NEWS ROUNDUP
Aspenite's film shows what's at stake with energy boom Aspen native Mark Harvey has spent a lifetime traveling the West, and lately it's been disturbing for him. Harvey witnessed how the energy boom ravaged public lands in Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, Utah and Montana. He thinks more people would be upset with the Bush administration if they could see what he has seen. So he made a film to document how future generations will pay the price of coaxing natural gas out of the ground long after the wells play out. Some of the West's most sensitive lands are scarred forever; others are threatened. He hopes exposing the impacts will spur Americans, and particularly Westerners, to play a greater role in determining whether areas get drilled or preserved. "We're at the beginning of an energy boom that could last for years," Harvey said. Harvey is the director and co-producer, with Laurel Garrett, of "A Land Out of Time."....
'Collateral damage' -- residents fear murky effects of energy boom Other residents near the epicenter of the Rockies' energy boom are starting to worry about their health, too, and who, exactly, is looking out for them. The federal government leaves much of the regulation up to state officials -- and in Colorado, some residents fear there isn't nearly enough oversight to keep them safe. "We're collateral damage out here," said Bill Solinger, whose family has had respiratory problems, headaches and fatigue since gas drilling exploded in the Rifle area. Most of the regulation of Colorado's oil and gas industry falls to the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, a state agency charged with promoting energy development. The commission has agreements with the state health department to enforce clean-water and hazardous-waste laws, though it has no health experts on staff. The Oil and Gas Accountability Project in Durango and other groups recently asked the commission and the health department to require detailed disclosure of all chemicals used in oil and gas production, and to require that the effects of the chemicals be monitored. The health department said it doesn't have "the resources, capabilities or authority" to demand the information. The commission, meanwhile, said it believes it has the authority but "is not aware of a need for those requirements." Yet complaints -- from foul odors to bloody noses to fatigue and pain -- are increasing in areas around gas wells in Colorado, New Mexico, Alabama and Alberta, Canada, said Lisa Sumi, research director for the accountability project....
Bush Poised to Allow Oil Drilling in America's Fish Basket Sometime this week, President George W. Bush is expected to lift a presidential moratorium protecting Alaska’s Bristol Bay from oil and gas drilling that was imposed by his father. The presidential moratorium, banning exploration and production in the Outer Continental Shelf of the North Aleutian Basin was imposed in 1989 by President George H.W. Bush in the aftermath of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound two years earlier. The area includes the commercial fishing grounds of Bristol Bay, described by Professor Rick Steiner of the University of Alaska's marine advisory program as "the breadbasket of entire Bering Sea." House Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi, a California Democrat, says lifing the moratorium would be a mistake....
Congress takes up offshore drilling bill Tuesday as it pushes toward adjournment Congress is making a final push to open a large area of the eastern Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas drilling, aware the Democratic majority next year is less likely to embrace new offshore energy development. The House was to vote Tuesday on a Senate plan to open 8.3 million acres of the Gulf that is now off limits to drilling and also steer hundreds of millions of dollars of federal royalty payments to four Gulf coast states — a windfall for Louisiana, which would get about half the money. The drilling bill is one of a string of measures House GOP leaders have readied for this week's "lame-duck" session under an expedited procedure that bars amendments, but also requires a two-thirds vote for approval. Environmentalists have lined up against the bill and some Republicans are cool toward the measure, favoring a more expansive offshore energy development plan that passed the House in June that would have lifted drilling bans along both the East and West coasts. Senate leaders said the House bill had no chance in the Senate....
BLM broke environmental law, appeals court rules A federal appeals court ruled Monday that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management violated environmental law when it sold old-growth timber in southwestern Oregon without considering the cumulative harm that so much logging was having on northern spotted owls and salmon. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco reversed the ruling of U.S. District Judge Michael Hogan in Eugene, despite the fact that the trees in the Mr. Wilson timber sale had already been felled. The panel sent the case back to Hogan with orders to have BLM revise the environmental assessment to take a "hard look" at past and future logging in nearby areas. In the majority opinion, Judge Alfred T. Goodwin wrote that BLM had violated the National Environmental Policy Act by failing to consider seven other past and future timber sales in the West Fork of Cow Creek watershed and what that would do to habitat for the threatened northern spotted owl and salmon. The ruling noted that BLM's environmental analysis was based on broader looks at the impacts of logging that did not specifically address the harm caused by past, present and future logging. It added that the BLM decided to log despite the fact that the environmental analysis found that four timber sales in the area would remove up 1,000 acres of old-growth habitat, and that future logging would remove some of the last old-growth in some sections....
Scenic AZ areas part of surge in land filings nterest in starting mines in Arizona has skyrocketed because of rising metal and mineral prices, leading to a sharp increase in the number of land claims filed in the state in the last 3 1/2 years, according to an environmental group's study. The claims have been most concentrated in Northern and Central Arizona, particularly in the Grand Canyon, Wickenburg and Superior areas. But companies and individuals have filed claims seeking mining rights across some of Southern Arizona's most mineral-laden and scenic areas: near Patagonia, west of Tombstone, the Santa Rita Mountains, north of Oracle Junction, near Safford, in the Altar Valley southwest of Tucson and near the Baboquivari Mountains. The possibility of more mines in the state raises the prospect of more jobs, more environmental conflict and more efforts to change the long-debated federal 1872 Mining Law. In a new study, the Environmental Working Group, an environmental research and advocacy group, says it found that companies and individuals filed claims in Arizona on 208,000 acres of Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management land from January 2003 through September 2006. That's more than the combined areas of Saguaro and Petrified Forest national parks....
High court to decide BLM case The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide some issues from a case in which a Wyoming rancher charges that employees with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management stripped him of his federal land grazing permits because he refused to give the agency easements over his land. The Supreme Court on Friday announced it will consider the case, which centers on whether BLM officials can be sued personally under federal racketeering law for their official actions. Thermopolis rancher Harvey Frank Robbins maintains that BLM workers pulled his grazing permits and otherwise persecuted him to try to get him to give the government road access. Cheyenne lawyer Karen Budd-Falen, who represents Robbins, said she has never argued a case before the U.S. Supreme Court. "I am very excited, and very nervous - especially a case that I believe is going to define private property rights vis-a-vis the federal government," Budd-Falen said. Budd-Falen said the Supreme Court will also consider whether citizens enjoy a constitutional right to be free from retaliation by government employees if they exclude the government from their property. Budd-Falen said the government argues that the federal employees shouldn't be sued even if they violated or conspired to violate Robbins' property rights because the government, and not the employees themselves, stood to gain by the action....
Return of panthers spurs contention Schoolteacher Theresa Ryan sensed an eerie presence behind her as she sat at a picnic table at her boyfriend's rural home. Then she heard the breathing. "I turned around and there was a panther 15 feet away. We were face-to-face," she said. "It had no place to go except at me or by me." She flailed her arms and screamed to scare the cat. "It just sauntered away -- no hurry. It was never afraid," she said. "It was very freaky." For decades, such encounters with Florida panthers were extraordinarily rare, like the endangered animals themselves. But in recent years, panthers have rebounded from the brink of extinction to about 100 on the southwestern edge of the Everglades, prompting officials to warn residents to be aware of the cats and to keep their children close at dusk and dawn. The big cats have since killed emus from a zoo, and goats and dogs from rural backyards. Documented panther attacks on livestock jumped from two in 2004 to six so far this year, and 10 panthers have been killed on highways this year alone....
Tree sitters protest plans to cut oaks at UC Berkeley Three protesters hoping to save a grove of oaks in front of UC Berkeley's Memorial Stadium held out hope Monday that the university today will drop its plans to remove the trees to build a $25 million sports training complex. American Indian leader Zachary Running Wolf, 43, and environmentalist Jess Walsh, 20, have been in the trees since early Saturday. UC Berkeley philosophy student Aaron Diek, 21, joined them Saturday afternoon. "I plan to stay up here until the university decides to build somewhere else and save this grove for the community or until I'm forcibly removed," said Running Wolf, who last month ran an unsuccessful campaign for Berkeley mayor. After three days, the trio, who had gone without much sleep because police were shining lights into the tree several times each night, said their spirits were high....
Environmental fears about chemicals grow Growing evidence that chemicals in the environment can interfere with animals' hormone systems — including the discovery that male Potomac River fish are growing eggs — has environmentalists and scientists focused on a new question: Are humans also at risk? A decade ago, the very idea that pollutants could interfere with a body's chemical messages was near the fringes of science. But now, it is an urgent topic around the world. In recent years, researchers have linked some common chemicals to troubling changes in laboratory rodents and wild animals, including reproductive defects, immune-system alterations and obesity. For now, no connections to human ailments have been proved....
National animal ID system argument flares up Incoming House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson, D-MN, supports mandatory National Animal Identification System (NAIS), but one state group is calling for an end to efforts underway to implement the national system altogether. Leaders of the Virginia Independent Consumers and Farmers Association (VICFA) say the NAIS is an "illusion of safety" and "destruction of freedom" that will expose private information to a federal agency and carry costs that will be too high for livestock producers to offset with questionable global market access. The Sauk Centre Herald in Peterson's home state of Minnesota recently reported the congressman said he finds the U.S. Department of Agriculture's current voluntary NAIS plan "screwed up" and he "strongly believes the government needs to set the rules and require standardization."....
Animal ID program not appeasing critics Sharon Zecchinelli raises a couple of pigs, lambs, turkeys and two dozen chickens in her backyard. The 50-year-old chef-turned-farmer says she knows more about her animals' health than she knows about her children's. To her, a federal government plan to require farmers and ranchers to register their animals in a national database goes too far. And she remains skeptical about it, despite a recent announcement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture that participation in the National Animal Identification System will be voluntary, not mandatory as originally contemplated. The premise registration and animal identification idea, which is aimed at tracking animals to help prevent the spread of mad cow disease, avian flu and other diseases, has divided the nation's livestock farmers. Some see it as necessary for disease prevention, others say it would be onerous and an unwarranted intrusion by government. Rick Parizo, a dairy and hog farmer in Milton, said he supports premise registration but not the tracking of every animal. "I'll sell my animals first before I let them come through and tag every single animal," he said. To date about 23 percent of ranches, farms, feed lots and other livestock facilities have registered their premises with the Agriculture Department. Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts and Texas have decided not to require premise registration, while Wisconsin, Indiana have mandatory programs. Michigan will require premise registration for cattle starting in March....
It's All Trew: Quirky gimmicks keep 'em coming I'm not sure whether some entrepreneurs are a bit more unique in their thinking, try a little harder or may be a little smarter, but I am continually amazed at the "gimmes and gimmicks" used to draw customers into their establishments. When Gabe Parson, inventor of the K-Bob's franchise, opened the Red River Steakhouse in McLean, Cozy made sure all change possible was in shiny 50-cent pieces and two-dollar bills. Seems both are highly collectible to customers. A unique feature of Cowboy Morning Breakfast in Palo Duro Canyon is Hodie serving an excellent meal atop white paper on a serving tray. All visitors there remarked and noticed this feature, plus it sure saved washing a lot of dishes. During our travels around the country, some experiences stick out in our minds. Usually it is a gimmick at a restaurant or bar. For example, at Cloudcroft, N.M., the Texas Bar and Restaurant has hundreds of one-dollar bills stapled to the ceiling with the owner's name written as an autograph. I believe the establishment has been operating some 30 years or more....
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
Wrangler National Finals Rodeo Results - Round 5
Bareback Riding
1. (tie) Will Lowe, Canyon, Texas, 87.0 points on Carr Pro Rodeo's River Boat Annie, and Jess Davis, Payson, Utah, 87.0 points on Carr Pro Rodeo's Real Deal, $14,342. 3. Bobby Mote, Culver, Ore., 86.0, $9,561. 4. Kelly Timberman, Mills, Wyo., 85.5, $6,719. 5. (tie) Wes Stevenson, Kaufman, Texas, and Cimmaron Gerke, Brighton, Colo., 85.0, $3,359. 7. Chris Harris, Itasca, Texas, 84.0. 8. Tom McFarland, Wickenburg, Ariz., 82.5. 9. Ryan Gray, Cheney, Wash., 82.0. 10. Andy Martinez, Pavillion, Wyo., 81.0. 11. Royce Ford, Briggsdale, Colo., 79.5. 12. Heath Ford, Greeley, Colo., 77.0. 13. Forest Bramwell, Pagosa Springs, Colo., 76.0. 14. Chad Klein, Stephenville, Texas, 67.5. 15. Paul Jones, Elko, Nev., 0.0.
Aggregate_1. Will Lowe, Canyon, Texas, 419.0 points on five head. 2. Jess Davis, Payson, Utah, 414.5. 3. Wes Stevenson, Kaufman, Texas, 412.0. 4. Bobby Mote, Culver, Ore., 406.0. 5. Kelly Timberman, Mills, Wyo., 401.0. 6. Royce Ford, Briggsdale, Colo., 399.5. 7. Andy Martinez, Pavillion, Wyo., 396.5. 8. Tom McFarland, Wickenburg, Ariz., 392.5. 9. Cimmaron Gerke, Brighton, Colo., 390.5. 10. Ryan Gray, Cheney, Wash., 389.5. 11. Heath Ford, Greeley, Colo., 388.5. 12. Chad Klein, Stephenville, Texas, 373.5. 13. Chris Harris, Itasca, Texas, 330.5 on four. 14. Forest Bramwell, Pagosa Springs, Colo., 303.5. 15. Paul Jones, Elko, Nev., 221.5 on three.
World Standings_1. Will Lowe, Canyon, Texas (84), $214,331. 2. Andy Martinez, Pavillion, Wyo. (65), $134,871. 3. Wes Stevenson, Kaufman, Texas (83), $128,183. 4. Jess Davis, Payson, Utah (87), $107,996. 5. Bobby Mote, Culver, Ore. (89), $107,181. 6. Royce Ford, Briggsdale, Colo. (77), $100,973. 7. Cimmaron Gerke, Brighton, Colo. (80), $88,039. 8. Chris Harris, Itasca, Texas (93), $87,363. 9. Paul Jones, Elko, Nev. (88), $81,708. 10. Ryan Gray, Cheney, Wash. (72), $78,016. 11. Tom McFarland, Wickenburg, Ariz. (86), $70,370. 12. Kelly Timberman, Mills, Wyo. (86), $69,164. 13. Forest Bramwell, Pagosa Springs, Colo. (79), $66,488. 14. Heath Ford, Greeley, Colo. (100), $64,357. 15. Chad Klein, Stephenville, Texas (98), $60,013.
Steer Wrestling
1. Dean Gorsuch, Gering, Neb., 3.9 seconds, $16,022. 2. Joey Bell Jr., Malakoff, Texas, 4.2, $12,662. 3. Linn Churchill, Valentine, Neb., 4.3, $9,561. 4. Dru Melvin, Tryon, Neb., 4.4, $6,719. 5. Shawn Greenfield, Lakeview, Ore., 4.7, $4,135. 6. (tie) Jason Lahr, Emporia, Kan., and Stockton Graves, Newkirk, Okla., 4.8, $1,292. 8. Wade Sumpter, Fowler, Colo., 5.3. 9. Ronnie Fields, Oklahoma City, 6.5. 10. K.C. Jones, Decatur, Texas, 9.4. 11. Lee Graves, Canada, 18.6. 12. (tie) Luke Branquinho, Los Alamos, Calif., Jason Miller, Lance Creek, Wyo., Trevor Knowles, Mount Vernon, Ore., and Gabe Ledoux, Kaplan, La., NT.
Aggregate_1. (tie) Dean Gorsuch, Gering, Neb., 21.6 seconds on five head, and Shawn Greenfield, Lakeview, Ore., 21.6. 3. Joey Bell Jr., Malakoff, Texas, 21.8. 4. Stockton Graves, Newkirk, Okla., 21.9. 5. Jason Lahr, Emporia, Kan., 26.7. 6. Wade Sumpter, Fowler, Colo., 29.8. 7. Linn Churchill, Valentine, Neb., 32.8. 8. Lee Graves, Canada, 36.7. 9. K.C. Jones, Decatur, Texas, 40.8. 10. Luke Branquinho, Los Alamos, Calif., 18.3 on four. 11. Ronnie Fields, Oklahoma City, 20.0. 12. Trevor Knowles, Mount Vernon, Ore., 25.6. 13. Dru Melvin, Tryon, Neb., 28.0. 14. Gabe Ledoux, Kaplan, La., 11.9 on three. 15. Jason Miller, Lance Creek, Wyo., 14.5.
World Standings_1. Dean Gorsuch, Gering, Neb. (64), $140,518. 2. Luke Branquinho, Los Alamos, Calif. (64), $122,165. 3. Shawn Greenfield, Lakeview, Ore. (58), $109,730. 4. Ronnie Fields, Oklahoma City, (65), $100,137. 5. Joey Bell Jr., Malakoff, Texas (75), $91,382. 6. Jason Lahr, Emporia, Kan. (66), $91,177. 7. Stockton Graves, Newkirk, Okla. (75), $87,953. 8. Lee Graves, Calgary, (58), $86,115. 9. Wade Sumpter, Fowler, Colo. (75), $84,065. 10. Gabe Ledoux, Kaplan, La. (75), $81,353. 11. K.C. Jones, Decatur, Texas (69), $81,342. 12. Linn Churchill, Valentine, Neb. (75), $76,091. 13. Dru Melvin, Tryon, Neb. (75), $73,640. 14. Trevor Knowles, Mount Vernon, Ore. (73), $71,585. 15. Jason Miller, Lance Creek, Wyo. (75), $70,045.
Team Roping
1. (tie) Speed Williams, De Leon, Texas/Clay O'Brien Cooper, Morgan Mill, Texas, and Nick Sartain, Alva, Okla./Shannon Frascht, Alva, Okla., 4.0 seconds, $14,342. 3. Matt Sherwood, Queen Creek, /Walt Woodard, Stockton, Calif., 4.2, $9,561. 4. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas/Rich Skelton, Llano, Texas, 4.4, $6,719. 5. Clay Tryan, Billings, Mont./Patrick Smith, Midland, Texas, 4.5, $4,135. 6. David Key, Caldwell, Texas/Kory Koontz, Sudan, Texas, 4.6, $2,584. 7. Colter Todd, Marana, Ariz./Cesar de la Cruz, Tucson, Ariz., 4.7. 8. Chad Masters, Clarksville, Tenn./Allen Bach, Weatherford, Texas, 6.1. 9. Matt Funk, Hermiston, Ore./Bucky Campbell, Benton City, Wash., 7.5. 10. Charly Crawford, Prineville, Ore./Cody Hintz, Spring Creek, Nev., 10.8. 11. Travis Tryan, Billings, Mont./Jhett Johnson, Casper, Wyo., 13.8. 12. Joe Beaver, Huntsville, Texas/Cole Bigbee, Stephenville, Texas, 16.3. 13. Garrett Tonozzi, Fruita, Colo./Brady Minor, Ellensburg, Wash., 24.9. 14. (tie) Shain Sproul, Benson, Ariz./Cory Petska, Lexington, Okla., and Jay Adams, Logandale, Nev./Randon Adams, Logandale, Nev., NT.
Aggregate_1. Chad Masters, Clarksville, Tenn./Allen Bach, Weatherford, Texas, 37.4 seconds on five head. 2. Matt Sherwood, Queen Creek, /Walt Woodard, Stockton, Calif., 49.1. 3. Charly Crawford, Prineville, Ore./Cody Hintz, Spring Creek, Nev., 50.4. 4. Travis Tryan, Billings, Mont./Jhett Johnson, Casper, Wyo., 52.9. 5. Colter Todd, Marana, Ariz./Cesar de la Cruz, Tucson, Ariz., 71.1. 6. Matt Funk, Hermiston, Ore./Bucky Campbell, Benton City, Wash., 82.5. 7. Garrett Tonozzi, Fruita, Colo./Brady Minor, Ellensburg, Wash., 86.9. 8. Speed Williams, De Leon, Texas/Clay O'Brien Cooper, Morgan Mill, Texas, 23.7 on four. 9. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas/Rich Skelton, Llano, Texas, 39.8. 10. Nick Sartain, Alva, Okla./Shannon Frascht, Alva, Okla., 51.3. 11. Clay Tryan, Billings, Mont./Patrick Smith, Midland, Texas, 55.5. 12. David Key, Caldwell, Texas/Kory Koontz, Sudan, Texas, 62.1. 13. Jay Adams, Logandale, Nev./Randon Adams, Logandale, Nev., 78.2. 14. Shain Sproul, Benson, Ariz./Cory Petska, Lexington, Okla., 28.7 on three. 15. Joe Beaver, Huntsville, Texas/Cole Bigbee, Stephenville, Texas, 29.3.
World Standings (Heading)_1. Speed Williams, De Leon, Texas (51), $116,512. 2. Matt Sherwood, Queen Creek, Ariz. (59), $109,355. 3. David Key, Caldwell, Texas (60), $97,284. 4. Travis Tryan, Billings, Mont. (60), $94,233. 5. Chad Masters, Clarksville, Tenn. (60), $91,451. 6. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas (59), $77,068. 7. Nick Sartain, Alva, Okla. (60), $76,167. 8. Charly Crawford, Prineville, Ore. (60), $74,025. 9. Clay Tryan, Billings, Mont. (59), $73,397. 10. Shain Sproul, Benson, Ariz. (58), $72,653. 11. Joe Beaver, Huntsville, Texas (60), $72,277. 12. Jay Adams, Logandale, Nev. (59), $72,149. 13. Colter Todd, Marana, Ariz. (55), $71,149. 14. Garrett Tonozzi, Fruita, Colo. (60), $71,144. 15. Matt Funk, Hermiston, Ore. (59), $62,310.
World Standings (Heeling)_1. Clay Cooper, Morgan Mill, Texas (51), $116,512. 2. Allen Bach, Weatherford, Texas (60), $113,034. 3. Walt Woodard, Stockton, Calif. (57), $112,949. 4. Kory Koontz, Sudan, Texas (60), $97,768. 5. Rich Skelton, Llano, Texas (59), $77,068. 6. Shannon Frascht, Alva, Okla. (60), $76,167. 7. Jhett Johnson, Casper, Wyo. (59), $73,502. 8. Patrick Smith, Midland, Texas (59), $73,397. 9. Randon Adams, Logandale, Nev. (59), $72,149. 10. Cory Petska, Lexington, Okla. (60), $72,132. 11. Cesar de la Cruz, Tucson, Ariz. (57), $71,149. 12. Cody Hintz, Spring Creek, Nev. (59), $68,154. 13. Brady Minor, Ellensburg, Wash. (60), $66,728. 14. Cole Bigbee, Stephenville, Texas (60), $66,119. 15. Bucky Campbell, Benton City, Wash. (59), $62,310.
Saddle Bronc Riding
1. (tie) Chad Ferley, Oelrichs, S.D., 87.0 points on Bar T Rodeo Inc's Millers Wheel, and Rod Hay, Canada, 87.0 points on Stace Smith Pro Rodeos's Big Jet, $14,342. 3. Billy Etbauer, Edmond, Okla., 86.5, $9,561. 4. J.J. Elshere, Quinn, S.D., 86.0, $6,719. 5. (tie) Glen O'Neill, Canada, and Bobby Griswold, Geary, Okla., 85.5, $3,359. 7. Rusty Allen, Lehi, Utah, 83.0. 8. Jesse Bail, Camp Crook, S.D., 82.5. 9. Cody DeMoss, Heflin, La., 82.0. 10. Bradley Harter, Weatherford, Texas, 81.5. 11. Dan Mortensen, Billings, Mont., 74.0. 12. (tie) Cody Wright, Milford, Utah, Cody Martin, Smackover, Ark., Jeff Willert, Belvidere, S.D., and Bryce Miller, Buffalo, S.D., 0.0.
Aggregate_1. Rod Hay, Canada, 417.0 points on five head. 2. J.J. Elshere, Quinn, S.D., 399.0. 3. Cody DeMoss, Heflin, La., 331.0 on four. 4. Chad Ferley, Oelrichs, S.D., 322.0. 5. Bobby Griswold, Geary, Okla., 311.5. 6. Glen O'Neill, Canada, 306.5. 7. Jeff Willert, Belvidere, S.D., 249.0 on three. 8. Bradley Harter, Weatherford, Texas, 247.5. 9. Bryce Miller, Buffalo, S.D., 236.5. 10. Dan Mortensen, Billings, Mont., 236.0. 11. Jesse Bail, Camp Crook, S.D., 235.5. 12. Cody Wright, Milford, Utah, 232.0. 13. Billy Etbauer, Edmond, Okla., 169.5 on two. 14. Rusty Allen, Lehi, Utah, 165.0. 15. Cody Martin, Smackover, Ark., 163.5.
World Standings_1. Chad Ferley, Oelrichs, S.D. (81), $176,210. 2. Cody DeMoss, Heflin, La. (77), $170,868. 3. Dan Mortensen, Billings, Mont. (82), $142,154. 4. Rod Hay, Canada (88), $141,107. 5. Cody Wright, Milford, Utah (88), $130,252. 6. Rusty Allen, Lehi, Utah (78), $107,188. 7. Billy Etbauer, Edmond, Okla. (52), $102,658. 8. J.J. Elshere, Quinn, S.D. (91), $93,445. 9. Jeff Willert, Belvidere, S.D. (92), $91,514. 10. Bradley Harter, Weatherford, Texas (93), $91,317. 11. Cody Martin, Smackover, Ark. (99), $87,748. 12. Bobby Griswold, Geary, Okla. (94), $80,080. 13. Glen O'Neill, Canada (95), $79,081. 14. Jesse Bail, Camp Crook, S.D. (97), $62,258. 15. Bryce Miller, Buffalo, S.D. (85), $58,274.
Tie-Down Roping
1. Scott Kormos, Teague, Texas, 8.5 seconds, $16,022. 2. Fred Whitfield, Hockley, Texas, 8.6, $12,662. 3. Monty Lewis, Hereford, Texas, 8.8, $9,561. 4. Jerome Schneeberger, Ponca City, Okla., 8.9, $6,719. 5. Hunter Herrin, Apache, Okla., 9.6, $4,135. 6. Cody Ohl, Hico, Texas, 9.9, $2,584. 7. Clint Robinson, Spanish Fork, Utah, 10.3. 8. (tie) Blair Burk, Durant, Okla., and Doug Pharr, Resaca, Ga., 11.3. 10. Matt Shiozawa, Chubbuck, Idaho, 12.8. 11. Ryan Jarrett, Summerville, Ga., 13.6. 12. Joe Beaver, Huntsville, Texas, 15.2. 13. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas, 19.6. 14. Mike Johnson, Henryetta, Okla., 21.3. 15. Cade Swor, Winnie, Texas, NT.
Aggregate_1. Hunter Herrin, Apache, Okla., 43.7 seconds on five head. 2. Cody Ohl, Hico, Texas, 45.9. 3. Ryan Jarrett, Summerville, Ga., 50.1. 4. Jerome Schneeberger, Ponca City, Okla., 50.3. 5. Blair Burk, Durant, Okla., 54.5. 6. Joe Beaver, Huntsville, Texas, 58.5. 7. Doug Pharr, Resaca, Ga., 58.7. 8. Matt Shiozawa, Chubbuck, Idaho, 59.9. 9. Scott Kormos, Teague, Texas, 62.9. 10. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas, 64.4. 11. Mike Johnson, Henryetta, Okla., 77.4. 12. Clint Robinson, Spanish Fork, Utah, 39.7 on four. 13. Monty Lewis, Hereford, Texas, 41.2. 14. Cade Swor, Winnie, Texas, 26.5 on three. 15. Fred Whitfield, Hockley, Texas, 29.7.
World Standings_1. Cody Ohl, Hico, Texas (61), $199,398. 2. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas (65), $141,408. 3. Ryan Jarrett, Summerville, Ga. (72), $111,285. 4. Joe Beaver, Huntsville, Texas (73), $110,319. 5. Blair Burk, Durant, Okla. (75), $107,332. 6. Hunter Herrin, Apache, Okla. (75), $104,538. 7. Fred Whitfield, Hockley, Texas (74), $100,309. 8. Scott Kormos, Teague, Texas (75), $93,914. 9. Matt Shiozawa, Chubbuck, Idaho (75), $93,692. 10. Jerome Schneeberger, Ponca City, Okla. (75), $85,369. 11. Cade Swor, Winnie, Texas (75), $83,629. 12. Monty Lewis, Hereford, Texas (65), $78,647. 13. Mike Johnson, Henryetta, Okla. (75), $73,856. 14. Doug Pharr, Resaca, Ga. (75), $69,323. 15. Clint Robinson, Spanish Fork, Utah (75), $67,132.
Barrel Racing
1. Kelly Maben, Spur, Texas, 13.77 seconds, $16,022. 2. Shelly Anzick, Livingston, Mont., 13.89, $12,662. 3. Sherry Cervi, Marana, Ariz., 13.91, $9,561. 4. Mary Burger, Pauls Valley, Okla., 13.93, $6,719. 5. Codi Baucom, Carthage, N.C., 13.99, $4,135. 6. Terra Bynum, Lubbock, Texas, 14.03, $2,584. 7. (tie) Brittany Pozzi, Victoria, Texas, and Kelly Kaminski, Bellville, Texas, 14.09. 9. Layna Kight, Summerfield, Fla., 14.34. 10. Lindsay Sears, Canada, 14.37. 11. Brandie Halls, Carpenter, Wyo., 18.93. 12. Terri Kaye Kirkland, Billings, Mont., 19.24. 13. Tana Poppino, Big Cabin, Okla., 19.36. 14. Denise Adams, Lufkin, Texas, 20.97. 15. Tammy Key, Ledbetter, Texas, 23.96.
Aggregate_1. Mary Burger, Pauls Valley, Okla., 70.03 seconds on five runs. 2. Brittany Pozzi, Victoria, Texas, 70.39. 3. Terra Bynum, Lubbock, Texas, 70.46. 4. Codi Baucom, Carthage, N.C., 70.56. 5. Kelly Maben, Spur, Texas, 74.17. 6. Brandie Halls, Carpenter, Wyo., 74.81. 7. Sherry Cervi, Marana, Ariz., 75.28. 8. Denise Adams, Lufkin, Texas, 77.69. 9. Shelly Anzick, Livingston, Mont., 79.91. 10. Tana Poppino, Big Cabin, Okla., 80.76. 11. Terri Kaye Kirkland, Billings, Mont., 81.02. 12. Layna Kight, Summerfield, Fla., 82.10. 13. Tammy Key, Ledbetter, Texas, 85.02. 14. Lindsay Sears, Canada, 91.65. 15. Kelly Kaminski, Bellville, Texas, 61.40 on four.
World Standings_1. Brittany Pozzi, Victoria, Texas, $134,806. 2. Mary Burger, Pauls Valley, Okla., $132,334. 3. Kelly Maben, Spur, Texas, $128,987. 4. Shelly Anzick, Livingston, Mont., $120,153. 5. Tana Poppino, Big Cabin, Okla., $86,834. 6. Sherry Cervi, Marana, Ariz., $82,111. 7. Brandie Halls, Carpenter, Wyo., $80,853. 8. Codi Baucom, Carthage, N.C., $79,154. 9. Kelly Kaminski, Bellville, Texas, $74,278. 10. Tammy Key, Ledbetter, Texas, $73,703. 11. Terra Bynum, Lubbock, Texas, $73,313. 12. Layna Kight, Summerfield, Fla., $71,591. 13. Lindsay Sears, Canada, $66,331. 14. Denise Adams, Lufkin, Texas, $65,451. 15. Terri Kaye Kirkland, Billings, Mont., $62,079.
Bull Riding
1. (tie) J.C. Bean, Goldendale, Wash., 86.0 points on Russell Rodeo Co.'s Rough-N-Ready, and Jarrod Craig, Hillsboro, Texas, 86.0 points on Rumford Rodeo and Circle A Ranch's Spin Dippin, $14,342. 3. Zeb Lanham, Sweet, Idaho, 85.5, $9,561. 4. B.J. Schumacher, Hillsboro, Wis., 80.5, $6,719. 5. Bobby Welsh, Gillette, Wyo., 62.5, $4,135. 6. (tie) Matt Austin, Wills Point, Texas, Sonny Murphy, Herriman, Utah, Dustin Elliott, North Platte, Neb., D.J. Domangue, San Angelo, Texas, Fred Boettcher, Rice Lake, Wis., Wesley Silcox, Payson, Utah, Steve Woolsey, Payson, Utah, Cooper Kanngiesser, Zenda, Kan., J.W. Harris, May, Texas, and Jarrod Ford, Greeley, Colo., 0.0.
Aggregate_1. B.J. Schumacher, Hillsboro, Wis., 355.5 points on four head. 2. Wesley Silcox, Payson, Utah, 263.5 on three. 3. Zeb Lanham, Sweet, Idaho, 261.0. 4. Bobby Welsh, Gillette, Wyo., 241.5. 5. Dustin Elliott, North Platte, Neb., 176.5 on two. 6. Fred Boettcher, Rice Lake, Wis., 176.0. 7. Jarrod Craig, Hillsboro, Texas, 175.5. 8. J.W. Harris, May, Texas, 174.5. 9. J.C. Bean, Goldendale, Wash., 171.5. 10. (tie) Cooper Kanngiesser, Zenda, Kan., 87.0 on one, and Jarrod Ford, Greeley, Colo., 87.0. 12. Matt Austin, Wills Point, Texas, 86.5. 13. Sonny Murphy, Herriman, Utah, 80.5. 14. (tie) D.J. Domangue, San Angelo, Texas, and Steve Woolsey, Payson, Utah, 0.0.
World Standings_1. Matt Austin, Wills Point, Texas (90), $157,717. 2. B.J. Schumacher, Hillsboro, Wis. (91), $156,861. 3. Wesley Silcox, Payson, Utah (80), $134,598. 4. Sonny Murphy, Herriman, Utah (99), $129,169. 5. Zeb Lanham, Sweet, Idaho (84), $124,833. 6. Bobby Welsh, Gillette, Wyo. (78), $114,875. 7. J.C. Bean, Goldendale, Wash. (86), $113,383. 8. Dustin Elliott, North Platte, Neb. (79), $107,706. 9. Jarrod Craig, Hillsboro, Texas (76), $99,410. 10. Cooper Kanngiesser, Zenda, Kan. (108), $89,793. 11. J.W. Harris, May, Texas (95), $88,151. 12. Fred Boettcher, Rice Lake, Wis. (93), $86,515. 13. D.J. Domangue, San Angelo, Texas (105), $85,344. 14. Steve Woolsey, Payson, Utah (89), $84,826. 15. Jarrod Ford, Greeley, Colo. (93), $81,024.
Bareback Riding
1. (tie) Will Lowe, Canyon, Texas, 87.0 points on Carr Pro Rodeo's River Boat Annie, and Jess Davis, Payson, Utah, 87.0 points on Carr Pro Rodeo's Real Deal, $14,342. 3. Bobby Mote, Culver, Ore., 86.0, $9,561. 4. Kelly Timberman, Mills, Wyo., 85.5, $6,719. 5. (tie) Wes Stevenson, Kaufman, Texas, and Cimmaron Gerke, Brighton, Colo., 85.0, $3,359. 7. Chris Harris, Itasca, Texas, 84.0. 8. Tom McFarland, Wickenburg, Ariz., 82.5. 9. Ryan Gray, Cheney, Wash., 82.0. 10. Andy Martinez, Pavillion, Wyo., 81.0. 11. Royce Ford, Briggsdale, Colo., 79.5. 12. Heath Ford, Greeley, Colo., 77.0. 13. Forest Bramwell, Pagosa Springs, Colo., 76.0. 14. Chad Klein, Stephenville, Texas, 67.5. 15. Paul Jones, Elko, Nev., 0.0.
Aggregate_1. Will Lowe, Canyon, Texas, 419.0 points on five head. 2. Jess Davis, Payson, Utah, 414.5. 3. Wes Stevenson, Kaufman, Texas, 412.0. 4. Bobby Mote, Culver, Ore., 406.0. 5. Kelly Timberman, Mills, Wyo., 401.0. 6. Royce Ford, Briggsdale, Colo., 399.5. 7. Andy Martinez, Pavillion, Wyo., 396.5. 8. Tom McFarland, Wickenburg, Ariz., 392.5. 9. Cimmaron Gerke, Brighton, Colo., 390.5. 10. Ryan Gray, Cheney, Wash., 389.5. 11. Heath Ford, Greeley, Colo., 388.5. 12. Chad Klein, Stephenville, Texas, 373.5. 13. Chris Harris, Itasca, Texas, 330.5 on four. 14. Forest Bramwell, Pagosa Springs, Colo., 303.5. 15. Paul Jones, Elko, Nev., 221.5 on three.
World Standings_1. Will Lowe, Canyon, Texas (84), $214,331. 2. Andy Martinez, Pavillion, Wyo. (65), $134,871. 3. Wes Stevenson, Kaufman, Texas (83), $128,183. 4. Jess Davis, Payson, Utah (87), $107,996. 5. Bobby Mote, Culver, Ore. (89), $107,181. 6. Royce Ford, Briggsdale, Colo. (77), $100,973. 7. Cimmaron Gerke, Brighton, Colo. (80), $88,039. 8. Chris Harris, Itasca, Texas (93), $87,363. 9. Paul Jones, Elko, Nev. (88), $81,708. 10. Ryan Gray, Cheney, Wash. (72), $78,016. 11. Tom McFarland, Wickenburg, Ariz. (86), $70,370. 12. Kelly Timberman, Mills, Wyo. (86), $69,164. 13. Forest Bramwell, Pagosa Springs, Colo. (79), $66,488. 14. Heath Ford, Greeley, Colo. (100), $64,357. 15. Chad Klein, Stephenville, Texas (98), $60,013.
Steer Wrestling
1. Dean Gorsuch, Gering, Neb., 3.9 seconds, $16,022. 2. Joey Bell Jr., Malakoff, Texas, 4.2, $12,662. 3. Linn Churchill, Valentine, Neb., 4.3, $9,561. 4. Dru Melvin, Tryon, Neb., 4.4, $6,719. 5. Shawn Greenfield, Lakeview, Ore., 4.7, $4,135. 6. (tie) Jason Lahr, Emporia, Kan., and Stockton Graves, Newkirk, Okla., 4.8, $1,292. 8. Wade Sumpter, Fowler, Colo., 5.3. 9. Ronnie Fields, Oklahoma City, 6.5. 10. K.C. Jones, Decatur, Texas, 9.4. 11. Lee Graves, Canada, 18.6. 12. (tie) Luke Branquinho, Los Alamos, Calif., Jason Miller, Lance Creek, Wyo., Trevor Knowles, Mount Vernon, Ore., and Gabe Ledoux, Kaplan, La., NT.
Aggregate_1. (tie) Dean Gorsuch, Gering, Neb., 21.6 seconds on five head, and Shawn Greenfield, Lakeview, Ore., 21.6. 3. Joey Bell Jr., Malakoff, Texas, 21.8. 4. Stockton Graves, Newkirk, Okla., 21.9. 5. Jason Lahr, Emporia, Kan., 26.7. 6. Wade Sumpter, Fowler, Colo., 29.8. 7. Linn Churchill, Valentine, Neb., 32.8. 8. Lee Graves, Canada, 36.7. 9. K.C. Jones, Decatur, Texas, 40.8. 10. Luke Branquinho, Los Alamos, Calif., 18.3 on four. 11. Ronnie Fields, Oklahoma City, 20.0. 12. Trevor Knowles, Mount Vernon, Ore., 25.6. 13. Dru Melvin, Tryon, Neb., 28.0. 14. Gabe Ledoux, Kaplan, La., 11.9 on three. 15. Jason Miller, Lance Creek, Wyo., 14.5.
World Standings_1. Dean Gorsuch, Gering, Neb. (64), $140,518. 2. Luke Branquinho, Los Alamos, Calif. (64), $122,165. 3. Shawn Greenfield, Lakeview, Ore. (58), $109,730. 4. Ronnie Fields, Oklahoma City, (65), $100,137. 5. Joey Bell Jr., Malakoff, Texas (75), $91,382. 6. Jason Lahr, Emporia, Kan. (66), $91,177. 7. Stockton Graves, Newkirk, Okla. (75), $87,953. 8. Lee Graves, Calgary, (58), $86,115. 9. Wade Sumpter, Fowler, Colo. (75), $84,065. 10. Gabe Ledoux, Kaplan, La. (75), $81,353. 11. K.C. Jones, Decatur, Texas (69), $81,342. 12. Linn Churchill, Valentine, Neb. (75), $76,091. 13. Dru Melvin, Tryon, Neb. (75), $73,640. 14. Trevor Knowles, Mount Vernon, Ore. (73), $71,585. 15. Jason Miller, Lance Creek, Wyo. (75), $70,045.
Team Roping
1. (tie) Speed Williams, De Leon, Texas/Clay O'Brien Cooper, Morgan Mill, Texas, and Nick Sartain, Alva, Okla./Shannon Frascht, Alva, Okla., 4.0 seconds, $14,342. 3. Matt Sherwood, Queen Creek, /Walt Woodard, Stockton, Calif., 4.2, $9,561. 4. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas/Rich Skelton, Llano, Texas, 4.4, $6,719. 5. Clay Tryan, Billings, Mont./Patrick Smith, Midland, Texas, 4.5, $4,135. 6. David Key, Caldwell, Texas/Kory Koontz, Sudan, Texas, 4.6, $2,584. 7. Colter Todd, Marana, Ariz./Cesar de la Cruz, Tucson, Ariz., 4.7. 8. Chad Masters, Clarksville, Tenn./Allen Bach, Weatherford, Texas, 6.1. 9. Matt Funk, Hermiston, Ore./Bucky Campbell, Benton City, Wash., 7.5. 10. Charly Crawford, Prineville, Ore./Cody Hintz, Spring Creek, Nev., 10.8. 11. Travis Tryan, Billings, Mont./Jhett Johnson, Casper, Wyo., 13.8. 12. Joe Beaver, Huntsville, Texas/Cole Bigbee, Stephenville, Texas, 16.3. 13. Garrett Tonozzi, Fruita, Colo./Brady Minor, Ellensburg, Wash., 24.9. 14. (tie) Shain Sproul, Benson, Ariz./Cory Petska, Lexington, Okla., and Jay Adams, Logandale, Nev./Randon Adams, Logandale, Nev., NT.
Aggregate_1. Chad Masters, Clarksville, Tenn./Allen Bach, Weatherford, Texas, 37.4 seconds on five head. 2. Matt Sherwood, Queen Creek, /Walt Woodard, Stockton, Calif., 49.1. 3. Charly Crawford, Prineville, Ore./Cody Hintz, Spring Creek, Nev., 50.4. 4. Travis Tryan, Billings, Mont./Jhett Johnson, Casper, Wyo., 52.9. 5. Colter Todd, Marana, Ariz./Cesar de la Cruz, Tucson, Ariz., 71.1. 6. Matt Funk, Hermiston, Ore./Bucky Campbell, Benton City, Wash., 82.5. 7. Garrett Tonozzi, Fruita, Colo./Brady Minor, Ellensburg, Wash., 86.9. 8. Speed Williams, De Leon, Texas/Clay O'Brien Cooper, Morgan Mill, Texas, 23.7 on four. 9. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas/Rich Skelton, Llano, Texas, 39.8. 10. Nick Sartain, Alva, Okla./Shannon Frascht, Alva, Okla., 51.3. 11. Clay Tryan, Billings, Mont./Patrick Smith, Midland, Texas, 55.5. 12. David Key, Caldwell, Texas/Kory Koontz, Sudan, Texas, 62.1. 13. Jay Adams, Logandale, Nev./Randon Adams, Logandale, Nev., 78.2. 14. Shain Sproul, Benson, Ariz./Cory Petska, Lexington, Okla., 28.7 on three. 15. Joe Beaver, Huntsville, Texas/Cole Bigbee, Stephenville, Texas, 29.3.
World Standings (Heading)_1. Speed Williams, De Leon, Texas (51), $116,512. 2. Matt Sherwood, Queen Creek, Ariz. (59), $109,355. 3. David Key, Caldwell, Texas (60), $97,284. 4. Travis Tryan, Billings, Mont. (60), $94,233. 5. Chad Masters, Clarksville, Tenn. (60), $91,451. 6. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas (59), $77,068. 7. Nick Sartain, Alva, Okla. (60), $76,167. 8. Charly Crawford, Prineville, Ore. (60), $74,025. 9. Clay Tryan, Billings, Mont. (59), $73,397. 10. Shain Sproul, Benson, Ariz. (58), $72,653. 11. Joe Beaver, Huntsville, Texas (60), $72,277. 12. Jay Adams, Logandale, Nev. (59), $72,149. 13. Colter Todd, Marana, Ariz. (55), $71,149. 14. Garrett Tonozzi, Fruita, Colo. (60), $71,144. 15. Matt Funk, Hermiston, Ore. (59), $62,310.
World Standings (Heeling)_1. Clay Cooper, Morgan Mill, Texas (51), $116,512. 2. Allen Bach, Weatherford, Texas (60), $113,034. 3. Walt Woodard, Stockton, Calif. (57), $112,949. 4. Kory Koontz, Sudan, Texas (60), $97,768. 5. Rich Skelton, Llano, Texas (59), $77,068. 6. Shannon Frascht, Alva, Okla. (60), $76,167. 7. Jhett Johnson, Casper, Wyo. (59), $73,502. 8. Patrick Smith, Midland, Texas (59), $73,397. 9. Randon Adams, Logandale, Nev. (59), $72,149. 10. Cory Petska, Lexington, Okla. (60), $72,132. 11. Cesar de la Cruz, Tucson, Ariz. (57), $71,149. 12. Cody Hintz, Spring Creek, Nev. (59), $68,154. 13. Brady Minor, Ellensburg, Wash. (60), $66,728. 14. Cole Bigbee, Stephenville, Texas (60), $66,119. 15. Bucky Campbell, Benton City, Wash. (59), $62,310.
Saddle Bronc Riding
1. (tie) Chad Ferley, Oelrichs, S.D., 87.0 points on Bar T Rodeo Inc's Millers Wheel, and Rod Hay, Canada, 87.0 points on Stace Smith Pro Rodeos's Big Jet, $14,342. 3. Billy Etbauer, Edmond, Okla., 86.5, $9,561. 4. J.J. Elshere, Quinn, S.D., 86.0, $6,719. 5. (tie) Glen O'Neill, Canada, and Bobby Griswold, Geary, Okla., 85.5, $3,359. 7. Rusty Allen, Lehi, Utah, 83.0. 8. Jesse Bail, Camp Crook, S.D., 82.5. 9. Cody DeMoss, Heflin, La., 82.0. 10. Bradley Harter, Weatherford, Texas, 81.5. 11. Dan Mortensen, Billings, Mont., 74.0. 12. (tie) Cody Wright, Milford, Utah, Cody Martin, Smackover, Ark., Jeff Willert, Belvidere, S.D., and Bryce Miller, Buffalo, S.D., 0.0.
Aggregate_1. Rod Hay, Canada, 417.0 points on five head. 2. J.J. Elshere, Quinn, S.D., 399.0. 3. Cody DeMoss, Heflin, La., 331.0 on four. 4. Chad Ferley, Oelrichs, S.D., 322.0. 5. Bobby Griswold, Geary, Okla., 311.5. 6. Glen O'Neill, Canada, 306.5. 7. Jeff Willert, Belvidere, S.D., 249.0 on three. 8. Bradley Harter, Weatherford, Texas, 247.5. 9. Bryce Miller, Buffalo, S.D., 236.5. 10. Dan Mortensen, Billings, Mont., 236.0. 11. Jesse Bail, Camp Crook, S.D., 235.5. 12. Cody Wright, Milford, Utah, 232.0. 13. Billy Etbauer, Edmond, Okla., 169.5 on two. 14. Rusty Allen, Lehi, Utah, 165.0. 15. Cody Martin, Smackover, Ark., 163.5.
World Standings_1. Chad Ferley, Oelrichs, S.D. (81), $176,210. 2. Cody DeMoss, Heflin, La. (77), $170,868. 3. Dan Mortensen, Billings, Mont. (82), $142,154. 4. Rod Hay, Canada (88), $141,107. 5. Cody Wright, Milford, Utah (88), $130,252. 6. Rusty Allen, Lehi, Utah (78), $107,188. 7. Billy Etbauer, Edmond, Okla. (52), $102,658. 8. J.J. Elshere, Quinn, S.D. (91), $93,445. 9. Jeff Willert, Belvidere, S.D. (92), $91,514. 10. Bradley Harter, Weatherford, Texas (93), $91,317. 11. Cody Martin, Smackover, Ark. (99), $87,748. 12. Bobby Griswold, Geary, Okla. (94), $80,080. 13. Glen O'Neill, Canada (95), $79,081. 14. Jesse Bail, Camp Crook, S.D. (97), $62,258. 15. Bryce Miller, Buffalo, S.D. (85), $58,274.
Tie-Down Roping
1. Scott Kormos, Teague, Texas, 8.5 seconds, $16,022. 2. Fred Whitfield, Hockley, Texas, 8.6, $12,662. 3. Monty Lewis, Hereford, Texas, 8.8, $9,561. 4. Jerome Schneeberger, Ponca City, Okla., 8.9, $6,719. 5. Hunter Herrin, Apache, Okla., 9.6, $4,135. 6. Cody Ohl, Hico, Texas, 9.9, $2,584. 7. Clint Robinson, Spanish Fork, Utah, 10.3. 8. (tie) Blair Burk, Durant, Okla., and Doug Pharr, Resaca, Ga., 11.3. 10. Matt Shiozawa, Chubbuck, Idaho, 12.8. 11. Ryan Jarrett, Summerville, Ga., 13.6. 12. Joe Beaver, Huntsville, Texas, 15.2. 13. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas, 19.6. 14. Mike Johnson, Henryetta, Okla., 21.3. 15. Cade Swor, Winnie, Texas, NT.
Aggregate_1. Hunter Herrin, Apache, Okla., 43.7 seconds on five head. 2. Cody Ohl, Hico, Texas, 45.9. 3. Ryan Jarrett, Summerville, Ga., 50.1. 4. Jerome Schneeberger, Ponca City, Okla., 50.3. 5. Blair Burk, Durant, Okla., 54.5. 6. Joe Beaver, Huntsville, Texas, 58.5. 7. Doug Pharr, Resaca, Ga., 58.7. 8. Matt Shiozawa, Chubbuck, Idaho, 59.9. 9. Scott Kormos, Teague, Texas, 62.9. 10. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas, 64.4. 11. Mike Johnson, Henryetta, Okla., 77.4. 12. Clint Robinson, Spanish Fork, Utah, 39.7 on four. 13. Monty Lewis, Hereford, Texas, 41.2. 14. Cade Swor, Winnie, Texas, 26.5 on three. 15. Fred Whitfield, Hockley, Texas, 29.7.
World Standings_1. Cody Ohl, Hico, Texas (61), $199,398. 2. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas (65), $141,408. 3. Ryan Jarrett, Summerville, Ga. (72), $111,285. 4. Joe Beaver, Huntsville, Texas (73), $110,319. 5. Blair Burk, Durant, Okla. (75), $107,332. 6. Hunter Herrin, Apache, Okla. (75), $104,538. 7. Fred Whitfield, Hockley, Texas (74), $100,309. 8. Scott Kormos, Teague, Texas (75), $93,914. 9. Matt Shiozawa, Chubbuck, Idaho (75), $93,692. 10. Jerome Schneeberger, Ponca City, Okla. (75), $85,369. 11. Cade Swor, Winnie, Texas (75), $83,629. 12. Monty Lewis, Hereford, Texas (65), $78,647. 13. Mike Johnson, Henryetta, Okla. (75), $73,856. 14. Doug Pharr, Resaca, Ga. (75), $69,323. 15. Clint Robinson, Spanish Fork, Utah (75), $67,132.
Barrel Racing
1. Kelly Maben, Spur, Texas, 13.77 seconds, $16,022. 2. Shelly Anzick, Livingston, Mont., 13.89, $12,662. 3. Sherry Cervi, Marana, Ariz., 13.91, $9,561. 4. Mary Burger, Pauls Valley, Okla., 13.93, $6,719. 5. Codi Baucom, Carthage, N.C., 13.99, $4,135. 6. Terra Bynum, Lubbock, Texas, 14.03, $2,584. 7. (tie) Brittany Pozzi, Victoria, Texas, and Kelly Kaminski, Bellville, Texas, 14.09. 9. Layna Kight, Summerfield, Fla., 14.34. 10. Lindsay Sears, Canada, 14.37. 11. Brandie Halls, Carpenter, Wyo., 18.93. 12. Terri Kaye Kirkland, Billings, Mont., 19.24. 13. Tana Poppino, Big Cabin, Okla., 19.36. 14. Denise Adams, Lufkin, Texas, 20.97. 15. Tammy Key, Ledbetter, Texas, 23.96.
Aggregate_1. Mary Burger, Pauls Valley, Okla., 70.03 seconds on five runs. 2. Brittany Pozzi, Victoria, Texas, 70.39. 3. Terra Bynum, Lubbock, Texas, 70.46. 4. Codi Baucom, Carthage, N.C., 70.56. 5. Kelly Maben, Spur, Texas, 74.17. 6. Brandie Halls, Carpenter, Wyo., 74.81. 7. Sherry Cervi, Marana, Ariz., 75.28. 8. Denise Adams, Lufkin, Texas, 77.69. 9. Shelly Anzick, Livingston, Mont., 79.91. 10. Tana Poppino, Big Cabin, Okla., 80.76. 11. Terri Kaye Kirkland, Billings, Mont., 81.02. 12. Layna Kight, Summerfield, Fla., 82.10. 13. Tammy Key, Ledbetter, Texas, 85.02. 14. Lindsay Sears, Canada, 91.65. 15. Kelly Kaminski, Bellville, Texas, 61.40 on four.
World Standings_1. Brittany Pozzi, Victoria, Texas, $134,806. 2. Mary Burger, Pauls Valley, Okla., $132,334. 3. Kelly Maben, Spur, Texas, $128,987. 4. Shelly Anzick, Livingston, Mont., $120,153. 5. Tana Poppino, Big Cabin, Okla., $86,834. 6. Sherry Cervi, Marana, Ariz., $82,111. 7. Brandie Halls, Carpenter, Wyo., $80,853. 8. Codi Baucom, Carthage, N.C., $79,154. 9. Kelly Kaminski, Bellville, Texas, $74,278. 10. Tammy Key, Ledbetter, Texas, $73,703. 11. Terra Bynum, Lubbock, Texas, $73,313. 12. Layna Kight, Summerfield, Fla., $71,591. 13. Lindsay Sears, Canada, $66,331. 14. Denise Adams, Lufkin, Texas, $65,451. 15. Terri Kaye Kirkland, Billings, Mont., $62,079.
Bull Riding
1. (tie) J.C. Bean, Goldendale, Wash., 86.0 points on Russell Rodeo Co.'s Rough-N-Ready, and Jarrod Craig, Hillsboro, Texas, 86.0 points on Rumford Rodeo and Circle A Ranch's Spin Dippin, $14,342. 3. Zeb Lanham, Sweet, Idaho, 85.5, $9,561. 4. B.J. Schumacher, Hillsboro, Wis., 80.5, $6,719. 5. Bobby Welsh, Gillette, Wyo., 62.5, $4,135. 6. (tie) Matt Austin, Wills Point, Texas, Sonny Murphy, Herriman, Utah, Dustin Elliott, North Platte, Neb., D.J. Domangue, San Angelo, Texas, Fred Boettcher, Rice Lake, Wis., Wesley Silcox, Payson, Utah, Steve Woolsey, Payson, Utah, Cooper Kanngiesser, Zenda, Kan., J.W. Harris, May, Texas, and Jarrod Ford, Greeley, Colo., 0.0.
Aggregate_1. B.J. Schumacher, Hillsboro, Wis., 355.5 points on four head. 2. Wesley Silcox, Payson, Utah, 263.5 on three. 3. Zeb Lanham, Sweet, Idaho, 261.0. 4. Bobby Welsh, Gillette, Wyo., 241.5. 5. Dustin Elliott, North Platte, Neb., 176.5 on two. 6. Fred Boettcher, Rice Lake, Wis., 176.0. 7. Jarrod Craig, Hillsboro, Texas, 175.5. 8. J.W. Harris, May, Texas, 174.5. 9. J.C. Bean, Goldendale, Wash., 171.5. 10. (tie) Cooper Kanngiesser, Zenda, Kan., 87.0 on one, and Jarrod Ford, Greeley, Colo., 87.0. 12. Matt Austin, Wills Point, Texas, 86.5. 13. Sonny Murphy, Herriman, Utah, 80.5. 14. (tie) D.J. Domangue, San Angelo, Texas, and Steve Woolsey, Payson, Utah, 0.0.
World Standings_1. Matt Austin, Wills Point, Texas (90), $157,717. 2. B.J. Schumacher, Hillsboro, Wis. (91), $156,861. 3. Wesley Silcox, Payson, Utah (80), $134,598. 4. Sonny Murphy, Herriman, Utah (99), $129,169. 5. Zeb Lanham, Sweet, Idaho (84), $124,833. 6. Bobby Welsh, Gillette, Wyo. (78), $114,875. 7. J.C. Bean, Goldendale, Wash. (86), $113,383. 8. Dustin Elliott, North Platte, Neb. (79), $107,706. 9. Jarrod Craig, Hillsboro, Texas (76), $99,410. 10. Cooper Kanngiesser, Zenda, Kan. (108), $89,793. 11. J.W. Harris, May, Texas (95), $88,151. 12. Fred Boettcher, Rice Lake, Wis. (93), $86,515. 13. D.J. Domangue, San Angelo, Texas (105), $85,344. 14. Steve Woolsey, Payson, Utah (89), $84,826. 15. Jarrod Ford, Greeley, Colo. (93), $81,024.
Monday, December 04, 2006
NEWS ROUNDUP
In West, Conservatives Emphasize the 'Conserve' Last month's elections, though, may signal the end of Republican dominance and fierce resistance to many conservation measures. Profound demographic and economic change seems finally to be asserting itself across the region. Westerners cast votes suggesting that the protection of their natural surroundings is not a negotiable condition for living well. "Self-interest has intersected with reality," said Limerick, chair of the board of the Center of the American West at the University of Colorado at Boulder. "To have open spaces and nice places, people realize, they cannot be a bunch of individuals pursuing self-indulgence. They have to act collectively." To that end, much of the West rejected ballot measures that could have shredded state and local land-use rules limiting growth, controlling sprawl and ensuring open space. Voters in Idaho, Washington and California soundly defeated "takings" measures, intended to compensate individual owners whose land is devalued by land-use or zoning laws. Arizona voters approved their law. Courts had earlier tossed out the measures in Montana and Nevada. At the same time, Democrats consolidated gains from 2004, picking up the governorship in Colorado, a Senate seat in Montana and two House seats in Arizona. Democrats already controlled governor's seats in Arizona, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming. Perhaps more significant, Democratic and Republican politicians from New Mexico to Montana have found common ground with hunters and anglers in opposing widespread energy development on wild public lands, halting drilling in several areas where the public felt that wildlife and scenic values trumped economic consideration. In the past year, bipartisan grass-roots opposition has also killed off a number of proposals to sell federal land and use the revenue to pay for governmental operations....
Growing issues: Local herd facing an uncertain future as housing developments make an impact Elk tracks crisscross the snow-covered ridge that Bert Lindler is climbing on this chilly winter afternoon. Lots of elk tracks. When he reaches his destination - a fence running down the ridgeline's spine - Lindler can't help but grin. The sharp barbs twisted into the top wire are filled with hair. On both sides of the fence, the ground is trampled by what looks to be hundreds of hooves. “Elk have a way of fixing the fence themselves if they're not quite satisfied,” he said. “They didn't seem to have much problem getting across here.” Elk sign, barbed-wire fences, snow-covered ridges. In Montana, that's something most often found in rural settings far from the hustle and bustle of busy city life. Not today. From this vantage, Lindler can easily see his home in Grant Creek's Prospect Meadows subdivision, just minutes from downtown Missoula. Looking across the narrow valley, there's plenty of other homesteads scattered about the hillsides. Certainly it's hard to imagine that this is the winter home of the wily wapiti. Lindler points across the way - “see there, that meadow” - that's where he captured the image of more than 300 elk on his digital camera last fall....
2-decade effort has kept ferret alive After two decades of captive breeding and intense recovery efforts, black-footed ferrets remain among the most endangered mammals in America, with an estimated 700 living in the wild. But they might have become extinct, were it not for a dog named Shep. More than 25 years after their discovery near Meeteetse, Wyo., former rancher John Hogg said it was Shep that first found a ferret. "Lucille happened to hear a commotion with the dog in the middle of the night," Hogg said recently, recalling a night in October 1981. "The next morning, I went out, and here was this thing lying there, dead." Thinking it was perhaps a mink, Hogg grabbed the lifeless ferret from where it lay, next to Shep's food bowl, and tossed it into a patch of weeds along the Greybull River. "But Lucille wanted to have it mounted, so I went back and got it, and we took it to the taxidermist," Hogg said. " 'Oh my god, you've got a ferret,' " Hogg recalled taxidermist Larry LaFrenchie exclaiming. "I said. 'What the hell is that?'....
Wolf hater admits poisoning protected species An outspoken opponent of U.S. government efforts to reestablish the gray wolf in western states has pleaded guilty to trying to poison the federally protected species, a U.S. prosecutor said on Friday. Tim Sundles, 48, planted meatballs laced with a poisonous pesticide in Idaho's remote Salmon-Challis National Forest in 2004 with the aim of killing wolves, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Mike Fica. The meatballs instead poisoned a coyote, fox, magpies and three pet dogs, according to court records. He signed a written plea ahead of a scheduled trial next week. Sundles could face as much as six months behind bars and five years probation....
Climate expert: Rockies snowpack shrinks at margins The Rocky Mountains are seeing more rain than snow at the start and end of winter, an indication of global warming, an expert said. Another sign of climate change: The spring snowmelt is starting a week earlier than it did 50 years ago. Both trends could shorten the ski season. The Rockies, however, are expected to handle the changes better than New England, where low-elevation ski areas are more vulnerable to dwindling snowpacks. And Utah and Colorado's ski areas, commonly found near 10,000 feet in elevation, could benefit from feeble winters in the East. "They won't be able to ski in New England. They'll have to come to Utah," said Kevin Trenberth, a climate expert who gave a lecture Wednesday at the University of Utah. Trenberth, head of the climate-analysis section of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., said climate change could make the arid West even drier, setting loose other problems. The dwindling snowpacks are more evident at lower elevations in the Rockies, leaving many of the ski areas secure for now, he said. But combined with an earlier spring, shrinking snowpacks rob moisture from the soil at the start of growing season. "It sets the stage for drought," he said....
Ski area, developer dig in heels A dispute between Wolf Creek Ski Area and a Texas businessman who wants to develop land next to it is now affecting cross-country skiers. For years, the ski area groomed cross-country trails at the bottom of the ski area for free. Businessman B.J. "Red" McCombs, who owns the land the trails cross, has accommodated the skiers. Now McCombs is preventing the ski area from grooming the trails on land where he hopes to build the Village at Wolf Creek, with plans for 222,100 square feet of commercial space and housing for up to 10,500 people. Village at Wolf Creek President Bob Honts said he closed the trails because the Pitcher family, which owns the ski area, refused to sign a long-term access agreement for the mountain....
Leases in roadless areas in limbo A court ruling prohibits holders of energy leases in roadless areas from building roads to access those areas. But it doesn't mean big changes for leases in Wyoming. That's because the only leases in roadless areas in Wyoming are in the Wyoming Range - and those leases have already been stalled. Several conservation groups have appealed the leases, saying they were offered without adequate environmental analysis. The Interior Board of Land Appeals agreed and halted development pending further investigation. Also, Gov. Dave Freudenthal has signed a "memorandum of understanding" with Forest Service officials saying that no new lease parcels would be offered in roadless areas in Wyoming until forest plans for those areas are completed....
Dream House Becomes a Roadblock in the New West Peter and Judy Riede exemplify the New West, having moved to the Rocky Mountains for the lifestyle. They retired from General Motors, and then, as avid naturalists, bought a ranch of nearly 500 acres on a dirt road near the Wyoming border. But their dream of building a home and nursing a patch of overgrazed land back to health may be derailed by the Old West. First they found out that a phosphate mine about a mile and a half from their ranch, in the Snowdrift Range, was being expanded. Then, when they refused to sell the ranch to the J. R. Simplot Company so it could build a haul road to the mine, the firm recently raised the threat of condemnation under an obscure early 20th-century mining law. “It was a shock,” Mr. Riede said. “One, that the law existed, and two, that they would use it in that way.” The law, passed in 1903, was meant as an equalizer in the Old West, intended to thwart large mining companies trying to surround a small, valuable claim with their claims and prevent access to it. Many Western states have similar provisions, which also cover other industries. Don Copple, a Boise lawyer who specializes in condemnation law, said the law clearly favored Simplot....
Little Page thirsts for Lake Powell revenue Jonah is trying to ingest a whale down on the Utah-Arizona border. After years of talking about it, the small city of Page, Ariz. - pop. 7,000 - is following through on a proposal to annex more than 21,000 acres to the north and west of town. It's all in a bid to reel in sales tax revenue from Lake Powell's Wahweap and Antelope Point marinas, where thousands of visitors eat and sleep, and moor and fuel their boats. Such an annexation would more than double the size of the city. More important, Page officials estimate the new revenue would swell the city's coffers by $400,000 to $600,000 annually, translating into improved services and new amenities for tourists and residents alike. "There are so many positives here," says Page Mayor Dan Brown, "that I don't see a downside." Others do. The area proposed for annexation includes Glen Canyon Dam, a significant portion of the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and land claimed by the Navajo Nation. And that has created no small amount of friction between the city and the National Park Service, the Bureau of Reclamation and the tribe....
Wild west The helicopter clears the ridge under the high morning sun; then, in a kick of dust, come the horses. They run in a loose line of eight, moving across the western edge of Edwards Creek Valley faster than a trot, but measured: loping, loping, loping. Before the helicopter found them, the horses were idling in one of many canyons that splinter the Clan Alpine Mountains with steep slopes of piñon pine and gnarled sage. Nearly 30,000 wild horses roam remote pockets of the West. Nearly half are in Nevada, the state that also was home to Velma B. Johnston , a.k.a. "Wild Horse Annie," an activist who sparked a national campaign to prevent reckless slaughter of the animals. Her efforts, begun in the 1950s, led to a 1971 federal law protecting wild herds . A fire -- started by lightning, so wild, too -- scorched 6,200 acres in the Clan Alpines last summer. Federal officials who regulate the land and the mustangs contend there is not enough food in the mountains, which cover nearly 200,000 acres, to support the herd of 500; they have come to take 100 horses. Those will be put up for adoption, or live out their years in holding facilities run by the government. The thumping helicopter blades nag the herd of eight another mile. The horses draw parallel to an opening between two hillocks. Behind it hides cowboys and a quickly built corral, brought from Utah with pickups and tractor-trailers. A bareback horse waits a few hundred yards in front of the corral gate. The so-called Judas horse, there to lure his wild cousins, stands straight as his master crouches out of view. The mustangs, helicopter beating overhead, turn toward the Judas. His master gives a swat, and Judas leads the tired horses the last few hundred yards. Wild still? The gate swings shut. The mustangs, their coats black and brown and slicked with sweat, stomp, then stall. A cowboy's walkie-talkie cackles: "OK, horse trailers, he's in."....
New hopes for action at Carrizo Plain arise A federal official whom environmentalists have considered to be a dogmatic opponent of efforts to reduce cattle grazing at the Carrizo Plain National Monument is being reassigned by his agency. That has led to new hopes that a management plan for the monument in eastern San Luis Obispo County, home to a high concentration of rare and endangered species, can be finished. Marlene Braun, former manager of the monument, committed suicide May 2, 2005, at her home on the 250,000-acre national monument. She left a note saying that she could no longer take the abuse she had endured from Ron Huntsinger, the head of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's Bakersfield office. Now Huntsinger is leaving his post and is moving to Washington, D.C., in January to become science coordinator for the agency. Though his new assignment was shocking to some of his fiercest critics, his departure comes in advance of the first meeting of the newly reconstituted advisory committee that will try to reassemble a resource management plan that also fell victim to the feud....
A classic clash over canyon David Bricker first rode up this narrow, lush canyon bordered by desert wilderness just outside Death Valley on a small Honda-90 dirt bike in 1969. A passable gravel road through the verdant canyon up a mountainside in Inyo County was first established in the 1870s as access to the silver-mining town of Panamint City, situated nearly 4,000 feet above the valley floor. Today the canyon is at the center of a classic preservation-versus-use conflict, like many that have erupted across the Mojave Desert for the past two decades. Closed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to off-highway vehicles in 2001 as part of a legal settlement with environmentalists, the canyon is the subject of a new suit by recreational off-roaders and people who have bought property in the ghost town and now want road access to their land. The emotional conflict is spelled out inside a phone-book sized, red-metal box at the floor of the canyon in a spot overlooking the gurgling creek a few feet below. Hikers can sign in and leave comments....
Panel seeks Adobe Town protection The Sweetwater County Commission has unanimously adopted a resolution in favor of keeping the Adobe Town area off-limits to oil and gas drilling. The commission said the remote badlands area in eastern Sweetwater County should instead be managed for public recreation and wildlife. "You can't go too many places in our county right now without seeing some sort of road, or a pipeline, or a compressor station," commission Chairman John Palleson said. Currently, 86,990 acres of Adobe Town are protected as a wilderness study area. The commission resolution called for protecting 180,910 acres from oil and gas drilling. A recent U.S. Bureau of Land Management environmental study would allow drilling of 2,000 gas wells in Carbon County in south-central Wyoming.
BLM plans 2,000 more CBM, gas wells near Rawlins The Bureau of Land Management posted its final environmental impact statement Friday, seeking to establish coal bed natural gas and conventional wells on the Atlantic Rim from Baggs to six miles south of Rawlins. Anadarko Exploration Company and other operators including Double Eagle Petroleum and Mining Company, and Warren Resources, Inc. plan a maximum of 1,800 coal bed natural gas and 200 conventional natural gas wells in the area. Drilling is expected to last for approximately 20 years, with a project lifespan of 30 to 50 years. The project area encompasses about 270,080 acres — 173,672 acres of which are federal surface, 14,060 acres owned by the state, and 82,348 acres of private land. The plan was roundly criticized by the Laramie-based Biodiversity Conservation Alliance....
Supreme Court Accepts BLM RICO Case Together with a third new case, on whether federal land-management officials can be sued under the racketeering statute for actions they take against private landowners, the additions to the court’s docket raised the metabolism of what had begun to look like an unusually quiet term. It had been just short of a month since the justices accepted any new cases. The third new case, Wilkie v. Robbins, No. 06-219, is a government appeal on behalf of employees of the Bureau of Land Management in a dispute with a Wyoming landowner who charged them with using tactics amounting to extortion to get him to grant public access to his property. The federal appeals court in Denver held that a racketeering suit based on the extortion charge could proceed....
Border refuge chiefs are skittish about fence From her office just north of the Rio Grande, Sue Sill can watch with binoculars as Mexican migrants stream across an open section of U.S. border. And that's just fine with her. The migrants are broad-tipped clearwings, red-bordered pixies and Mexican bluewings – all butterfly species rarely seen north of the river. They draw thousands of enthusiasts to the North American Butterfly Association's 100-acre riverside park every year. But efforts to stop human migrants have Dr. Sill worried. Like other federal, state and private refuge and park managers along the country's southern edge, she is waiting to see what becomes of the border fence law signed by President Bush last month. Refuge managers in South Texas want to remind Washington how hard they've labored in recent years to re-create a wildlife-friendly corridor through land that's been mostly cleared for agriculture and development. These pockets of green provide a habitat for such endangered species as the ocelot and indigo snake and fuel a multimillion-dollar ecotourism industry for one of the nation's poorest regions....
No sign found of wounded grizzly A hunter reported shooting a grizzly bear in self-defense on the Whitefish Divide last week, but Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks wardens have not been able to find the bear. Fish, Wildlife and Parks spokesman John Fraley said that a father and son from the Kalispell area were hunting deer Nov. 24 on Stryker Ridge when they encountered a grizzly bear with two cubs. The man told wardens the sow bear charged and that he fired in self-defense, Fraley said. The shot apparently stopped the charge, allowing the man and his son to retreat without determining whether the bear had been wounded or killed. After the man reported the incident, warden Matt Heaton patrolled the area that day but was unable to find any trace of the bears....
Column - Species Act interference clearly documented A few weeks ago, the media uncovered illegal reversals of endangered species decisions. These reversals were ordered by Julie MacDonald, a political appointee in the Department of Interior. What's more surprising is that the Rocky Mountain News has twice printed MacDonald's claims that "there was no proof she ordered researchers to change findings" ("Groups sue over plover protection," Nov. 21), and MacDonald's challenge to "come up with a document that shows she did" ("Research cited in species decision," Nov. 1). It's one thing for MacDonald to make this claim, but for the News to fail to mention that the documents are already public and irrefutable is quite another. Documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act include an e-mail from the Washington office of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that reads, "Here is the revised \[white-tailed prairie dog Federal Register] notice, with the finding changed from substantial to not substantial per Julie's instructions," effectively ending consideration of Endangered Species Act protection for the species. Similarly, an e-mail concerning the Gunnison's prairie dog reads, "Per Julie please make the \[prairie dog] finding negative." In both cases, determinations already prepared by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologists that species were in need of protection to avoid extinction were rubbed out by a one-line order from MacDonald. Other documents demonstrate MacDonald or other high-level officials played a role in reversing decisions to protect the Gunnison sage grouse, California tiger salamander, roundtail chub, Mexican garter snake and a Mariana Islands plant....
Conservationists Will Fight Las Cruces/El Paso Water Grab on Gila River The Center for Biological Diversity vowed to oppose transfer of water from the Gila River – New Mexico’s last free-flowing river – out of the Gila River basin to fuel urban sprawl in Las Cruces, N.M. and El Paso, Texas. Retiring state Rep.Joe Stell, D-Carlsbad, remarked at an interim Water and Natural Resources Committee hearing on Wednesday that Gila River water could be piped to Doña Ana County. His comments were reported in yesterday’s Silver City Sun-News. Stell compared Las Cruces unfavorably to Phoenix, Ariz. and implied that water from the Gila River could help turn Las Cruces into a new Phoenix. The Arizona Water Settlements Act, signed into law by President Bush in December 2004, authorizes construction of a project to remove 14,000 acre-feet of water per year from New Mexico’s upper Gila River and its tributary, the San Francisco River, for use in southwestern New Mexico. The federal government would provide up to $128 million for such a project, approximately 43 percent of the estimated $300 million construction cost....
Stockgrowers oppose Badlands proposal The South Dakota Stockgrowers Association, holding to its belief that the federal government doesn't need any more land in the state, is opposing a proposal by Badlands National Park to acquire about 10,000 acres. "We're commenting to Badlands National Park against it and I'm sure we'll bring it forth to county commissioners and other areas," said Marvin Jobgen of Scenic, a South Dakota Stockgrowers Association member. The National Park Service would buy the land, which now is in private hands, and add it to the Badlands' southern and western borders. During the November meeting of the 1,800-member stockgrowers group, its federal lands committee chairman, Lester Longwood of Lemmon, said the stockgrowers' position is "that no net gain of government owned or managed property should occur. If the proposed land purchase goes through, we strongly urge that an equal amount of government land be sold to ensure that privately held land is not being reduced."....
Texas Farm Bureau seeks limits on eminent domain Saying it's still too easy for Texans to lose their land, the Texas Farm Bureau wants to overhaul state laws on how governmental bodies can seize private property. Under a proposed bill, not as many entities would have the power to take land and homes from residents. Also, if land were to be seized for pipeline or utility lines, residents would receive ongoing royalty payments in addition to the property's fair market value. No matter what the land would be used for, residents would be paid for their attorneys' and appraisal fees and given enough time to move. The issue is to be discussed at the group's 73rd annual convention starting Saturday in Arlington. The group is expected Monday, the final day, to adopt a policy that will be part of a bill submitted during the state legislative session in January....
Tracking tags undergo tests at sale barn The ability to electronically track contagious cattle diseases like hoof and mouth and tuberculosis is getting some practical test runs in 15 livestock sale barns across Kansas. Pratt Livestock Inc. is making its contribution to the tests. During their special fall calf sales, Pratt Livestock and some selected ranchers have tested the electronic tracking system which includes special ear tags for the cattle and a new double cattle chute with electronic panels that read sensors in the ear tags, said Jake Lewis, Pratt Livestock manager. "This is a prototype. A different one was built for each sale barn," Lewis said. Once cattle have been sold, they leave the sale ring and pass through one of two sides of the new chute. On each wall of the chute is an electronic panel that sends out a radio signal which reads the ear tag. There are panels on both sides of the chute so the ear tag can be in either ear, Lewis said. That information is picked up a few feet away on an electronic note book and stored for future use if a cattle disease is detected. Because the cattle just have to walk through the chute, the testing doesn't affect the sale. "It didn't seem to slow up the operation of the sale at all," Lewis said. The information is very basic, it is the location and date that particular head of livestock went through the livestock sale at Pratt. If a head of livestock develops a contagious cattle disease, the locations where the animal has been can be quickly traced, Lewis said....
R-CALF: Producers Glad USDA Declares Animal ID Voluntary R-CALF USA President and Region V Director Chuck Kiker today said he was pleased to learn the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has backed away from the agency’s original plan to make electronic animal identification a mandatory program. “We appreciate the efforts of Under Secretary Bruce Knight in particular, because he sat down with us face-to-face on more than one occasion so we could explain to him the concerns our members have about mandatory animal identification, especially since some of the driving forces behind the program were focusing on it being used as a marketing tool instead of its original intended purpose – an animal-health tool for tracking foreign animal diseases (FADs),” Kiker said. Last week, USDA Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Bruce Knight made the announcement the program would remain voluntary when the agency rolled out its new 60-plus page Draft User Guide for the National Animal Identification System (NAIS). “Animal identification is one of the hottest topics to come up for discussion at the many meetings R-CALF has held around the countryside the past couple of years, and we’re hopeful that USDA will continue listening to the numerous concerns expressed by independent cattle producers,” Kiker continued. “Right now, the folks that want to utilize Animal ID in their operations will have that option, and folks who don’t want anything at all to do with an Animal ID program can exercise that option as well....
US Cattle Association Wants US To Halt Beef Trade With S. Korea Cattle ranchers want the U.S. government to halt beef trade with South Korea because the country is blocking shipments from a meatpacker in Kansas. In a letter to the Bush administration on Friday, the National Cattlemen's Beef Association said, "It is clear that commercially viable beef trade can't take place with South Korea." The group's president, Missouri rancher Mike John, said trade shouldn't resume without assurance from South Korea that it will follow agreed-upon rules for trade. Last week, South Korea suspended imports from Creekstone Farms Premium Beef because authorities said they found a bone fragment in boneless beef. Creekstone raises Black Angus cattle in Kentucky and slaughters them in Kansas. U.S. beef shipments had resumed only recently, after lengthy negotiations with South Korea, which banned U.S. beef after the discovery of mad cow disease in 2003 in Washington state. The country was a major buyer of U.S. beef, purchasing more than $1.2 billion in beef products in the year before the ban, according to the Agriculture Department. Only Japan was a bigger market, worth $1.4 billion annually until closing its market due to mad cow disease. Both countries have agreed to accept only boneless beef from the U.S. because some Asian countries consider bone to carry a greater risk for mad cow disease. That is stricter than international rules, which deem many bone-in cuts of beef to be safe. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns has harshly criticized South Korea, arguing that officials there had "invented" a standard for imports....
Lawman's career includes hangings, son's murder charge Nabor Pacheco's law enforcement career in Tucson was a roller coaster of political and personal upheavals that included praise and condemnation by the mayor and the arrest of Pacheco's son and namesake for killing a prostitute. The lawman was part of an extensive family that was said to have emigrated from Portugal in the 1790s and held the earliest cattle brand - the "diamond-bell" brand - certified in Arizona. Nabor, who served both as Pima County sheriff and Tucson city marshal/police chief, was born July 12, 1859, in Tucson, son of Refugio and Paula (Cruz) Pacheco. His father was a prosperous farmer who was appointed a member of the county board of supervisors in April 1873, just five months before his untimely death at age 36. Nabor Pacheco worked early in his life as a cattle rancher, but later held a variety of community positions....
Frontier spirit “Any man truly worth his salt carries about himself the unmistakable imprint of his origins,” as the Texas cowboy storyteller Don Hedgpeth tells us. “Place forms character, and a man is marked … by the country he came from.” Hedgpeth is speaking in general terms, here, but it is scarcely a secret that the inspiration for his remarks is his old-time pal from the Texas Panhandle, Red Steagall — the Goodnight Award recipient for 2006, as a Westerner devoted to preserving and advancing the ranching heritage of Texas. Hedgpeth’s words serve to introduce Steagall’s best-known book as a poet and songwriter, the 2001 edition of The Fence That Me and Shorty Built. And Steagall’s great contribution to the cowboy tradition? Well, suffice that his verses and melodies have become as essential to the frontier spirit of a new century as “Home on the Range” — Kansan by origin, long since ranged into Texas and beyond — has been since the waning years of the 19th century. The annual nod to the pioneering influence of Col. Charles Goodnight seeks to honor those whose work embodies the legacy that name represents by their stewardship of the ranching traditions of bygone centuries. The objective is to keep the Goodnight influence as pertinent to these modern times as it was to the Colonel’s own day and age. Goodnight (1836–1929) was the foremost cattleman of the 19th century, an innovator whose Central Panhandle ranch gave rise to advancement in both cattle breeding and progressive business models for its industry....
In West, Conservatives Emphasize the 'Conserve' Last month's elections, though, may signal the end of Republican dominance and fierce resistance to many conservation measures. Profound demographic and economic change seems finally to be asserting itself across the region. Westerners cast votes suggesting that the protection of their natural surroundings is not a negotiable condition for living well. "Self-interest has intersected with reality," said Limerick, chair of the board of the Center of the American West at the University of Colorado at Boulder. "To have open spaces and nice places, people realize, they cannot be a bunch of individuals pursuing self-indulgence. They have to act collectively." To that end, much of the West rejected ballot measures that could have shredded state and local land-use rules limiting growth, controlling sprawl and ensuring open space. Voters in Idaho, Washington and California soundly defeated "takings" measures, intended to compensate individual owners whose land is devalued by land-use or zoning laws. Arizona voters approved their law. Courts had earlier tossed out the measures in Montana and Nevada. At the same time, Democrats consolidated gains from 2004, picking up the governorship in Colorado, a Senate seat in Montana and two House seats in Arizona. Democrats already controlled governor's seats in Arizona, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming. Perhaps more significant, Democratic and Republican politicians from New Mexico to Montana have found common ground with hunters and anglers in opposing widespread energy development on wild public lands, halting drilling in several areas where the public felt that wildlife and scenic values trumped economic consideration. In the past year, bipartisan grass-roots opposition has also killed off a number of proposals to sell federal land and use the revenue to pay for governmental operations....
Growing issues: Local herd facing an uncertain future as housing developments make an impact Elk tracks crisscross the snow-covered ridge that Bert Lindler is climbing on this chilly winter afternoon. Lots of elk tracks. When he reaches his destination - a fence running down the ridgeline's spine - Lindler can't help but grin. The sharp barbs twisted into the top wire are filled with hair. On both sides of the fence, the ground is trampled by what looks to be hundreds of hooves. “Elk have a way of fixing the fence themselves if they're not quite satisfied,” he said. “They didn't seem to have much problem getting across here.” Elk sign, barbed-wire fences, snow-covered ridges. In Montana, that's something most often found in rural settings far from the hustle and bustle of busy city life. Not today. From this vantage, Lindler can easily see his home in Grant Creek's Prospect Meadows subdivision, just minutes from downtown Missoula. Looking across the narrow valley, there's plenty of other homesteads scattered about the hillsides. Certainly it's hard to imagine that this is the winter home of the wily wapiti. Lindler points across the way - “see there, that meadow” - that's where he captured the image of more than 300 elk on his digital camera last fall....
2-decade effort has kept ferret alive After two decades of captive breeding and intense recovery efforts, black-footed ferrets remain among the most endangered mammals in America, with an estimated 700 living in the wild. But they might have become extinct, were it not for a dog named Shep. More than 25 years after their discovery near Meeteetse, Wyo., former rancher John Hogg said it was Shep that first found a ferret. "Lucille happened to hear a commotion with the dog in the middle of the night," Hogg said recently, recalling a night in October 1981. "The next morning, I went out, and here was this thing lying there, dead." Thinking it was perhaps a mink, Hogg grabbed the lifeless ferret from where it lay, next to Shep's food bowl, and tossed it into a patch of weeds along the Greybull River. "But Lucille wanted to have it mounted, so I went back and got it, and we took it to the taxidermist," Hogg said. " 'Oh my god, you've got a ferret,' " Hogg recalled taxidermist Larry LaFrenchie exclaiming. "I said. 'What the hell is that?'....
Wolf hater admits poisoning protected species An outspoken opponent of U.S. government efforts to reestablish the gray wolf in western states has pleaded guilty to trying to poison the federally protected species, a U.S. prosecutor said on Friday. Tim Sundles, 48, planted meatballs laced with a poisonous pesticide in Idaho's remote Salmon-Challis National Forest in 2004 with the aim of killing wolves, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Mike Fica. The meatballs instead poisoned a coyote, fox, magpies and three pet dogs, according to court records. He signed a written plea ahead of a scheduled trial next week. Sundles could face as much as six months behind bars and five years probation....
Climate expert: Rockies snowpack shrinks at margins The Rocky Mountains are seeing more rain than snow at the start and end of winter, an indication of global warming, an expert said. Another sign of climate change: The spring snowmelt is starting a week earlier than it did 50 years ago. Both trends could shorten the ski season. The Rockies, however, are expected to handle the changes better than New England, where low-elevation ski areas are more vulnerable to dwindling snowpacks. And Utah and Colorado's ski areas, commonly found near 10,000 feet in elevation, could benefit from feeble winters in the East. "They won't be able to ski in New England. They'll have to come to Utah," said Kevin Trenberth, a climate expert who gave a lecture Wednesday at the University of Utah. Trenberth, head of the climate-analysis section of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., said climate change could make the arid West even drier, setting loose other problems. The dwindling snowpacks are more evident at lower elevations in the Rockies, leaving many of the ski areas secure for now, he said. But combined with an earlier spring, shrinking snowpacks rob moisture from the soil at the start of growing season. "It sets the stage for drought," he said....
Ski area, developer dig in heels A dispute between Wolf Creek Ski Area and a Texas businessman who wants to develop land next to it is now affecting cross-country skiers. For years, the ski area groomed cross-country trails at the bottom of the ski area for free. Businessman B.J. "Red" McCombs, who owns the land the trails cross, has accommodated the skiers. Now McCombs is preventing the ski area from grooming the trails on land where he hopes to build the Village at Wolf Creek, with plans for 222,100 square feet of commercial space and housing for up to 10,500 people. Village at Wolf Creek President Bob Honts said he closed the trails because the Pitcher family, which owns the ski area, refused to sign a long-term access agreement for the mountain....
Leases in roadless areas in limbo A court ruling prohibits holders of energy leases in roadless areas from building roads to access those areas. But it doesn't mean big changes for leases in Wyoming. That's because the only leases in roadless areas in Wyoming are in the Wyoming Range - and those leases have already been stalled. Several conservation groups have appealed the leases, saying they were offered without adequate environmental analysis. The Interior Board of Land Appeals agreed and halted development pending further investigation. Also, Gov. Dave Freudenthal has signed a "memorandum of understanding" with Forest Service officials saying that no new lease parcels would be offered in roadless areas in Wyoming until forest plans for those areas are completed....
Dream House Becomes a Roadblock in the New West Peter and Judy Riede exemplify the New West, having moved to the Rocky Mountains for the lifestyle. They retired from General Motors, and then, as avid naturalists, bought a ranch of nearly 500 acres on a dirt road near the Wyoming border. But their dream of building a home and nursing a patch of overgrazed land back to health may be derailed by the Old West. First they found out that a phosphate mine about a mile and a half from their ranch, in the Snowdrift Range, was being expanded. Then, when they refused to sell the ranch to the J. R. Simplot Company so it could build a haul road to the mine, the firm recently raised the threat of condemnation under an obscure early 20th-century mining law. “It was a shock,” Mr. Riede said. “One, that the law existed, and two, that they would use it in that way.” The law, passed in 1903, was meant as an equalizer in the Old West, intended to thwart large mining companies trying to surround a small, valuable claim with their claims and prevent access to it. Many Western states have similar provisions, which also cover other industries. Don Copple, a Boise lawyer who specializes in condemnation law, said the law clearly favored Simplot....
Little Page thirsts for Lake Powell revenue Jonah is trying to ingest a whale down on the Utah-Arizona border. After years of talking about it, the small city of Page, Ariz. - pop. 7,000 - is following through on a proposal to annex more than 21,000 acres to the north and west of town. It's all in a bid to reel in sales tax revenue from Lake Powell's Wahweap and Antelope Point marinas, where thousands of visitors eat and sleep, and moor and fuel their boats. Such an annexation would more than double the size of the city. More important, Page officials estimate the new revenue would swell the city's coffers by $400,000 to $600,000 annually, translating into improved services and new amenities for tourists and residents alike. "There are so many positives here," says Page Mayor Dan Brown, "that I don't see a downside." Others do. The area proposed for annexation includes Glen Canyon Dam, a significant portion of the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and land claimed by the Navajo Nation. And that has created no small amount of friction between the city and the National Park Service, the Bureau of Reclamation and the tribe....
Wild west The helicopter clears the ridge under the high morning sun; then, in a kick of dust, come the horses. They run in a loose line of eight, moving across the western edge of Edwards Creek Valley faster than a trot, but measured: loping, loping, loping. Before the helicopter found them, the horses were idling in one of many canyons that splinter the Clan Alpine Mountains with steep slopes of piñon pine and gnarled sage. Nearly 30,000 wild horses roam remote pockets of the West. Nearly half are in Nevada, the state that also was home to Velma B. Johnston , a.k.a. "Wild Horse Annie," an activist who sparked a national campaign to prevent reckless slaughter of the animals. Her efforts, begun in the 1950s, led to a 1971 federal law protecting wild herds . A fire -- started by lightning, so wild, too -- scorched 6,200 acres in the Clan Alpines last summer. Federal officials who regulate the land and the mustangs contend there is not enough food in the mountains, which cover nearly 200,000 acres, to support the herd of 500; they have come to take 100 horses. Those will be put up for adoption, or live out their years in holding facilities run by the government. The thumping helicopter blades nag the herd of eight another mile. The horses draw parallel to an opening between two hillocks. Behind it hides cowboys and a quickly built corral, brought from Utah with pickups and tractor-trailers. A bareback horse waits a few hundred yards in front of the corral gate. The so-called Judas horse, there to lure his wild cousins, stands straight as his master crouches out of view. The mustangs, helicopter beating overhead, turn toward the Judas. His master gives a swat, and Judas leads the tired horses the last few hundred yards. Wild still? The gate swings shut. The mustangs, their coats black and brown and slicked with sweat, stomp, then stall. A cowboy's walkie-talkie cackles: "OK, horse trailers, he's in."....
New hopes for action at Carrizo Plain arise A federal official whom environmentalists have considered to be a dogmatic opponent of efforts to reduce cattle grazing at the Carrizo Plain National Monument is being reassigned by his agency. That has led to new hopes that a management plan for the monument in eastern San Luis Obispo County, home to a high concentration of rare and endangered species, can be finished. Marlene Braun, former manager of the monument, committed suicide May 2, 2005, at her home on the 250,000-acre national monument. She left a note saying that she could no longer take the abuse she had endured from Ron Huntsinger, the head of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's Bakersfield office. Now Huntsinger is leaving his post and is moving to Washington, D.C., in January to become science coordinator for the agency. Though his new assignment was shocking to some of his fiercest critics, his departure comes in advance of the first meeting of the newly reconstituted advisory committee that will try to reassemble a resource management plan that also fell victim to the feud....
A classic clash over canyon David Bricker first rode up this narrow, lush canyon bordered by desert wilderness just outside Death Valley on a small Honda-90 dirt bike in 1969. A passable gravel road through the verdant canyon up a mountainside in Inyo County was first established in the 1870s as access to the silver-mining town of Panamint City, situated nearly 4,000 feet above the valley floor. Today the canyon is at the center of a classic preservation-versus-use conflict, like many that have erupted across the Mojave Desert for the past two decades. Closed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to off-highway vehicles in 2001 as part of a legal settlement with environmentalists, the canyon is the subject of a new suit by recreational off-roaders and people who have bought property in the ghost town and now want road access to their land. The emotional conflict is spelled out inside a phone-book sized, red-metal box at the floor of the canyon in a spot overlooking the gurgling creek a few feet below. Hikers can sign in and leave comments....
Panel seeks Adobe Town protection The Sweetwater County Commission has unanimously adopted a resolution in favor of keeping the Adobe Town area off-limits to oil and gas drilling. The commission said the remote badlands area in eastern Sweetwater County should instead be managed for public recreation and wildlife. "You can't go too many places in our county right now without seeing some sort of road, or a pipeline, or a compressor station," commission Chairman John Palleson said. Currently, 86,990 acres of Adobe Town are protected as a wilderness study area. The commission resolution called for protecting 180,910 acres from oil and gas drilling. A recent U.S. Bureau of Land Management environmental study would allow drilling of 2,000 gas wells in Carbon County in south-central Wyoming.
BLM plans 2,000 more CBM, gas wells near Rawlins The Bureau of Land Management posted its final environmental impact statement Friday, seeking to establish coal bed natural gas and conventional wells on the Atlantic Rim from Baggs to six miles south of Rawlins. Anadarko Exploration Company and other operators including Double Eagle Petroleum and Mining Company, and Warren Resources, Inc. plan a maximum of 1,800 coal bed natural gas and 200 conventional natural gas wells in the area. Drilling is expected to last for approximately 20 years, with a project lifespan of 30 to 50 years. The project area encompasses about 270,080 acres — 173,672 acres of which are federal surface, 14,060 acres owned by the state, and 82,348 acres of private land. The plan was roundly criticized by the Laramie-based Biodiversity Conservation Alliance....
Supreme Court Accepts BLM RICO Case Together with a third new case, on whether federal land-management officials can be sued under the racketeering statute for actions they take against private landowners, the additions to the court’s docket raised the metabolism of what had begun to look like an unusually quiet term. It had been just short of a month since the justices accepted any new cases. The third new case, Wilkie v. Robbins, No. 06-219, is a government appeal on behalf of employees of the Bureau of Land Management in a dispute with a Wyoming landowner who charged them with using tactics amounting to extortion to get him to grant public access to his property. The federal appeals court in Denver held that a racketeering suit based on the extortion charge could proceed....
Border refuge chiefs are skittish about fence From her office just north of the Rio Grande, Sue Sill can watch with binoculars as Mexican migrants stream across an open section of U.S. border. And that's just fine with her. The migrants are broad-tipped clearwings, red-bordered pixies and Mexican bluewings – all butterfly species rarely seen north of the river. They draw thousands of enthusiasts to the North American Butterfly Association's 100-acre riverside park every year. But efforts to stop human migrants have Dr. Sill worried. Like other federal, state and private refuge and park managers along the country's southern edge, she is waiting to see what becomes of the border fence law signed by President Bush last month. Refuge managers in South Texas want to remind Washington how hard they've labored in recent years to re-create a wildlife-friendly corridor through land that's been mostly cleared for agriculture and development. These pockets of green provide a habitat for such endangered species as the ocelot and indigo snake and fuel a multimillion-dollar ecotourism industry for one of the nation's poorest regions....
No sign found of wounded grizzly A hunter reported shooting a grizzly bear in self-defense on the Whitefish Divide last week, but Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks wardens have not been able to find the bear. Fish, Wildlife and Parks spokesman John Fraley said that a father and son from the Kalispell area were hunting deer Nov. 24 on Stryker Ridge when they encountered a grizzly bear with two cubs. The man told wardens the sow bear charged and that he fired in self-defense, Fraley said. The shot apparently stopped the charge, allowing the man and his son to retreat without determining whether the bear had been wounded or killed. After the man reported the incident, warden Matt Heaton patrolled the area that day but was unable to find any trace of the bears....
Column - Species Act interference clearly documented A few weeks ago, the media uncovered illegal reversals of endangered species decisions. These reversals were ordered by Julie MacDonald, a political appointee in the Department of Interior. What's more surprising is that the Rocky Mountain News has twice printed MacDonald's claims that "there was no proof she ordered researchers to change findings" ("Groups sue over plover protection," Nov. 21), and MacDonald's challenge to "come up with a document that shows she did" ("Research cited in species decision," Nov. 1). It's one thing for MacDonald to make this claim, but for the News to fail to mention that the documents are already public and irrefutable is quite another. Documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act include an e-mail from the Washington office of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that reads, "Here is the revised \[white-tailed prairie dog Federal Register] notice, with the finding changed from substantial to not substantial per Julie's instructions," effectively ending consideration of Endangered Species Act protection for the species. Similarly, an e-mail concerning the Gunnison's prairie dog reads, "Per Julie please make the \[prairie dog] finding negative." In both cases, determinations already prepared by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologists that species were in need of protection to avoid extinction were rubbed out by a one-line order from MacDonald. Other documents demonstrate MacDonald or other high-level officials played a role in reversing decisions to protect the Gunnison sage grouse, California tiger salamander, roundtail chub, Mexican garter snake and a Mariana Islands plant....
Conservationists Will Fight Las Cruces/El Paso Water Grab on Gila River The Center for Biological Diversity vowed to oppose transfer of water from the Gila River – New Mexico’s last free-flowing river – out of the Gila River basin to fuel urban sprawl in Las Cruces, N.M. and El Paso, Texas. Retiring state Rep.Joe Stell, D-Carlsbad, remarked at an interim Water and Natural Resources Committee hearing on Wednesday that Gila River water could be piped to Doña Ana County. His comments were reported in yesterday’s Silver City Sun-News. Stell compared Las Cruces unfavorably to Phoenix, Ariz. and implied that water from the Gila River could help turn Las Cruces into a new Phoenix. The Arizona Water Settlements Act, signed into law by President Bush in December 2004, authorizes construction of a project to remove 14,000 acre-feet of water per year from New Mexico’s upper Gila River and its tributary, the San Francisco River, for use in southwestern New Mexico. The federal government would provide up to $128 million for such a project, approximately 43 percent of the estimated $300 million construction cost....
Stockgrowers oppose Badlands proposal The South Dakota Stockgrowers Association, holding to its belief that the federal government doesn't need any more land in the state, is opposing a proposal by Badlands National Park to acquire about 10,000 acres. "We're commenting to Badlands National Park against it and I'm sure we'll bring it forth to county commissioners and other areas," said Marvin Jobgen of Scenic, a South Dakota Stockgrowers Association member. The National Park Service would buy the land, which now is in private hands, and add it to the Badlands' southern and western borders. During the November meeting of the 1,800-member stockgrowers group, its federal lands committee chairman, Lester Longwood of Lemmon, said the stockgrowers' position is "that no net gain of government owned or managed property should occur. If the proposed land purchase goes through, we strongly urge that an equal amount of government land be sold to ensure that privately held land is not being reduced."....
Texas Farm Bureau seeks limits on eminent domain Saying it's still too easy for Texans to lose their land, the Texas Farm Bureau wants to overhaul state laws on how governmental bodies can seize private property. Under a proposed bill, not as many entities would have the power to take land and homes from residents. Also, if land were to be seized for pipeline or utility lines, residents would receive ongoing royalty payments in addition to the property's fair market value. No matter what the land would be used for, residents would be paid for their attorneys' and appraisal fees and given enough time to move. The issue is to be discussed at the group's 73rd annual convention starting Saturday in Arlington. The group is expected Monday, the final day, to adopt a policy that will be part of a bill submitted during the state legislative session in January....
Tracking tags undergo tests at sale barn The ability to electronically track contagious cattle diseases like hoof and mouth and tuberculosis is getting some practical test runs in 15 livestock sale barns across Kansas. Pratt Livestock Inc. is making its contribution to the tests. During their special fall calf sales, Pratt Livestock and some selected ranchers have tested the electronic tracking system which includes special ear tags for the cattle and a new double cattle chute with electronic panels that read sensors in the ear tags, said Jake Lewis, Pratt Livestock manager. "This is a prototype. A different one was built for each sale barn," Lewis said. Once cattle have been sold, they leave the sale ring and pass through one of two sides of the new chute. On each wall of the chute is an electronic panel that sends out a radio signal which reads the ear tag. There are panels on both sides of the chute so the ear tag can be in either ear, Lewis said. That information is picked up a few feet away on an electronic note book and stored for future use if a cattle disease is detected. Because the cattle just have to walk through the chute, the testing doesn't affect the sale. "It didn't seem to slow up the operation of the sale at all," Lewis said. The information is very basic, it is the location and date that particular head of livestock went through the livestock sale at Pratt. If a head of livestock develops a contagious cattle disease, the locations where the animal has been can be quickly traced, Lewis said....
R-CALF: Producers Glad USDA Declares Animal ID Voluntary R-CALF USA President and Region V Director Chuck Kiker today said he was pleased to learn the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has backed away from the agency’s original plan to make electronic animal identification a mandatory program. “We appreciate the efforts of Under Secretary Bruce Knight in particular, because he sat down with us face-to-face on more than one occasion so we could explain to him the concerns our members have about mandatory animal identification, especially since some of the driving forces behind the program were focusing on it being used as a marketing tool instead of its original intended purpose – an animal-health tool for tracking foreign animal diseases (FADs),” Kiker said. Last week, USDA Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Bruce Knight made the announcement the program would remain voluntary when the agency rolled out its new 60-plus page Draft User Guide for the National Animal Identification System (NAIS). “Animal identification is one of the hottest topics to come up for discussion at the many meetings R-CALF has held around the countryside the past couple of years, and we’re hopeful that USDA will continue listening to the numerous concerns expressed by independent cattle producers,” Kiker continued. “Right now, the folks that want to utilize Animal ID in their operations will have that option, and folks who don’t want anything at all to do with an Animal ID program can exercise that option as well....
US Cattle Association Wants US To Halt Beef Trade With S. Korea Cattle ranchers want the U.S. government to halt beef trade with South Korea because the country is blocking shipments from a meatpacker in Kansas. In a letter to the Bush administration on Friday, the National Cattlemen's Beef Association said, "It is clear that commercially viable beef trade can't take place with South Korea." The group's president, Missouri rancher Mike John, said trade shouldn't resume without assurance from South Korea that it will follow agreed-upon rules for trade. Last week, South Korea suspended imports from Creekstone Farms Premium Beef because authorities said they found a bone fragment in boneless beef. Creekstone raises Black Angus cattle in Kentucky and slaughters them in Kansas. U.S. beef shipments had resumed only recently, after lengthy negotiations with South Korea, which banned U.S. beef after the discovery of mad cow disease in 2003 in Washington state. The country was a major buyer of U.S. beef, purchasing more than $1.2 billion in beef products in the year before the ban, according to the Agriculture Department. Only Japan was a bigger market, worth $1.4 billion annually until closing its market due to mad cow disease. Both countries have agreed to accept only boneless beef from the U.S. because some Asian countries consider bone to carry a greater risk for mad cow disease. That is stricter than international rules, which deem many bone-in cuts of beef to be safe. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns has harshly criticized South Korea, arguing that officials there had "invented" a standard for imports....
Lawman's career includes hangings, son's murder charge Nabor Pacheco's law enforcement career in Tucson was a roller coaster of political and personal upheavals that included praise and condemnation by the mayor and the arrest of Pacheco's son and namesake for killing a prostitute. The lawman was part of an extensive family that was said to have emigrated from Portugal in the 1790s and held the earliest cattle brand - the "diamond-bell" brand - certified in Arizona. Nabor, who served both as Pima County sheriff and Tucson city marshal/police chief, was born July 12, 1859, in Tucson, son of Refugio and Paula (Cruz) Pacheco. His father was a prosperous farmer who was appointed a member of the county board of supervisors in April 1873, just five months before his untimely death at age 36. Nabor Pacheco worked early in his life as a cattle rancher, but later held a variety of community positions....
Frontier spirit “Any man truly worth his salt carries about himself the unmistakable imprint of his origins,” as the Texas cowboy storyteller Don Hedgpeth tells us. “Place forms character, and a man is marked … by the country he came from.” Hedgpeth is speaking in general terms, here, but it is scarcely a secret that the inspiration for his remarks is his old-time pal from the Texas Panhandle, Red Steagall — the Goodnight Award recipient for 2006, as a Westerner devoted to preserving and advancing the ranching heritage of Texas. Hedgpeth’s words serve to introduce Steagall’s best-known book as a poet and songwriter, the 2001 edition of The Fence That Me and Shorty Built. And Steagall’s great contribution to the cowboy tradition? Well, suffice that his verses and melodies have become as essential to the frontier spirit of a new century as “Home on the Range” — Kansan by origin, long since ranged into Texas and beyond — has been since the waning years of the 19th century. The annual nod to the pioneering influence of Col. Charles Goodnight seeks to honor those whose work embodies the legacy that name represents by their stewardship of the ranching traditions of bygone centuries. The objective is to keep the Goodnight influence as pertinent to these modern times as it was to the Colonel’s own day and age. Goodnight (1836–1929) was the foremost cattleman of the 19th century, an innovator whose Central Panhandle ranch gave rise to advancement in both cattle breeding and progressive business models for its industry....
Halls rides to top of NFR standings Brandie Halls has been getting better and better as the National Finals Rodeo has continued. Finally, she's the best. The Carpenter barrel racer rode to the top of the NFR aggregate by completing the shamrock pattern in 13.77 seconds Sunday at the Thomas and Mack Center. Halls won the round, completing her ascendency to the top. She finished out of the money in Thursday's first round, then won a check with a sixth-place finish in the second round, finished fourth Saturday and finally won Sunday's round. Halls is sixth in the world standings after squeaking into the NFR at No. 14. She has won $25,324 in Las Vegas, third-best among barrel racers. The big news coming out of Las Vegas on Sunday concerned the bull riders. Defending world champion Matt Austin withdrew from the NFR, giving up a shot at the title because of injuries that made it impossible to compete. Austin, from Wills Point, Texas, tore abdominal and groin muscles during a ride in Liberty, Texas, in October. He had a successful ride Thursday, then was bucked off his second-round bull Friday and had to be helped from the arena....
WRANGLER NATIONA FINALS RESULTS - FOURTH GO
1. Will Lowe, Canyon, Texas, 84.5 points on Sankey Rodeo Co.'s Parlor Game, $16,022. 2. Chris Harris, Itasca, Texas, 83.5, $12,662. 3. Cimmaron Gerke, Brighton, Colo., 82.5, $9,561. 4. Ryan Gray, Cheney, Wash., 82.0, $6,719. 5. Jess Davis, Payson, Utah, 81.5, $4,135. 6. (tie) Andy Martinez, Pavillion, Wyo., and Royce Ford, Briggsdale, Colo., 81.0, $1,292. 8. Tom McFarland, Wickenburg, Ariz., 79.5. 9. (tie) Heath Ford, Greeley, Colo., and Kelly Timberman, Mills, Wyo., 79.0 11. Bobby Mote, Culver, Ore., 78.5. 12. Chad Klein, Stephenville, Texas, 77.0. 13. Wes Stevenson, Kaufman, Texas, 76.0. 14. Forest Bramwell, Pagosa Springs, Colo., 74.5. 15. Paul Jones, Elko, Nev., 0.0.
Aggregate_1. Will Lowe, Canyon, Texas, 332.0 points on four head. 2. Jess Davis, Payson, Utah, 327.5. 3. Wes Stevenson, Kaufman, Texas, 327.0. 4. (tie) Royce Ford, Briggsdale, Colo., and Bobby Mote, Culver, Ore., 320.0. 6. (tie) Andy Martinez, Pavillion, Wyo., and Kelly Timberman, Mills, Wyo., 315.5. 8. Heath Ford, Greeley, Colo., 311.5. 9. Tom McFarland, Wickenburg, Ariz., 310.0. 10. Ryan Gray, Cheney, Wash., 307.5. 11. Chad Klein, Stephenville, Texas, 306.0. 12. Cimmaron Gerke, Brighton, Colo., 305.5. 13. Chris Harris, Itasca, Texas, 246.5 on three. 14. Forest Bramwell, Pagosa Springs, Colo., 227.5. 15. Paul Jones, Elko, Nev., 221.5.
World Standings_1. Will Lowe, Canyon, Texas (84), $199,989. 2. Andy Martinez, Pavillion, Wyo. (65), $134,871. 3. Wes Stevenson, Kaufman, Texas (83), $124,823. 4. Royce Ford, Briggsdale, Colo. (77), $100,973. 5. Bobby Mote, Culver, Ore. (89), $97,619. 6. Jess Davis, Payson, Utah (87), $93,654. 7. Chris Harris, Itasca, Texas (93), $87,363. 8. Cimmaron Gerke, Brighton, Colo. (80), $84,679. 9. Paul Jones, Elko, Nev. (88), $81,708. 10. Ryan Gray, Cheney, Wash. (72), $78,016. 11. Tom McFarland, Wickenburg, Ariz. (86), $70,370. 12. Forest Bramwell, Pagosa Springs, Colo. (79), $66,488. 13. Heath Ford, Greeley, Colo. (100), $64,357. 14. Kelly Timberman, Mills, Wyo. (86), $62,445. 15. Chad Klein, Stephenville, Texas (98), $60,013.
Steer Wrestling
1. Stockton Graves, Newkirk, Okla., 3.3 seconds, $16,022. 2. Joey Bell Jr, Malakoff, Texas, 3.4, $12,662. 3. Dean Gorsuch, Gering, Neb., 3.7, $9,561. 4. (tie) Ronnie Fields, Oklahoma City, Okla., and Luke Branquinho, Los Alamos, Calif., 4.1, $5,427. 6. (tie) Lee Graves, Canada, Jason Miller, Lance Creek, Wyo., and Gabe Ledoux, Kaplan, La., 4.2, $861. 9. Dru Melvin, Tryon, Neb., 4.4. 10. Shawn Greenfield, Lakeview, Ore., 4.5. 11. Jason Lahr, Emporia, Kan., 4.7. 12. Linn Churchill, Valentine, Neb., 5.4. 13. K.C. Jones, Decatur, Texas, 8.0. 14. Trevor Knowles, Mount Vernon, Ore., 8.7. 15. Wade Sumpter, Fowler, Colo., 10.0.
Aggregate_1. Shawn Greenfield, Lakeview, Ore., 16.9 seconds on four head 2. Stockton Graves, Newkirk, Okla., 17.1. 3. Joey Bell Jr., Malakoff, Texas, 17.6. 4. Dean Gorsuch, Gering, Neb., 17.7. 5. Lee Graves, Canada, 18.1. 6. Luke Branquinho, Los Alamos, Calif., 18.3. 7. Jason Lahr, Emporia, Kan., 21.9. 8. Wade Sumpter, Fowler, Colo., 24.5. 9. Trevor Knowles, Mount Vernon, Ore., 25.6. 10. Linn Churchill, Valentine, Neb., 28.5. 11. K.C. Jones, Decatur, Texas, 31.4. 12. Gabe Ledoux, Kaplan, La., 11.9 on three. 13. Ronnie Fields, Oklahoma City, 13.5. 14. Jason Miller, Lance Creek, Wyo., 14.5. 15. Dru Melvin, Tryon, Neb., 23.6.
World Standings_1. Dean Gorsuch, Gering, Neb. (64), $124,497. 2. Luke Branquinho, Los Alamos, Calif. (64), $122,165. 3. Shawn Greenfield, Lakeview, Ore. (58), $105,595. 4. Ronnie Fields, Oklahoma City (65), $100,137. 5. Jason Lahr, Emporia, Kan. (66), $89,885. 6. Lee Graves, Calgary, (58), $86,115. 7. Stockton Graves, Newkirk, Okla. (75), $86,661. 8. Wade Sumpter, Fowler, Colo. (75), $84,065. 9. Gabe Ledoux, Kaplan, La. (75), $81,353. 10. K.C. Jones, Decatur, Texas (69), $81,342. 11. Joey Bell Jr., Malakoff, Texas (75), $78,720. 12. Trevor Knowles, Mount Vernon, Ore. (73), $71,585. 13. Jason Miller, Lance Creek, Wyo. (75), $70,045. 14. Dru Melvin, Tryon, Neb. (75), $66,921. 15. Linn Churchill, Valentine, Neb. (75), $66,530.
Team Roping
1. Jay Adams, Logandale, Nev./Randon Adams, Logandale, Nev., 4.2 seconds, $16,022. 2. Speed Williams, De Leon, Texas/Clay O'Brien Cooper, Morgan Mill, Texas, 4.3, $12,662. 3. Charly Crawford, Prineville, Ore./Cody Hintz, Spring Creek, Nev., 5.0, $9,561. 4. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas/Rich Skelton, Llano, Texas, 5.1, $6,719. 5. Nick Sartain, Alva, Okla./Shannon Frascht, Alva, Okla., 6.5, $4,135. 6. Shain Sproul, Benson, Ariz./Cory Petska, Lexington, Okla., 9.6, $2,584. 7. Matt Sherwood, Queen Creek, /Walt Woodard, Stockton, Calif., 11.3. 8. Travis Tryan, Billings, Mont./Jhett Johnson, Casper, Wyo., 15.0. 9. Clay Tryan, Billings, Mont./Patrick Smith, Midland, Texas, 16.7. 10. Chad Masters, Clarksville, Tenn./Allen Bach, Weatherford, Texas, 17.1. 11. David Key, Caldwell, Texas/Kory Koontz, Sudan, Texas, 21.1. 12. Colter Todd, Marana, Ariz./Cesar de la Cruz, Tucson, Ariz., 26.0. 13. Garrett Tonozzi, Fruita, Colo./Brady Minor, Ellensburg, Wash., 34.0. 14. Matt Funk, Hermiston, Ore./Bucky Campbell, Benton City, Wash., 35.6. 15. Joe Beaver, Huntsville, Texas/Cole Bigbee, Stephenville, Texas, NT.
Aggregate_1. Chad Masters, Clarksville, Tenn./Allen Bach, Weatherford, Texas, 31.3 seconds on four head. 2. Travis Tryan, Billings, Mont./Jhett Johnson, Casper, Wyo., 39.1. 3. Charly Crawford, Prineville, Ore./Cody Hintz, Spring Creek, Nev., 39.6. 4. Matt Sherwood, Queen Creek, /Walt Woodard, Stockton, Calif., 44.9. 5. Garrett Tonozzi, Fruita, Colo./Brady Minor, Ellensburg, Wash., 62.0. 6. Colter Todd, Marana, Ariz./Cesar de la Cruz, Tucson, Ariz., 66.4. 7. Matt Funk, Hermiston, Ore./Bucky Campbell, Benton City, Wash., 75.0. 8. Jay Adams, Logandale, Nev./Randon Adams, Logandale, Nev., 78.2. 9. Speed Williams, De Leon, Texas/Clay O'Brien Cooper, Morgan Mill, Texas, 19.7 on three. 10. Shain Sproul, Benson, Ariz./Cory Petska, Lexington, Okla., 28.7. 11. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas/Rich Skelton, Llano, Texas, 35.4. 12. Nick Sartain, Alva, Okla./Shannon Frascht, Alva, Okla., 47.3. 13. Clay Tryan, Billings, Mont./Patrick Smith, Midland, Texas, 51.0. 14. David Key, Caldwell, Texas/Kory Koontz, Sudan, Texas, 57.5. 15. Joe Beaver, Huntsville, Texas/Cole Bigbee, Stephenville, Texas, 13.0 on two.
World Standings (Heading)_1. Speed Williams, De Leon, Texas (51), $102,170. 2. Matt Sherwood, Queen Creek, Ariz. (59), $99,793. 3. David Key, Caldwell, Texas (60), $94,700. 4. Travis Tryan, Billings, Mont. (60), $94,233. 5. Chad Masters, Clarksville, Tenn. (60), $91,451. 6. Charly Crawford, Prineville, Ore. (60), $74,025. 7. Shain Sproul, Benson, Ariz. (58), $72,653. 8. Joe Beaver, Huntsville, Texas (60), $72,277. 9. Jay Adams, Logandale, Nev. (59), $72,149. 10. Colter Todd, Marana, Ariz. (55), $71,149. 11. Garrett Tonozzi, Fruita, Colo. (60), $71,144. 12. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas (59), $70,350. 13. Clay Tryan, Billings, Mont. (59), $69,263. 14. Matt Funk, Hermiston, Ore. (59), $62,310. 15. Nick Sartain, Alva, Okla. (60), $61,825.
World Standings (Heeling)_1. Allen Bach, Weatherford, Texas (60), $113,034. 2. Walt Woodard, Stockton, Calif. (57), $103,388. 3. Clay Cooper, Morgan Mill, Texas (51), $102,170. 4. Kory Koontz, Sudan, Texas (60), $95,185. 5. Jhett Johnson, Casper, Wyo. (59), $73,502. 6. Randon Adams, Logandale, Nev. (59), $72,149. 7. Cory Petska, Lexington, Okla. (60), $72,132. 8. Cesar de la Cruz, Tucson, Ariz. (57), $71,149. 9. Rich Skelton, Llano, Texas (59), $70,350. 10. Patrick Smith, Midland, Texas (59), $69,263. 11. Cody Hintz, Spring Creek, Nev. (59), $68,154. 12. Brady Minor, Ellensburg, Wash. (60), $66,728. 13. Cole Bigbee, Stephenville, Texas (60), $66,119. 14. Bucky Campbell, Benton City, Wash. (59), $62,310. 15. Shannon Frascht, Alva, Okla. (60), $61,825.
Saddel Bronc Riding
1. Chad Ferley, Oelrichs, S.D., 86.0 points on Flying U Rodeo Co.'s Sams Town, $16,022. 2. Cody DeMoss, Heflin, La., 85.5, $12,662. 3. J.J. Elshere, Quinn, S.D., 83.0, $9,561. 4. Rod Hay, Canada, 82.0, $6,719. 5. Jeff Willert, Belvidere, S.D., 80.0, $4,135. 6. Cody Wright, Milford, Utah, 79.0, $2,584. 7. Bryce Miller, Buffalo, S.D., 77.0. 8. Bobby Griswold, Geary, Okla., 74.0. 9. Jesse Bail, Camp Crook, S.D., 72.5. 10. (tie) Dan Mortensen, Billings, Mont., Rusty Allen, Lehi, Utah, Cody Martin, Smackover, Ark., Billy Etbauer, Edmond, Okla., Glen O'Neill, Canada, Bradley Harter, Weatherford, Texas, 0.0.
Aggregate_1. Rod Hay, Canada, 330.0 points on four head. 2. J.J. Elshere, Quinn, S.D., 313.0. 3. (tie) Cody DeMoss, Heflin, La., and Jeff Willert, Belvidere, S.D., 249.0 on three. 5. Bryce Miller, Buffalo, S.D., 236.5. 6. Chad Ferley, Oelrichs, S.D., 235.0. 7. Cody Wright, Milford, Utah, 232.0. 8. Bobby Griswold, Geary, Okla., 226.0. 9. Bradley Harter, Weatherford, Texas, 166.0 on two. 10. Cody Martin, Smackover, Ark., 163.5. 11. Dan Mortensen, Billings, Mont., 162.0. 12. Jesse Bail, Camp Crook, S.D., 153.0. 13. Glen O'Neill, Canada, 150.0. 14. Billy Etbauer, Edmond, Okla., 83.0 on one. 15. Rusty Allen, Lehi, Utah, 82.0.
World Standings_1. Cody DeMoss, Heflin, La. (77), $158,206. 2. Chad Ferley, Oelrichs, S.D. (81), $145,846. 3. Dan Mortensen, Billings, Mont. (82), $142,154. 4. Cody Wright, Milford, Utah (88), $127,667. 5. Rod Hay, Canada, (88), $120,047. 6. Rusty Allen, Lehi, Utah (78), $107,188. 7. Billy Etbauer, Edmond, Okla. (52), $93,097. 8. Bradley Harter, Weatherford, Texas (93), $91,317. 9. Cody Martin, Smackover, Ark. (99), $87,748. 10. Jeff Willert, Belvidere, S.D. (92), $87,379. 11. J.J. Elshere, Quinn, S.D. (91), $77,165. 12. Bobby Griswold, Geary, Okla. (94), $76,721. 13. Glen O'Neill, Canada, (95), $75,722. 14. Jesse Bail, Camp Crook, S.D. (97), $62,258. 15. Bryce Miller, Buffalo, S.D. (85), $58,274.
Tie-Down Roping
1. (tie) Cody Ohl, Hico, Texas, Cade Swor, Winnie, Texas, and Jerome Schneeberger, Ponca City, Okla., 7.4 seconds, $12,748. 4. (tie) Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas, and Matt Shiozawa, Chubbuck, Idaho, 8.5, $5,427. 6. Scott Kormos, Teague, Texas, 8.8, $2,584. 7. (tie) Blair Burk, Durant, Okla., and Doug Pharr, Resaca, Ga., 9.0. 9. Clint Robinson, Spanish Fork, Utah, 9.1. 10. Fred Whitfield, Hockley, Texas, 9.3. 11. Hunter Herrin, Apache, Okla., 10.0. 12. Ryan Jarrett, Summerville, Ga., 10.5. 13. Monty Lewis, Hereford, Texas, 13.1. 14. Mike Johnson, Henryetta, Okla., 18.6. 15. Joe Beaver, Huntsville, Texas, 19.3.
Aggregate_1. Hunter Herrin, Apache, Okla., 34.1 seconds on four head. 2. Cody Ohl, Hico, Texas, 36.0. 3. Ryan Jarrett, Summerville, Ga., 36.5. 4. Jerome Schneeberger, Ponca City, Okla., 41.4. 5. Blair Burk, Durant, Okla., 43.2. 6. Joe Beaver, Huntsville, Texas, 43.3. 7. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas, 44.8. 8. Matt Shiozawa, Chubbuck, Idaho, 47.1. 9. Doug Pharr, Resaca, Ga., 47.4. 10. Scott Kormos, Teague, Texas, 54.4. 11. Mike Johnson, Henryetta, Okla., 56.1. 12. Cade Swor, Winnie, Texas, 26.5 on three. 13. Clint Robinson, Spanish Fork, Utah, 29.4. 14. Monty Lewis, Hereford, Texas, 32.4. 15. Fred Whitfield, Hockley, Texas, 21.1 on two.
World Standings_1. Cody Ohl, Hico, Texas (61), $196,814. 2. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas (65), $141,408. 3. Ryan Jarrett, Summerville, Ga. (72), $111,285. 4. Joe Beaver, Huntsville, Texas (73), $110,319. 5. Blair Burk, Durant, Okla. (75), $107,332. 6. Hunter Herrin, Apache, Okla. (75), $100,403. 7. Matt Shiozawa, Chubbuck, Idaho (75), $93,692. 8. Fred Whitfield, Hockley, Texas (74), $87,647. 9. Cade Swor, Winnie, Texas (75), $83,629. 10. Jerome Schneeberger, Ponca City, Okla. (75), $78,650. 11. Scott Kormos, Teague, Texas (75), $77,892. 12. Mike Johnson, Henryetta, Okla. (75), $73,856. 13. Doug Pharr, Resaca, Ga. (75), $69,323. 14. Monty Lewis, Hereford, Texas (65), $69,086. 15. Clint Robinson, Spanish Fork, Utah (75), $67,132.
Barrel Racing
1. Brandie Halls, Carpenter, Wyo., 13.77 seconds, $16,022. 2. Tana Poppino, Big Cabin, Okla., 13.94, $12,662. 3. Kelly Maben, Spur, Texas, 13.96, $9,561. 4. (tie) Brittany Pozzi, Victoria, Texas, and Codi Baucom, Carthage, N.C., 13.97, $5,427. 6. Mary Burger, Pauls Valley, Okla., 13.98, $2,584. 7. Terra Bynum, Lubbock, Texas, 14.29. 8. Denise Adams, Lufkin, Texas, 14.35. 9. Tammy Key, Ledbetter, Texas, 18.81. 10. Layna Kight, Summerfield, Fla., 19.09. 11. Sherry Cervi, Marana, Ariz., 19.20. 12. Kelly Kaminski, Bellville, Texas, 19.27. 13. Terri Kaye Kirkland, Billings, Mont., 19.31. 14. Lindsay Sears, Canada, 19.33. 15. Shelly Anzick, Livingston, Mont., 24.23.
Aggregate_1. Brandie Halls, Carpenter, Wyo., 55.88 seconds on four runs. 2. Mary Burger, Pauls Valley, Okla., 56.10. 3. Brittany Pozzi, Victoria, Texas, 56.30. 4. Terra Bynum, Lubbock, Texas, 56.43. 5. Codi Baucom, Carthage, N.C., 56.57. 6. Denise Adams, Lufkin, Texas, 56.72. 7. Kelly Maben, Spur, Texas, 60.40. 8. Tammy Key, Ledbetter, Texas, 61.06. 9. Sherry Cervi, Marana, Ariz., 61.37. 10. Tana Poppino, Big Cabin, Okla., 61.40. 11. Terri Kaye Kirkland, Billings, Mont., 61.78. 12. Shelly Anzick, Livingston, Mont., 66.02. 13. Layna Kight, Summerfield, Fla., 67.76. 14. Lindsay Sears, Canada, 77.28. 15. Kelly Kaminski, Bellville, Texas, 47.31 on three.
World Standings_1. Brittany Pozzi, Victoria, Texas, $134,806. 2. Mary Burger, Pauls Valley, Okla., $125,616. 3. Kelly Maben, Spur, Texas, $112,965. 4. Shelly Anzick, Livingston, Mont., $107,490. 5. Tana Poppino, Big Cabin, Okla., $86,834. 6. Brandie Halls, Carpenter, Wyo., $80,853. 7. Codi Baucom, Carthage, N.C., $75,019. 8. Kelly Kaminski, Bellville, Texas, $74,278. 9. Tammy Key, Ledbetter, Texas, $73,703. 10. Sherry Cervi, Marana, Ariz., $72,549. 11. Layna Kight, Summerfield, Fla., $71,591. 12. Terra Bynum, Lubbock, Texas, $70,729. 13. Lindsay Sears, Canada, $66,331. 14. Denise Adams, Lufkin, Texas, $65,451. 15. Terri Kaye Kirkland, Billings, Mont., $62,079.
Bull Riding
1. Wesley Silcox, Payson, Utah, 90.5 points on Growney Brothers's Golden Ghost, $16,022. 2. J.C. Bean, Goldendale, Wash., 85.5, $12,662. 3. (tie) Matt Austin, Wills Point, Texas, Sonny Murphy, Herriman, Utah, Dustin Elliott, North Platte, Neb., D.J. Domangue, San Angelo, Texas, B.J. Schumacher, Hillsboro, Wis., Fred Boettcher, Rice Lake, Wis., Bobby Welsh, Gillette, Wyo., Steve Woolsey, Payson, Utah, Jarrod Craig, Hillsboro, Texas, Zeb Lanham, Sweet, Idaho, Cooper Kanngiesser, Zenda, Kan., J.W. Harris, May, Texas, and Jarrod Ford, Greeley, Colo., 0.0.
Aggregate_1. B.J. Schumacher, Hillsboro, Wis., 275.0 points on three head. 2. Wesley Silcox, Payson, Utah, 263.5. 3. Bobby Welsh, Gillette, Wyo., 179.0 on two. 4. Dustin Elliott, North Platte, Neb., 176.5. 5. Fred Boettcher, Rice Lake, Wis., 176.0. 6. Zeb Lanham, Sweet, Idaho, 175.5. 7. J.W. Harris, May, Texas, 174.5. 8. Jarrod Craig, Hillsboro, Texas, 89.5 on one. 9. (tie) Cooper Kanngiesser, Zenda, Kan., and Jarrod Ford, Greeley, Colo., 87.0. 11. Matt Austin, Wills Point, Texas, 86.5. 12. J.C. Bean, Goldendale, Wash., 85.5. 13. Sonny Murphy, Herriman, Utah, 80.5. 14. (tie) D.J. Domangue, San Angelo, Texas, and Steve Woolsey, Payson, Utah, 0.0.
World Standings_1. Matt Austin, Wills Point, Texas (90), $157,717 2. B.J. Schumacher, Hillsboro, Wis. (91), $150,143. 3. Wesley Silcox, Payson, Utah (80), $134,598. 4. Sonny Murphy, Herriman, Utah (99), $129,169. 5. Zeb Lanham, Sweet, Idaho (84), $115,272. 6. Bobby Welsh, Gillette, Wyo. (78), $110,740. 7. Dustin Elliott, North Platte, Neb. (79), $107,706. 8. J.C. Bean, Goldendale, Wash. (86), $99,041. 9. Cooper Kanngiesser, Zenda, Kan. (108), $89,793. 10. J.W. Harris, May, Texas (95), $88,151. 11. Fred Boettcher, Rice Lake, Wis. (93), $86,515. 12. D.J. Domangue, San Angelo, Texas (105), $85,344. 13. Jarrod Craig, Hillsboro, Texas (76), $85,068. 14. Steve Woolsey, Payson, Utah (89), $84,826. 15. Jarrod Ford, Greeley, Colo. (93), $81,024.
WRANGLER NATIONA FINALS RESULTS - FOURTH GO
1. Will Lowe, Canyon, Texas, 84.5 points on Sankey Rodeo Co.'s Parlor Game, $16,022. 2. Chris Harris, Itasca, Texas, 83.5, $12,662. 3. Cimmaron Gerke, Brighton, Colo., 82.5, $9,561. 4. Ryan Gray, Cheney, Wash., 82.0, $6,719. 5. Jess Davis, Payson, Utah, 81.5, $4,135. 6. (tie) Andy Martinez, Pavillion, Wyo., and Royce Ford, Briggsdale, Colo., 81.0, $1,292. 8. Tom McFarland, Wickenburg, Ariz., 79.5. 9. (tie) Heath Ford, Greeley, Colo., and Kelly Timberman, Mills, Wyo., 79.0 11. Bobby Mote, Culver, Ore., 78.5. 12. Chad Klein, Stephenville, Texas, 77.0. 13. Wes Stevenson, Kaufman, Texas, 76.0. 14. Forest Bramwell, Pagosa Springs, Colo., 74.5. 15. Paul Jones, Elko, Nev., 0.0.
Aggregate_1. Will Lowe, Canyon, Texas, 332.0 points on four head. 2. Jess Davis, Payson, Utah, 327.5. 3. Wes Stevenson, Kaufman, Texas, 327.0. 4. (tie) Royce Ford, Briggsdale, Colo., and Bobby Mote, Culver, Ore., 320.0. 6. (tie) Andy Martinez, Pavillion, Wyo., and Kelly Timberman, Mills, Wyo., 315.5. 8. Heath Ford, Greeley, Colo., 311.5. 9. Tom McFarland, Wickenburg, Ariz., 310.0. 10. Ryan Gray, Cheney, Wash., 307.5. 11. Chad Klein, Stephenville, Texas, 306.0. 12. Cimmaron Gerke, Brighton, Colo., 305.5. 13. Chris Harris, Itasca, Texas, 246.5 on three. 14. Forest Bramwell, Pagosa Springs, Colo., 227.5. 15. Paul Jones, Elko, Nev., 221.5.
World Standings_1. Will Lowe, Canyon, Texas (84), $199,989. 2. Andy Martinez, Pavillion, Wyo. (65), $134,871. 3. Wes Stevenson, Kaufman, Texas (83), $124,823. 4. Royce Ford, Briggsdale, Colo. (77), $100,973. 5. Bobby Mote, Culver, Ore. (89), $97,619. 6. Jess Davis, Payson, Utah (87), $93,654. 7. Chris Harris, Itasca, Texas (93), $87,363. 8. Cimmaron Gerke, Brighton, Colo. (80), $84,679. 9. Paul Jones, Elko, Nev. (88), $81,708. 10. Ryan Gray, Cheney, Wash. (72), $78,016. 11. Tom McFarland, Wickenburg, Ariz. (86), $70,370. 12. Forest Bramwell, Pagosa Springs, Colo. (79), $66,488. 13. Heath Ford, Greeley, Colo. (100), $64,357. 14. Kelly Timberman, Mills, Wyo. (86), $62,445. 15. Chad Klein, Stephenville, Texas (98), $60,013.
Steer Wrestling
1. Stockton Graves, Newkirk, Okla., 3.3 seconds, $16,022. 2. Joey Bell Jr, Malakoff, Texas, 3.4, $12,662. 3. Dean Gorsuch, Gering, Neb., 3.7, $9,561. 4. (tie) Ronnie Fields, Oklahoma City, Okla., and Luke Branquinho, Los Alamos, Calif., 4.1, $5,427. 6. (tie) Lee Graves, Canada, Jason Miller, Lance Creek, Wyo., and Gabe Ledoux, Kaplan, La., 4.2, $861. 9. Dru Melvin, Tryon, Neb., 4.4. 10. Shawn Greenfield, Lakeview, Ore., 4.5. 11. Jason Lahr, Emporia, Kan., 4.7. 12. Linn Churchill, Valentine, Neb., 5.4. 13. K.C. Jones, Decatur, Texas, 8.0. 14. Trevor Knowles, Mount Vernon, Ore., 8.7. 15. Wade Sumpter, Fowler, Colo., 10.0.
Aggregate_1. Shawn Greenfield, Lakeview, Ore., 16.9 seconds on four head 2. Stockton Graves, Newkirk, Okla., 17.1. 3. Joey Bell Jr., Malakoff, Texas, 17.6. 4. Dean Gorsuch, Gering, Neb., 17.7. 5. Lee Graves, Canada, 18.1. 6. Luke Branquinho, Los Alamos, Calif., 18.3. 7. Jason Lahr, Emporia, Kan., 21.9. 8. Wade Sumpter, Fowler, Colo., 24.5. 9. Trevor Knowles, Mount Vernon, Ore., 25.6. 10. Linn Churchill, Valentine, Neb., 28.5. 11. K.C. Jones, Decatur, Texas, 31.4. 12. Gabe Ledoux, Kaplan, La., 11.9 on three. 13. Ronnie Fields, Oklahoma City, 13.5. 14. Jason Miller, Lance Creek, Wyo., 14.5. 15. Dru Melvin, Tryon, Neb., 23.6.
World Standings_1. Dean Gorsuch, Gering, Neb. (64), $124,497. 2. Luke Branquinho, Los Alamos, Calif. (64), $122,165. 3. Shawn Greenfield, Lakeview, Ore. (58), $105,595. 4. Ronnie Fields, Oklahoma City (65), $100,137. 5. Jason Lahr, Emporia, Kan. (66), $89,885. 6. Lee Graves, Calgary, (58), $86,115. 7. Stockton Graves, Newkirk, Okla. (75), $86,661. 8. Wade Sumpter, Fowler, Colo. (75), $84,065. 9. Gabe Ledoux, Kaplan, La. (75), $81,353. 10. K.C. Jones, Decatur, Texas (69), $81,342. 11. Joey Bell Jr., Malakoff, Texas (75), $78,720. 12. Trevor Knowles, Mount Vernon, Ore. (73), $71,585. 13. Jason Miller, Lance Creek, Wyo. (75), $70,045. 14. Dru Melvin, Tryon, Neb. (75), $66,921. 15. Linn Churchill, Valentine, Neb. (75), $66,530.
Team Roping
1. Jay Adams, Logandale, Nev./Randon Adams, Logandale, Nev., 4.2 seconds, $16,022. 2. Speed Williams, De Leon, Texas/Clay O'Brien Cooper, Morgan Mill, Texas, 4.3, $12,662. 3. Charly Crawford, Prineville, Ore./Cody Hintz, Spring Creek, Nev., 5.0, $9,561. 4. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas/Rich Skelton, Llano, Texas, 5.1, $6,719. 5. Nick Sartain, Alva, Okla./Shannon Frascht, Alva, Okla., 6.5, $4,135. 6. Shain Sproul, Benson, Ariz./Cory Petska, Lexington, Okla., 9.6, $2,584. 7. Matt Sherwood, Queen Creek, /Walt Woodard, Stockton, Calif., 11.3. 8. Travis Tryan, Billings, Mont./Jhett Johnson, Casper, Wyo., 15.0. 9. Clay Tryan, Billings, Mont./Patrick Smith, Midland, Texas, 16.7. 10. Chad Masters, Clarksville, Tenn./Allen Bach, Weatherford, Texas, 17.1. 11. David Key, Caldwell, Texas/Kory Koontz, Sudan, Texas, 21.1. 12. Colter Todd, Marana, Ariz./Cesar de la Cruz, Tucson, Ariz., 26.0. 13. Garrett Tonozzi, Fruita, Colo./Brady Minor, Ellensburg, Wash., 34.0. 14. Matt Funk, Hermiston, Ore./Bucky Campbell, Benton City, Wash., 35.6. 15. Joe Beaver, Huntsville, Texas/Cole Bigbee, Stephenville, Texas, NT.
Aggregate_1. Chad Masters, Clarksville, Tenn./Allen Bach, Weatherford, Texas, 31.3 seconds on four head. 2. Travis Tryan, Billings, Mont./Jhett Johnson, Casper, Wyo., 39.1. 3. Charly Crawford, Prineville, Ore./Cody Hintz, Spring Creek, Nev., 39.6. 4. Matt Sherwood, Queen Creek, /Walt Woodard, Stockton, Calif., 44.9. 5. Garrett Tonozzi, Fruita, Colo./Brady Minor, Ellensburg, Wash., 62.0. 6. Colter Todd, Marana, Ariz./Cesar de la Cruz, Tucson, Ariz., 66.4. 7. Matt Funk, Hermiston, Ore./Bucky Campbell, Benton City, Wash., 75.0. 8. Jay Adams, Logandale, Nev./Randon Adams, Logandale, Nev., 78.2. 9. Speed Williams, De Leon, Texas/Clay O'Brien Cooper, Morgan Mill, Texas, 19.7 on three. 10. Shain Sproul, Benson, Ariz./Cory Petska, Lexington, Okla., 28.7. 11. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas/Rich Skelton, Llano, Texas, 35.4. 12. Nick Sartain, Alva, Okla./Shannon Frascht, Alva, Okla., 47.3. 13. Clay Tryan, Billings, Mont./Patrick Smith, Midland, Texas, 51.0. 14. David Key, Caldwell, Texas/Kory Koontz, Sudan, Texas, 57.5. 15. Joe Beaver, Huntsville, Texas/Cole Bigbee, Stephenville, Texas, 13.0 on two.
World Standings (Heading)_1. Speed Williams, De Leon, Texas (51), $102,170. 2. Matt Sherwood, Queen Creek, Ariz. (59), $99,793. 3. David Key, Caldwell, Texas (60), $94,700. 4. Travis Tryan, Billings, Mont. (60), $94,233. 5. Chad Masters, Clarksville, Tenn. (60), $91,451. 6. Charly Crawford, Prineville, Ore. (60), $74,025. 7. Shain Sproul, Benson, Ariz. (58), $72,653. 8. Joe Beaver, Huntsville, Texas (60), $72,277. 9. Jay Adams, Logandale, Nev. (59), $72,149. 10. Colter Todd, Marana, Ariz. (55), $71,149. 11. Garrett Tonozzi, Fruita, Colo. (60), $71,144. 12. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas (59), $70,350. 13. Clay Tryan, Billings, Mont. (59), $69,263. 14. Matt Funk, Hermiston, Ore. (59), $62,310. 15. Nick Sartain, Alva, Okla. (60), $61,825.
World Standings (Heeling)_1. Allen Bach, Weatherford, Texas (60), $113,034. 2. Walt Woodard, Stockton, Calif. (57), $103,388. 3. Clay Cooper, Morgan Mill, Texas (51), $102,170. 4. Kory Koontz, Sudan, Texas (60), $95,185. 5. Jhett Johnson, Casper, Wyo. (59), $73,502. 6. Randon Adams, Logandale, Nev. (59), $72,149. 7. Cory Petska, Lexington, Okla. (60), $72,132. 8. Cesar de la Cruz, Tucson, Ariz. (57), $71,149. 9. Rich Skelton, Llano, Texas (59), $70,350. 10. Patrick Smith, Midland, Texas (59), $69,263. 11. Cody Hintz, Spring Creek, Nev. (59), $68,154. 12. Brady Minor, Ellensburg, Wash. (60), $66,728. 13. Cole Bigbee, Stephenville, Texas (60), $66,119. 14. Bucky Campbell, Benton City, Wash. (59), $62,310. 15. Shannon Frascht, Alva, Okla. (60), $61,825.
Saddel Bronc Riding
1. Chad Ferley, Oelrichs, S.D., 86.0 points on Flying U Rodeo Co.'s Sams Town, $16,022. 2. Cody DeMoss, Heflin, La., 85.5, $12,662. 3. J.J. Elshere, Quinn, S.D., 83.0, $9,561. 4. Rod Hay, Canada, 82.0, $6,719. 5. Jeff Willert, Belvidere, S.D., 80.0, $4,135. 6. Cody Wright, Milford, Utah, 79.0, $2,584. 7. Bryce Miller, Buffalo, S.D., 77.0. 8. Bobby Griswold, Geary, Okla., 74.0. 9. Jesse Bail, Camp Crook, S.D., 72.5. 10. (tie) Dan Mortensen, Billings, Mont., Rusty Allen, Lehi, Utah, Cody Martin, Smackover, Ark., Billy Etbauer, Edmond, Okla., Glen O'Neill, Canada, Bradley Harter, Weatherford, Texas, 0.0.
Aggregate_1. Rod Hay, Canada, 330.0 points on four head. 2. J.J. Elshere, Quinn, S.D., 313.0. 3. (tie) Cody DeMoss, Heflin, La., and Jeff Willert, Belvidere, S.D., 249.0 on three. 5. Bryce Miller, Buffalo, S.D., 236.5. 6. Chad Ferley, Oelrichs, S.D., 235.0. 7. Cody Wright, Milford, Utah, 232.0. 8. Bobby Griswold, Geary, Okla., 226.0. 9. Bradley Harter, Weatherford, Texas, 166.0 on two. 10. Cody Martin, Smackover, Ark., 163.5. 11. Dan Mortensen, Billings, Mont., 162.0. 12. Jesse Bail, Camp Crook, S.D., 153.0. 13. Glen O'Neill, Canada, 150.0. 14. Billy Etbauer, Edmond, Okla., 83.0 on one. 15. Rusty Allen, Lehi, Utah, 82.0.
World Standings_1. Cody DeMoss, Heflin, La. (77), $158,206. 2. Chad Ferley, Oelrichs, S.D. (81), $145,846. 3. Dan Mortensen, Billings, Mont. (82), $142,154. 4. Cody Wright, Milford, Utah (88), $127,667. 5. Rod Hay, Canada, (88), $120,047. 6. Rusty Allen, Lehi, Utah (78), $107,188. 7. Billy Etbauer, Edmond, Okla. (52), $93,097. 8. Bradley Harter, Weatherford, Texas (93), $91,317. 9. Cody Martin, Smackover, Ark. (99), $87,748. 10. Jeff Willert, Belvidere, S.D. (92), $87,379. 11. J.J. Elshere, Quinn, S.D. (91), $77,165. 12. Bobby Griswold, Geary, Okla. (94), $76,721. 13. Glen O'Neill, Canada, (95), $75,722. 14. Jesse Bail, Camp Crook, S.D. (97), $62,258. 15. Bryce Miller, Buffalo, S.D. (85), $58,274.
Tie-Down Roping
1. (tie) Cody Ohl, Hico, Texas, Cade Swor, Winnie, Texas, and Jerome Schneeberger, Ponca City, Okla., 7.4 seconds, $12,748. 4. (tie) Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas, and Matt Shiozawa, Chubbuck, Idaho, 8.5, $5,427. 6. Scott Kormos, Teague, Texas, 8.8, $2,584. 7. (tie) Blair Burk, Durant, Okla., and Doug Pharr, Resaca, Ga., 9.0. 9. Clint Robinson, Spanish Fork, Utah, 9.1. 10. Fred Whitfield, Hockley, Texas, 9.3. 11. Hunter Herrin, Apache, Okla., 10.0. 12. Ryan Jarrett, Summerville, Ga., 10.5. 13. Monty Lewis, Hereford, Texas, 13.1. 14. Mike Johnson, Henryetta, Okla., 18.6. 15. Joe Beaver, Huntsville, Texas, 19.3.
Aggregate_1. Hunter Herrin, Apache, Okla., 34.1 seconds on four head. 2. Cody Ohl, Hico, Texas, 36.0. 3. Ryan Jarrett, Summerville, Ga., 36.5. 4. Jerome Schneeberger, Ponca City, Okla., 41.4. 5. Blair Burk, Durant, Okla., 43.2. 6. Joe Beaver, Huntsville, Texas, 43.3. 7. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas, 44.8. 8. Matt Shiozawa, Chubbuck, Idaho, 47.1. 9. Doug Pharr, Resaca, Ga., 47.4. 10. Scott Kormos, Teague, Texas, 54.4. 11. Mike Johnson, Henryetta, Okla., 56.1. 12. Cade Swor, Winnie, Texas, 26.5 on three. 13. Clint Robinson, Spanish Fork, Utah, 29.4. 14. Monty Lewis, Hereford, Texas, 32.4. 15. Fred Whitfield, Hockley, Texas, 21.1 on two.
World Standings_1. Cody Ohl, Hico, Texas (61), $196,814. 2. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas (65), $141,408. 3. Ryan Jarrett, Summerville, Ga. (72), $111,285. 4. Joe Beaver, Huntsville, Texas (73), $110,319. 5. Blair Burk, Durant, Okla. (75), $107,332. 6. Hunter Herrin, Apache, Okla. (75), $100,403. 7. Matt Shiozawa, Chubbuck, Idaho (75), $93,692. 8. Fred Whitfield, Hockley, Texas (74), $87,647. 9. Cade Swor, Winnie, Texas (75), $83,629. 10. Jerome Schneeberger, Ponca City, Okla. (75), $78,650. 11. Scott Kormos, Teague, Texas (75), $77,892. 12. Mike Johnson, Henryetta, Okla. (75), $73,856. 13. Doug Pharr, Resaca, Ga. (75), $69,323. 14. Monty Lewis, Hereford, Texas (65), $69,086. 15. Clint Robinson, Spanish Fork, Utah (75), $67,132.
Barrel Racing
1. Brandie Halls, Carpenter, Wyo., 13.77 seconds, $16,022. 2. Tana Poppino, Big Cabin, Okla., 13.94, $12,662. 3. Kelly Maben, Spur, Texas, 13.96, $9,561. 4. (tie) Brittany Pozzi, Victoria, Texas, and Codi Baucom, Carthage, N.C., 13.97, $5,427. 6. Mary Burger, Pauls Valley, Okla., 13.98, $2,584. 7. Terra Bynum, Lubbock, Texas, 14.29. 8. Denise Adams, Lufkin, Texas, 14.35. 9. Tammy Key, Ledbetter, Texas, 18.81. 10. Layna Kight, Summerfield, Fla., 19.09. 11. Sherry Cervi, Marana, Ariz., 19.20. 12. Kelly Kaminski, Bellville, Texas, 19.27. 13. Terri Kaye Kirkland, Billings, Mont., 19.31. 14. Lindsay Sears, Canada, 19.33. 15. Shelly Anzick, Livingston, Mont., 24.23.
Aggregate_1. Brandie Halls, Carpenter, Wyo., 55.88 seconds on four runs. 2. Mary Burger, Pauls Valley, Okla., 56.10. 3. Brittany Pozzi, Victoria, Texas, 56.30. 4. Terra Bynum, Lubbock, Texas, 56.43. 5. Codi Baucom, Carthage, N.C., 56.57. 6. Denise Adams, Lufkin, Texas, 56.72. 7. Kelly Maben, Spur, Texas, 60.40. 8. Tammy Key, Ledbetter, Texas, 61.06. 9. Sherry Cervi, Marana, Ariz., 61.37. 10. Tana Poppino, Big Cabin, Okla., 61.40. 11. Terri Kaye Kirkland, Billings, Mont., 61.78. 12. Shelly Anzick, Livingston, Mont., 66.02. 13. Layna Kight, Summerfield, Fla., 67.76. 14. Lindsay Sears, Canada, 77.28. 15. Kelly Kaminski, Bellville, Texas, 47.31 on three.
World Standings_1. Brittany Pozzi, Victoria, Texas, $134,806. 2. Mary Burger, Pauls Valley, Okla., $125,616. 3. Kelly Maben, Spur, Texas, $112,965. 4. Shelly Anzick, Livingston, Mont., $107,490. 5. Tana Poppino, Big Cabin, Okla., $86,834. 6. Brandie Halls, Carpenter, Wyo., $80,853. 7. Codi Baucom, Carthage, N.C., $75,019. 8. Kelly Kaminski, Bellville, Texas, $74,278. 9. Tammy Key, Ledbetter, Texas, $73,703. 10. Sherry Cervi, Marana, Ariz., $72,549. 11. Layna Kight, Summerfield, Fla., $71,591. 12. Terra Bynum, Lubbock, Texas, $70,729. 13. Lindsay Sears, Canada, $66,331. 14. Denise Adams, Lufkin, Texas, $65,451. 15. Terri Kaye Kirkland, Billings, Mont., $62,079.
Bull Riding
1. Wesley Silcox, Payson, Utah, 90.5 points on Growney Brothers's Golden Ghost, $16,022. 2. J.C. Bean, Goldendale, Wash., 85.5, $12,662. 3. (tie) Matt Austin, Wills Point, Texas, Sonny Murphy, Herriman, Utah, Dustin Elliott, North Platte, Neb., D.J. Domangue, San Angelo, Texas, B.J. Schumacher, Hillsboro, Wis., Fred Boettcher, Rice Lake, Wis., Bobby Welsh, Gillette, Wyo., Steve Woolsey, Payson, Utah, Jarrod Craig, Hillsboro, Texas, Zeb Lanham, Sweet, Idaho, Cooper Kanngiesser, Zenda, Kan., J.W. Harris, May, Texas, and Jarrod Ford, Greeley, Colo., 0.0.
Aggregate_1. B.J. Schumacher, Hillsboro, Wis., 275.0 points on three head. 2. Wesley Silcox, Payson, Utah, 263.5. 3. Bobby Welsh, Gillette, Wyo., 179.0 on two. 4. Dustin Elliott, North Platte, Neb., 176.5. 5. Fred Boettcher, Rice Lake, Wis., 176.0. 6. Zeb Lanham, Sweet, Idaho, 175.5. 7. J.W. Harris, May, Texas, 174.5. 8. Jarrod Craig, Hillsboro, Texas, 89.5 on one. 9. (tie) Cooper Kanngiesser, Zenda, Kan., and Jarrod Ford, Greeley, Colo., 87.0. 11. Matt Austin, Wills Point, Texas, 86.5. 12. J.C. Bean, Goldendale, Wash., 85.5. 13. Sonny Murphy, Herriman, Utah, 80.5. 14. (tie) D.J. Domangue, San Angelo, Texas, and Steve Woolsey, Payson, Utah, 0.0.
World Standings_1. Matt Austin, Wills Point, Texas (90), $157,717 2. B.J. Schumacher, Hillsboro, Wis. (91), $150,143. 3. Wesley Silcox, Payson, Utah (80), $134,598. 4. Sonny Murphy, Herriman, Utah (99), $129,169. 5. Zeb Lanham, Sweet, Idaho (84), $115,272. 6. Bobby Welsh, Gillette, Wyo. (78), $110,740. 7. Dustin Elliott, North Platte, Neb. (79), $107,706. 8. J.C. Bean, Goldendale, Wash. (86), $99,041. 9. Cooper Kanngiesser, Zenda, Kan. (108), $89,793. 10. J.W. Harris, May, Texas (95), $88,151. 11. Fred Boettcher, Rice Lake, Wis. (93), $86,515. 12. D.J. Domangue, San Angelo, Texas (105), $85,344. 13. Jarrod Craig, Hillsboro, Texas (76), $85,068. 14. Steve Woolsey, Payson, Utah (89), $84,826. 15. Jarrod Ford, Greeley, Colo. (93), $81,024.
Sunday, December 03, 2006
SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE WESTERNER
The kid in the Farmer Brown hat
By Julie Carter
Cowboys are generally good ol' boys but they are also fairly set in their notions about certain things. They pride themselves in being able to read cattle and read each other when it comes to quality and skill.
Dan had seen twelve summers and was spending his school vacation working for his grandpa on the Matador Ranch in northwest Texas. His grandpa was a top hand and had worked on the historic, sprawling, short-grass ranch since he was a kid himself.
Grandpa had two sons who were "going down the road" trying to make their living in the rodeo arena. They were good enough to win their entry fee money back and a fair amount of walking around money with fast times in the calf roping events around Texas.
These pretty-fair ropers were Dan's uncles and they were coming home July 4 to enter the big calf roping at Post.
Dan was doing a man's work and had a man's string of horses assigned to him. However, since he was the last "man" hired, he hadn't gotten the best pick of ranch horses from the herd.
In his string was a big, tall rawboned gelding - heavy-made indicating some Percheron blood somewhere not too far back in his lineage. Dan decided he would make the perfect calf roping horse.
Every day after evening chores, Dan would practice his calf roping. He and his new good horse had gotten adequately quick and accurate. Dan was ready for his pro-rodeo uncles to come home.
When the uncles were getting ready to head to the rodeo, they invited Dan to tag along. He'd been waiting for that very moment.
He appeared that morning in a sparkling white T-shirt, some well-experienced Wranglers and his work boots. Topping off this glory was a brand new straw hat he'd bought with his last paycheck. The hat was not your typical George Strait model but more along the lines of a Farmer Brown version.
The pro-rodeo uncles looked him over and said, "Good grief, boy, we're goin' to a roping - not to hoe cotton."
Dan smiled. He had a plan and thought he looked just right for it.
In the usual behind-the-chutes competition assessment, the calf ropers looked each other over and began estimating what kind of a fast time it would take to win the event judging by the look of those entered up.
Dan ambled by in his long-legged, double-jointed style with his new hat pulled down tight and leading his extra-large feather-legged horse. The serious ropers didn't even give him a passing glance.
Every roper, except Dan, had made their run - giving it their best shot. Those that did well were already mentally spending the prize money. But there was one more cowboy to go.
Dan settled his big horse in the roping box, shot out as the barrier snapped back, threw a deadly loop, flew off his horse like a cat, flanked the calf and applied a lightning-quick wrap and hooey. Throwing his hands in the air, the clock stopped and the crowd went wild.
When the dust settled and the crowd quieted down, the announcer gave Dan's time. He not only won the event, he had set an arena record.
There wasn't a whole lot of talk about cotton farming on the way home that evening.
Marty Robbins made the "Cowboy in the Continental Suit" famous, but to this day when ropers gather for a cool one at the Chute One watering hole in Post, Texas, there is still talk about the kid in the Farmer Brown hat.
© Julie Carter 2006
A Million Here; A Million There; Soon, We're Into Real Money
By William Perry Pendley
In 1998, ranchers in northern Colorado and southern Wyoming were told by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) that, under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), they had to give up 238,000 acre - feet of water annually to "save" species along the North Platte River in Nebraska. Not that they had anything against the ESA - listed fish and birds, covetous FWS bureaucrats, or downstream Cornhuskers; but, to ensure their economic survival, they needed the water themselves. Their ancestors had long ago put that water to "beneficial use" growing crops and watering livestock; therefore, they had the right to use it in perpetuity. There must be a better way, thought the ranchers.
The ranchers learned that the U.S. Forest Service had reported that as much as 396,000 acre - feet of new water could be generated annually if the Forest Service increased the timber harvested from the national forest land that surround the ranchers and serve as the watershed for the North Platte River —more than enough to meet the purported needs of the Nebraska species. Even though the new water could be generated without any diminution in water quality, the Forest Service rejected the ranchers’ proposal, rejoining that it had no obligation to comply with the ESA.
The ranchers sued in Wyoming federal district court arguing that: the federal government said federally protected species needed more water; the federal government could meet those water needs by harvesting more timber — all the while protecting water quality, creating both jobs and revenue, and ensuring forest health; thus, the federal government should be required to generate that water and leave private landowners alone.
Scores of federal lawyers — for the Forest Service, the FWS, and the Department of Justice — jumped into the case raising a host of defenses, prime among them that the Forest Service had no obligation to take action to save species. Environmental groups intervened, not to demand that the Forest Service protect species, but to defend the agency against any requirement that it fulfill its primary job — as ordained by Congress — of harvesting timber and providing water supplies. Undaunted, the ranchers spent $50,000 gathering evidence, such as an expert report that environmentally sound timber harvesting would yield 249,000 acre - feet of new water annually to the benefit of the downstream species.
Then, in 1999, five weeks before trial, the federal judge dismissed the case. It was not "ripe," he ruled, because Wyoming, Colorado, and Nebraska were negotiating on how, by 2001, they could agree to cough up the water the FWS demanded and, the Forest Service was revising a forest plan and might, when it made its 2001 decision, agree with the ranchers to harvest timber to provide water for the species. In 2001, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit agreed that the matter should be left to the "experts." Meanwhile, federal - state negotiations and Forest Service planning continued.
Days ago, five years after the district court envisioned, the three-state agreement went final. The cost: a whopping $317 million; $157 million will be paid by U.S. taxpayers, the rest by the three states in cash, land, and water. The water yield: 130,000 to 150,000 acre - feet annually, short of the 238,000 acre - feet the FWS said the species needed and far less than the 249,000 to 396,000 acre - feet of water that would have been generated had the ranchers' courtroom pleas been heeded. As to the Forest Service experts, in December 2003, two years after the district court assumed, they rejected, without any detailed consideration, recommendations by the ranchers, the State of Wyoming, and others to increase timber harvesting and maximize the water yield.
Thus, a win - win proposal, which would have generated more than enough water for the species, created jobs and revenues, preserved forest health, and secured local economics, at no additional cost, was rejected. In its place is a multi - million dollar scheme that creates losers all around, beginning with those ranchers in Colorado and Wyoming.
William Perry Pendley is President and Chief Legal Officer at the Mountain States Legal Foundation.
The kid in the Farmer Brown hat
By Julie Carter
Cowboys are generally good ol' boys but they are also fairly set in their notions about certain things. They pride themselves in being able to read cattle and read each other when it comes to quality and skill.
Dan had seen twelve summers and was spending his school vacation working for his grandpa on the Matador Ranch in northwest Texas. His grandpa was a top hand and had worked on the historic, sprawling, short-grass ranch since he was a kid himself.
Grandpa had two sons who were "going down the road" trying to make their living in the rodeo arena. They were good enough to win their entry fee money back and a fair amount of walking around money with fast times in the calf roping events around Texas.
These pretty-fair ropers were Dan's uncles and they were coming home July 4 to enter the big calf roping at Post.
Dan was doing a man's work and had a man's string of horses assigned to him. However, since he was the last "man" hired, he hadn't gotten the best pick of ranch horses from the herd.
In his string was a big, tall rawboned gelding - heavy-made indicating some Percheron blood somewhere not too far back in his lineage. Dan decided he would make the perfect calf roping horse.
Every day after evening chores, Dan would practice his calf roping. He and his new good horse had gotten adequately quick and accurate. Dan was ready for his pro-rodeo uncles to come home.
When the uncles were getting ready to head to the rodeo, they invited Dan to tag along. He'd been waiting for that very moment.
He appeared that morning in a sparkling white T-shirt, some well-experienced Wranglers and his work boots. Topping off this glory was a brand new straw hat he'd bought with his last paycheck. The hat was not your typical George Strait model but more along the lines of a Farmer Brown version.
The pro-rodeo uncles looked him over and said, "Good grief, boy, we're goin' to a roping - not to hoe cotton."
Dan smiled. He had a plan and thought he looked just right for it.
In the usual behind-the-chutes competition assessment, the calf ropers looked each other over and began estimating what kind of a fast time it would take to win the event judging by the look of those entered up.
Dan ambled by in his long-legged, double-jointed style with his new hat pulled down tight and leading his extra-large feather-legged horse. The serious ropers didn't even give him a passing glance.
Every roper, except Dan, had made their run - giving it their best shot. Those that did well were already mentally spending the prize money. But there was one more cowboy to go.
Dan settled his big horse in the roping box, shot out as the barrier snapped back, threw a deadly loop, flew off his horse like a cat, flanked the calf and applied a lightning-quick wrap and hooey. Throwing his hands in the air, the clock stopped and the crowd went wild.
When the dust settled and the crowd quieted down, the announcer gave Dan's time. He not only won the event, he had set an arena record.
There wasn't a whole lot of talk about cotton farming on the way home that evening.
Marty Robbins made the "Cowboy in the Continental Suit" famous, but to this day when ropers gather for a cool one at the Chute One watering hole in Post, Texas, there is still talk about the kid in the Farmer Brown hat.
© Julie Carter 2006
A Million Here; A Million There; Soon, We're Into Real Money
By William Perry Pendley
In 1998, ranchers in northern Colorado and southern Wyoming were told by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) that, under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), they had to give up 238,000 acre - feet of water annually to "save" species along the North Platte River in Nebraska. Not that they had anything against the ESA - listed fish and birds, covetous FWS bureaucrats, or downstream Cornhuskers; but, to ensure their economic survival, they needed the water themselves. Their ancestors had long ago put that water to "beneficial use" growing crops and watering livestock; therefore, they had the right to use it in perpetuity. There must be a better way, thought the ranchers.
The ranchers learned that the U.S. Forest Service had reported that as much as 396,000 acre - feet of new water could be generated annually if the Forest Service increased the timber harvested from the national forest land that surround the ranchers and serve as the watershed for the North Platte River —more than enough to meet the purported needs of the Nebraska species. Even though the new water could be generated without any diminution in water quality, the Forest Service rejected the ranchers’ proposal, rejoining that it had no obligation to comply with the ESA.
The ranchers sued in Wyoming federal district court arguing that: the federal government said federally protected species needed more water; the federal government could meet those water needs by harvesting more timber — all the while protecting water quality, creating both jobs and revenue, and ensuring forest health; thus, the federal government should be required to generate that water and leave private landowners alone.
Scores of federal lawyers — for the Forest Service, the FWS, and the Department of Justice — jumped into the case raising a host of defenses, prime among them that the Forest Service had no obligation to take action to save species. Environmental groups intervened, not to demand that the Forest Service protect species, but to defend the agency against any requirement that it fulfill its primary job — as ordained by Congress — of harvesting timber and providing water supplies. Undaunted, the ranchers spent $50,000 gathering evidence, such as an expert report that environmentally sound timber harvesting would yield 249,000 acre - feet of new water annually to the benefit of the downstream species.
Then, in 1999, five weeks before trial, the federal judge dismissed the case. It was not "ripe," he ruled, because Wyoming, Colorado, and Nebraska were negotiating on how, by 2001, they could agree to cough up the water the FWS demanded and, the Forest Service was revising a forest plan and might, when it made its 2001 decision, agree with the ranchers to harvest timber to provide water for the species. In 2001, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit agreed that the matter should be left to the "experts." Meanwhile, federal - state negotiations and Forest Service planning continued.
Days ago, five years after the district court envisioned, the three-state agreement went final. The cost: a whopping $317 million; $157 million will be paid by U.S. taxpayers, the rest by the three states in cash, land, and water. The water yield: 130,000 to 150,000 acre - feet annually, short of the 238,000 acre - feet the FWS said the species needed and far less than the 249,000 to 396,000 acre - feet of water that would have been generated had the ranchers' courtroom pleas been heeded. As to the Forest Service experts, in December 2003, two years after the district court assumed, they rejected, without any detailed consideration, recommendations by the ranchers, the State of Wyoming, and others to increase timber harvesting and maximize the water yield.
Thus, a win - win proposal, which would have generated more than enough water for the species, created jobs and revenues, preserved forest health, and secured local economics, at no additional cost, was rejected. In its place is a multi - million dollar scheme that creates losers all around, beginning with those ranchers in Colorado and Wyoming.
William Perry Pendley is President and Chief Legal Officer at the Mountain States Legal Foundation.
Team ropers Masters, Bach on top Team ropers Chad Masters and Allen Bach and barrel racer Kelly Maben won their second straight rounds Saturday night at the National Finals Rodeo. Masters and Bach had a 4.3-second run to secure their second consecutive team roping victory. Colter Todd and Cesar de la Cruz were second in 4.5. In round two, Masters and three-time world champion Bach won in 4.5 seconds. "It (their round three time) actually felt a lot faster," said Masters the header. "Bobby Hurley and I won five go-rounds in a row one time (at the 1993 NFR)," Bach said. "I just about quit because I thought this will never happen again." Maben won the barrel racing in 13.73 seconds, one night after she had triumphed in 13.72. Terra Bynum was second in 13.79, and Shelly Anzick was third in 13.88....
Woman Beats Cancer, Becomes Miss Rodeo Miss Rodeo North Dakota Ashley Andrews had goals of beating cancer and winning the Miss Rodeo America crown. She accomplished both. Andrews, 21, was crowned Saturday at the 52nd annual Miss Rodeo America Pageant in Las Vegas, beating out competitors from 28 states in categories such as horsemanship, personality and appearance. She said her cancer has been in remission since Aug. 9, following months of chemotherapy. "I have a clean bill of health," Andrews said in a telephone interview Saturday. She said the experience made her stronger, mentally and physically. "Everything in life happens for a reason," she said. "Something good always comes from every bad situation." Andrews, the youngest of six children, grew up on a farm and ranch in Bowman in southwestern Nebraska. Her parents, Bob and Rita Andrews, and her siblings went to Las Vegas to watch the competition....
WRANGLER NATIONAL FINALS RESULTS - THIRD ROUND
BAREBACK RIDING
1. Will Lowe, Canyon, Texas, 85.0 points on Burch Rodeo Co.'s Wild Woman, $16,022; 2. Bobby Mote, Culver, Ore., 84.0, $12,662; 3. (tie) Paul Jones, Elko, Nev., Cimmaron Gerke, Brighton, Colo., Tom McFarland, Wickenburg, Ariz., 83.5, $6,805; 6. Jess Davis, Payson, Utah, 83.0, $2,584; 7. Wes Stevenson, Kaufman, Texas, 82.0; 8. Royce Ford, Briggsdale, Colo., 81.0; 9. (tie) Chris Harris, Itasca, Texas, Kelly Timberman, Mills, 80.5; 11. Andy Martinez, Pavillion, 76.0; 12. (tie) Heath Ford, Greeley, Colo., Chad Klein, Stephenville, Texas, 75.5; 14. Forest Bramwell, Pagosa Springs, Colo., 74.0; 15. Ryan Gray, Cheney, Wash., 69.5.
Aggregate: 1. Wes Stevenson, Kaufman, Texas, 251.0 points on three head; 2. Will Lowe, Canyon, Texas, 247.5; 3. Jess Davis, Payson, Utah, 246.0; 4. Bobby Mote, Culver, Ore., 241.5; 5. Royce Ford, Briggsdale, Colo., 239.0; 6. Kelly Timberman, Mills, 236.5; 7. Andy Martinez, Pavillion, 234.5; 8. Heath Ford, Greeley, Colo., 232.5; 9. Tom McFarland, Wickenburg, Ariz., 230.5; 10. Chad Klein, Stephenville, Texas, 229.0; 11. Ryan Gray, Cheney, Wash., 225.5; 12. Cimmaron Gerke, Brighton, Colo., 223.0; 13. Paul Jones, Elko, Nev., 221.5; 14. Chris Harris, Itasca, Texas, 163.0 on two; 15. Forest Bramwell, Pagosa Springs, Colo., 153.0.
STEER WRESTLING
1. Luke Branquinho, Los Alamos, Calif., 3.5 seconds, $16,022; 2. Gabe Ledoux, Kaplan, La., 3.6, $12,662; 3. K.C. Jones, Decatur, Texas, 3.7, $9,561; 4. Ronnie Fields, Oklahoma City, Okla., 3.9, $6,719; 5. Stockton Graves, Newkirk, Okla., 4.0, $4,135; 6. (tie) Dean Gorsuch, Gering, Neb., Shawn Greenfield, Lakeview, Ore., 4.3, $1,292; 8. Joey Bell Jr, Malakoff, Texas, 4.7; 9. Wade Sumpter, Fowler, Colo., 5.1; 10. Lee Graves, Calgary, Alberta, 5.3; 11. Trevor Knowles, Mount Vernon, Ore., 7.1; 12. Jason Lahr, Emporia, Kan., 8.7; 13. Linn Churchill, Valentine, Neb., 13.9; 14. Dru Melvin, Tryon, Neb., 14.0; 15. Jason Miller, Lance Creek, NT.
Aggregate: 1. Shawn Greenfield, Lakeview, Ore., 12.4 seconds on three head; 2. Stockton Graves, Newkirk, Okla., 13.8; 3. Lee Graves, Calgary, Alberta, 13.9; 4. Dean Gorsuch, Gering, Neb., 14.0; 5. (tie) Luke Branquinho, Los Alamos, Calif., 14.2; Joey Bell Jr, Malakoff, Texas, 14.2; 7. Wade Sumpter, Fowler, Colo., 14.5; 8. Trevor Knowles, Mount Vernon, Ore., 16.9; 9. Jason Lahr, Emporia, Kan., 17.2; 10. Linn Churchill, Valentine, Neb., 23.1; 11. K.C. Jones, Decatur, Texas, 23.4; 12. Gabe Ledoux, Kaplan, La., 7.7 on two; 13. Ronnie Fields, Oklahoma City, Okla., 9.4; 14. Jason Miller, Lance Creek, 10.3; 15. Dru Melvin, Tryon, Neb., 19.2.
TEAM ROPING
1. Chad Masters, Clarksville, Tenn./Allen Bach, Weatherford, Texas, 4.3 seconds, $16,022; 2. Colter Todd, Marana, Ariz./Cesar de la Cruz, Tucson, Ariz., 4.5, $12,662; 3. Charly Crawford, Prineville, Ore./Cody Hintz, Spring Creek, Nev., 4.7, $9,561; 4. Joe Beaver, Huntsville, Texas/Cole Bigbee, Stephenville, Texas, 4.9, $6,719; 5. Matt Sherwood, Queen Creek, /Walt Woodard, Stockton, Calif., 5.0, $4,135; 6. Matt Funk, Hermiston, Ore./Bucky Campbell, Benton City, Wash., 9.0, $2,584; 7. Travis Tryan, Billings, Mont./Jhett Johnson, Casper, 9.7; 8. Shain Sproul, Benson, Ariz./Cory Petska, Lexington, Okla., 9.9; 9. Garrett Tonozzi, Fruita, Colo./Brady Minor, Ellensburg, Wash., 17.1; 10. Jay Adams, Logandale, Nev./Randon Adams, Logandale, Nev., 25.6; 11. Nick Sartain, Alva, Okla./Shannon Frascht, Alva, Okla., 31.4; 12. (tie) Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas/Rich Skelton, Llano, Texas, David Key, Caldwell, Texas/Kory Koontz, Sudan, Texas, Speed Williams, De Leon, Texas/Clay O'Brien Cooper, Morgan Mill, Texas, Clay Tryan, Billings, Mont./Patrick Smith, Midland, Texas, NT.
Aggregate: 1. Chad Masters, Clarksville, Tenn./Allen Bach, Weatherford, Texas, 14.2 seconds on three head; 2. Travis Tryan, Billings, Mont./Jhett Johnson, Casper, 24.1; 3. Garrett Tonozzi, Fruita, Colo./Brady Minor, Ellensburg, Wash., 28.0; 4. Matt Sherwood, Queen Creek, /Walt Woodard, Stockton, Calif., 33.6; 5. Charly Crawford, Prineville, Ore./Cody Hintz, Spring Creek, Nev., 34.6; 6. Matt Funk, Hermiston, Ore./Bucky Campbell, Benton City, Wash., 39.4; 7. Colter Todd, Marana, Ariz./Cesar de la Cruz, Tucson, Ariz., 40.4; 8. Jay Adams, Logandale, Nev./Randon Adams, Logandale, Nev., 74.0; 9. Joe Beaver, Huntsville, Texas/Cole Bigbee, Stephenville, Texas, 13.0 on two; 10. Speed Williams, De Leon, Texas/Clay O'Brien Cooper, Morgan Mill, Texas, 15.4; 11. Shain Sproul, Benson, Ariz./Cory Petska, Lexington, Okla., 19.1; 12. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas/Rich Skelton, Llano, Texas, 30.3; 13. Clay Tryan, Billings, Mont./Patrick Smith, Midland, Texas, 34.3; 14. David Key,
Caldwell, Texas/Kory Koontz, Sudan, Texas, 36.4; 15. Nick Sartain, Alva, Okla./Shannon Frascht, Alva, Okla., 40.8.
SADDLE BRONC RIDING
1. Rod Hay, Wildwood, Alberta, 87.5 points on Kesler Championship Rodeo's Coffee Break, $16,022; 2. Cody DeMoss, Heflin, La., 85.5, $12,662; 3. (tie) Cody Wright, Milford, Utah, 84.0, $6,805; Cody Martin, Smackover, Ark., 84.0, $6,805; JJ Elshere, Quinn, S.D., 84.0, $6,805; 6. Bryce Miller, Buffalo, S.D., 81.5, $2,584; 7. Glen O'Neill, Didsbury, Alberta, 70.5; 8. (tie) Chad Ferley, Oelrichs, S.D., Dan Mortensen, Billings, Mont., Rusty Allen, Lehi, Utah, Jesse Bail, Camp Crook, S.D., Billy Etbauer, Edmond, Okla., Bradley Harter, Weatherford, Texas, Bobby Griswold, Geary, Okla., Jeff Willert, Belvidere, S.D., 0.0.
Aggregate: 1. Rod Hay, Wildwood, Alberta, 248.0 points on three head; 2. JJ Elshere, Quinn, S.D., 230.0; 3. Jeff Willert, Belvidere, S.D., 169.0 on two; 4. Bradley Harter, Weatherford, Texas, 166.0; 5. (tie) Cody DeMoss, Heflin, La., 163.5; Cody Martin, Smackover, Ark., 163.5; 7. Dan Mortensen, Billings, Mont., 162.0; 8. Bryce Miller, Buffalo, S.D., 159.5; 9. Cody Wright, Milford, Utah, 153.0; 10. Bobby Griswold, Geary, Okla., 152.0; 11. Glen O'Neill, Didsbury, Alberta, 150.0; 12. Chad Ferley, Oelrichs, S.D., 149.0; 13. Billy Etbauer, Edmond, Okla., 83.0 on one; 14. Rusty Allen, Lehi, Utah, 82.0; 15. Jesse Bail, Camp Crook, S.D., 80.5.
TIE-DOWN ROPING
1. Hunter Herrin, Apache, Okla., 7.1 seconds, $16,022; 2. Joe Beaver, Huntsville, Texas, 8.2, $12,662; 3. Matt Shiozawa, Chubbuck, Idaho, 8.4, $9,561; 4. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas, 8.5, $6,719; 5. Scott Kormos, Teague, Texas, 8.6, $4,135; 6. Cody Ohl, Hico, Texas, 9.4, $2,584; 7. Clint Robinson, Spanish Fork, Utah, 9.8; 8. (tie) Ryan Jarrett, Summerville, Ga., Jerome Schneeberger, Ponca City, Okla., 9.9; 10. Mike Johnson, Henryetta, Okla., 10.9; 11. Blair Burk, Durant, Okla., 12.7; 12. Doug Pharr, Resaca, Ga., 18.3; 13. (tie) Fred Whitfield, Hockley, Texas, Cade Swor, Winnie, Texas, Monty Lewis, Hereford, Texas, NT.
Aggregate: 1. Joe Beaver, Huntsville, Texas, 24.0 seconds on three head; 2. Hunter Herrin, Apache, Okla., 24.1; 3. Ryan Jarrett, Summerville, Ga., 26.0; 4. Cody Ohl, Hico, Texas, 28.6; 5. Jerome Schneeberger, Ponca City, Okla., 34.0; 6. Blair Burk, Durant, Okla., 34.2; 7. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas, 36.3; 8. Mike Johnson, Henryetta, Okla., 37.5; 9. Doug Pharr, Resaca, Ga., 38.4; 10. Matt Shiozawa, Chubbuck, Idaho, 38.6; 11. Scott Kormos, Teague, Texas, 45.6; 12. Cade Swor, Winnie, Texas, 19.1 on two; 13. Monty Lewis, Hereford, Texas, 19.3; 14. Clint Robinson, Spanish Fork, Utah, 20.3; 15. Fred Whitfield, Hockley, Texas, 11.8 on one.
BARREL RACING
1. Kelly Maben, Spur, Texas, 13.73 seconds, $16,022; 2. Terra Bynum, Lubbock, Texas, 13.79, $12,662; 3. Shelly Anzick, Livingston, Mont., 13.88, $9,561; 4. Brandie Halls, Carpenter, 13.92, $6,719; 5. Mary Burger, Pauls Valley, Okla., 13.99, $4,135; 6. (tie) Sherry Cervi, Marana, Ariz., 14.05, Kelly Kaminski, Bellville, Texas, 14.05, $1,292; 8. Tammy Key, Ledbetter, Texas, 14.07; 9. Terri Kaye Kirkland, Billings, Mont., 14.08; 10. Brittany Pozzi, Victoria, Texas, 14.10; 11. Codi Baucom, Carthage, N.C., 14.14; 12. Denise Adams, Lufkin, Texas, 14.25; 13. Layna Kight, Summerfield, Fla., 14.42; 14. Tana Poppino, Big Cabin, Okla., 19.19; 15. Lindsay Sears, Nanton, , 19.52.
Aggregate: 1. Shelly Anzick, Livingston, Mont., 41.79 seconds on three runs; 2. Brandie Halls, Carpenter, 42.11; 3. Mary Burger, Pauls Valley, Okla., 42.12; 4. Terra Bynum, Lubbock, Texas, 42.14; 5. Sherry Cervi, Marana, Ariz., 42.17; 6. Tammy Key, Ledbetter, Texas, 42.25; 7. Brittany Pozzi, Victoria, Texas, 42.33; 8. Denise Adams, Lufkin, Texas, 42.37; 9. Terri Kaye Kirkland, Billings, Mont., 42.47; 10. Codi Baucom, Carthage, N.C., 42.60; 11. Kelly Maben, Spur, Texas, 46.44; 12. Tana Poppino, Big Cabin, Okla., 47.46; 13. Layna Kight, Summerfield, Fla., 48.67; 14. Lindsay Sears, Nanton, , 57.95; 15. Kelly Kaminski, Bellville, Texas, 28.04 on two.
BULL RIDING
1. B.J. Schumacher, Hillsboro, Wis., 90.0 points on Cervi and Guidry Rodeo Co.'s Multi-Chem Western Hauler, $16,022; 2. (tie) Matt Austin, Wills Point, Texas, Sonny Murphy, Herriman, Utah, Dustin Elliott, North Platte, Neb., D.J. Domangue, San Angelo, Texas, Fred Boettcher, Rice Lake, Wis., Wesley Silcox, Payson, Utah, Bobby Welsh, Gillette, Steve Woolsey, Payson, Utah, J.C. Bean, Goldendale, Wash., Jarrod Craig, Hillsboro, Texas, Zeb Lanham, Sweet, Idaho, Cooper Kanngiesser, Zenda, Kan., J.W. Harris, May, Texas, Jarrod Ford, Greeley, Colo., 0.0.
Aggregate: 1. B.J. Schumacher, Hillsboro, Wis., 275.0 points on three head; 2. Bobby Welsh, Gillette, 179.0 on two; 3. Dustin Elliott, North Platte, Neb., 176.5; 4. Fred Boettcher, Rice Lake, Wis., 176.0; 5. Zeb Lanham, Sweet, Idaho, 175.5; 6. J.W. Harris, May, Texas, 174.5; 7. Wesley Silcox, Payson, Utah, 173.0; 8. Jarrod Craig, Hillsboro, Texas, 89.5 on one; 9. (tie) Cooper Kanngiesser, Zenda, Kan., Jarrod Ford, Greeley, Colo., 87.0; 11. Matt Austin, Wills Point, Texas, 86.5; 12. Sonny Murphy, Herriman, Utah, 80.5; 13. (tie) D.J. Domangue, San Angelo, Texas, Steve Woolsey, Payson, Utah, J.C. Bean, Goldendale, Wash., 0.0.
Woman Beats Cancer, Becomes Miss Rodeo Miss Rodeo North Dakota Ashley Andrews had goals of beating cancer and winning the Miss Rodeo America crown. She accomplished both. Andrews, 21, was crowned Saturday at the 52nd annual Miss Rodeo America Pageant in Las Vegas, beating out competitors from 28 states in categories such as horsemanship, personality and appearance. She said her cancer has been in remission since Aug. 9, following months of chemotherapy. "I have a clean bill of health," Andrews said in a telephone interview Saturday. She said the experience made her stronger, mentally and physically. "Everything in life happens for a reason," she said. "Something good always comes from every bad situation." Andrews, the youngest of six children, grew up on a farm and ranch in Bowman in southwestern Nebraska. Her parents, Bob and Rita Andrews, and her siblings went to Las Vegas to watch the competition....
WRANGLER NATIONAL FINALS RESULTS - THIRD ROUND
BAREBACK RIDING
1. Will Lowe, Canyon, Texas, 85.0 points on Burch Rodeo Co.'s Wild Woman, $16,022; 2. Bobby Mote, Culver, Ore., 84.0, $12,662; 3. (tie) Paul Jones, Elko, Nev., Cimmaron Gerke, Brighton, Colo., Tom McFarland, Wickenburg, Ariz., 83.5, $6,805; 6. Jess Davis, Payson, Utah, 83.0, $2,584; 7. Wes Stevenson, Kaufman, Texas, 82.0; 8. Royce Ford, Briggsdale, Colo., 81.0; 9. (tie) Chris Harris, Itasca, Texas, Kelly Timberman, Mills, 80.5; 11. Andy Martinez, Pavillion, 76.0; 12. (tie) Heath Ford, Greeley, Colo., Chad Klein, Stephenville, Texas, 75.5; 14. Forest Bramwell, Pagosa Springs, Colo., 74.0; 15. Ryan Gray, Cheney, Wash., 69.5.
Aggregate: 1. Wes Stevenson, Kaufman, Texas, 251.0 points on three head; 2. Will Lowe, Canyon, Texas, 247.5; 3. Jess Davis, Payson, Utah, 246.0; 4. Bobby Mote, Culver, Ore., 241.5; 5. Royce Ford, Briggsdale, Colo., 239.0; 6. Kelly Timberman, Mills, 236.5; 7. Andy Martinez, Pavillion, 234.5; 8. Heath Ford, Greeley, Colo., 232.5; 9. Tom McFarland, Wickenburg, Ariz., 230.5; 10. Chad Klein, Stephenville, Texas, 229.0; 11. Ryan Gray, Cheney, Wash., 225.5; 12. Cimmaron Gerke, Brighton, Colo., 223.0; 13. Paul Jones, Elko, Nev., 221.5; 14. Chris Harris, Itasca, Texas, 163.0 on two; 15. Forest Bramwell, Pagosa Springs, Colo., 153.0.
STEER WRESTLING
1. Luke Branquinho, Los Alamos, Calif., 3.5 seconds, $16,022; 2. Gabe Ledoux, Kaplan, La., 3.6, $12,662; 3. K.C. Jones, Decatur, Texas, 3.7, $9,561; 4. Ronnie Fields, Oklahoma City, Okla., 3.9, $6,719; 5. Stockton Graves, Newkirk, Okla., 4.0, $4,135; 6. (tie) Dean Gorsuch, Gering, Neb., Shawn Greenfield, Lakeview, Ore., 4.3, $1,292; 8. Joey Bell Jr, Malakoff, Texas, 4.7; 9. Wade Sumpter, Fowler, Colo., 5.1; 10. Lee Graves, Calgary, Alberta, 5.3; 11. Trevor Knowles, Mount Vernon, Ore., 7.1; 12. Jason Lahr, Emporia, Kan., 8.7; 13. Linn Churchill, Valentine, Neb., 13.9; 14. Dru Melvin, Tryon, Neb., 14.0; 15. Jason Miller, Lance Creek, NT.
Aggregate: 1. Shawn Greenfield, Lakeview, Ore., 12.4 seconds on three head; 2. Stockton Graves, Newkirk, Okla., 13.8; 3. Lee Graves, Calgary, Alberta, 13.9; 4. Dean Gorsuch, Gering, Neb., 14.0; 5. (tie) Luke Branquinho, Los Alamos, Calif., 14.2; Joey Bell Jr, Malakoff, Texas, 14.2; 7. Wade Sumpter, Fowler, Colo., 14.5; 8. Trevor Knowles, Mount Vernon, Ore., 16.9; 9. Jason Lahr, Emporia, Kan., 17.2; 10. Linn Churchill, Valentine, Neb., 23.1; 11. K.C. Jones, Decatur, Texas, 23.4; 12. Gabe Ledoux, Kaplan, La., 7.7 on two; 13. Ronnie Fields, Oklahoma City, Okla., 9.4; 14. Jason Miller, Lance Creek, 10.3; 15. Dru Melvin, Tryon, Neb., 19.2.
TEAM ROPING
1. Chad Masters, Clarksville, Tenn./Allen Bach, Weatherford, Texas, 4.3 seconds, $16,022; 2. Colter Todd, Marana, Ariz./Cesar de la Cruz, Tucson, Ariz., 4.5, $12,662; 3. Charly Crawford, Prineville, Ore./Cody Hintz, Spring Creek, Nev., 4.7, $9,561; 4. Joe Beaver, Huntsville, Texas/Cole Bigbee, Stephenville, Texas, 4.9, $6,719; 5. Matt Sherwood, Queen Creek, /Walt Woodard, Stockton, Calif., 5.0, $4,135; 6. Matt Funk, Hermiston, Ore./Bucky Campbell, Benton City, Wash., 9.0, $2,584; 7. Travis Tryan, Billings, Mont./Jhett Johnson, Casper, 9.7; 8. Shain Sproul, Benson, Ariz./Cory Petska, Lexington, Okla., 9.9; 9. Garrett Tonozzi, Fruita, Colo./Brady Minor, Ellensburg, Wash., 17.1; 10. Jay Adams, Logandale, Nev./Randon Adams, Logandale, Nev., 25.6; 11. Nick Sartain, Alva, Okla./Shannon Frascht, Alva, Okla., 31.4; 12. (tie) Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas/Rich Skelton, Llano, Texas, David Key, Caldwell, Texas/Kory Koontz, Sudan, Texas, Speed Williams, De Leon, Texas/Clay O'Brien Cooper, Morgan Mill, Texas, Clay Tryan, Billings, Mont./Patrick Smith, Midland, Texas, NT.
Aggregate: 1. Chad Masters, Clarksville, Tenn./Allen Bach, Weatherford, Texas, 14.2 seconds on three head; 2. Travis Tryan, Billings, Mont./Jhett Johnson, Casper, 24.1; 3. Garrett Tonozzi, Fruita, Colo./Brady Minor, Ellensburg, Wash., 28.0; 4. Matt Sherwood, Queen Creek, /Walt Woodard, Stockton, Calif., 33.6; 5. Charly Crawford, Prineville, Ore./Cody Hintz, Spring Creek, Nev., 34.6; 6. Matt Funk, Hermiston, Ore./Bucky Campbell, Benton City, Wash., 39.4; 7. Colter Todd, Marana, Ariz./Cesar de la Cruz, Tucson, Ariz., 40.4; 8. Jay Adams, Logandale, Nev./Randon Adams, Logandale, Nev., 74.0; 9. Joe Beaver, Huntsville, Texas/Cole Bigbee, Stephenville, Texas, 13.0 on two; 10. Speed Williams, De Leon, Texas/Clay O'Brien Cooper, Morgan Mill, Texas, 15.4; 11. Shain Sproul, Benson, Ariz./Cory Petska, Lexington, Okla., 19.1; 12. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas/Rich Skelton, Llano, Texas, 30.3; 13. Clay Tryan, Billings, Mont./Patrick Smith, Midland, Texas, 34.3; 14. David Key,
Caldwell, Texas/Kory Koontz, Sudan, Texas, 36.4; 15. Nick Sartain, Alva, Okla./Shannon Frascht, Alva, Okla., 40.8.
SADDLE BRONC RIDING
1. Rod Hay, Wildwood, Alberta, 87.5 points on Kesler Championship Rodeo's Coffee Break, $16,022; 2. Cody DeMoss, Heflin, La., 85.5, $12,662; 3. (tie) Cody Wright, Milford, Utah, 84.0, $6,805; Cody Martin, Smackover, Ark., 84.0, $6,805; JJ Elshere, Quinn, S.D., 84.0, $6,805; 6. Bryce Miller, Buffalo, S.D., 81.5, $2,584; 7. Glen O'Neill, Didsbury, Alberta, 70.5; 8. (tie) Chad Ferley, Oelrichs, S.D., Dan Mortensen, Billings, Mont., Rusty Allen, Lehi, Utah, Jesse Bail, Camp Crook, S.D., Billy Etbauer, Edmond, Okla., Bradley Harter, Weatherford, Texas, Bobby Griswold, Geary, Okla., Jeff Willert, Belvidere, S.D., 0.0.
Aggregate: 1. Rod Hay, Wildwood, Alberta, 248.0 points on three head; 2. JJ Elshere, Quinn, S.D., 230.0; 3. Jeff Willert, Belvidere, S.D., 169.0 on two; 4. Bradley Harter, Weatherford, Texas, 166.0; 5. (tie) Cody DeMoss, Heflin, La., 163.5; Cody Martin, Smackover, Ark., 163.5; 7. Dan Mortensen, Billings, Mont., 162.0; 8. Bryce Miller, Buffalo, S.D., 159.5; 9. Cody Wright, Milford, Utah, 153.0; 10. Bobby Griswold, Geary, Okla., 152.0; 11. Glen O'Neill, Didsbury, Alberta, 150.0; 12. Chad Ferley, Oelrichs, S.D., 149.0; 13. Billy Etbauer, Edmond, Okla., 83.0 on one; 14. Rusty Allen, Lehi, Utah, 82.0; 15. Jesse Bail, Camp Crook, S.D., 80.5.
TIE-DOWN ROPING
1. Hunter Herrin, Apache, Okla., 7.1 seconds, $16,022; 2. Joe Beaver, Huntsville, Texas, 8.2, $12,662; 3. Matt Shiozawa, Chubbuck, Idaho, 8.4, $9,561; 4. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas, 8.5, $6,719; 5. Scott Kormos, Teague, Texas, 8.6, $4,135; 6. Cody Ohl, Hico, Texas, 9.4, $2,584; 7. Clint Robinson, Spanish Fork, Utah, 9.8; 8. (tie) Ryan Jarrett, Summerville, Ga., Jerome Schneeberger, Ponca City, Okla., 9.9; 10. Mike Johnson, Henryetta, Okla., 10.9; 11. Blair Burk, Durant, Okla., 12.7; 12. Doug Pharr, Resaca, Ga., 18.3; 13. (tie) Fred Whitfield, Hockley, Texas, Cade Swor, Winnie, Texas, Monty Lewis, Hereford, Texas, NT.
Aggregate: 1. Joe Beaver, Huntsville, Texas, 24.0 seconds on three head; 2. Hunter Herrin, Apache, Okla., 24.1; 3. Ryan Jarrett, Summerville, Ga., 26.0; 4. Cody Ohl, Hico, Texas, 28.6; 5. Jerome Schneeberger, Ponca City, Okla., 34.0; 6. Blair Burk, Durant, Okla., 34.2; 7. Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas, 36.3; 8. Mike Johnson, Henryetta, Okla., 37.5; 9. Doug Pharr, Resaca, Ga., 38.4; 10. Matt Shiozawa, Chubbuck, Idaho, 38.6; 11. Scott Kormos, Teague, Texas, 45.6; 12. Cade Swor, Winnie, Texas, 19.1 on two; 13. Monty Lewis, Hereford, Texas, 19.3; 14. Clint Robinson, Spanish Fork, Utah, 20.3; 15. Fred Whitfield, Hockley, Texas, 11.8 on one.
BARREL RACING
1. Kelly Maben, Spur, Texas, 13.73 seconds, $16,022; 2. Terra Bynum, Lubbock, Texas, 13.79, $12,662; 3. Shelly Anzick, Livingston, Mont., 13.88, $9,561; 4. Brandie Halls, Carpenter, 13.92, $6,719; 5. Mary Burger, Pauls Valley, Okla., 13.99, $4,135; 6. (tie) Sherry Cervi, Marana, Ariz., 14.05, Kelly Kaminski, Bellville, Texas, 14.05, $1,292; 8. Tammy Key, Ledbetter, Texas, 14.07; 9. Terri Kaye Kirkland, Billings, Mont., 14.08; 10. Brittany Pozzi, Victoria, Texas, 14.10; 11. Codi Baucom, Carthage, N.C., 14.14; 12. Denise Adams, Lufkin, Texas, 14.25; 13. Layna Kight, Summerfield, Fla., 14.42; 14. Tana Poppino, Big Cabin, Okla., 19.19; 15. Lindsay Sears, Nanton, , 19.52.
Aggregate: 1. Shelly Anzick, Livingston, Mont., 41.79 seconds on three runs; 2. Brandie Halls, Carpenter, 42.11; 3. Mary Burger, Pauls Valley, Okla., 42.12; 4. Terra Bynum, Lubbock, Texas, 42.14; 5. Sherry Cervi, Marana, Ariz., 42.17; 6. Tammy Key, Ledbetter, Texas, 42.25; 7. Brittany Pozzi, Victoria, Texas, 42.33; 8. Denise Adams, Lufkin, Texas, 42.37; 9. Terri Kaye Kirkland, Billings, Mont., 42.47; 10. Codi Baucom, Carthage, N.C., 42.60; 11. Kelly Maben, Spur, Texas, 46.44; 12. Tana Poppino, Big Cabin, Okla., 47.46; 13. Layna Kight, Summerfield, Fla., 48.67; 14. Lindsay Sears, Nanton, , 57.95; 15. Kelly Kaminski, Bellville, Texas, 28.04 on two.
BULL RIDING
1. B.J. Schumacher, Hillsboro, Wis., 90.0 points on Cervi and Guidry Rodeo Co.'s Multi-Chem Western Hauler, $16,022; 2. (tie) Matt Austin, Wills Point, Texas, Sonny Murphy, Herriman, Utah, Dustin Elliott, North Platte, Neb., D.J. Domangue, San Angelo, Texas, Fred Boettcher, Rice Lake, Wis., Wesley Silcox, Payson, Utah, Bobby Welsh, Gillette, Steve Woolsey, Payson, Utah, J.C. Bean, Goldendale, Wash., Jarrod Craig, Hillsboro, Texas, Zeb Lanham, Sweet, Idaho, Cooper Kanngiesser, Zenda, Kan., J.W. Harris, May, Texas, Jarrod Ford, Greeley, Colo., 0.0.
Aggregate: 1. B.J. Schumacher, Hillsboro, Wis., 275.0 points on three head; 2. Bobby Welsh, Gillette, 179.0 on two; 3. Dustin Elliott, North Platte, Neb., 176.5; 4. Fred Boettcher, Rice Lake, Wis., 176.0; 5. Zeb Lanham, Sweet, Idaho, 175.5; 6. J.W. Harris, May, Texas, 174.5; 7. Wesley Silcox, Payson, Utah, 173.0; 8. Jarrod Craig, Hillsboro, Texas, 89.5 on one; 9. (tie) Cooper Kanngiesser, Zenda, Kan., Jarrod Ford, Greeley, Colo., 87.0; 11. Matt Austin, Wills Point, Texas, 86.5; 12. Sonny Murphy, Herriman, Utah, 80.5; 13. (tie) D.J. Domangue, San Angelo, Texas, Steve Woolsey, Payson, Utah, J.C. Bean, Goldendale, Wash., 0.0.
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