desert rather than of Chalk Bluffs:
"Save a piece of country like that intact, and it doe: net matter in the
slightest that only a few people every year will ao - ate :'_t;, That is
precisely its value. Roads would be a descration. , ,knf' if they can't
get to the places. d .where the present roads wt1.i. etarry them, they cau
simply contemplate the idea, take pleasure in the fact Ghat ¶uch a
timeless and uncontrolled part of earth is still ',herc
Prepared for the Greeley Audubon Society by:
Mrs. Gretchen Cutts, M.S. Anima Ecology
Mrs, Jan Mills, B.A. Biological Science
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PAINS RAPTORS AID SURROUNDING RUC S
Now often in the pat two weeks have yen is a sparrow hark perebiip
cm a utility wise, watching for a Light movement that would indicate MOUNI?I?
If your answer is less than a half dosen, you Just haven't been looking. Na
the summertime, one individual sparrow hark often catches up to 200 grasshoppers
each day. Now class your eyes and multipiy those 200 grasshoppers by the member
of hawks, and then by the number of days in the summer. Can you picture that
many grasshoppers? If not, then try Imagining the potential offspring ems pair
of mice is capable of producing in one year you'd have to knew what a million
looks llkst The green plant material needed to feed our pair's descendents
would weigh 23,000,000 pounds. Then you've some idea of the importance of
these bold falcons to agriculture.
Raptors are birds having sharp claws and beaks for tearing flesh; the
Pawnee area's raptors are 10 resident species plus 12 other species not found
nesting, of hawks, owls, eagles and vultures. Historically, may raptors have
had-reputations as villains that prey upon domesticated animals. The past
several decades however have seen an accumulation of research data which should
for almost all raptor species and individuals erase the damaging image.
For example, the National. Geographic Society says of the Swainson's hack,
a common grassland summer visitor: "The birds bode good days for the farmer.,
They will help rid his land of rodents, rabbits and grasshoppers." Other
raptors that have been found to subsist chiefly on rodents and grasshoppers
include the Ferruginous hawk, Rough-legged hawk, Sparrow hawk, and the larger
Red-tailed hawk, which also feeds on rabbits.
Sharp-shinned and Cooper's hawks perhaps deserve the condemnation of
poultry growers more than any of their kin, for these are the species that
most often produce individuals that acquire a taste for fowl. let just as
many other individuals nest near barnyards for years while eating nothing
but rodents, insects and some songbirds, thus leading to the advocacy of
condemning individuals rather than species (or even larger groups), both
Sharp—shinned and Cooper's hawks are uncommon residents of Pawnee National
Grassland.
Prairie falcons are fairly common residents of Pawnee although they are
classified as rare over their total range. They nest on bare ledge floors when
no old raven nest can be found unoccupied. These small beauties also help
serve as an important grasshopper control, sometimes shuffling along the ground
to stir them up. Other food includes sparrows.
Frederick Kent Truslow describes the Golden eagles of our grassland
cliffs: ". . .beautiful, savage, far fiercer than the bald eagle. . .The
golden eagle might have been our national symbol." The 'savage' description
is probably what makes ranchers fear this free spirit, and yet Hr. Truslow
found in his study that up to 90% of their living prey was rabbit: The other
10% consisted of weasel, gopher, and magpie. Seen in this light, fearing and
hunting down any but a rare isolated 'bad guy' seems to be quite a foolish
waste of time and money indeed. Likewise with Bald eagles, who live almost
entirely on fish and carrion. A joint study conducted by a Texas university
and funded by the National Woolgrowers and National Audubon Society indicated
that less than 2% of their diet was livestock and a portion of this 2% was
carrion although exact ratios could not be determined.
The importance of raptors' position at the top of their food chains
must also be stressed. If intensive pesticide use or hunting pressure in an
area reduces the number of birds living on August grasshoppers, not only will
there be more hoppers to lay ergs that fail (one female lays about 200 eggs),
but the next seazon will see a more tremendous increase of the pests, !1r --
think of the grain losses in a similar situation involving rodents,
A lees obvious fever dono prey :species by raptors is that of ;strengthening
the prey species. redato?J birds capture the members of a flock Jr herd that
panic or stray •-v- the slower, diseased, or otherwise handicapped indiv.sduals
Thus, nature selects her breeding stock to pass on its superior survival
characteristics to the next generation.
Finally, think in these terms a healthy hawk popuL tion indicates
a healthy balance of species that is not going to guarantee no peeta but
neither will it allow a superabundance of pests, nor indi:ats an uuheaithy
(perhaps even dangerous), level of pollutants -- in your environment as well
as the hawks
INTERPRETIVE RESOURCE ANALYSIS OF PAWNEE BUTTES, COLORADO, Robert Bedaracco ((SD-1971)
Species of Mammals for Pawnee Site, pp. 225-228
Shrews New World Rats and Mice
Masked Plains harveSTaouse
Vagrant Western harvest mouse
Arad Deer mouse
Merriam's Rock mouse
Northern grasshopper mouse
Bats Mexican wood rat
—little brown myotis Bushy-tailed wood rat
Long-eared myotis Meadow vole
Fringed myotis Long-tailed vole
Long-legged myotis Prairie vole
California myotis Sags brush vole
Small-footed nyOtis Muskrat
Silver-haired bat
Big brown bat Old World Rats and Mice
Porway rat
Hares and Rabbits House mouse
stern cottontail
Nuttall's cottontail New World Porcupines
Desert cottontail Porcupines
Wh-tailed jackrabbit
Bl-tailed jackrabbit Carnivores
Coyote
Squirrels Red fox
Least chipmunk Nit fox
Yellow-bellied marmot Raccoon
Thirteen-lined ground squirrel Ermine
Black tailed prattle dog I Long-tailed•weasel
.Pox squirrel Black-tooted ferret .
Badger
Pocket gophers Spotted skunk
-'"t o thern Striped skunk
Mountain lion
Heteronyids Bobcat
Olive-backed pocket mouse
Plains pocket mouse 119. --AE!
Silky pocket mouse a
Hispid pocket mouse Mnle deer
Ord's kangaroo rat White-tailed deer
Pronghorn
Beavers
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PETITION
The undersigned, residents of the County of Weld, State of
Colorado, hereby petition the Board of County Commissioners to grant
the "Road Petition" of Cedric Hallock requesting the construction of a
public way between Sections 28 and 29 and Sections 32 and 33, Town-
ship 12 North, Range 64 West of the Sixth P.M. , Weld County, Colorado,
and as grounds therefor state that it would be to the public necessity and
convenience to have such roadway opened in order that the residents of
Weld County and particularly those residing in the area of this proposed
road would have convenient access to areas of the county heretofore
landlocked.
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ROAD PETITION
TO: THE HONORABLE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF WELD COUNTY, COLORADO
GENTLEMEN:
We, the undersigned, citizens of your County, respect-
fully represent that the necessities of the public require that
a public highway be constructed, pursuant to and in accordance
with that Resolution of the Board of County Commissioners of the
County of Weld, State of Colorado, passed and adopted on the
12th day of October, A. D. 1889, which Resolution is. recorded
October 14 , 1889, in Book 86, Page 273, Weld County Records.
We, therefore, petition your Honorable Body to cause
to be constructed a public highway as below described:
A County road running east and west and
located between Sections 20, 21, 22 , 23,
and 24 , and Sections 25, 26 , 27 , 28 , and
29, Range 65 West of the 60 P.M. , Weld
County, Colorado; and
In addition thereto, a County road running
east and west for one-half mile between
Sections 19 and 30 , along the West Half
(W-1/2) thereof, Township 12 North,
Range 64 West, of the 60 P.M. , Weld County,
Colorado.
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COUNTY OF WELD ss.
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BALABAN AND LUTZ
HARLAN G. BALABAN ATTORNEYS AT LAW TELEPHONE
A. N. LUTZ SUITE 1414. LINCOLN CENTER BUILDING (303) 573.1224
JOHN A. LOBUS 1660 LINCOLN STREET
DSNVER. COLORADO 60203
February 7 , 1973
Mr. Glenn Billings
County Commissioner
Weld County Courthouse
Greeley, Colorado 80631
Re: Mark T. Cox III vs. C. L. Hallock
Weld County District Court
Civil Action No. 23327 - Division .1
Dear Sir:
We have been advised by our client, Mark T. Cox III, that he has
received a letter from the Board of County Commissioners of Weld
County indicating that a meeting will be held on March 5, 1973,
at the hour of 10: 00 A. M. , at the Board offices in the County
Courthouse in Greeley. We have been advised that the purpose
of the meeting is to determine the propriety of a Petition
presented to the Board seeking establishment of a roadway over
property owned by my client.
Needless to say, this is a matter of extreme concern to my client.
Mr. Cox, regrettably, will be abroad on the date heretofore set
by the Board, and he respectfully requests that the matter be
continued to a date subsequent to April 15, 1973 , so that he may
attend the hearing for the purpose of presenting evidence, not
only testimonial in nature but also documentary, in protest of
the Petition now on file. If the matter is not continued to a
date certain, the property rights of my client might be materially
affected to his detriment.
With this in mind, we respectfully request that the Board strike
the date now set for hearing and continue same to a date certain
subsequent to April 15 , 1973.
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cc: Mr. Samuel S. Telep cc: Mr. Mark T. Cox III
Weld County Attorney P. D. Box 57
220 First National Bank Bldg. Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001
Greeley, Colorado 80631
.Caw Offices
KAROWSKY, WITWER & OLDENBURG
CHARLES A. KAROWSKY SUITE 818. STN AND UTH BUILDING
STOW L.WITWER.JR. GREELEY. COLORADO
R. SAM OLDENBURG SOSaf
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May 18, 1972
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Mr. Glenn K. Billings
Board of County Commissioners
Weld County Courthouse
Greeley, Colorado 80631
Re: Hallock - Cox
Dear Mr. Billings:
Mr. Mark Cox, through his attorney, Harlan
Balaban, has represented to us and to the Board of County
Commissioners that he will not try to prohibit Mr. Hallock
from using an existing roadway to his residence. Accordingly,
we are requesting that the road petition previously filed with
the Board of County Commissioners be temporarily withdrawn
and the hearing which we requested on May 31 be vacated. In
the event that Mr. Cox prohibits Mr. Hallock from use of this
roadway, by "booby-trapping" or otherwise, as he has done in
the past, we will again, pursuant to this road petition, request
a hearing be set.
Very truly yours,
KAROWSKY, WITWER & OLDENBURG
R. am Oldenburg
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COUNTY OF WELD ss.
Filed with tie Clerk of the Board
of County Commissioners
MAY 2 21972
COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER
BY Deputy
HARLAN G. BALABA N
ATTORNEY AT LAW
1640 FIRST NATIONAL SANK BLDG.
DENVER,COLO. 80202
PNONE 244-4501(AREA CODE 303)
May 16, 1972
Mr. Glenn Billings
County Commissioner
Weld County Courthouse
Greeley, Colorado 80631
Re: License - Easement to Weld County Property
Mark T. Cox III and Cedrick Hallack
Dear Sir:
Confirming a telephone conversation held this date between you
and my client, Mark Cox, you are respectfully advised that Mr. Cox
has no objection to the use by Mr. Cedrick Hallack of the existing
roadway joining the Prosser Ranch with the Eagle Rock Ranch and
which extends southeast to the County highway abutting the existing
Hallack properties.
Indeed, this privilege of use of this old roadway has been extended
to all residents of this area for many years and has at no time
been denied to any person who has abided by those simple ranch rules
relating to such things as hunting and fishing laid down by Mr. Cox.
I trust that Mr. Cox' s reaffirmation of the privilege to use the
existing roadway hereinabove described will resolve the issue
raised by Mr. Hallack' s Petition to the Commissioners to construct
a new roadway through the Eagle Rock Ranch property.
Ver u yours,
Harlan G. Balaban
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cc: Mr. R. Sam Oldenburg cc: Mr. Samuel S. Telep
Attorney at Law Weld County Attorney
315 8th & 8th Building 220 First National Bank Bldg.
Greeley, Colorado 80631 Greeley, ColoLaldiklitgrrADO
COUNTY OF WELD se.
cc: Mr. Mark T. Cox III Hied th me Clerk of the Board
of County Commissioners
Wyoming Angus Ranch
P. O. Box 57 MAY 2 21972
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001
COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER
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KAROWSICY, WITWER & OLDENBURG
CHARLES A. KAROWSKY SUITE 315. 5TH AND 5TH BUILDING
STOW L.WITWER.JR. GREELEY. COLORADO
00631
R. SAM OLDENBURG
AREA CODS 303
362-3101
April 27, 1972
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Mr. Glenn K. Billings, Chairman
Board of County Commissioners
Weld County Courthouse
Greeley, Colorado 80631
Re: Road petition for public access
Dear Mr. Billings:
I am herewith enclosing a road petition executed by Cedric
Hallock regarding the opening of a two-mile roadway between Sections
28-29 and 32-33, Township 12 North, Range 64 West of the Sixth
P.M. , by a previous letter dated March 14, 1972, requesting the
opening of this road. Thereafter, Sam Telep, County Attorney,
requested that I file the enclosed road petition together with a request
that the County Commissioners set the same for hearing. I respect-
fully request that the request for the road petition be set for hearing
on Wednesday, May 31, 1972. The County Attorney further recom-
mended that notices of the hearing be forwarded to Mark T. Cox, III.
I do not have a current address for Mr. Cox, but he is represented by
Mr. Harlan G. Balaban, Attorney at Law, 1640 First National Bank
Building, Denver, Colorado 80202, and I am sure that if notice were
forwarded to him at this address he would receive the same.
We plan on filing supplemental petitions prior to the date or at
the time of hearing, proving a public need and necessity.
In my prior letter to you, I outlined Mr. Hallock's personal
reasons for this request, in that he is denied access to his residence.
Very truly yours,
Y, WIT ER z O ENBURG
R. Sam Oldenburg'
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Enclosure
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L ROAD PETITION
TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF WELD COUNTY, COLORADO
GENTLEMEN:
We, the undersigned, Citizens of your County, respectfully represent that the necessi-
ties of the public require that a public highway be constructed, pursuant to and in
accordance with that Resolution of the Board of County Commissioners of the County of
Weld, State of Colorado, passed and adopted on the 12th day of October, A. D. 1889,
which resolution is recorded October 14, 1889 in Book 86. Page 273 Weld Cnnnty
Records
We therefore petition your honorable body to cause to be constructed a public highway
as below described.
A county road running east and west and located between Sections 28 and 29 and
Sections 32 and 33, Township 12 North, Range 64 West of the Sixth P.M. , Weld
County, Colorado. Further, a road running north and south for one-half mile
between Sections 33 and 34, along the North Half (Nt) thereof, has been hereto-
fore opened as a roadway and petitioner requests that the same be formally
declared.
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March 14, 1972
Glenn K. Billings, Chairman
Board of County Commissioners
of Weld County
Greeley, Colorado 80631
Re: Request for declaration of County
Road and public access
Dear Mr. Billings:
Mr. Cedric Hallock discussed on this date
with you the request to open a County Road running east and
west for a distance of two miles, located between Sections
28-29 and Sections 32-33, Township 12 North, Range 64
West of the 6th P.M. , Weld County, Colorado. As you were
informed, Mr. Hallock resides on the West Half of Section 19,
Township 12 North, Range 64 West of the 6th P.M. This par-
cel of property is landlocked from the east. There does exist
a road going to the northwest of this property, but it is then
necessary to drive to Cheyenne before Mr. Hallock can obtain
access to Greeley and other parts of Weld County. There pre-
sently exists a County Road running north and south between
Sections 33 and 34, which was constructed by the County
approximately three months ago. This road then continues on
through Sections 28, 21, 20 and 19 of the same Township and
Range. However, the owner of these latter described sections,
Mark T. Cox, has padlocked all of the gates along this roadway
and prohibited Mr. Hallock from access to his residence.
In the event that the County would open the road-
way for a distance of two miles as above-described, Mr.
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March 14, 1972
Page Two
Hallock would then be able to construct his own roadway
through Section 30 of Township 12 North, Range 64 West to
his residence. It is, therefore, respectfully requested that
Weld County, forthwith, open said roadway, allowing Mr.
Hallock and the public access to his residence. I might also
mention that Mr. Hallock does own other property southeast
of his residence, and because of his farming and ranching
operations, needs to have a right-of-way from one tract to
the other. Without this access, Mr. Hallock would be forced
to travel more than approximately forty miles from one tract
of property to the other which lie only two and a half miles
apart.
As this lack of access is creating an extreme
and undue hardship upon Mr. Hallock, I would appreciate your
bringing this matter before the Board of County Commissioners
for official action as soon as possible. In the event that you
have any further questions regarding this matter, please feel
free to contact either myself or Mr. Hallock for any further
information or assistance.
Very truly yours,;
KAROWS Y, WITWER & OLDtN URG
R. am Oldenburg
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cc: Mr. Cedric Hallock
COUNTY OF WELD
Flied with the Clerk of the Board
of County Commissioners
eg. MAR 161972
COUNTY CLUNK AND R6oR0O
BY Deputy
Yaw easy
KAROWSKY. WITWER & OLDENBURG
CHARLES A.KAROWSKY SUITE 315,STN AND*Ili BUILDING
STOW L.WISER.JR. OREELEY,COLORADO
R.SAN OLDENBURG 60631
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December 1, 1972
Board of County Commissioners
Weld County Courthouse
Greeley, Colorado 80631
Re: Cedric Hallock
Gentlemen:
I am herewith enclosing a Petition of Cedric Hallock
requesting that the county declare as a public highway a two-mile
roadway located between Sections 28, 33 and 29, 32, Township 12
North, Range 64 West. The Petition reflects the ownership of
this property and the names and addresses of the two owners are
as follows:
Sz 28 - Carl G. Reis, 1125 Katy Road, Apt. #237,
Houston, Texas 77024
Nt 34, Sections 29, 32 and 33 - Mark Cox, III,
P. O. Box 57, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001
Some time ago, a similar Petition was filed with the Board
of County Commissioners requesting this roadway to be opened and
then, thereafter, through his counsel, Mr. Cox granted the privilege
of use of an old roadway giving access to Mr. Hallock's property.
Subsequent to that date, however, Mark Cox has placed armed guards
on his property and disallowed Mr. Hallock access to his residence.
Therefore, it is necessary that the county declare as a public road-
way the area covered by the petition.
COUNTY OF WELD s9.
Filed-with the Clerk of the Board
of County Commissioners
DEC 5 1972
Copy/ ; ir, /� t
L y{ By COYNTY CLERK AND RECORDER
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Board of County Commissioners
December 1, 1972
Page Two
I previously spoke with Sam Telep, the County Attorney,
and he stated that it was his opinion that adequate notice should be
given the landowners of the hearing. Accordingly, I would appre-
ciate your advising me if you wish that I give the notice or if the
county will give the notice. In any event, I would like the hearing
on the road petition to be scheduled at your earliest convenient date.
Very truly yours,
KAROWSKY, WITWER & OLDENBURG
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COUNTY OF WELD a'
ROAD PETITION Filed w.th t,-,. Cltr'k of the ',card
of County Commisch.•nrc
DEC 5 1972
COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER
TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF WELD COUNTY, COL - Deputy
GENTLEMEN:
We, the undersigned, Citizens of your County, respectfully represent that t e nscessi-
ties of the public require that a public highway be constructed, pursuant to and in
accordance with that Resolution of the Board of County Commissioners of the County of
Weld, State of Colorado, passed and adopted on the 12th day of October, A. D. 1889,
which resolution is recorded October 14. 1889 in Book 86. Page 273. Weld County
R e rnrd s
We therefore petition your honorable body to cause to be constructed a public highway
as below described.
A county road running east and west and located between Sections 28 and 29 and
Sections 32 and 33, Township 12 North, Range 64 West of the Sixty P.M. , Weld
County, Colorado. Further, a road running north and south for one-half mile
between Sections 33 and 34, along the North Half (NI) thereof, has been hereto-
fore opened as a roadway and petitioner requests that the same be formally
declared.
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