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Sen. Roach calls April 8 meeting to discuss elk damage to area farmland

Sen. Pam Roach is asking farmers and other landowners with concerns about the elk population in the Enumclaw-Buckley area to meet with her Tuesday, April 8. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Enumclaw Public Library, 1700 First St.

“Elk management is a challenge in many areas of our state. We want healthy elk populations but if a herd is damaging crops and causing financial harm to people, then it’s time to get together and work on a solution,” said Roach, R-rural Auburn. She has invited officials from the state Department of Fish and Wildlife and a Washington Farm Bureau representative to take part.

Roach said landowners in the Buckley Plateau area have told her how elk are decimating fields that were intended to support cattle grazing.

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“We need to find a balance between the competing needs of the animals and the landowners. I look forward to bringing folks into the same room and having a constructive discussion,” Roach said.

For more information contact Sen. Roach’s office at (360) 786-7660 or pam.roach@leg.wa.gov.

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