Art Park loads and stacks one of 281 bales of wild grass hay onto a trailer Friday south of Durango. Park had to get the bales off the ground before irrigation water is turned back on. Each bale weighs about 70 pounds. “Last year with the drought, we didn’t even cut. This year, if things go as planned, we will get three cuttings,” he said.
Art Park carries one of the 281 bales to the trailer as his dog, Fido, keeps a lookout for prairie dogs Friday south of Durango.
