Posts Tagged ‘Chickens’
Editorial: It is Time for Delta County to Step Back for Clear Look at Land Use Planning Beyond Chicken Farms
Editorial: It is Time for Delta County to Step Back for Clear Look at Land Use Planning Beyond Chicken Farms Opinion by Thomas Wills – Merchant Herald Editor-Publisher, Hotchkiss Trustee and land use planner. A couple dozen people, mostly supporters…Click to view post »
Kuntz Denied Variances on Already Built, but Not Operating, Chickenhouse
Kuntz Denied Variances on Already Built, but Not Operating, Chickenhouse By Thomas Wills The rumours circulating in the early spring when the Kuntz (pronounced koon-tz) Ranch’s chicken layer house was being constructed on Redlands Mesa may have had some basis…Click to view post »
Appeals Court Overturns Lower Court Closure of Powell Mesa Chicken Farm
Appeals Court Overturns Lower Court Closure of Powell Mesa Chicken Farm By Thomas Wills In a Colorado Court of Appeals ruling, dated on October 16, 2014, the court unanimously overturned the previous decision by District Court Judge J.…Click to view post »
Agri-Culture: It’s What’s Growing in the North Fork
Agri-Culture: It’s What’s Growing in the North Fork Fresh and Wyld Brunches Begin The summer season in Paonia is truly inaugurated with the beginning of the outdoor Sunday Brunches at the much touted Fresh and Wyld Farmhouse Inn at Paonia.…Click to view post »
An Evening among Democrats: Hotchkiss Precincts Support Call for Strong Land Use Planning
An Evening among Democrats: Hotchkiss Precincts Support Call for Strong Land Use Planning By Thomas Wills As usual for a non-presidential election year, the Hotchkiss area (Precinct’s 15 and 16) Democrat’s caucus at Memorial Hall was lightly attended with fourteen…Click to view post »
Chickens Removed From Powell Mesa Facility – Appeal Continues
Chickens Removed From Powell Mesa Facility – Appeal Continues By Thomas Wills The 15,000 chickens are gone from the Western Slope Layers facility on Powell Mesa. Neighbor and co-litigant, Dr. Susan Raymond reported via Facebook that the birds were finally…Click to view post »
Another Month in the Valley: December 2013
Another Month in the Valley By Thomas Wills – Herald Editor And the word for December is brrr with temperatures setting near record lows for this early in the winter. December has been like an extra cold January. Here…Click to view post »
Chickens Removed From Powell Mesa Facility – A New Battle Over Landuse Compatibility Planning May Begin
Chickens Removed From Powell Mesa Facility By Thomas Wills The 15,000 chickens are gone from the Western Slope Layers facility on Powell Mesa. Neighbor and co-litigant, Dr. Susan Raymond reported via Facebook that the birds were finally removed on the…Click to view post »
CLUC Demands Chickens Move Sooner – Lund’s Participation in Chicken Farm Fundraiser Highlighted
Lund’s Participation in Chicken Farm Fundraiser Highlighted By Thomas Wills Update for the web: The members of CLUC (Community for Land Use Compatibility) who are the principals in the successful 106 suit against Delta County filed a motion with the…Click to view post »
Judges Rules That Powell Mesa Chicken House Must Cease and Desist
Ruling from District Court — September 5, 2013 -Judge J. Steven Partick This is the second proceeding with respect to a challenge to the specific development approval of two poultry operations in Delta County. These each contemplate a 15,000 chicken…Click to view post »
