Curious as to whether or not local wildlife management was being affected by federal cuts in personnel and funding for services directed to wildlife management, the Tribune visited with Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) officer Justin Krall. The voice for wildlife in Custer County and parts of Huerfano County, scheduling an interview with Krall was not a simple task; he is most often in the field for matters like census taking, or on a call to a Valley resident with bear issues or running down a mountain lion sighting. Krall is the sole operative for a rather complex area of CPW responsibility; he does have office support from the CPW home base office in Pueblo, but in the field, he is on his own. And…