Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease confirmed in Garfield, Larimer and Saguache counties
DENVER – On March 26, Colorado Parks and Wildlife confirmed Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus type 2 (RHDV-2) in dead cottontail rabbits submitted from Garfield, and Saguache counties earlier in the month. CPW has had ongoing surveillance for the disease throughout the state since it was identified in April of 2020. Garfield and Saguache are new counties identified as having RHDV-2. The new discoveries mean that 15 Colorado counties have had positive tests for RHDV-2.
The positive case from Garfield County was discovered just south of the town of Silt. The cottontail was submitted to a CPW wildlife officer by a landowner whose dog had found the carcasses and brought them home over a period of a few weeks.
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According to the National Weather Service, the highest snow total for the weekend was 42 inches, which was measured at Buckhorn Mountain, west of Fort Collins in Larimer County.
Close behind was Pingree Park with 41 inches and Red Feather Lakes, 40 inches, also in Larimer County.
The only other areas of Colorado to measure that much snow are in the Aspen Springs area. The Horsetooth area measured 27 inches of snow, while in the cities of Fort Collins and Loveland, the totals ranged from one and a half to two feet.
Photo in the Horsetooth area, courtesy of Judea Frank.
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Courtesy of the Larimer Vision Plan
Workforce development and for-sale affordable homes are part of the Larimer Vision Plan. On Tuesday, City of Pittsburgh officials announced that a tax diversion program will send a $1 million grant to each initiative. The money comes from the latest phase of developer Walnut Capital’s Bakery Square project.
Bakery Square sits within the Transit Revitalization Investment District or TRID, which extends outward from the busway’s East Liberty stop in a half-mile radius. Instead of all of the tax dollars generated there going to the city, Allegheny County and Pittsburgh Public Schools, the TRID allows some revenue to be used to fund things like new bus stops or affordable housing.