Surviving and thriving through generational change
By staying rooted in relationships with each other and the land, the Babbitt family kept their historic ranch together and secured its legacy for generations to come.
Don’t throw the baby out with the flood irrigation water
Growing seasons in the high desert are short. Most years, Adrian Hunolt figures, he has about 45 days to grow enough grass to sustain his cattle. Starting in April or May
Gwen Kolb, New Mexico’s swamp queen
“I’m just an odd duck,” Gwen Kolb says often. It may be the defining characteristic, and most valuable asset, of a life’s journey that ultimately would take her to a
Composting a recipe for conflict reduction
This is a simple recipe that is spreading from community to community in the Northern Rockies, just ahead of growing grizzly bear populations. It’s called carcass composting, and it’s another
The Fish & The Flame
Not many people will hike into a wildfire to rescue fish, but for Jim White, it’s all in a day’s work. A self-described “fish squeezer” since the age of seven,
Land on Fire
The apocalyptic dusk, tinged purple, is the product of some of the biggest wildfires raging in modern American history, casting a pall that has drifted in from hundreds of miles
May Ranch partners CPW for black-footed ferret recovery
The Colorado Parks & Wildlife (CPW) Commission traditionally meets on the eastern end of our state for its November meeting. We do so, in part, to celebrate and highlight the
Sometimes, the simplest things can help wildlife
“Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam Where the deer and the antelope play Where seldom is heard a discouraging word And the skies are not cloudy all day” Sad to say,
Mastering all aspects of the hunt
An advanced hunter education program in Montana goes beyond the shot to repair sportsmen-landowner relations. Beneath a grove of tangled cottonwoods growing within the vast and windswept Madison Valley of southwest
Lesli Allison and Tuda Libby Crews on the Mountain and Prairie Podcast
There’s a growing understanding across the political spectrum that private and working lands have a critical role to play when it comes to achieving lasting conservation outcomes in the United
Partners speed restoration of pronghorn in southeast New Mexico
In 1820 Major Stephen Harriman Long was appointed to lead an expedition through the American West, exploring areas acquired in the Louisiana Purchase. He and his men observed that pronghorn
A Long Dry Time
It's getting harder and harder to care for land as the West's megadrought worsens, while population growth speeds on unabated.