Elysian Valley Ranch

04/29/2025

Wolves on the ranch ?
What do you think?

04/29/2025

04/28/2025

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

04/13/2025

Happy Spring 2025 from the Ranch

04/09/2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Hantavirus Deaths Reported in Eastern Sierra Region

Loyalton, CA – April 9, 2025
Mono County has reported three recent deaths in the Mammoth Lakes area caused by hantavirus infection, a tragic reminder that, although rare, hantavirus can be extremely serious and often deadly.

What is Hantavirus?
Hantavirus is carried by deer mice, and people become infected by breathing in dust contaminated with rodent urine, droppings, or saliva. This often happens when cleaning cabins, sheds, garages, or other closed-up spaces where mice have been present.

Key Facts:
Hantavirus is not spread from person to person.
Symptoms usually begin 1 to 5 weeks after exposure and may include fever, body aches, headache, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain.

Cough and shortness of breath may develop after a few days and can lead to respiratory failure and death.
There is no specific cure, but early intensive medical care increases survival chances.

California typically sees three cases of hantavirus per year. With three deaths already this year, the state is well above its average.

Prevention Tips:
Seal any openings larger than ¼ inch where mice can enter, and
use snap traps indoors; avoid sticky traps.

Store food in rodent-proof containers.

Keep woodpiles at least 100 feet from homes or buildings.

Safe Cleaning Practices:
Air out closed buildings for at least 30 minutes before cleaning.
Do not sweep or vacuum rodent droppings, as this can stir up virus particles.

Spray droppings, nests, or carcasses with a 10% bleach solution or a virus-killing disinfectant and allow it to sit for 5 minutes before wiping.

Inspect vehicles, especially the heating and air conditioning systems, for signs of rodent activity.

Rodent-proofing homes and workplaces is important. Mice can enter through very small gaps under doors, around windows, and where pipes or vents pass through walls. Heating and air conditioning ducts should also be checked regularly for holes or damage.

If you or someone you know develops a fever and has been exposed to rodents or cleaned an area with rodent activity, seek medical attention immediately and inform your provider about the possible exposure.

More information is available at the California Department of Public
Health website:
https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/pages/hantaviruspulmonarysyndrome.aspx

And on Sierra County’s website:
https://www.sierracounty.ca.gov/658/Hantavirus

Stay safe and help spread awareness.

03/18/2025

Blue Powder Day !!

03/14/2025