Sports

Hanna Hundsdorfer takes down a calf in the breakaway roping category. Hundsdorfer took the gold, the only first place awarded to the Feather River women’s rodeo team during the weekend.

James Wilson

  The Feather River men’s rodeo team is on the right track to winning its region after taking gold at the West Hills College rodeo in Coalinga last weekend.

  The win keeps the team at the top standing in the West Coast Region. Nationally, Feather River is ranked seventh.

  “Our guys’ team is on the right track to win our region,” assuredly the college’s rodeo coach Jesse Segura. “Unless something catastrophic happens, we should finish first.”

A group of mountain bikers prepare to take off on a ride along the South Park Trail outside of Quincy last weekend. A plan to combine the trail with other pre-existing trails and roads to form a trail system connecting Taylorsville and Quincy via Mount Hough is currently under review by the Forest Service. The trail system would include both motorized and non-motorized use. Photos by James Wilson

James Wilson

  “Plumas County has some of the best untouched and undiscovered terrain for mountain biking in the world.”

  This was Quincy’s The Bike Shop owner Paul Mundorff’s description of the current state of mountain biking in the county. Trails abound that allow mountain bike riders to quickly escape from town and ride out into the wilderness.

  No matter which community in Plumas County one lives in, there is a plethora of different trails one can use to form new adventures.

  A great crowd made the scene for the Wednesday Morning Scramble at Mt. Huff Golf Course on April 3, 2013!

  First place team members Ron Christensen, Gary Metzdorf, Jeff Steven and Jim Bryant led the pack at nine under par.

Roadkill birds

  Question: What are the rules concerning the use of birds of prey, such as owls, which have been killed by vehicles? I have found several in the local area that seemed to be dead along the side of the road but without evidence of damage to the body. My guess based on where they fell is they are “indirect roadkills.” If I wanted to save these animals for taxidermy or another use, would I need some kind of documentation? If so, what sort of permit would I need? It would be simple to document the finds I have made photographically at the site, but preserving them for inspection later by California Department of Fish and Wildlife would be harder. Thanks for your help with this.