04/28/2025
If you own property a must read and support. Coyotes are a problem!!
Standing United for California’s Livestock Producers
The following Sheriffs have joined the growing coalition standing together to support and defend California’s livestock producers:
✅ Sheriff Justin Gibbs – Glenn County
✅ Sheriff Vern Warnke – Merced County
✅ Sheriff Gary Redman – Amador County
✅ Sheriff Jeremiah LaRue – Siskiyou County
✅ Sheriff Tex Dowdy – Modoc County
✅ Sheriff John McGarva – Lassen County
✅ Sheriff Michael Johnson – Shasta County
✅ Sheriff Todd Johns – Plumas County
✅ Sheriff Mike Fisher – Sierra County
✅ Sheriff Mike Boudreaux – Tulare County
✅ Sheriff Jeff Leikauf – El Dorado County
Our ranching communities are under increasing pressure from predator conflicts and radical policy changes. These Sheriffs are stepping up to protect rural livelihoods, defend food security, and ensure the voices of our producers are heard in Sacramento.
Attention Livestock Producers and Rural Communities:
The Sheriffs of Siskiyou, Modoc, Lassen, Shasta, Plumas, Sierra, and Tulare Counties stand united in opposing environmental policies that threaten our ranchers and farmers; including new proposed restrictions on predator management.
The California Fish and Game Commission’s Wildlife Resources Committee (WRC) is proposing regulatory changes that would prohibit the taking of coyotes unless direct evidence of property or agricultural damage can be shown. This would eliminate proactive protection and force livestock producers into a depredation-based system, requiring proof of harm after the damage is done.
The Commission will meet on May 15, 2025, at 10:00 AM, in Sacramento to discuss these changes. If adopted, they will make it even harder for ranchers to protect their livestock from escalating predator attacks.
To participate in the meeting remotely, you may join via Zoom or by telephone directly at https://wildlife-ca-gov.zoom.us/j/82201466595 For complete instructions on how to join the meeting via Zoom or telephone, click here or visit www.fgc.ca.gov/meetings/2025
We urge all livestock producers, farmers, ranchers, and concerned citizens to attend the meeting in person and voice your opposition.
Our communities, economies, and way of life are at stake.
Signed Sheriff,
Jeremiah LaRue, Siskiyou County
Tex Dowdy, Modoc County
John McGarva, Lassen County
Michael Johnson, Shasta County
Todd Johns, Plumas County
Mike Fisher, Sierra County
Mike Boudreaux, Tulare County
